DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!!! life is sucking right now. one of the greatest runs in NBA history came to an end. the Los Angeles Lakers will not win their 4th consecutive title this year. i guess you cant win forever. i will give the San Antonio Spurs credit. they came in and played their asses off. this time they shedded the "choke" syndrome by playing uncharacteristically well in the 4th quarter. Tim Duncan showed why he is the MVP. oh well, i guess the better team won this series. you wont see me give a million excuses or complaints (like the Sacramento Kings did last year), the Lakers lost.
but consider the fact that only 5 teams have ever won 3 in a row. the Minneapolis Lakers won 3 in a row, the Celtics won 8 in a row, the Bulls won 3 titles in a row twice, and the LA Lakers. man, for three years we were living it up in LA. we have the best two players in the league in Kobe and Shaq. we have role players that can step it up in the clutch. other teams had to reach down DEEP just to beat us, as the Lakers always fight to the bitter end. no lead was ever safe with the Lakers. remember them coming back from 30 points down to the Dallas Mavericks in the 4th quarter? remember their awful start of the season only to rebound and still finish 5th in the Western Conference and tie with the #1 team in the East in terms of record? i will remember the huge plays like Shaq's alley-oop dunk in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals in 2000 against the Portland Trailblazers, or Robert Horry's shot against the Kings in Game 4 of the Western Conference in 2002. who can forget their 15-1 run in the 2001 playoffs? who can forget their dominance of the New Jersey Nets in the 2002 NBA Finals? man, these 3 years flew by.
i want to give out some props for the Laker players. that's Shaq, Kobe, Horry, Fox, Fisher, Madsen, Devean George, B-Shaw, Samaki, Slava Medvedenko, Jannero Pargo, Kareem Rush, and Tracy "i never played" Murray. man, the memories. but next year, expect the Lakers to be BACK. dont think we will go quietly into the night. in 2004, the Lakers will win the title. you heard it here first.....
but consider the fact that only 5 teams have ever won 3 in a row. the Minneapolis Lakers won 3 in a row, the Celtics won 8 in a row, the Bulls won 3 titles in a row twice, and the LA Lakers. man, for three years we were living it up in LA. we have the best two players in the league in Kobe and Shaq. we have role players that can step it up in the clutch. other teams had to reach down DEEP just to beat us, as the Lakers always fight to the bitter end. no lead was ever safe with the Lakers. remember them coming back from 30 points down to the Dallas Mavericks in the 4th quarter? remember their awful start of the season only to rebound and still finish 5th in the Western Conference and tie with the #1 team in the East in terms of record? i will remember the huge plays like Shaq's alley-oop dunk in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals in 2000 against the Portland Trailblazers, or Robert Horry's shot against the Kings in Game 4 of the Western Conference in 2002. who can forget their 15-1 run in the 2001 playoffs? who can forget their dominance of the New Jersey Nets in the 2002 NBA Finals? man, these 3 years flew by.
i want to give out some props for the Laker players. that's Shaq, Kobe, Horry, Fox, Fisher, Madsen, Devean George, B-Shaw, Samaki, Slava Medvedenko, Jannero Pargo, Kareem Rush, and Tracy "i never played" Murray. man, the memories. but next year, expect the Lakers to be BACK. dont think we will go quietly into the night. in 2004, the Lakers will win the title. you heard it here first.....
