Lakers Repeat as Champions: NBA Finals Game Seven - Lakers 83, Celtics 79
by AncientMariner on Jun 17, 2010 11:08 PM CDT
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In an ugly final game of the NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics in Los Angeles on Thursday night, 83-79, to repeat as champions, winning the last two games at home to go back-to-back.
32.5 percent shooting from the field - abysmal...20 percent shooting on three's - atrocious...your superstar going 6 for 24 from the floor - abominable...a 20 free throw attempt advantage at home (and making ten more free throws than your opponent) - priceless. The Lakers accomplished all four this evening in a game which may be looked at as both great defensively and as a great big apple in two teams' throats.
Regardless...congratulations, Lakers.
And goodnight, 2009-10 season.
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Would you rather have the Finals MVP on your squad or the Regular Season MVP?
Go Lakers! Here’s hoping Lebron stays put, stays at home, and bring a Championship to Cleveland (after Kobe retires).
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That’s kind of an obvious answer. Lebron would be the first to say he’d swap his 2 mvp’s for a single finals mvp in a heartbeat. But that’s ok, you guys deserved it this year, congratulations, enjoy, because next season Lebron will have his own Finals MVP.
by CavsLebronFan on Jun 18, 2010 12:34 AM CDT up reply actions
As I just said on Twitter, major sports championships in the last two years could not possibly have gone to less deserving cities, with the obvious exception of New Orleans.
Blah blah, obligatory congrats to Lakers fans, but whatever. It’s gross, and now I have to deal with those dolts gloating about repeat titles every day of my life once I move out there.
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ouch Turk, that does not sound like fun at all to contemplate…writing ‘Congratulations, Lakers’, felt…well, not very good.
by AncientMariner on Jun 18, 2010 7:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Just curious
but what makes a city “deserving”?? There are great people in every city – there are jerks in every city.
I hope you’re not implying that because one city has had multiple great teams/championships, this makes them “less deserving” the next time. Teams have great players which equal titles … or they don’t, which equals not getting it done. Until a Cleveland team puts together winning players, Cleveland will remain hungry. This has nothing to do with “deserving”.
I needed a team so I wouldn’t turn into one of the eighty million pink hat-wearing Bud Light-drinking mulleted idiots at Fenway.
well, at least this " angry guy" got his come-uppance
Can’t wait to take this thing on their court.
by angryguy77 on Jun 14, 2010 1:46 PM EDT after Celtics went up 3-2.
Hey angryguy77,….it may be a very long wait.
When will the Pilgrims ever learn? I would have thought they would have stopped after that “unbeatable” Patriots team that lost the Super Bowl.
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Well I figured they would have won, but I didn’t expect LA to be gifted the championship in the 4th qtr, More FT in one qtr for LA than boston had the ENTIRE game. For three qtrs they let the teams play and then it tightend up in the 4th. Boston could have played better for sure, but had LA not been gifted multiple trips to the line, they would have won.
I’m still in disbelief how Gasol suddenly get’s the star treatment like Wade, Lebron and Kobe.
I’m done with this league until Stern is gone or he does something to fix this incompetence. Games 2 3 and 7 were abominations, I don’t know how anyone can say this game 7 wasn’t cooked.
Nobody cries better than Boston fan.
I needed a team so I wouldn’t turn into one of the eighty million pink hat-wearing Bud Light-drinking mulleted idiots at Fenway.
hahha amen, there is no singular city of fans that is more hated than those boston fans, I hate every single sports team from that city just cuz of their annoying fans.
The Lakers were hardly gifted the championship. There were bad calls throughout the series. You must have a short memory, even with replay in game 2, they gave the celts the ball when it was clearly off of garnett. The lakers would have been up 2-0 if not for that, and by winning game 3, the Lakers would have started this series 3-0.
Also refs can’t make it so that the Lakers get 23 offensive rebounds, face it. The Celitc’s age straight up caught up with them in the 4th. The Lakers were bigger, faster, and more energetic. And the ft difference is a pure result of the fact the Lakers were more aggressive going to the Basket, you guys were too busy trying to shoot 3’s in the 4.
Anways, I hope the Cavs get Lebron back, I think everyone is hoping to see a Lebron-Kobe matchup while Kobe still has some healthy appendages. I really can’t imagine Lebron leaving if he truly cares about winning. The Cavs are flat out his best chance of winning, next year should be your guys year in the east. The Magic clearly regressed without Hedo, and the Celitc can’t possibly get better a year from now
In Kobe we trust!
I would bet that it is a close race between New York fans and Boston fans regarding which city has the fans that inspire the most hate.
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by woodsmeister on Jun 21, 2010 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Did you watch the Lakers series with the Thunder and Suns?
The Lakers shot way less free throws than their opponents every single game in those series
Where do the Lakers rank in my life? I say Lakers, sex,...and breathing
by RA37thriller on Jun 19, 2010 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I can't stand the Lakers.
Seriously. Kobe, I can’t stand you more than anyone.
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by Ian_InsideTheShoe on Jun 18, 2010 12:00 PM CDT reply actions
It's not the Lakers that I can't stand.
It’s the unbearable fans. I have love for the game and respect what Kobe has brought to the league, Phil Jackson, etc. But the fans…can’t stand ’em.
What exactly did Kobe bring to the league? (Other than the obvious one, bad press via raping a chick.)
5 championships, 2 finals mvp, one regular season mvp, one gold medal, top 10 scorer of all time, 81 points in one game, the kobe-shaq era, the kobe-gasol era, great defense….what hasnt kobe done? hes made himself and (by association) the nba a world name. after jordan retired, and before lebron came along, kobe was the star of the league. he now shares it with lebron, but hes still top dog for (right now). every era needs its super-star, and the 2000’s it was kobe. maybe the 2010’s will be lebrons (but not yet). see through the haterade and recognize a supreme basketball talent……
also you shouldnt hate lakers fans, that just doesnt make sense. not all of them are like that, and in my experience most actually arent. i have had more vitrol thrown at me by “laker-haters” that i have ever seen me or my friends that are laker fans throw at other people…maybe you experience bad laker fans because of the the way you and others treat them…..just a thought.
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To us winning is a tradition. We are victors and need not explain. You may hate us, but your girlfriends love us. - BC
One more than Shaq. - Kobe answering how it felt to win Championship number 5
by silverstreak3k on Jun 20, 2010 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Cause the NBA wasn’t a world name when Michael Jordan was the sherriff? Come on, dude. Kobe is not all that and a bag of chips. He’s always had better sidekicks than LBJ and so he’s been in a position to win championships. How many championships does LBJ have by now if he’s coached by Phil Jackson or has a better team around him?
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by woodsmeister on Jun 21, 2010 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions
antwan jamison, shaq, jj hickson
mo williams, big z and verejao (sp?)? i think he had the supporting cast he needed. thats a terrible argument in my opinion. you do have a point with mike brown vs phil jackson, but that happens. maybe he should join the lakers and win one with phil…..
yes nba was a world league when jordan was there, and kobe kept it a world league, that was my point. there a lot of players out there with great sidekicks that never win it. (stockton malone comes to mind) and jordan said himself he only won because of pippen. basketball needs that one superstar and a great back up/supporting cast. i will give you that james seems to lack that true sidekick (although i feel that was more of a coaching blunder than talent), but james still had the pieces to win it all, it just didnt happen this year. if you dont think kobe is worth all that and a bag of chips, then there is no way you can think very much of lebron….seeing as hes done faaarr less.
also dont say kobe has always had better help, remember smush, kwame era? terrible team, much more terrible than any team james has had to be a part of.
i like both players (i get tired of james, but that mainly because hes on tv all the time, but there no denying his talent) and you have to recognize what kobe brings to the table. just as many laker fans realize what james brings to the nba.
Buffalo, that's where it's at baby. - Adam 'Pacman' Jones
To us winning is a tradition. We are victors and need not explain. You may hate us, but your girlfriends love us. - BC
One more than Shaq. - Kobe answering how it felt to win Championship number 5
by silverstreak3k on Jun 21, 2010 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
lol any fan base is gonna get annoying and their fair share of bandwagoners if they are always winning. Real laker fans are well aware of the hatred they get from other fans for their teams success, the only thing we can really do about it is try our best to not be a d*** about it, even when confronted by the most needlessly aggressive laker hater
In Kobe we trust!
I know this is late …. Congrats to the Celts and Lakers, the best two teams of the playoffs this season.
But I must say that was the most pitiful display for professional basketball by two great teams ever. Sure every now and then one team has a bad game, but I’ve never ever seen both teams look like they couldn’t even take the court against the WNBA teams.
Again, congrats to the Lakers. I can’t stand Kobe as well, but I respect his talent and desire to win. At least the faker Pierce, the loudmouth a##hole Garnett and no talent Rasheed don’t get another ring.
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