Everyone is excited about the NBA Finals, and they should be. It’s the most exciting matchup since Michael Jordan pushed off of Bryan Russell. But when I hear Lakers vs Celtics, I can only think of one thing. The GREATEST VIDEO GAME OF ALL TIME.
It was the first sports game I owned that had real teams and real players. Magic and Bird were fun to play with, and Michael Jordan dunked from anywhere, but the best player with the most unstoppable move was Tom Chambers, and his triple pump slam. Here’s the real version, over Mark Jackson. And his Phoenix teammate, Dan Majerle, had his own distinction. He was the only player in the game with skin tone. Everyone else was either black or white, but Thunder Dan was tan. Also, he couldn’t hit free throws.
We can only hope that this series is half as intense as those back in the 80′s. NBA basketball back then was on another level. The pure hatred teams had for one another made it so special. Bird, McHale, and Parrish vs Magic, Kareem, and Worthy. Oh man, I hear the chants now. “Boston sucks!” “Beat L.A.”
Celtics 89 Pistons 81 – Things looked bleak for Boston at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Down double digits, the Celtics refused to give up and went on a 10-0 run to tie the game. After a couple minutes of exchanging baskets, Paul Pierce took over. Something eerily similar to what we saw Kobe Bryant do Thursday night, “The Truth” scored 12 of his 27 points in the fourth (11 of Boston’s last 17). This was a night when Boston could have given up. Especially after that horrible charge call by Bennett Salvatore on Pierce behind the three point line. But it was the veteran leadership and the desire to get to a place that the Celtics have not been to in 21 years that kept them focused.
Earlier this week, DLamp over at pyleoflist.com wet his pants trying to come up with a nickname for Dodger’s rookie, Clayton Kershaw. Before we start putting pussy prospects on a pedastal, let’s first give them a chance to prove themselves. Kershaw just crapped the bed vs the Mets in NY. Torre pulled him after 3.2 innings as the Dodgers struggle to break their 4 game losing streak. Kershaw gave up 4 earned runs, 5 hits, 4 walks, 1 hr, with a 5.59 ERA in his 2nd start.
Sorry that I’m not ready to call this guy “The Predator” or “Shawshank Redemption” yet. I’m leaning towards Clayton Crapshaw or Clayton Rickshaw after his performance in NY today.
- Something stinks in the Octagon. You know what doesn’t stink. Marisa Miller, Alessandra Ambrosio and Miranda Kerr in bikinis
- Greg Oden never misses out on a good time
- Christy Cooley makes a beautiful bride
- We finally live blogged something
- The Euro 2008 rosters were released. And we announced that we will have on the scene coverage from Austria and Switzerland for the tournament.
Darren Rovell over at CNBC estimated that $100 million was lost on that meaningless last second three pointer by Sasha Vujacic. Supposedly two-thirds of the money was on San Antonio at -8 or -7.5, so what looked innocent and unsportsmanlike actually cost some gamblers across the nation some dinero. Now if you were on the Lakers, you want to send Sasha a thank you card. But if you are on the wrong end of the spectrum, like I was back in 2004 on Chris Duhon’s last second half court shot you want smash his skull. F you Duhon!!!
When you run on the field during any event make sure to watch your back. And for goodness sakes don’t slow down. If you aren’t going to put 100% into the effort, it isn’t worth it. A great takedown by Fenway security.
Now, i have no idea what the commercial is saying, but what FanIQ deciphered was that a German electronics chain was having fun at the expense of Italians.
“Media Markt created new TV ads featuring “Toni the Italian,” played by German comedian Olli Dittrich. In the ad Toni scurries through the aisles of a Media Markt store plugging a variety of flatscreen TVs with a thick Italian accent, cheesy sales tactics, and greasy machismo.”
And I am guessing this line is the kicker, “The Germans buy laptops; the Italians buy referees.” Referring to the Serie A scandal of 2006 that regulated four of Italy’s top squads.
After the jump another one (If anyone could translate these that would be great)
With the early exits of Serena Williams and James Blake, I wanted to try and figure out why Americans can’t win on clay. Growing up in the US, we are mostly exposed to hardcourts. When you play on these, you get the true bounce of the ball which makes it easier for muscle memory to figure out where the ball will be. This doesn’t happen at the French Open as the surface might slightly be uneven with the clay sliding from one area to another. The ball might take a funny hop or just hit a dead spot.
