Oh man, expect all the Lakers-Celtics old farts to be present at the Garden for a long pre-game ceremony.
Expect old videos to be shown on the jumbotron.
It will be ing annoying
Yea this is getting beyond ridiculous. Media trying too hard to start between these two teams. Face it, the old Lakers-Celtics rivalry is GONE. In today's news, these have nothing that even comes close to a rivalry.
Well, that's what happens when you have today's two biggest bandwagon teams in the finals....
pre-game 1 ceremony : how long in your opinion?
Too Damn
There definitely needs to be an hour long highlight film of Doc Rivers as a Spur.
i wouldve like to have seen Kobe vs Lebron a whole lot more.
lets see something fresh and a modern day rivalry. not try to revive something from the dead.
Kobe vs LeBron would be a guaranteed sweep for the Lakers. Pass.
There is no rivalry at this point. However, the story lines are crazy.
Can Kobe win without Shaq
Phil going for his 10th ring
Lakers VS Celtics
14 Rings for Lakers vs 16 for the Celtics
Big 3 for Celtics ringless at this point
Doc Rivers, never won a ring as a player or coach
Ray Alllen vs Kobe (longstanding feud)
KG cementing his legacy
Yup, tons of story lines but that's because the lakers and celtics have won 30 of the last 60 les. Of course there's going to be hype. You don't have to buy it, and don't watch, because plenty of people will be tuning in.
idk....lebron is a beast. spurs swept lebron cause they played excellent defense. lakers dont play good defense, plus lebron has always OWNED kobe
i think spurs vs celtics wouldve been a whole lot better.
Yeah, we have ty defense, just like the Spurs had a ty offence to go with their crappy defense. Look everyone, I can be a re too.....please.
Really...why....please enlighten me.
Celtics vs Lakers has everything the NBA needs to make a ton of money on the Finals. Boston and LA are the best two teams left. Even if Spurs fans think the Spurs should have made it, just like 2006 age and injuries caught up to us at the wrong time. I don't know if we'd be able to win in Boston and hold serve at home too since Boston was another team that was able to come back from 20 points to beat the Spurs.
Let the league have their dream matchup. The Lakers will be back in the mix next year while the Celtics won't. This Celtics team is all about winning now.
first of all, the Lakers are a good team, and i dont hate so dont get all wet about what i say. im just looking at this from my perspective and hopefully from TRUE basketball fans perspectives. this whole "lakers vs celtics" thing is not for basketballs sake but for moneys sake. every idiot knows that. if we want to see a true basketball game played, i think spurs vs celtics wouldve given that for sure.
(Garnett vs Duncan)-two of the best PFs of this generation finally going at it for the first time for all the glory. this is a much better match up than Kobe vs Kevin.
(Modern dynasty vs Old dynasty)- it wouldve has that classic rivalry feeling to it for the fact that these two franchises are a few that have won more than 3 les in its history.
there also wouldve been some better storylines such as, can the spurs finally repeat? or will garnett finally prove himself by beating Tim Duncan in the Finals.
I believe that every TRUE sports fan would love to see a modern dynasty in the making. the spurs had it going and to face the celtics in the Finals having to go thru the toughest playoff road in NBA history(yes i said it, and its true) would be just epic.
Lakers vs Celtics have nothing really to offer besides trying to revive something thats been dead for so long and the only reason it was great in the 80's was cause it was Bird vs Magic and not franchise vs franchise. Bird vs Magic was monumental but this years match-up is childs play in comparison.
Lakers got lucky they caught the Spurs when they were dead tired. if we had played them in the first round we wouldve killed them. and you can take that to the bank.
All of those are great stories, but too bad they get trumped by every storyline I already covered. Oh, and there's a reason the Spurs were tired...because they are old. It's not the Lakers's fault that the majority of the Spur players couldn't handle the stress.
yea ur right the spurs are older. but the lakers themselves were not the better team when it comes to talent and team chemistry or team defense OR coaching. (pop is just as good as phil)
the spurs got fatigued cause they had the hardest road of all the playoff teams and they got tired. ur right, they beat them fair. but its a shame knowing the spurs had nothing left in the tank.
KG has a legacy ????
Yeah, the legacy of failing in the playoffs and if he wins then it will justify a lot, especially for the haters. I hope he does win really. I know if he does than the Lakers lose, oh well.KG has a legacy ????
KG is a fantastic player.
Too bad he acts like a punk sometimes.
If Celtics win, I'll be more happy for Pierce.
As much as I would like to see the Lakers win I believe they'll have a good shot the next few years. Boston on the other hand, may not given the ageo of their players. It would be cool to see KG, Allen, and Pierce get rings.
Let's see, if tip-off is at 8:15 EST on Thursday, that means the pre-game ceremony would be abouuuuut... 4 months long?NBA Finals pre-game 1 ceremony : how long in your opinion?
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I can't imagine what the media frenzy is right now, but I'm happy I'm missing it.
Over under on Garnett screeches in the Jumbotron video set at 3.5.
That's why I am going to start recording the game on my DVR - when my wife sees the game is in progress she can start watching the recording, fast forward to the beginning of the actual game, queue it up for me and I can catch up to "real time" on the first commercial break or two...
The miracles of modern technology (and a cooperative wife).
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