2009-nba-finals Stories - Fear The Sword
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 it. As Lakers fans, you understand where I'm coming from. I'm going to spare you the rehash of the...
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 where we were when we learned of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But there are positive versions of those...
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 any championship campaign, things will go wrong, and that great teams are not the ones who would have...
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 neither. If there is one thing that we've learned from LeBron James (regular season MVP) and the...
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. And of course congratulations to the LA Lakers and Silver Screen and Roll for the 2009 crown.A few final...
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 when he's retired most people are probably going to forget all the low-lights over the years from this...
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 them (SVG was kind enough to bench him for a majority of the game. Thanks, Stan!). Another is missed free...
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 pattern hold, will be a seventh bounce-back win. After the Lakers' Game 2 win in Los Angeles, I...
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 to spite me.(It's okay though. You still suck, Rafer.) Though, really, how does Kobe miss five free...
2009 NBA Finals: Game 3 Lakers @ Magic - crunch time started long ago.
Game 1 was over before the 4th quarter started. To say it was all Lakers gives the Magic too much credit. But you don't find many games closer than game 2. Save one brief point in the 2nd quarter, it was never more than a two-possession game leaving it all knotted up at the end of regulation. ...
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