I'm so pissed. I just typed up a 40 minute expose' on tonight's game and the Lakers, but with one accidental flip of the thumb against this damned laptop's mousepad, wiped the ENTIRE thing out right as I was about to post it. Mother f*****.
Flipped the switch, indeed!
Kobe saved our ass. BIG TIME. Again. Suffice it to say, Kobe's as clutch as a player has ever been, and never ceases to amaze me. He's right up there with, if not above, Michael, Magic, Bird, and Jerry West as the most clutch players of all time.
Can't believe Larry Brown didn't have his players foul on the Lakers' last play in regulation. They could've fouled Shaq, Luke, or Kobe (before he shot it), and most likely won the game. Bad coaching move from an otherwise great coach.
Luuuuuuuke Walton's contributions saved the game for us, after Phil almost lost it by not subbing Walton back in during the third quarter as our 11 point lead was quickly slipping away (as I predicted at halftime he would do). Malone's got a sprained MCL, and should be out the rest of the Finals, but will adamantly refuse to be put up on the shelf, and will keep playing through the pain. Payton sucks, and his attitude is going to be the one downside to this Championship. He's a jerk. Finally, Jeannie Buss said on a radio program today that there's a 95% chance that Phil will be back coaching the Lakers next year...
Really pissed I lost my previous thesis/post.
