I was at Chili’s eating and sipping on a beer, while watching the Lakers wipe the floor with the Celtics. It was half-way through the 3^rd quarter, and I thought I could catch the 4^th quarter at home. Once at home, I was feeling tired and decided to just lie down and go to sleep. The game slipped my mind until I got up this morning.

It sure is annoying when you know you missed something you would have loved to seen. I am rooting for the Celtics, but most of all I am rooting for a good series and I missed the best part, at least so far. I guess the moral of the story is to not give up on a game, which apparently is what the Lakers did.

It is hard to imagine that the greatest player on the planet, coached by the greatest coach on the planet, could let a 24 point lead slip away at home in a crucial NBA Finals game. I suppose that is not really possible. Michael Jordan would not let that happen for sure. I don’t think LeBron would let that happen.

I surely don’t consider Kobe the greatest player on the planet. I think he is the 3^rd, possibly the 4^th best player in the league. I don’t think there is a more overrated player in the league, and I think we are seeing this in the Finals this year. In what is, to date, the most important game of the year for the Lakers, Kobe goes 6 for 19. He did have a pretty good all-around game with 10 assists, 4 steals and only 2 turnovers. However, he didn’t force his team to win, which is what the best player on the planet is supposed to do.

I will not be surprised if the Lakers come out and soundly beat the Celtics and Kobe scores 40, but the series was lost last night and Kobe was only there in spirit.

 

 

 

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