The Dodgers/Reds game was polite enough to finish early (and in fact, the Dodgers didn't even show up!). So now we can FOCUS on this one: the ultimate game of the NBA season, facing the last two NBA champions. For all the marbles. Winner take all. Cops on alert. This is it.
Go Lakers!
photo from this Daily News blog
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This is it. No Game 8. No adjustments. Winner take all. You either do or die, no excuses. Go in there, and give it all you got. Play your entire heart out until you can't play anymore, and then you play some more. Now go out there, and win one for the Gipper.
David Stern just announced a Game 8.
As Magic used to say. "Its Winning Time"
I'm about to throw up w anticipation for this game. Anyone coming over to watch? If so, bring beer.
"Abdul-Jabbar was unable to play in Game 6, but Johnson stepped up to turn in one of the most remarkable performances in NBA Finals history. Still just a 20-year-old rookie, Johnson moved from guard to center and tallied 42 points, 15 rebounds, and 7 assists, single-handedly carrying the Lakers to a 123-107 victory and the NBA Championship. Johnson earned the first of three NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Awards."
I politely decline your invitation, Mr. McCarthy.
Baby hook mojo!
I like it!
Ain't nothin wrong with Magic Johnson's running sky hook.
All the marbles? This one's for all the tacos! Go Lakers! Win! Clinch! Destroy! Humiliate!
Lakers smash!
This got me a tad weepy.
http://tinyurl.com/23kxpjf
Nice to hear the good luck from James "Houston Rockets Fan" Loney.
Yeah, I thought Loney was a Rockets fan.
Loney is. But I'll take it.
One hour until the biggest basketball game the world has seen since 1988.
'Sheed confirmed to get the start at C for Celts. #GetInHisHead #It'sEasy
Still waiting for someone to show up w more cerveza.
Dusty,
"Still waiting for someone to show up w more cerveza."
The chances of me making my flight tomorrow dropped by several percentage points just by me considering it.
Debating watching pre-game. Will it just make me more nervous?
@Mr C
Unless you're flight is at 5:45am, I question your manhood. ;-)
I wouldn't watch pre-game. I'm still at work. Dunno when I'll be able to leave.
I'll go with Mr. F's sage advice.
I never watch pregame.
I'm with you guys. I watched the pre-game before game 6 and it made me a nervous wreck
TV: off
Beer: cold
Anticipation: dizzying
Dog: lap
SoSG GT: tabbed browsing
Snark: building up
It's on.
I'm hyperventilating. Is that normal? PLEASE SOMEBODY TELL ME THAT'S NORMAL.
I can't help you out with "normal" MLASF.
Dusty,
Not that close to the asscrack of dawn, but close
@Mr C
So, then only bring over a case. Slow night and all.
Dodger connection with the game: Peter O'Mally is there, sharing a suite with Jerry Buss.
I sure wish one or both of them owned the Dodgers now!
@MLASF what is this thing you call "normal"?
Lakers have won 10 championships in my lifetime. I'm 40. So one of every four years we've grabbed the NBA title. Not too shabby, and I want to think I had a little something to do with it.
my nerves are shot.
Something tells me that won't be the only time we hear Magic say "Back to back. Yes! Yes!" tonight.
I started getting nervous as soon as the Dodger game was over
I'm emotionally rollercoasting like a drunken sorority girl.
I just giggled twice and cried in the time it took me to type this.
I'm having trouble breathing. You dial 9-1, and when I say so, dial 1 again.
To funny DB
win this one for Dane Cook!
Screw Dane Cook and the horse he road in on
hehe well said, karen!
Dane Cook?
he can go to hell
Lakers look good on the boards early.
I guess they're letting them play.
damn, they are letting them play.
You go ooh and ahh when I jump in my car
People treat me like Kareem Abdul Jabbar
#PublicEnemy #OldCrankyLakers
Lot of second chance opportunities. Wallace has nothing on defense.
well said, nic.
oh, that was a foul.
Rajon Rondo's got an afro with a chinstrap
Kobe has to pass. Ron was wide open.
God dammit get over and help Kobe.
ugh, celtics defense looking tip top.
Faked out by a soft Spaniard!
You have to punch someone to get a foul.
Something tells me that Rasheed will test that idea at some point.
Dear SoSG readers, please tell me how I'm supposed to tell if my beer is cold.
I think I can say with certainty that Downfall will be the dumbest reality show ever conceived.
ABC's "Downfall" game show - please tell me that is fake. Please?
Cornbread!
We can't shoot!
But we can rebound.
@FB
Ain't nothin' wrong with that.
Nevermind. KG tests it with an elbow, and it works.
well KG pretty much punched Pau right there.
if allen starts to get hot i want someone to put him on his back.
I just remembered that when B Shaw would set up a dunk for Shaq, we'd call it ShawShaq Redemption. Good times.
I want to see some Surf 'n Turf tonight (Fish to Kobe).
I'm starting to detest Mark Jackson.
kevin garnett dominating early? 4 points and 1 board.
@Nic - Alleyoop dunks are worth 2+ points
Paul Pierce grew up in LA? No!!! Really???
we are getting hammered going to the basket and then we get called for an offensive foul.
BS
Just hit a god damned shot - anyone in gold!
siddown Nate!
how many times is big baby going to get that little baseline layup.
No question about a moving screen on KG on that one.
KG WAS HOLDING ODOM, YOU MORON
hmm looked like a foul at full speed, but...
Announcer didn't think it was a foul? KG had him in bondage!
That was directed at Van Gundy.
FARMAR BENCH NOW
well, the team that won the first Q has won every game.
so......
HIT A FUCKING SHOT
this is worrisome.
Danny Fortson is sitting somewhere getting fat, wondering what could have been
COME ON GUYS
ooh baby, lucky that didnt go down
wow, did we suck that quarter.
well, the C's did a great job of getting the crowd out of it.
i guess we used up all the ball movement in game 6.
we shot 22%. seriously. 22%. way to show up, guys.
Lakers are rushing all the shots they take. Need to control tempo.
no worries - they'll get back in it
good start to the Q
there we go
Okay. Good start. Keep it going.
Nice start. Solid defense, good moves by Odom and Kobe on offense.
Did he just say they've won 61 of 18?
thats what we need from lamar.
that and the ability to convert at the line.
as long as Tony Allen is getting minutes, there is always a chance
All we needed to do was to bench Kobe.
no problem
KEEP IT GOING
The offensive rebounds are saving our asses right now.
keep playing defense
I want to get rid of Farmar so badly.
lotsa misses for the Cs
stop taking long shots, RonRon
Hit the damn 3s you guys.
someone please get hot.
tie game, folks!
If gasol would have blown that bucket after being wide open but hesitant, I would have just exploded.
But...9-0 run.
i like this much better.
hit him jack!!!
that's it, Ron. Channel Rodman for the rest of this game
YES! KEEP IT GOING! KEEP IT GOING!
Ray's collllld
Seriously? The Celtics make one basket the entire quarter so far, and that's the highlight they show going into the commercial?
I gotta say, this has been quite the game so far
I don't think there's anyone better who captures the complexities of high schoolers going straight into the NBA than Dwight Howard.
seriously we have to get a whistle or two.
3 on KG
finally.
3 on KG
we can't even hit FTs! pathetic. fucking pathetic.
stop chanting MVP during the NBA finals
Kobe 2-11 tonight. Def not MVP caliber.
THIS IS FUCKING BULLLLLLLSHIIIIITTTTTT
If anything, Pierce fouled Fish.
How do officials let Kobe get pounded in the paint with no whistle, then call Fish for that second one? Still say: NBA worst officiated sport in the world.
who the hell wins the MVP, no one is really deserving of it.
Where the hell is Shannon Brown?
It'll probably be Kobe, no matter who wins.
im hoping the 2nd half is better. This game has beend at bostons pace so far
im seriously going to cry.
@Dodgerbobble
Where the hell is Kobe?
Ron Ron is keeping us in the game offensively.
thats not good.
ron the only one getting calls.
That was a foul on Wallace. Stupid Allen.
What is Kobe doing????
Kobe Bryant has a Subaru Legacy?
aint lookin good.
Only down by six, we're still in this game.
no Trojan Pride, Dusty? What about for Harold Miner?
Well, we can't possibly shoot worse. Only one way to go. Kobe won't come out at go 3-14 in the second half, I can almost guarantee.
i know people always say they dont want to see a game with too many freethrows, but i doubt anyone wants to see a game with a final score of 80-64 either.
only down 6, shooting like the 96 Miami Heat, only gave up 40 points
No Problem. The Lakers will take care of business in the second half
Bender's Big Score is better than the halftime show
just sayin
Lamar needs to show up, 0-1 with two boards aint gonna cut it.
Who was that courtside reporter lady? I wanted to go ask her where the reference books are.
Stupid Breen. You don't say "count it" unless it counts.
Not such a good sequence.
fuck this, we dont deserve to win.
I can't watch this anymore.
This is unwatchable.
Seriously painful.
sorry kobe, but game 7 of the finals is no time to shoot yourself out of a slump.
Embarrassing.
oof I can't believe Jackson just resurrected the ghost of John Starks
ok time for a run, Tony Allen's in
KOBE. Another missed FT. -14 when he's on the flo.
Kobe just accidentally nailed a jumper.
cmon everybody, stay in it. This game is farrr from over
PROTECT THE FREAKING BALL, LAKERS!
you do know that the guys wearing green are going to try to take it from you, right?
keep working Pau
let KG take his patented passive fallaway
THEY'RE COMING BACK...
Lamar lives!
PROTECT THE FREAKING BALL, LAKERS!
Phil needs to punch Kobe in the nuts
kobe isnt getting any whistles.
FUCK YES LAMAR!!!
I think Kobe would make a whistling sound if Phil punched him in the nads.
when did sheed turn into tim duncan?
gotta get some stops.
Pau waking up?
Stop needed
Odom you need to do something. You have a guy guarding you who weighs 100 more pounds than you
4, baby!
LO just did something for you.
haha why is Veal even in there?
The Lakers will win because of that Scalabrini shot
THis game is an embarrassment to the game of basketball.
Lakers WIN the quarter by two.
4 point game.
Take this Lakers
I can't believe the Lakers actually won that quarter. Looked pretty rough until the end.
SASHA IS NOT THE FUTURE OF THIS FRANCHISE
My ulcer is running amok
hopefully kobe was just saving all his buckets for the 4Q
I don't know if I should watch the U.S. game tomorrow. That might give me a heart attack.
@MLASF
How would it give you a heart attack? I thought you didn't care at all about WC?
I'll bet Phil hates doing those little interviews with Doris in the middle of the game
Pau!
Papa wants a lead!
Sasha should not be shooting anything other than wide open jumpers
I wish Big Baby's nickname wasn't Big Baby because it takes away the main thing I want to call him most of the time.
agreed with Van Gundy - that was a good shot for Kobe. He's gonna get it going
That one was just bad luck.
call that, ref
come on, that was a foul.
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