NBA Finals, 06172010

The east meets west in the most exciting basketball final to the very end!!!! The east, Boston Celtics, coached by Glenn " Doc" Rivers versus the Los Angeles Lakers, coached by Phil Jackson met their fate last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles!!! Did the LA Lakers retained their NBA crown or did the Boston Celtics rob it from them??? Stay tuned....

Who are these two franchises and their coaches???? This is the 5th time these two powerhouse have competed with each other, Boston Celtics defeating the LA Lakers 4 times!!! Doc Rivers played for the US in the 1982 World Championship basketball, the US garnering a silver medal, and DOC earning MVP honors. He was the assistant coach in 2001 for the USA men's basketball team at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, where they captured the gold medal!!!! Very impressive qualification indeed!!!! This is his 5th season with the Boston Celtics, the 16th head coach of the franchise since 2004! On the other hand, Phil Jackson was the prior coach of the Chicago Bulls who won 6 NBA titles from 1989 to 1998, with Michael Jordan!! Phil has been with the Lakers since 2000 and has earned 4 NBA titles with the team!!! Wow!!! How about that??? He has a lot of the NBA championship rings!!!! Is that all you can think of, the rings??? Yup!!! If he decide to wear all of those rings, he will have all of his fingers including his pinkies with rings!!! If he is in the water, will he sink or float with all those heavy rings???? Ha! Ha! Ha!! You are sooo crazy!!! Enough of your silly, outrageous thinking!!! Sorry, I cannot help it!!! I was just thinking that if he wins this game, where will he put this ring??? On his nose??? He! He! He!!! You are really, really insane!!!! Back to Phil... he is an outstanding coach, no doubt about it!!!! No wonder he is earning 12 million a year!!! Let us go back to Game 7.

The beginnining of Game 7 was just blah, nothing exceptional. It was a one sided game in favor of the Boston Celtics. I was so sure that the Celtics will surely win at that point!!!! No doubt about it since the Lakers were playing sluggish and Kobe Bryant seems not to be landing his ball in the basket! I was disappointed with the game, there was not too much action, so I turned off the TV. At around 11:00 pm, I was just going to see who won, but the game was still going on. The Boston Celtics were still on top of the game, until 7 minutes to go, and bam!! the Lakers tied the score: 61-61!!!! It was a roller coaster ride from then on, and it was an exciting, very intense ball game!!! There were beautiful 3 pointer shots by both teams!! Unbelievable!!! The Lakers were able to come from behind and once they were leading, they never let it go!!!! At that point, there was sheer determination on Kobe Bryant and team to win!!! They were smelling the roses, the icing in the cake that seems to elude them at the start of Game 7!!! It seems that 7 minutes before the end of the game, the Lakers suddenly woke up in a deep slumber!!! What was the sudden adrenaline rush at the end? There were other great players like Ron Artest that was helping Kobe accomplish their goal.!! Artest, the player involved in a brawl with the fans in Detroit, was instrumental in the Lakers defense! You could see that the players were sooo tired and edgy until the end because both teams were very determined to win!!!

Who finally won??? The Lakers won, 83-79!!! This is a back to back win for the Lakers, the 5th NBA championship for Kobe and 11th win for Phil Jackson as an NBA coach!!! Jackson, 64, is now a free agent! Will he stay in LA try another title next year or will he move on to other pastures??? That remains to be seen!!! Didn't he also get a bonus for winning the 2010 NBA championship??? There is also a rumor that the owner of LA Lakers, Jerry Buss, is asking him for a pay cut!!! Will he do it in respect to Buss' daughter, his girlfriend??? Now, now, you are gossiping. Leave the two alone!!! His finances does not have anything to do with their relationship!!! Oh,ya??? She is the daughter of the owner... she might be able to persuade him to take a pay cut and stay in LA for another shot at the championship next season!!!! What do you all think?????

Congratulations to the Los Angeles Lakers!!! Yo, Lakers, you did it again!! Hep! Hep! Hurray!!!!!
Posted by vs at 6/18/2010 8:10 AM Add Comment