Lakers-Celtics, Game Seven!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 09:25AM The NBA's two most storied franchises . . .
Two very good teams, tied so far, down to the final game . . .
A bitter rivalry . . .
A basketball fan's dream!
Magic's "baby hook shot" was the greatest moment in Laker's history, but we forget that it was almost ruined by Larry Bird, who apparently drilled a three-point shot from the baseline just before the final second expired, only to have the ball spin around the rim and kick out.
And then there was Don Nelson's brick that bounced straight up and came back down through the rim as the clock ran out, earning the Celtics a win in game seven of the 1969 Lakers-Celtics showdown.
Win or lose, this is gonna be fun!
Go Lakers! Predictions, anyone?
Kim Riddlebarger
Wow! That has to be the ugliest championship game I have ever seen!
Great defense by both teams, and a level of intensity throughout that was second to none.
Go Lakers!
Reader Comments (27)
I am not only a stubborn Lutheran, but a bull headed German. (Stiff necked!)
My first name is Ingo (which I hate) so I always go by my middle name, Lloyd.
Regarding Kobe and Michael Jordan. There is no comparison. Jordan was way better. Jordan would always shoot for over 50%, Kobe has way too many 6 for 23 shooting nights.
Regarding the best player, there is no doubt, that it was Bill Russell of the Celts. He won eleven championships. I don't want to hear from folks that say that he couldn't do against today's big centers. Wilt Chamberlain was 7'2 and 300 lbs., and Russell absolutely tore him to pieces.
What's interesting, the best pure shooter in the game is Steve Nash. The problem is that he doesn't shoot as much as he should because he is always distributing the basketball.
It will be interesting to see how your Bulls do in this off season. Da Bulls also have a great tradition. I think the Lebron would go there, except he would always be in the shaddow of Jordan. Chicago is Jordan's town--and rightly so!
Once again, basketball is a great, great game. It has everything that any sports fan could want. I love watching it, and talking about it. Theology, sports and politics; great stuff.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=FranchiseRankings2010-Lakers
May the end of this era come quickly! This may be a good thing for Los Angeles, as it will prevent the Lakers fans from killing each other with riots in the streets of Los Angeles!
You may be a Suns fan now, but you are still listening to the leprechaun propaganda way too much.
Mitch Kupchak built this team--not Jerry West. Mitch isn't going anywhere. Pau, Odom, Bynum are all still pretty young and under contract. Kobe's minutes will need to decline (apparently, he'll need several surgeries--knee and finger--before next year), but it is not like he's about to retire.
This current team will make one more big run next year and perhaps the next. After that, it might be time to retool and start over.
But this current Laker team is certainly younger than the Celtics and will be around for a while.
Don't listen to the leprechaun!
Regarding the Lakers; Odom is extremely inconsistant, and Bynum is injury prone. A lot of Lakers fans would be pleased to deal him while he is still young and has trade value. The Suns would not deal their young center Robin Lopez for him. Nash says that Lopez will be a top three center. The great, great G.M. of the Celts tried to deal for Robin Lopez.
Regarding Kupchak, this Lakers team is winning because Jerry West brought in Shaq first, and then he drafted Kobe.
Without former G.M. Jerry West, the Lakers might resemble the New York Knicks. A big market, and franchise loaded with money, but a middle of the pack team. Jerry West saw the intangibles of Kobe, that no other G.M. saw.
So, this team has been winning because of West, far more than Kupchak.