I think it's about time to get my shaver ready since this will probably be my last weekend with a Laker beard.
Now wait a minute! If it were to really be my last weekend with a big, bushy (but amazing) beard, and there are only three more Finals games scheduled between now and next
weekend, that would mean I'm calling a Lakers sweep, wouldn't it?
Well wouldn't you?!
Did you see Thursday night's game? 75-100. A 25 point difference in a Finals game! I took a nap in the fourth because it was such a snoozer! Hell, my nap lasted two days, that's why it took me so long to post about it! These games are supposed to go down to the wire, right? The best of the best two teams in the league are playing head-to-head, right! But
Some may argue of course that the Magic didn't play well because the team was all jittery since it is so inexperienced when it comes to the big stage, but didn't those same people say that those jitters should only last for the first quarter or, at most, the first half? Why would it last the whole game?
Because those weren't jitters.
Those, my Laker buddies, were the Magic's signs of inferiority showing through its play. The Magic can't beat us.
First of all, they shot nearly the same percentage as we did from three point land. They can't keep doing that, their three point play is what got them here. And the other thing that got them here, their so-called "Superman" on the inside, only made one field goal. One field goal! He finished with 12 points, but the majority of those were obviously from the free throw line. He got 16 tries from the line... but only made 10. That's 62 percent, people. For him that may be a good percentage,
but you can't shoot that if you're supposed to the superstar of your team in the NBA Finals. You can't let Pau Ga-soft own you on a couple plays. You can't let the Lakers' big men crowd around you and keep you from doing your job. You're the "Superman," you have to take them up with you. It's the only thing you know how to do, Dwight, so you better do it or it's over.
Oh yah, and Kobe. 40 points, 8 assists, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, 100% from the free throw line.
Could you ask for a better game? Well, of course you could ask for a better one, but this was just so awesome. So play of the game? No, it wasn't Kobe. Nor was it Pau and his 16 points and 8 rebounds, nor Andrew and his 9 points and 9 rebounds, not even Lamar and his 11 points and 14 rebounds. Nope, the play of the game, surprisingly, was by my least favorite Laker in the bunch, Josh Powell. What?! I know. It was the last shot of the game and it was a dagger. Didn't think he had it in him, but he scored a three... for no reason. But that's not why I picked it as the play of the game. Watch the guy in the hat who gets up from the seats near the start of the clip. He's on the bottom-left. He gets up and walks to his right. Watch him and then watch what happens to him right before Josh takes the shot. Can you recognize him?:
