Celtics and Lakers Renewed Rivalry

When you think of big NBA rivalries the first thing that would come to your head would be the Lakers and Celtics rivalry from the 80’s. the type of talent these 2 teams have had over the years is unquestionable were for both teams you’ve had players like Jerry West, Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Oscar Parish, Kareem Abdul Jabar, and the other greats who have played in this great rivalry. One thing you can’t forget the coaches who have made this rivalry Red Auerbach, Pat Riley, and K.C. Jones. Now you see the new rivalry with two coaches who have done a lot to re new this rivalry and bring the old history back to where it belongs in the NBA finals. Doc Rivers and Phil Jackson met in the finals against each other for the first time knowing Jackson would have the advantage being in the finals more than 10 times as a player and coach. This would be Rivers first coaching experience in the finals, but Rivers had the advantage with players and talent. The Celtics ended up beating the Lakers in the finals in 2008 4-2, but the next year the Lakers won the title as they defeated the Magic 4-1. This year the Lakers are one of the top teams in the NBA, and the Celtics are struggling to keep their position as one of the top teams in the eastern conference. The Celtics today just acquired Nate Robinson in a trade so hopefully with Robinson’s ability to go to the rack and hit big jumpers the team looks to get back as one of the teams to beat in the east. The Celtics will travel to LA tonight as they will play at 9:30pm 7pm pacific at Staples Center. Kobe Bryant won’t be able to play tonight and is still banged up from his ankle injury so if you had to pick a team for tonight’s game you might want to go with the Celtics since I have a feeling Ray Allen will have a great game tonight. Leading scorer for the Lakers will be Odom or Pau with 20 and Ray Allen will 25 or more and Garnett with his usual double double 18 and 11 with 2 blocks. So tune in tonight for a great one on TNT tonight and also get a breakdown on the trades that happened today in the NBA with EJ, Kenny, and Chuck.

NBA All Star Game in Dallas, Texas

When you watch a NBA all star you would expect to see about 30 or 40 thousand people in attendance, and over a million people watching. But what if you were in a stadium that could fill over a hundred thousand fans and feel like you were sitting in front of your television watching the game in High Definition. That’s what the fans will experience this year as the NBA All Star game will be in the newly acclaimed Dallas Cowboys stadium.  The game looks to be in the Eastern Conference favor since Kobe Bryant for the West is not participating with an ankle injury. So look for the East to take over a big lead quickly with their line up being Derek Rose, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, Dwayne Wade, and the KING Lebron James. Allen Iverson who was voted by the Fans to participate in the game wont be since has been taking a leave of absence with his sick child, so that’s Derek Rose will be starting for Iverson. Rose is the first bull to participate in the all-star game since Michael Jordan back in 1998.

 

Last night was All Star Saturday night for the fans to see some other favorite super stars compete in challenges. In the skills competition Steve Nash won as he defeated Deron Williams who was second, and Brandon and Russell Westbrook who were third and fourth. In the team competition Team Texas defeated Team Los Angeles as Texas had the team of Dirk Nowitzki, Becky Hammon, and Kenny Smith.  The 3 point shoot out turned out to be great as rookie Stephen Curry was hitting threes from everywhere, but former finals MVP Paul Pierce stile the spotlight as he defeated curry in the finals to win the contest. The best was saved for last the sprite dunk contest everyone was expecting high flyer Shannon Brown to defeat Nate Robinson, but the contest didn’t go well as planned as the fans and players around watching weren’t excited at all. Charles Barkley said, “This is the worst dunk contest I’ve seen, if you want people to have fun and enjoy themselves, the NBA is going to need to get the top athletes like a Lebron, Kobe, or Vince to be in the competition. Nate Robinson won his 3^rd NBA dunk championship.