I understand the sports psych 101, but I'm not buying Game 6 fail/motivation as a story line. 2008 as a whole? yes, makes sense.
Game 6 just never sat well with me, as it became so anticlimactic, and the Lakers were just so gutless. Serious 2nd-night-of-a-back-to-back-on-the-east-coast-in-November vibes... Something about it just stuck with me.
Rajon Rondo is like the 6th or 7th best point guard if he played in the Western Conference.........Boston is done.....East Coast Spurs......Cleveland Fail.....Magic Frail...........24 = Tyson ...23 = Ali
Rajon Rondo is like the 6th or 7th best point guard if he played in the Western Conference.........Boston is done.....East Coast Spurs......Cleveland Fail.....Magic Frail...........24 = Tyson ...23 = Ali
lol ... typical level-headed sports posting from Ed Powers ... I'll give you credit, at least you don't fence-sit.
should be the quote of the series.
shit's been rererehashed.
Yo - he was saying shit was going to be boring. My point: how could these two teams - the way they've been playing in the post-season - be boring?
i know what he was saying, i'm saying the rivalry, with the way players are now acquired in the league (outside of kobe/pierce who have essentially played their entire careers for one team, as great players typically used to), is not relevant. "yeah, you know shannon brown, that lakers team when you were two years old, you remember that right???"
if i see any commercial or montage or hear some color commentator talkin magic and bird, or jerry west's mummified corpse or any of that crap, it will be one time too many.
that shit is obnoxious. i know i'm not the only one that thinks so-- all respect due to the legends, it takes away from the players now.
as for how it can be boring: ask anyone outside of boston or new york how a red sox/yankees series is in any way entertaining.
If there's no connection for the individual, no unknowns-to-john-q-public to learn about as they play, no personal narrative for the viewer to draw upon, it's boring. (take the thunder/lakers first round matchup... that was on some david and goliath shit. it was awesome) for people who really pay attention to the sport (ie: outside of their home/favorite teams) and enjoy not just watching the sport, but really knowing it (ie: a few people on here) it's boring.
it is magic and bird, it's red, it's KAJ, it's all that all over again. the mediocrities of the current games are over-inflated (see glen davis) and the shining performances are held to an unapproachable standard. we already know how it ends (lakers in 6, btw)
that said, i'll watch it and enjoy it for the incredible performance it is. but the lakers and celtics is not intriguing. it's the same shit, rehashed.
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Game 6 just never sat well with me, as it became so anticlimactic, and the Lakers were just so gutless. Serious 2nd-night-of-a-back-to-back-on-the-east-coast-in-November vibes... Something about it just stuck with me.
:ahhh:
I think the C's can win, but L.A. has home court this time and Kobe is playing out of his mind.
Despite the beat-down of Orlando in game 6, my boys were looking tired and cold for much of that series.
I expect at least 6 games no matter who wins - if the C's can take one of the 1st two in L.A. I will feel much more confident.
REALLY, THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME.
Where is Boston's Bench?
L.A. is supposed to win both home court games.
Shit isnt gonna get hot until someone wins on the visitor floor.
Go Lakers!
lol ... typical level-headed sports posting from Ed Powers ... I'll give you credit, at least you don't fence-sit.
this series hasn't even started yet.
i know what he was saying, i'm saying the rivalry, with the way players are now acquired in the league (outside of kobe/pierce who have essentially played their entire careers for one team, as great players typically used to), is not relevant. "yeah, you know shannon brown, that lakers team when you were two years old, you remember that right???"
if i see any commercial or montage or hear some color commentator talkin magic and bird, or jerry west's mummified corpse or any of that crap, it will be one time too many.
that shit is obnoxious. i know i'm not the only one that thinks so-- all respect due to the legends, it takes away from the players now.
as for how it can be boring: ask anyone outside of boston or new york how a red sox/yankees series is in any way entertaining.
If there's no connection for the individual, no unknowns-to-john-q-public to learn about as they play, no personal narrative for the viewer to draw upon, it's boring. (take the thunder/lakers first round matchup... that was on some david and goliath shit. it was awesome) for people who really pay attention to the sport (ie: outside of their home/favorite teams) and enjoy not just watching the sport, but really knowing it (ie: a few people on here) it's boring.
it is magic and bird, it's red, it's KAJ, it's all that all over again. the mediocrities of the current games are over-inflated (see glen davis) and the shining performances are held to an unapproachable standard. we already know how it ends (lakers in 6, btw)
that said, i'll watch it and enjoy it for the incredible performance it is. but the lakers and celtics is not intriguing. it's the same shit, rehashed.
I agree with "taking away from the players now b/c of the montage shit"
and the personal connection you have with a team that makes games exciting.
Also, am I one of these people?
Definitely not. Ray Allen dropping 27 w/ 7 tres = :face_melt:
But man, Lakers have come back in a hurry.
he is hurting them on both ends of the court.
if not for Allen the C's would be toast.
Yeah - I think the last two series really just took Garnett's game away. He just looks creaky out there.
KG's tires have a lot of miles on them, and it looks like it. The wear has taken its toll on his game. He lacks that old fire and intensity.
Peace,
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