Derek Fisher's game winner in the final 0.4 seconds of the Laker's game in San Antonio tonight was incredible. We'll be talking about this for years, just like Robert Horry's three pointer against Sacramento and the baby sky-hook. The Spurs were stunned. They played great defense on that play, too. Manu Ginobli was all over Fisher -- the only Laker on the floor who isn't destined for the Hall of Fame.
It is possible that, for the second time in two years, the NBA championship will ultimately come down to a last second shot, by a Laker, at the end of game five, round two, in San Antonio. Last year, Robert Horry missed. This year, Fisher hit it. I think the Spurs are finished.
The Lakers decided that Horry (who went 0 fer 15 from behind the arc in last year's Lakers-Spurs series) was over the hill and didn't sign him for this season, so Horry went to San Antonio, where Horry helped the Lakers win game five this year by bricking a shot from the three point line with 1:20 left in the game. It was like Déjà Vu, all over again. It almost pained me to see Robert slice his shot so badly, but he owed us one.
One of the neat (did I just say "neat?") features of typepad is the ability to see what searches bring people to your page. Tonight, I learned that, if you go to Google and type in: derek fisher's game winner (don't use quotes), and if you then hit the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button, you will find me. Number 1 of 812.
I am sad to say that it refers to a page in which I discussed a hypothetical Derek Fisher game winner rimming in and out. Hey, last week, after the Lakers lost game two, I was depressed. I was feeling negative. Tonight, I am not.
Fish, I am sorry I doubted you, even hypothetically.
It was a good game, according to my traditional definition. And, of course, had the shot missed, it would have been a lousy game, despite the last minute heroics of Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan. Show me a Laker fan who would have called it a good game if Duncan's shot had been taken 0.3 seconds later, and I'll show you someone who gets pulled over for speeding and says "Look at the pretty lights on that policeman's car!"
I was reading tgirsh the other day, and read that "the Lakers are the root of all that is evil in professional basketball." Well, since money is the root of all evil, if the Lakers are the root of all that is evil in professional basketball, then it follows, logically, that the Lakers are so money, baby!
Oh, and Rupert won the million bucks! So All-Stars was a good game, too.
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