in the spirit of one of my favorite columnists, bill simmons, i'm keeping a running diary of game 3 of the celtics/lakers game. i'm starting late as i am watching on tivo to skip through commercials:)
end of the 1st qtr- there's sam cassell... where's eddie house?
early 2nd qtr- jordan farmar and pj brown start a little tussle. is farmar serious, or is he truly not realizing pj brown would seriously reformat his hard drive?
10:00 2nd qtr- does KG think he's 6'4"?
8:10 2nd qtr- watching ray-ray drive and shoot pullup j's always reminds me of his belief in the "tension & flow between 2 players" thing he philosophizes about. i've read things about his views of basketball and
7:00 2nd qtr- seriously, is ronny turiaf scaring KG off the block?
random 2nd qtr- where's eddie house?
4:30 2nd qtr- how come posey isn't letting it fly? this guy was key in the heat's championship and all the 3's he drained for them.
3:00 2nd qtr- please don't ever show sly stallone again in hd. or at least warn us so we can swap over to the standard cable channel.
2:04 2nd qtr- "he knows how to motivate his players, mike". well michelle, if doc rivers knew how to *coach* his players or rotate them, perhaps they'd be ahead right now.
random 2nd qtr- where's eddie house?
6.3 seconds, 2nd qtr- EDDIE HOUSE! EDDIE HOUSE! EDDIE HOUSE!
somewhere this quarter too i saw kobe talking to pau gasol in what appeared to be spanish. other than envisioning ron burgundy coming back with "you know i don't speak spanish", it makes me wonder if he addresses all the foreign teammates in their respective languages? are he and ronny turiaf parlayvooing frances with eachother by candlelight?
then, we get to the SIDELINE REPORT with michelle tafoya and kobe beef bryant. here's how it shook out...
michelle tafoya: "you guys have gotten to the line more this half than all of game 2. how have you guys done it?"
kobe: "we just playin the same way" (laughs off the idiotic question)
...which was followed by jenny saying "both teams played hard" in her rasheed wallace mockery. jenny also threw in the ex-jock female horsevoice impersonation. high comedy in the brinkhaus.
SECOND HALF, EVERYBODY!!
11:00 3rd qtr- rondo goes down with his sprained ankle. EDDIE HOUSE. EDDIE HOUSE. EDDIE HOUSE. he's aliiiiiive.
9:13 3rd qtr- kobe's hot so this could get to some choppy waters.
8:53 3rd qtr- replay of rayray playin dee on kobe... that was actually really good defense. funny cuz i just read an article by scoop jackson today about ray's defense and how well he'd been playing this series and last.
8:32 3rd qtr- couple defensive stops by boston.
7:29 3rd qtr- KG goes strong!! it happened it happened. if it weren't for a bouncey rim, he'd have just thrown down a rim rocker too. free throws.
7:13 3rd qtr- steal by house.
6:57 3rd qtr- steal by house.
6:44 3rd qtr- 3 by house.
5:50 3rd qtr- KG goes to the floor again and skyhooks for 2.
4:58 3rd qtr- bullbleep call on pierce when kobe drives into him in the lane. watched this 3 times on tivo- he established position *easily*. the ball don't lie-- kobe misses another free-throw. shocker. bennett salvatore and joey crawford in tonight's officiating crew.
4:43 3rd qtr- rayray with a tray.
4:20 3rd qtr- lamar odom's first fg of the game. is the timing just a coincidence?.....
2:55 3rd qtr- umm... trevor ariza with a basket?
10 seconds 3rd qtr- sasha vujacic flops, gets up and starts barking at my man eddie house. um, this is not "football", friend.
sorry!! 4th quarter died off as i started chatting with friends and playing scrabulous. apologies;-P
