The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the San Antonio Sterns*eerr*..Spurs 4 games to 1 in the NBA Western Conference Finals, and will advance to the NBA Finals to face the winner of the Detroit Pistons vs. Boston Celtics series.
As an avid Phoenix Suns fan, something just felt good about watching the last remaining minute of the game, and watching the face of defeat fall upon Tim Duncan and Manu Gibobili *whoops* Ginobili. I find it odd that the Spurs can’t seem to win back to back championships, and added to that weirdness, they can only win titles on odd years(1999*, 2003, 2005, 2007). The reason for the asterisk on 1999 is because that was the year the NBA had a strike/lockdown, and only half the year was actually played.
A lot of people said that this year the Suns had a terrible match-up in the first round against the Spurs, and that the western conference finals should have been Suns vs. Lakers, and I would tend to agree with that. While players like Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, and Tim Duncan are sticking around, most of that team is not guaranteed to be sticking around, especially because most of them are well over the age of 30, and having this series speak as evidence, the Spurs can’t keep up anymore while carrying dead weight.
Upon the Spurs losing to the Lakers, I realized that Manu Ginobili has a striking resemblence to either Andy Garcia, or the guy who played the art gallery clerk “Serge” in Beverly Hills Cop: http://www.detroitbadboys.com/images/manuBalki_01.jpg
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I never noticed the resemblance to Balki until now. Good eye!
“San Antonio Sterns*eerr*..Spurs ”
Pure comedy.