2009 nba finals Stories - SB Nation
Tribute to Lamar Odom, NBA Champion
I've often wondered if I would ever get a chance to write this. It's not that I didn't expect the Lakers to win a championship; it's just that I wasn't sure how much Lamar Odom would have to do with i...
Tribute to Pau Gasol, NBA Champion
We all have those, "I remember where I was when..." moments in our lives. For some reason, many of them are negative. My parents remember where they were when JFK was assassinated. We all remember whe...
Like the 2009 Lakers, Great Teams Win in the Face of Adversity
I'm not a conspiracy theorist. With regards to basketball, I have never subscribed to the idea that this or that external force is to blame for one team losing or another winning. I believe that in an...
Lakers Overcome Previous Struggles, Dominate Finals
Remember that Lakers team that struggled to put away an injury-riddled Houston Rockets? Remember how unlike a championship team they seemed, and what a frustration they were to their fans? Yeah, me ne...
Game Sevens in the MLB, NBA and NHL
I am not a huge hockey fan, but last Friday night I watched the Pens beat the Red Wings for the Stanley Cup. My wife asked why I was watching hockey and I said it was a game 7 and I hadn't seen a gam...
Polling GSoM: Will the LA Lakers repeat in 2010?
Congratulations to the Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic and their SB Nation community Third Quarter Collapse. Aside from Games 1 and 5 of the 2009 NBA Finals, they put up quite a fight. ...
2009 NBA Finals: Game 5 Lakers @ Magic- Are we going back to Disney Land?
Game 4 was quite painful to watch. Seeing Derek Fisher drop those two clutch treys (give him his props though) was tough to swallow. Fish is definitely adding to his folklore and years from now w...
Game 4: Where Nick Anderson gets some company in Orlando
Game 4 of the 2009 NBA Finals. It was the best of play... it was the worst of play. There are some things I simply cannot tolerate while watching a basketball game. Rafer Alston is one of...
NBA Finals: Game 4 Preview
Six losses: one versus Utah, three versus Houston, and two versus Denver. After each one, the Lakers responded, winning by an average of 16.8 points. On Tuesday, a seventh loss; tonight, should the pa...
NBA Finals Game 3: My worst nightmare
Not only does Kobe Bryant fall apart in the fourth quarter... turning the ball over... even missing free throws... but Rafer Alston decides to simultaneously have a breakout game. Probably just...
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