That was one of the best tournaments I've ever seen. My favorite hole today was the 15th, when Tiger hit his 2nd out of the 9th hole bunker onto the green. That shot was sick. Then Rocco putts for a birdie on the same hole. Freakin' amazing. Rocco was great today, but like so many others, he...
The Lakers survive Game 5, and will probably lose Game 6. It's only a matter of time before Red Sox fans who didn't have the balls to post in this thread come playoff time declare themselves Celtics fans and claim that they predicted a Celtics win all along. I have a lot of respect tonight for...
He's right, and I'm a Dodger fan. Gibson's one swing was the transcendent sporting moment of my life (possibly Magic's baby-hook in '87 being 1A), but what Tiger has done the last two days at Torrey Pines eclipses all of that. Willis Reed showed up, got the crowd going and left. Willis Reed's...
This is Tiger's greatest tournament. Dude's grinding on one leg and still hits clutch shot after clutch shot. Rocco has less of a chance than the Lakers do, and the Lakers have no shot.
Debating who are the bigger jerks, Red Sox fans or Yankee fans, is akin to debating which dictator did the most damage, Hitler or Stalin. All of the above are egotistical, arrogant a-holes, so it really is 6 of 1, half-dozen of the other. It'll be interesting to see if the Lakers have enough...
I missed Game 4 tonight (had to go to a graduation), and am glad I did, because I would have witnessed a Laker choke for the ages. Missing the game spared my house of a lot of broken furniture. The Celtics simply want this championship more. They play defense like their lives depend on it...
Kirk, hope you slept alright, but if you'd seen the first half, when the Celtics went to the line 19 times and the Lakers went twice (!), you'd need a fifth of vodka and some Demerol in order to sleep. That game was a grievous wound to the NBA's credibility. It made Miami-Dallas '06 seem...
The Celtics will win this series in 7. This series is rigged. The Lakers have 5 years to get Kobe his 3 championships to equal Jordan's, but this ain't the year. There is too much KG, Pierce, etc. for the Celtics to be denied. This will be the only ring KG ever gets, so it might as well be now...
The first half of Game 2 of the NBA Finals makes me wonder if Tim Donaghy is still an NBA referee. In terms of officiating, this is the most egregiously one-sided game in the history of the NBA Finals. It feels like it's preordained that the series will go 7. David Stern likes drama, money, and...
Game 1 is history, and it's a game the Celtics absolutely had to win. They played with fire and desire, and the Lakers couldn't make a shot. Paul Pierce masqueraded as Willis Reed, and was freaking amazing. Boston deserved the win. Still, I'm fairly confident about Game 2, and I strongly...
I do not begrudge the man his bitterness. I'd feel the same way if the Lakers weren't in it. I didn't watch a lick of last year's Finals. Then again, neither did anyone else outside of SA and Cleveland. This is not the '80's. That was an era that will never be repeated or duplicated in terms...
I just read something from Freep about the Pistons possibly moving Rip Hamilton to the Bulls for Deng and/or Gordon. Not sure that makes much sense, but unloading Wallace certainly does.
I'm going to be in Barcelona during Game 6 and 7, should it go that far. It would be amazing to party with the locals celebrating Pau Gasol's NBA championship. Of course, if the Lakers win it in 5, I'll be able to celebrate in L.A. Either way works for me! GO LAKERS!!
The Celtics and the Lakers. Ahh, my mind wanders back to the days of yore: the McHale clothesline and Worthy passing the ball to Gerald Henderson in '84 (a series in which I shed tears over a sporting event for the only time in my life), Kareem's dominance in '85 and the Magic baby-hook in '87...
The torch appears to have been passed in the West. The Lakers seem to be poised for a 3-5 year run of supremacy, but even if Bynum comes back strong, nothing is guaranteed. The Spurs need to retool, but I wouldn't write 'em off just yet. As long as they have Duncan, Parker, and Ginobli (when...
That game was poorly officiated from the get-go. Duncan was allowed to take 5 steps to the rim, they didn't reset the shot-clock when Fisher's shot hit the rim, Kobe got to the free-throw line NEVER, and the infamous non-call at the end of the game. It's a shame the game ended like that, it's a...
If Barry leans into Fisher while attempting to shoot, he goes to the line. He didn't, so it was a good non-call. Even Popovich said as much. I'm biased, of course, but it looked like the Spurs got the vast majority of favorable calls all game long, so maybe it was karma. But honestly, yes, the...
The Lakers survived the Spurs in Game 4, and should close out the defending champs in 5 games. When Brent Barry is your go-to guy in a crucial playoff game moment, you're pretty much done. Manu ain't Manu, and Tony Parker and Tim Duncan are amazing players, but the Spurs are running on fumes. If...
The Spurs played beautifully tonight, and the Lakers were atrocious in all phases of the game. If the Lakers don't come out with more aggression in Game 4, this series may go 7. Wow, the Celtics won a road game. I'm actually kind of shocked. You Pistons fans know your team better than I do...
There I go again, underestimating the Spurs. In Game 1, they controlled the tempo, dominated the first 30 minutes of the game, contained Odom, the final score was exactly the kind of number they like, and Tim Duncan was heroic. They should have won. But Kobe is an assassin, Manu was a...
The Lakers managed to escape Utah without gurneys, which is very good news for us Laker fans. On to the Spurs or Hornets. A part of me wants the Hornets to win, just so I can keep watching the astonishing brilliance of Chris Paul. But another part of me is rooting for the Spurs, so we can kick...
Shaq was a tough guy to officiate, both on offense and defense. There were plenty of times he'd have three guys draped all over him and nothing was called, and he'd get a touch foul on the other end. Did he ultimately get the benefit of the doubt the majority of the time? Probably so, but most...
The Jazz are a collection of knife-wielding butchers. Now I know how Suns fans must have felt after their series with Spurs last year. The Jazz and Spurs somehow are allowed to decapitate people with impunity, whereas when a Laker (Ronny Turiaf), commits a 'hard foul,' he's ejected. Utter BS.
Good call, Andy. Jeez, Utah just hacks the hell out of you on every play, and it really is a question of whether the refs are too tired, bored, or payrolled to call a game the way it should be called or are they just going to go with the style of the home team. The Lakers-Jazz series will go 7...
Man, New Orleans is really, really good. They are overwhelming the Spurs with their athleticism, depth, length and speed. They're playing the best ball of anyone in the playoffs right now and will be extremely difficult for anyone to beat. Chris Paul is flat-out sick.
Kudos to the Rockets, indeed. Byron Scott deserves Coach of the Year, but Adelman was right there on his heels, and deservedly so. Can't really fault McGrady this year. Yao would've made the difference, I think. Go HAWKS!
The Celtics are now one game away from the most shocking upset in professional sports history since...New England lost to the Giants in the Super Bowl three months ago. But, really, if the Celtics lose (which almost certainly won't happen), it would be the biggest upset in NBA history. Oh...
So much for the Celtics' moonwalk. I've only seen Atlanta play one other time this year, when they beat the Lakers, and I was impressed with the sheer number of young studs they have. They are definitely a team on the rise. If only they had drafted Chris Paul like they should have, they'd be...