NBA Finals 2008 - Lakers vs Celtics

[Topdog]

We are going back in time for this years NBA finals.

Celtics have home court advantage which means they will play 4 of the 7 games in Boston.

The order of the games is

@ Boston
@ Boston
@ LA
@ LA
@ Boston
@ LA
@ Boston

My tip is LA in 6 games. Not much can stop Kobe come Finals time.

[Go_Dogs]

Re: NBA Finals 2008 - Lakers vs Celtics

Take me back to Magic and Bird anyday... I miss the old NBA.

[Ozza]

Re: NBA Finals 2008 - Lakers vs Celtics

Great game today. Very entertaining.
Watched half of it at lunch.
Have backed the Celtics....so was pleased with the result.

[G-Mo77]

Re: NBA Finals 2008 - Lakers vs Celtics

I backed the Lakers just when they made the trade for Gasol so I got them at $10. I still hope the Celtics win.

I had a wager on Game 1 and was so close. Boston by 11> at $4.10. Boston won by 10, so close!

Hopefully the injuries to Pierce and Perkins don't catch up.

[Bulldog Revolution]

Re: NBA Finals 2008 - Lakers vs Celtics

Nice start from the Celtics

Part of me is hoping that Ray Allen can smoke it up all series long and KG, and him can collect their first championship rings

[G-Mo77]

Re: NBA Finals 2008 - Lakers vs Celtics

Being a Sonics fan I would love to see Ray Allen win one. With the demolition of the Sonics team this season I have jumped on board the Celtics bandwagon for 2007/08.

[LostDoggy]

Re: NBA Finals 2008 - Lakers vs Celtics

Just reading this is 11th time they have met in the NBA finals.

[Topdog]

Re: NBA Finals 2008 - Lakers vs Celtics

Paul Pierce was massive in the 2nd half. Good to see him step it up big time.

[GVGjr]

Re: NBA Finals 2008 - Lakers vs Celtics

I didn't watch any of it but I have always liked the idea of a Celtics vs Lakers series. As Griff said, it takes me back to the Magic Johnson vs Bird clashes.

While Kobe is a terrific player I cannot support the Lakers with him in it.

[LostDoggy]

Re: NBA Finals 2008 - Lakers vs Celtics

Im a Celtics Fan, love Garnet.
Watched game 3 yesterday.. was a little shattered we didnt win. would have put us in a commanding position.

[mjp]

Re: NBA Finals 2008 - Lakers vs Celtics

I have watched all three games now...none of them live though. Below is a passage from Curt Schilling's blog on - of all things - having front row seats at the NBA finals (game 2) and more specifically, on Kobe:

5) Kobe. This one stunned me a little bit. Who doesn’t know Kobe Bryant right? I only know what I have heard, starting awhile back with the entire Shaq debacle. I don’t really have an opinion one way or the other on or about him other than to know that people feel he might be one of the 4-5 greatest players to ever lace it up. What I do know is what I got to see up close and hear, was unexpected. From the first tip until about 4 minutes left in the game I saw and heard this guy bitch at his teammates. Every TO he came to the bench pissed, and a few of them he went to other guys and yelled about something they weren’t doing, or something they did wrong. No dialog about “hey let’s go, let’s get after it” or whatever. He spent the better part of 3.5 quarters pissed off and ranting at the non-execution or lack of, of his team. Then when they made what almost was a historic run in the 4th, during a TO, he got down on the floor and basically said ‘Let’s f’ing go, right now, right here” or something to that affect. I am not making this observation in a good or bad way, I have no idea how the guys in the NBA play or do things like this, but I thought it was a fascinating bit of insight for me to watch someone in another sport who is in the position of a team leader and how he interacted with his team and teammates. Watching the other 11 guys, every time out it was high fives and “Hey nice work, let’s get after it” or something to that affect. He walked off the floor, obligatory skin contact on the high five, and sat on the bench stone faced or pissed off, the whole game. Just weird to see another sport and how it all works. I would assume that’s his style and how he plays and what works for him because when I saw the leader board for scoring in the post season his name sat up top at 31+ a game, can’t argue with that. But as a fan I was watching the whole thing, Kobe, his teammates and then the after effects of conversations. He’d yell at someone, make a point, or send a message, turn and walk away, and more than once the person on the other end would roll eyes or give a ‘whatever dude’ look.

Let me reiterate that this is from a complete basketball newbie, so for all I know this could be exactly how these guys play this game and interact with each other.

The contrast though, for me anyway, was watching KG and Allen, Pierce, as the game went on. I was literally ON the Laker bench so I could only watch the celts on the floor, and it was just different. it was all about who has whom, who goes where, what’s up next. That could have been a direct result of the officiating and flow of the game though, more than anything.
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The full text can be found here: http://38pitches.com/2008/06/09/mann...he-nba-finals/