NBA Finals

[TheThein11]

Who do you want to win the finals and why?

Even though I am from NY I hope the Celtics do it because KG, Peirce, and Jesus Shuttlesworth (aka Ray Allen) all have huge hearts and are deserve it way more than that a** Kobe.

[Ben]

This thread is a total waste of bandwidth. It is perfectly obvious that the Lakers will win the championship. Believe it!

[CG031]

I want the Lakers to win. I hate the Celtics, I hate Boston, and I want to see the championship back with LA.

[The Rambler]

I don't really care. Pro basketball doesn't really appeal to me

[ISUX]

Bitter Bob, Celtics, Sox, Pats, Go Celtics. Did ya all hear Kobe is banging a Laker girl now and the Lakers tried to squash it by firing her before the series? Kobe is king scumbag.

[four1seven]

  The Rambler said:

I don't really care. Pro basketball doesn't really appeal to me

I agree, now college basketball yes....when they play their hearts out without a big paycheck....that's a good game. =]

[mikelz]

  Ben said:

This thread is a total waste of bandwidth. It is perfectly obvious that the Lakers will win the championship. Believe it!

Tomorrow night: Celtics 92, Lakers 88

Celtics in six

[Ben]

  mikelz said:

Tomorrow night: Celtics 92, Lakers 88

HA. Oh that's good!

[mikelz]

  ISUX said:

Bitter Bob, Celtics, Sox, Pats, Go Celtics. Did ya all hear Kobe is banging a Laker girl now and the Lakers tried to squash it by firing her before the series? Kobe is king scumbag.

I didn't hear the story but my gut reaction is there no reason to disbelieve it.

Will you all stop calling Phil a phony, please.

[Shindig]

  ISUX said:

Did ya all hear Kobe is banging a Laker girl now and the Lakers tried to squash it by firing her before the series? Kobe is king scumbag.

So this is what he meant when he said he was going for Wilt's scoring record on the court instead (after the whole Katelyn Faber thing). And here I was thinking he was going to try for 101+ points in a game.

  CG031 said:

I want the Lakers to win. I hate the Celtics, I hate Boston, and I want to see the championship back with LA.

The only time my mom ever disappointed her father was by becoming a Lakers fan (after moving to L.A.) after being raised a Celtics fan (in Boston). Still, the prevailing attitude out here seems to be that being the best team in the eastern conference is like being valedictorian of summer school.

[golf_junkie27]

  Shindig said:

The only time my mom ever disappointed her father was by becoming a Lakers fan (after moving to L.A.) after being raised a Celtics fan (in Boston). Still, the prevailing attitude out here seems to be that being the best team in the eastern conference is like being valedictorian of summer school.

That's the problem with sports. People don't pay attention to facts and then argue their opinions. One team, the Boston Celtics, had the best record in the NBA, they also possessed the best road record, they also had the most dominant inter-conference record, absolutely smacking around the Western Conference, going 25-5. They also smacked the team they are playing in the Finals, twice, with Andrew Bynum, who was playing as well as Pau Gasol is now. The Lakers were 28-16 when they made the trade and in first place. I'm tired of hearing how Gasol made the Lakers better when they were just as good with Bynum. Look at his numbers. They were the same as Gasol's.

But I digress. I don't want to bore people with the truth.

[CG031]

I'm a NJ/NY guy, I hate Boston. It's just my instincts. :)

[Shindig]

  golf_junkie27 said:

That's the problem with sports. People don't pay attention to facts and then argue their opinions. One team, the Boston Celtics, had the best record in the NBA, they also possessed the best road record, they also had the most dominant inter-conference record, absolutely smacking around the Western Conference, going 25-5. They also smacked the team they are playing in the Finals, twice, with Andrew Bynum, who was playing as well as Pau Gasol is now. The Lakers were 28-16 when they made the trade and in first place. I'm tired of hearing how Gasol made the Lakers better when they were just as good with Bynum. Look at his numbers. They were the same as Gasol's.

Sorry man. I didn't mean to imply that I disliked the Celtics. I rarely watch basketball and only placed a bet since a friend was taking all bets. The bet was small, too: a round of golf. And hey, win or lose, it means I'm going to play another round of golf.

In retrospect, this was stupid of me to write it the way I did.

[golf_junkie27]

  Shindig said:

Sorry man. I didn't mean to imply that I disliked the Celtics. I rarely watch basketball and only placed a bet since a friend was taking all bets. The bet was small, too: a round of golf. And hey, win or lose, it means I'm going to play another round of golf.

No Shin. I was not referring to you. You stated that people out West are treating the Celts like a second class team. It's just one of my pet peeves when things are said, negatively, about a team that has been dominant all year long.

The reverse is true, too. I'm a Yankee fan and there are some fans who think Derek Jeter invented baseball. Sorry if it came across as I was going after you. I was'nt.

[TexasBubba]

Now that the Mavericks have fallen away, I gotta go for the Celtics. They were my favorite team across all sports all through the 80's!

[Ben]

Wow the Lakers are looking really ugly today. Nasty. Come on guys!!!

[golf_junkie27]

The refs have been calling it pretty tight, too. Watch, they'll let them "play" in the second half but start making crazy calls late in the 4th Quarter. It just happens all too frequently. That elbow call on Kobe and the illegal screen on KG, resulting in a T, were just BS.

[eberryhill7]

This is dumb, the refs called two bad fouls on Kobe early, but now Kobe is getting fouled a lot, but is not getting any calls. I'm not a Lakers fan, but I want a well officiated game.