Game Five Twitters

Celtics go down big early but manage to claw their way back.  Once again, even though it is a loss, I am optimistic that the Celtics kept it close in a game where you knew the Lakers would play with desperate energy and a number of the Celtics starters were limited by injuries.  Other thoughts:

-  Jeff Van LegHug on Luke Walton:  "he has great basketball IQ, but poor lateral movement,"  which is a polite way of saying "Luke Walton is a white guy, but he basically sucks."

-  Whiney McRapist heaves the ball out of bounds and has the temerity to bitch out Gasol for not rolling off the pick.  Maybe Schilling was right. 

-  Forget about teh suck, that Bill and Luke Walton halftime feature was touching.  But if I am playing pickup basketball at the Walton's, I am so picking Larry Bird first.

-  With 9:26 left in the 3rd Quarter, the following exchange occurs:

Mike Breen: "Derek Fisher appears to be in some discomfort."

My Wife:  "Good!  The little bitch!"  (awkward pause)  "I hope its psychological discomfort."

-  It will be good to be home.  Assuming the plane ever gets here.

Game 1 Twitters

I had intended to do a thorough finals preview, involving extensive sabermetric breakdowns of the individual matchups.  But the real world intervened, so instead, some random thoughts:

-  Paul Pierce...Willis Reed or Drama Queen?  Who cares, that four point play was brilliant.

-  Half Court violations the decider?  Gasol gets penalized by a bogus half court violation call.  Kevin Garnett dives for a jaw dropping half court ball save.

-  Crouching Brown, Hidden Powe...one makes fantastic hustle plays on defense, the other pounds the offensive glass.

-  Space Alien Sighting!  Cassell, hot in the first half, jacking up ill advised shots in the second. 

-  Do you think the marijuana addled brain of Bill Walton notices when his son brings teh suck?

-  Phil Jackson - the proclaimed "master of the strategic time out" by Jeff Van LegHug - can't get his team to foul when they are down by three possessions with under a minute to go? 

-  Celtics win!