5:50: Can we be in agreement here…GMC NBA Countdown needs to be banned. It’s just bad for humanity at this point. Between Mark Jackson calling Curt Schilling out (I hear “You’re better than that one more time” I’m sending a loop of MJ dunking on him to his doorstep) and James Worthy saying Pau Gasol was going to dominate KG was just appalling to my brain. I mean Pau Gasol couldn’t dominate Sue Bird right now was just appalling to my brain.
5:52: There’s a show about Amish kids going wild? What is the world coming to? Honestly. Even sadder? I plan on watching.
5:54: Jeffrey Osborne? Really LA? That’s the best you could do? I demand A-listers. Not old R&B singers with dated clothing and receding hairlines. Sidenote to all that…that brotha can sing.
5:56: Paul Pierce has a pulse tonight. Anytime you can hear him talking when he comes out during starting lineups is a good sign. You can never quite hear what he says, it’s just always funny to hear it.
6:01: Mike Breen says it’s packed. Come on Mike…we all know LA crowds are fashionably late, don’t lie to me.
6:03: NBA Wired. Doc Rivers tells the Celtics that their goal is to win. Unbelievable.
6:07: Lamar Odom in attack mode to start the game and he gets a goaltend. Uh, oh, Lamar could be back to playing basketball.
6:08: Derek Fisher in attack mode. Lakers trying to set up everyone not named Kobe…and still be aggressive? Kudos, Phil, Kudos.
6:10: Kobe’s still doing his best AI impression, jacknifing his way down the lane and back to the free throw line. Lakers are attacking.
6:14: Lamar Odom is back. 6 points, all buckets, all aggression.
6:16: 16-6 Laker lead. It’s been the Lamar Odom Show…what a return for him. 8 points, 2 assists which means he’s responsible for every Laker field goal. Celtics have seen Rondo miss open shots, Pierce and KG miss layups and nothing good come out of the first few minutes.
6:20: More Odom aggression as he gets an offensive rebound and picks up a second foul on KG. Kevin Garnett is peeing himself in his first and maybe only NBA Finals.
6:22: Radmonovic with another bucket…to anyone who thought the Lakers didn’t need their role players, look at this first quarter. Also, Rondo still as ineffective as ever.
6:25: The onslaught continues with jumpers from Odom and Fisher. Celtics can’t score and now everyone in a gold jersey is in attack mode. 24-7 LA with 1 points from Kobe off 2 field goal teempts. And he missed both. We are on a flight headed towards Blowout Central unless the C’s wake up.
6:30: Odom with another bucket…who is this guy? Pierce gets a tough layup on the other end and then drives and kicks to Ray Allen. They are still down 14 and Kobe has done zip. Cloudy days coming. The C’s have a chance to comeback…not if you looked at KG’s body language.
6:37: 35-14 LA at the end of the first quarter. Largest lead in NBA Finals history at the end of one, unless I read that wrong. Boston’s body language doesn’t look like they are interested nor believe that they can come back. I apologize to Lamar Odom for calling him the next Cliff Robinson.
6:45: Trevor Ariza…the Energizer Bunny. Meanwhile, now KG wants to post up and go to the rack. You’re only down 20.
6:50: This is what we’ve gotten to…interviewing Will Smith. By the way, how pissed would you be if you dropped a bunch of money to go to the Finals and saw this blowout game. I would be.
7:04: Celtics go on a 12-0 run to cut it to 12 and make it semi-interesting again…and then Derek Fisher gets a layup and gets fouled. Damn you Derek Fisher.
7:16: Farmar hits a buzzer-beating three-ball. Lakers up 18 and Kobe has 3 points. Damn.