2nd Half Bloggin'...

Random Thoughts, cont'd:

2nd Half:

3rd quarter:

Rondo twists his ankle. 

Pierce is 1 for 8.

Kobe is going to JACK! Good!

Radmanovic picks up #4. Good!

Jeff Van Gundy quotes Rasheed Wallace: "The ball don't lie".

Meanwhile, Rasheed Wallace throws the TV out of his mansion's window.

(There's a foul on the play. And a TECHNICAL!)

EDDIE HOUSE FOR 3!!!

51-49!!! Celts!!!

4 fouls on Pierce. Youch.

15-3 Celtic run. 

Ray Allen's stroke is as pretty as Ken Griffey Jr.'s; different sport, but beauty is beauty.

Kobe's shakin' & bakin'; ABC announcers "have never seen ANYTHING like it!" 

I have.

I saw the Globetrotters once in Plattsburgh.

(Will Kobe throw a bucket of graffiti, too?)

62-60 Green after 3.

4th quarter:

Inglewood's OWN Paul Pierce checks back in...

Odom: 4 fouls.

Kobe misses a free throw and KICKS IT BACK!

("I've never seen ANYTHING like it!"---JohnnyRussia)

Pierce: 5 fouls. Youch, again.

I love the Honda Pilot "Bison" commercial. Damn bison; such an arrogant animal. 

Rondo back in. I love Rajon Rondo. He reminds me of Tony Parker at his coming out party. 

Van Gundy and Mark Jackson are yammering about barbershops. C'mon, Jeff! The barbershop is one of the bedrock meeting places in black neighborhoods; the great issues of the day are debated in those chairs. To give Van Gundy credit, he ultimately admits that he's in and out of his barber's chair in 5 minutes 'cause he's mostly bald. 

Kobe fouls, #4. He whines again. But that is an NBA player's stock move...

Time out. 

Seriously, I can hear my own heartbeat. Maybe this Celtic/Laker rivalry will shorten my life.

(It's worth it!)

The last time these guys played was '87, I lived in northern New York State, the Lakers won, and a couple of months later, I was living in Redondo Beach. I had a green courduroy Celts hat when I hit town.

Now, it's 21 years later, and that hat is long gone. 

But, still, I can hear my own heartbeat.   

I love the NBA.

Lakers up by 7, 1:33 left. Sasha's been big. The chef down the street will be bribed. 

Kobe and Pierce jawing...

Lakers win.

That's OK, Kobe: after you're done French-kissin' the media, be lookin' for a little Inglewood Indignity to come whoopin' your entitled ass Thursday night... 

Oh, and KG will be there, too.

The Celtics should have won this game, even with their top guns shooting blanks.

And Pau? Sasha? Stay the hell out of Redondo Beach; the milk is spoiled!

Celtics 2, Lakers 1.

Game 4 Thursday.