How About Those Lakers?
Being a big Lakers fan, this week’s blog is dedicated to LA’s fallen heroes. Despite all those sports analysts and news announcers favoring the Lakers, they did not win the NBA Championship. We all thought this was going to be their year.
The year started out slow for the Lakers, with Kobe asking to be traded to another team. As the season developed, the players seemed to gel with each other and trades for new teammates were paying off. With the acquisition of Pau Gasol, the team seemed to flourish. It was all coming together and the Lakers were on a roll.
The Lakers ended up finishing first in the Western Conference and had home court advantage. In the playoffs, they breezed by Denver (4-0), worked up a little sweat against Utah (4-2), and handily beat last year’s champs the San Antonio Spurs (4-1). But the Boston Celtics were a different nut to crack. Despite the Celtics struggling with Atlanta and Cleveland (both 7-game series), they beat Detroit in 6 games and won the right to play the Lakers for the championship.
I thought the officiating in game 2 was ridiculous and in game 4 we saw an amazing comeback by Boston. Both games should have had a different outcome. The Lakers seemed a little tired by the time the Finals came around and Boston just seemed to blow right by them on many plays.
Although I obviously wanted the Lakers to win, I must say I was happy for Kevin Garnett finally getting a chance to win the “big dance” and Paul Pierce who has been a Celtic for his career thus far. Hats off to them, they played a great series and deserved to win.
Boo Hoo - Just wait until next year in the Finals!
Lakers fan,
Mark Mendez
The year started out slow for the Lakers, with Kobe asking to be traded to another team. As the season developed, the players seemed to gel with each other and trades for new teammates were paying off. With the acquisition of Pau Gasol, the team seemed to flourish. It was all coming together and the Lakers were on a roll.
The Lakers ended up finishing first in the Western Conference and had home court advantage. In the playoffs, they breezed by Denver (4-0), worked up a little sweat against Utah (4-2), and handily beat last year’s champs the San Antonio Spurs (4-1). But the Boston Celtics were a different nut to crack. Despite the Celtics struggling with Atlanta and Cleveland (both 7-game series), they beat Detroit in 6 games and won the right to play the Lakers for the championship.
I thought the officiating in game 2 was ridiculous and in game 4 we saw an amazing comeback by Boston. Both games should have had a different outcome. The Lakers seemed a little tired by the time the Finals came around and Boston just seemed to blow right by them on many plays.
Although I obviously wanted the Lakers to win, I must say I was happy for Kevin Garnett finally getting a chance to win the “big dance” and Paul Pierce who has been a Celtic for his career thus far. Hats off to them, they played a great series and deserved to win.
Boo Hoo - Just wait until next year in the Finals!
Lakers fan,
Mark Mendez
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