The Lakers are simply the better team. It also doesn't hurt to have the best player in the game today on your side.
As predicted, the Lakers came away victorious against the Boston Celtics with a dominant Game 6 performance. Now the question stands at, who will win Game 7 and the 2010 NBA Championship? Given that I am a self admitted “Lakers Fan-For-Life”, it would be VERY biased of me to simply say that the Lakers will be this year’s champion. But there is a very good reason why I believe the Lakers WILL be champions and it’s based on one very simple fact.
Now I can go through a laundry list of reasons why the Lakers will win such as Pau Gasol dominating KG with his wide array of offensive moves around the basket, or Lamar Odom creating match-up problems for Celtics’ big men while continuing to provide solid rebound support, or Andrew Bynum playing all out and using his length to challenge every Celtic shot, or Paul Pierce having to work extra hard to score against Ron Artest’s rejuvenated defense thus taking the rest of the Celtics out of their offensive rhythm, or the Celtics’ bench not getting the emotional energy they thrived on at home thus forcing them to commit unnecessary turnovers and mental errors…the list can go on and on. We can also throw all conspiracy theories out the window at this point because anyone who was going to profit from the series going the distance got their wish and will be reaping the benefits regardless of what team comes out on top. Officiating will still be poor but calls should balance themselves out not giving either team an advantage.
The outcome of this game will be based on one simple fact, similar to what the Celtics enjoyed in 2008; the Lakers will win championship #16 simply because they are the better team with the best player playing in front of their home crowd. Kobe has yet to have a breakout, truly dominant game…yes, he’s already scored 30 or more three times this series but dominating a game isn’t simply about how many points you score – his performance in Games 1 & 6 was close but he’s capable of more. This game probably won’t be as lopsided like with what happened in Boston 2 years ago but the Lakers will dominate and will dominate early leaving no doubt as to the outcome of the game and this year’s NBA Champion.
How is it being a die hard Lake Show fan over there? From what I'm hearing, there's a sizeable population of KB haters and Green love going around. I, myself love green but I prefer the archer over the leprechaun (wink).
ReplyDeletePurple and Gold in 7!
I think the KB24 hate is world-wide. Why? Because he is the only player that has a real chance to challenge MJ23's legacy and be dubbed as the game's greatest player.
ReplyDeleteYes, there is much love for the Green here. I'm not really sure why they gravitated towards the Celtics and not the Lakers. Maybe because most OFW's during the 80's moved to the east coast during the peak of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry and sent back a ton of Celtic merchandize...something worth looking into further.