No More Predictions

I'm not making any predictions for the NBA Finals. If the Lakers win, I'll pay off Hatley and go back to my old rule of no sports betting, which along with no blogging about work, and no sleeping with prostitutes, are my only steadfast/unbreakable rules for life.

I'm just going to sit back and enjoy rooting for Superman over the Black Mamba. (internal thought: Goodness, gracious, how can anyone root for someone dumb enough to nickname himself the Black Mamba?)

With respect to the two series...first, the Cavs played absolutely awful basketball. An ESPN article cites the ugly truth: the Cavs weren't that good. Their 3-6 record against elite teams this season was the key stat. They were a consistent team who won games they should win and lost tough games against good opponents (note - the only other team you could argue does the same is Boston). I still thought they had a good chance to win it all, simply because I did not realize how good Orlando turned out to be.

And regarding Denver - first, the Lakers played well this series. No doubt. Kobe played the best basketball I've seen him play in recent memory. So there. Gasol decided to step up in games 5 and 6. And guess what? They won! Chauncey Billups had an AWFUL series, especially in games 5 and 6. Did Jackson figure something out or did Chauncey just not play well? I'm talking dumb turnovers, etc.

I learned this week why I am a fan and not a sports analyst. My opinions are biased and influenced by personality factors and ugly uniforms and sectarian hatred of certain sports cities and weird little factors that have no bearing the cold hard facts that Kobe is a rapist and will never win without Shaq.