Finals, Game 1, Lakers-Celtics

Is it normal to be this nervous when you have absolutely nothing to do with the outcome of the game? We couldn't sleep last night, haven't eaten today and are just downright giddy. Looking at the pictures from the blog on the Lakers' website of Boston and all things TD Northbank just pushed us over the edge. We're pretty sure we need to find a way to get to one of these games. No idea how that's going to work but we'll keep you posted. This is the ULTIMATE NBA match up and it just so happens to feature our favorite and only team and we have an even advantage to win? Life doesn't get much better my friends, it really really doesn't.
Oh my god... watching them run out onto the floor is unreal!

Kinda like Maroon 5 said, it's getting harder and harder to breathe. Let's get this pony show on the road. Seriously, let's get going, we can't wait ANY FUCKING LONGER!! LET'S PLAY!

(not sure how we feel about james taylor with the national anthem)
Tip Off
All the people you might expect, and for the Lakeshow that means Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol, and Vladimir Radmonovic with the ghosts of Magic, Kareem, Rambis, Wilt, West and whoever else you wanna name, all ready to rumble.

1st Quarter
Kind of surprising nobody has made a bigger deal out of the fact that Son of former Celtic Bill playing in this series.

Also we D-I-G the large statue of the trophy as the starting 5 walk out. Did we mention EPIC?

11:44 Pau takes the first shot for a make! Wooooooo!

10:06 D Fish!

9:50 Celtics barely being guarded and they miss 2 3's in a row and we get the ball, this is how this needs to be played.

7:52 That missed free throw just hurt all of the Garden "ugggh!"

5:10 Wow, 12-all, that's a low score is it not?

Machine gets up to play.

Back court? Back court!?!?!?


2:40 Farm life!

2:26 Gasol for the block leads to Machine for the 3.

23-21 Celtics


2nd Quarter
11:something Get it Ronny :)

10:49 Luke picking up the loose ball foul, how do you make the furrowed brow face on the internet? >:{ ?

8:46 Wow, they waited a long time before starting the MJ talk.

Ronny needs to control himself.

Or he could just pick up fouls so Pau doesn't get them, hmmm, interesting theory.

6:27 NGL, that was all ball and they give KG the frees anyway, poor Pau.

True story: We know someone that knows someone who will be on the season premiere of Wipeout. Her family even rented a club downtown for the viewing party, free food, not free liquor. We invited ourselves.

We want a jersey from this game!!! Can we have Turiaf's?

5:20 Yes we know Kobe's finger is broken, thanks.

5:14 Bye bye Piercey

4:37 Posey for zero

4:18 Posey couldn't convert even after Radman stopped trying and then they got themselves a foul? Certainly that will give the conspiracy theorists some material for tomorrow morning.

3:09 Round of applause for L Odom. Build up that lead darlings.

Bill Russell & Julius Erving... gotta respect the greats no matter what.

1:22 Holler at Rondo for giving it up but then whatever the opposite of a holler is to the Lakers for giving it up at the other end and then we'll give that holler over to D Fish for the 3. That's a lot of holler transferring.

51-46 La la la la lakers.


Half Time
OMG Marines are hott! Even the ones who can't swim. And let's all go see Hancock when this is over?
Magic & Bird split screen = unreal. Rivalries never die.


3rd Quarter
Powder up Kobe!

11:15 Did we honestly just give PP a 4 point play?? Oh yeah, looks like.

9:34 Radman had better get his temper under control ASAP

6:49 What the hell happened to Pierce? Other than Kobe owning? Oh... his own teammate. Now when the Lakers win they'll say it's because of this and not because they can play.
Wheelchair? Oh shit. Good job blocking the cameras backstage though?

And there goes Perkins too?

Their shorts look so funny when they replay the jumps in slow mo.

Voo-Yah-Chich

5:22 Love the entire arena not even paying attention to the game but rather the action in the tunnel. Too bad Pierce looks like he might topple over any second.

4:12 Even with the Odom put in, this isn't going so well is it?

3:40 KG donates 3 easys to the Machine's cause.

3:06 Oh Oh OOOOOOOh! D Fish to KB24. Like buttah!

46.3 All of this back and forthing with the score is killin us.

MADE! After the buzzer =/

77-73 Leprechauns


4th Quarter
11:08 Wasn't that the second loose ball on Walton who's dad predicted the C's for the series?

Oh dear...

8:26 What the hell Derek?

whatever the time is: E.T. er.... Cassell can't tell time. Oops?

5:42 Kobe must begin total domination now.

3:43 We're too close to let this game go tonight. GIDP. Get it done please.

2:57 L Odom might be the wake up buzzer these guys need.

2:34 Ray Allen is a bullshitter.

1:54 Anybody else notice certain players re fuzzy looking on the screen? Can ABC get it together soon?

Must... breathe... in... AND... out...

Wanted to see Wanted quite some time ago, glad it's finally getting around to coming out.

In-N-Out, this game ain't bein played in California so what gives?

98-88 Celtics

Final Comments
From Evil Ted @ Basketbawful:
Early in the game, officials called a backcourt violation on Gasol that wasn't a backcourt violation, why? Because Gasol's location in relation to the centerline was obscured by the fact that the Celtics have plastered an O'Brien trophy logo across the full width of the court. If a bad call relating to the midcourt line is made at a critical point in a critical game, expect to hear more about this unecessary logo. Later in the game, KG saved a ball from going into the back court and the Celtics scored. It was a critical play and it looked like KG's foot stayed on the correct side of the center line, but there's no precise way to tell. Why? Cause there's no centerline, that's why.

and Wild Yams continued:
For Game 2 I'd like to see them go with a lengthwise, full-court Larry O'Brien trophy rather than that half-ass side to side one they have at midcourt. They should have it not only blot out the halfcourt line, but also the painted areas under each basket as well as the 3-point line, the free throw line and the dotted line under each hoop. I can't wait till it's the future and they have motion graphics going underneath the floor and on the backboards. It's going to be super-keen!

Yeah... about that!