Being from Boston, it's hard to even say that the Lakers are the champs; we wish the Celtics were in their shoes. But even a die-hard Celtics fan needs to admit that the Lakers earned the title and so did KOBE and PHIL.
The game meanwhile was strange. Orlando came out playing like no matter what, they were sending this to game 6 and, from the very beginning, it looked like it was going to happen! They hit every shot and played amazing defense. The 1st ended with Orlando up by 2. Then within minutes in the 2nd, Kobe and LA took over and it went from a 9 point lead for Orlando to a 9 point lead for the Lakers. They would go into the half up 56-46, and Orlando needed to step it back up or this was over.
The second half started just how the 1st ended with the Lakers putting the pedal to the medal and you could see the determination in their eyes that they were ending this tonight. After losing to the Celtics last year, I think Kobe had something to prove, and he did. He would not only put up 30 but he was making the right passes, a game high 5 assists, and involved his whole team and when he does that it's trouble for the other teams as we saw against Houston and Denver and now Orlando!!! Before this playoff I believe Kobe was always doing too much and not finding the open guys and not using teamwork. Since the Houston series, everything changed and Kobe started making those right team decisions and this would lead to everything going right for LA. I think that exceptional teamwork is the reason why they are the 2009 champs!!!
The Final would be 99-86 Lakers, but Orlando definitely made a statement this year and young D. Howard, R. Lewis, Turkolu, Nelson and Lee are a strong team that is only going to get better, and by taking out the Celts and the Cavs and making the Finals, they showed everybody they are for real and will be trouble next year. Kobe would be MVP of the Finals, well deserved, and received his 4th ring. (That's hard to say, I'm bleeding green, and even harder is that Phil would get his 10th -- going 1 up one Red Auerbach -- but Bill Russell has 11, sweet!, and this is the Lakers 15th overall title, just 2 behind the Celtics. But this year is the Lakers' year, and they earned it!! We will have to wait till next year to see what will happen next, I already miss B-Ball, so time for some baseball!! Go RED SOX.
Keywords: NBA Finals, The LA Lakers
