Thoughts On Game 1 For NBA Finals

Alright I actually was excited for the Finals even without my Suns in the game and came away with a few impressions.

• Paul Pierce, man you get hurt and fall to the ground and you look absolutely scared like your career is over. Ok thats fine and understandable. But don't get scraped off the floor like you're dead and then be carried off by 4 guys from your team. Then you have the nerve after being carried off the court to come jumping and skipping into the game again after 3 live minutes and 1:40 minutes of game time.

• Kobe is unreal, when he wants to be. I am not a fan of Kobe Bryant at all. I actually dislike the guy with a passion. I haven't really sat down in a long long time to watch a full game of Kobe this season and came away with mad respect for his game. His fade-away J is lethal and better than anyone's not named Jordan. However Kobe will never be Jordan until he knows to take the game over. What was with Kobe passing off and not being a threat late in the 4th? Thats your time man take it! But man I dislike him but his game is unreal.
  

• You can tell ABC/ESPN is going to pump the old rivalry as long as they can. As cool as it was seeing the Magic/Bird NBA final promotion it didn't require Stuart Scott and the rest of the ABC gang spewing out their lovefest for the old basketball days. Seriously guys lets stop living in the past and talk more about this year's final. Oh and notice before the game actually started all the photos the sports websites were using? They were all Laker and Celtic players in retro "old school" jerseys.
  

• Forgot how gritty Derek Fisher was. Man that guy has some heart and can flat out play. One of the best PGs in the playoffs since a long time. Not a guy who is known as a super star but a great great player. He was key for the Lakers to stay in the game in my opinion.

• Did anyone catch the piece ABC did with the current players for both teams talking about this rivalry? Something caught my eye while I was watching this. Why is Kevin Garnett being interviewed for this? And hes talking about how great it is to be a Celtic and how the tradition is huge? Has he played in Boston his entire time? No. So stop acting like you have been there.
  

• In defense of KG however I must say he played on fire all night long. Personally I didn't think he would but dang he just dominated Pau Gasol and I don't know how many posters were being made late last night after KG posterized him.