Sunday, June 7, 2009

Initial Reactions to Game 2

Very upsetting, but it wasn't all bad as there was some highly entertaining material in the end of Game 2. This is despite 1. uber poor officiating (which primarily hurt the Magic, but the call in OT that went against Kobe off his leg was really bad too); 2. Kobe's acting, complaining and flailing worse than Paul Pierce; 3. Pau's extreme incessant excessive grunting whenever he attempts a shot; and 4. the TWO missed lay-ups by Courtney Lee at the end of regulation.
What is there to take away from Game 2? Basically, all of the good stems from the last possession for the Lakers in regulation with 9 tics remaining. Kobe got the ball with Hedo covering him, took it towards the basket and was swarmed by four defenders. Hedo beautifully blocked the ball, got it and called timeout. What's cool about this you ask? The Magic know that Hedo's length disturbs Kobe and at the end of the game and in the fourth quarter Hedo can potentially lock up Kobe or at least contain him, probably more effectively than Pietrus who fouled out for clipping his nails on the court and his nail hitting Kobe by accident. On that last possession Kobe upset not one but TWO of his teammates. Lamar was wide open in the near corner when the quadruple-team came and Lamar hit every open jumper he took that night. Ariza was wide open in his spot too. Both complained to Kobe and even yelled at him as he stormed back to the bench where he proceeded to punch the bench (like Sasha did last year in the Finals) and plopped down. Then Phil Jackson SMILED!!!! He laughed at Kobe. Why? I have no idea, but I really hope he secretly hates Kobe as much as I do and doesn't mind seeing him fail because he is such a meanyhead. It was so awesome. Phil didn't hide it at all; he blatantly smiled when Kobe punched the bench. I rewinded that joint three times bro. He wasn't smiling before it happened, then it happened, and then he was smiling. I don't know how anyone can possibly like the Lakers and defend them when Kobe & Pau are so gross and so unlikable and so terrible to watch and look at in high definition. Phil doesn't even like his star player on his team. That’s cool.
Another question, why doesn't the NBA go back to a 2-2-1-1-1 format when the only reason the 2-3-2 exists is because the Lakers complained in 1984 about having to travel from L.A. to Boston too often? There are two days off before Game 4 & 5, I am pretty sure both teams can adjust in plenty of time and it obviously makes the series more competitive and likely to go the full 7.
Lastly, Dwight’s kicks were on point tonight. I don’t know what they were exactly, but they were Adidas and I still liked them so that is saying a lot.

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