NBA Finals: Heated Rivalry Reignited?

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After recaping what appers to be the most exciting NBA season I can remember in a long time, I couldn't think of a better way to end it than with a Boston/LA final. This legendary rivalry is one of the greatest rivlaries we have in sports, and with the hype of the "big three" in Boston vs. NBA MVP Kobe Bryant how could this final not live up to Magic vs. Bird. Unfortuantely this series lacked the passion and anger that we have been seeing all playoffs, well at least LA lacked these qualities.

One of my favorite quotes that i heard regarding the finals, after Boston stomped LA in game six, was the text of the day on the Jim Rome show. The text read, "I didn't know Phil Jackson changed his triangle offense to the crapizoid offense". This mirrors how LA played throughout the whole series. Even though LA won two games, with Kobe caring them to both of these wins, they deserved to get sweeped. Their offense lacked any kind of motion what so ever and resembled more of an Isaah Thomas team than a Phil Jackson one. Besides from Kobe and brief glimpses from Lamar Odom and Sasha Vujacic, the bench contributed nothing to the cause. The thing that mind boggles me was previous to their finals appearance they were the best looking team in the playoffs, while Boston looked to be extremely overrated.

I don't want to take anything away from Boston, they were the better team and proved it without a doubt. The passion and emotion Kevin Garnett displayed on and off the court makes him almost impossible to dislike, and with his quote in the postgame interview, "Anything is Possible", speaks as load as his actions.