NBA Finals

Well, obviously the L*kers didn't show up to play tonight, but I don't think it would've mattered much. They weren't going to win the series. As a diehard Blazers' fan, I'm pretty stoked that LA lost, but it would've been nice for the Western Conference to represent.

The big problem was LA's defensive philosophy. Radmanovic is too slow to guard Paul Pierce and isn't enough of an offensive threat to make Pierce work on defense. I would've put Odom on Pierce since Odom has great lateral speed and long arms. Also, if you follow any basketball, you know better than to leave Ray Allen alone behind the three point line. You certainly shouldn't leave him to double up Garnett. I guess Phil Jackson isn't that great of a coach after all.

LA's offensive philosophy needed some work as well. The Celtics decided not to let Bryant drive to the hoop and collapsed on him as soon as he got into the paint, but none of the other L*kers did much to get open. Gasol pretty much disappeared, but he's a pretty soft player.