NBA season starts tonight!

[MexicanSpaniard]

The finals are still going?

[beeda weeda]

dwight howard was always smilin' when they were playing the cavs, even when they were down, he's not smilin' so much right now, so I think its goign to be a boring sweep

[damian]

mag take it in six games.

4 straight against the Lakers? I guess I said the same thing last year in this situation.

big difference between kevin garnett and pau 'underwater handjobs in the offseason' gasol though.

[boyan]

Is the final game watchable online? like a live webcast or something?

[bentmode]

goddamn lakers got fucked in the ass last night. kobe has to be in a world of hurt. how can you miss crucial free throws, especially when you are kobe bryant. if this kind of playing is going to continue where the magic are sinking shots so consitantly and so well, the lakers are going to be in trouble.

[MexicanSpaniard]

The refs fucking sucked ass last night, I'd be pissed if I was a laker fan, carrying around a broom for no reason yesterday.

[Wizard Fuck]

They sucked even worse for Orlando in LA. In game 2, Fisher raked Dwights arm, kobe pushed him and Odom jumped onto his back and they called jump ball....

[cliff]

Yeah it's a fact that the refing in all the playoff's game has been suspected at best...If the lakers lose by 2 when the magic shoot 62.5% for the entire game it is going to be a good series but that is nearly impossible to sustain over a 3 or 4 game stretch. Lakers in 6...

[scootboard]

goddamn lakers got fucked in the ass last night. kobe has to be in a world of hurt. how can you miss crucial free throws, especially when you are kobe bryant. if this kind of playing is going to continue where the magic are sinking shots so consitantly and so well, the lakers are going to be in trouble.

whenever he fucks up a game he just comes back for the next and slaughters everything. i never trip it just fuels him

[SleepyPeePee]

Yeah it's a fact that the refing in all the playoff's game has been suspected at best...If the lakers lose by 2 when the magic shoot 62.5% for the entire game it is going to be a good series.. Lakers in 6... if not 5

imagine if we played consistantly throughout the 4th especially.. we would have taken the win.

it's alright though, Kobe's shooting 1,000 freethrows as we speak.

[bentmode]

the sereis would be 2-1 magic right now  had not rookie courtney lee collapsed and lost his composure. you laker fans swear like this is in the bag gauranteed. kobe is probably walking around epcot center like he lost his dog. a real sad mother fucker. will stella get her groove back? only time will tell.

[carbonite]

Yeah it's a fact that the refing in all the playoff's game has been suspected at best...If the lakers lose by 2 when the magic shoot 62.5% for the entire game it is going to be a good series but that is nearly impossible to sustain over a 3 or 4 game stretch. Lakers in 6...

re: officiating...I have been reading Bill Simmons since like 2001 and this is his funniest column in years:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090608&sportCat=nba

[MexicanSpaniard]

Simmons is pretty funny, thanks for the link.

[tiger woods]

i'd like to see someone try and lay the ball in basketball off the backboard while having the momentum of your body lead you behind the backboard as you try to lay it in. in the last play of regulation in the nba finals, in LA.

i feel that kobe is now feeling the pressure of having to win the championship and its turning him into the kobe of old, taking really bad shots, letting courtney lee get under his skin (pause), turning the ball over at crucial points, missing free throws, punching bench chairs, yelling at teammates, etc, etc. its been happening all finals long..he has to stop forcing things and trust his teammates like he did the entire season.

and complaining about the officiating has been useless since the 1st round of the playoffs. they nearly shot the same amount of free throws in game 3, dwight didn't foul, bynum was in foul trouble the whole game

never worried, phil will make the correct adjustments and have his team prepared tonight. a sudden retirement announcement from derek fisher wouldnt hurt us either, he's been getting skinned the fuck up by skip.

EDIT: fuck koston

[bentmode]

i'd like to see someone try and lay the ball in basketball off the backboard while having the momentum of your body lead you behind the backboard as you try to lay it in. in the last play of regulation in the nba finals, in LA.

it could have been done, it was nearly done. i just think all of the pressure just made him collapse.

[MexicanSpaniard]

He was flying literally away from the rim I can expect many people to miss that. Why'd his parent's name him that?
JVG, Mark Jackson and Breen (Mike sp?) have made these Finals a lot better for me.

[odp]

missing 2 free throws with 11 seconds left!!!! what the fuck!? shit son...

[frisco]

Jesus Fisher is so clutch on 3's

Kobe is going to take it over in o.t

[barr]

Imagine Pietrus letting out a sissy ass scream as he did that last foul in o.t.

[odp]

kobes elbow to the chin with no foul called was a huge plus for LA.

howards missed free throws too.

not that i like orlando, i don't, but being a c's fan i despise LA. boo to that shit

[kilgore.]

holy fuck i just woke up the whole house. and my god jameer nelson is an idiot.

[cliff]

Officials=shit both ways=no real flow... but yeah I almost had a heart attack...voice is scratchy...but so hyped on the win! YEAH LAKERS! Holler Tiger, SkaterD and al other Lakers fans.

[yeah dude!]

hoooolllaaaaa

[Lurkenstock]

missing 2 free throws with 11 seconds left!!!! what the fuck!? shit son...

If the goddamned Magic could make a collective free throw they would be up 3-1 instead of the other way around, period.

[Wizard Fuck]

Fucking free throws.
I hate the magic.

I like this Simmons article on the officiating. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090528&sportCat=nba

[SleepyPeePee]

Fish got me choked up last night! he came throughso sick man... that was a deserved win, i wish Gasol punched Pietris in the face!

[SFblah]

Not a Lakers fan but I found this funny...also, I've always liked Fisher. 

[skaterdavid]

CHAMPIONS!!!

[Snickers]

LOS ANGELES LAKERS ARE THE 2009 NBA CHAMPIONS!!! HEY LAKER HATERS, WHAT HAPPENED? OH YEAH, THATS RIGHT, KOBE BRYANT AND THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS FUCKED YOUR FACES. LAKERS ARE THE WORLD CHAMPS, ALL LAKER HATERS CAN EAT A BIG FAT DICK!!!!!!!

[kilgore.]

can't fux wit it, orlando.