TSS NBA Playoffs Review: The NBA Finals
GENERAL By MZ on June 15, 2009 at 9:28 am
And then there was one. The pic pretty much says it all, but we’ll still throw in a few words for good measure. Black Mamba finally got his own ring and I think the only person who would’ve had a chance to defeat him would have had to gone by the nickname Mongoose or something. Superman & Co. put up a valiant effort and were a few plays (and a lot of turnovers) from this series still going on, but it wasn’t meant to be. Kobe got his ring without Shaq, Phil passed Red & Dwight, LeBron and Carmelo will have to wait til next year. As will we, even though the end result was a bit anti-climatic, next year looks be great with several teams vying for dominance in both Conferences.
Stern’s got the decks stacked with LA, Orlando, Cleveland, Denver & Boston all believing they have a shot. Even under them Dallas, Utah, New Orleans, Chicago and San Antonio all have to like their chances as well with the right moves during the summer. Thankfully draft posturing, trade rumors and free agency should help keep SportsCenter from playing an endless loop of diving catches and andro home runs.
So to wrap this up, let’s take one last look at our picks we made way back before the first round was underway. And somehow, Pat still came out on top despite drinking an absurdly large amount of the hometown Kool-Aid picking Boston to win the chip this year. Those half points for picking the series lengths added up in the end.
Patrick M. – 14 points
MZ – 13 1/2 points
S. Cadet – 13 1/2 points
Jesse H. – 11 1/2 points
Oh yeah, don’t let Beware fool you into thinking Detroit won Lord Stanley’s Cup, because they didn’t. I’d make a Detroit joke, but someone sent me a Trick Trick video on Twitter today.
Previously Posted –TSS NBA Playoffs Preview: The NBA Finals | TSS NBA Playoffs Preview: The Eastern Conference | TSS NBA Playoffs Preview: The Western Conference Finals | TSS NBA Playoffs Review: The Conference Semifinals |TSS NBA Playoffs Review: The First Round | TSS NBA Playoffs Preview: The Later Rounds | TSS NBA Playoffs Preview: The First Round
Posted in GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK, Sports — Tags: Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Basketball, NBA Finals, Orlando Magic, Phil Jackson, Stan Van Gundy
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“SHAQ, TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTE!!?”
I KNEW THIS WAS GOING DOWN, I’M GLAD, ORLANDO NEVER STOOD A CHANCE!
WHERE’S BOSTON!?!?!? LOL LOL…
Even though the chumps could never rep as my team (too soft), I called each game of the finals prior to the start of the season, and had the Car Tippers winning in 5…
Orlando had a nice run, but if you thought they were gonna beat a veteran squad you were kidding yourself.
Now get rid of one of these Faker posts… TWO???
…and Black Llama, Fuck Yo Couch.
Didn’t mean season… Excuse me.
Finals.
Why talk about Kobe if there is a bigger question on the other news…
Is it Rirri or a Look-a-Like….??
I forgot to say, that I say:
Look-a-Like…
lakers baby!!!! 2009 CHAMPS and its still fuck boston all day
How about you laker fans, well the ones who didn’t riot enjoy winning a championship and stop worrying about the Celtics.
Lakers in 5… I wont say I told you so but….
I TOLD YOU SO.
Lakers baby….
It’s a lovely day.
I’m not feeling the Laker love in here (pause)
P & Gotty – can y’all make a limited edition Lakers colorway for the TSS shirt? lol…f’real, I WILL cop, as will Turk, and a few others…which is exactly why you should do a limited production run, haha
“When the general don’t panic the troops don’t panic” © Shaq
I (and Shaq) am laying the blame squarely at the feet of Van Gundy aka Captain Panic. Van Gundy robbed me of a 7 game series, I knew he couldn’t be trusted, I called it!
Fuck the Lakers!
Magic, since 1993 until the day that I die!
I second that Laker color scheme… I’d cope a few for sure.
Just be thankful KG got hurt. Shit we could have taken the Fake Show with Leon Powe
@ Patrick M.
Right, with a healthy KG and Powe you would not have beaten Cleaveland this year…. And with a healthy Bynum and Ariza in 2008 the Lakers would have beat the C’s.
Lakers are the 09 champs and that’s all that matters.
Baby Paw….I’m witcha dog. Been with the Magic from day uno. From the Penny, Dennis Scott, Horace Grant, Shaq and {Nick Anderso… aw hell naw bump Nick} days to now and forever.
Bump the Fakers.
The Magic will return!
2010 Prediciton….(if Shaq doesn’t go to Cleveland): MAGIC v Denver finals! Magic win baby!!!
If Shaq goes to Cleveland (&plays in beast mode like last season)….mail it to Ohio RIGHT NOW! Yes I said it….I love my Magic, but I gots to keep it real.
MSG Ish
ishdawg and baby paw are full of baby shit LA all mufuggin day im out like orlando in 5!!!
YES YES Teef…I would certainly cop that t shirt!
AND TO ALL YOU SORE ASS LOSERS!!!!! HOW MY ASS TASTE?
Reminds me of all the crap I solely took last year when the Beaners won.
GO MAGIC!!! The Lakers won fair and square, but I chalk the way we played in game one to SVG playing Jameer Nelson for the majority of the game. He’s our man, but Skip got us to the Finals and we were in sync w/ him. If he would have played Skip 30-40 mins a night like the rest of the playoffs it would have been a whole different series. And Laker fans don’t act like y’all weren’t worried after we should have beaten you in LA in game 2 and then took game 3 in O-Town after y’all fought so hard. Then we gave away game 4 (once again Jameer was in the game and didn’t jam Fisher up or foul before the shot to seal the deal). Yeah I’m disappointed. This may have been our only chance to win one this decade. Shit the Cavs are gonna go get everyone thats worth a damn this offseason to keep Bron-Bron in Cleveland, and the Celtics will be healthy next year. Now we have to deal w/ Hedo pulling this bullshit w/ his contract at the end of the month. We blew it and LA just took advantage.