Posted on 06/14/2009 8:01:53 PM PDT by Christian4Bush
The Lakers win their 15th organizational title, and 10th in Los Angeles, in their 30th Finals appearance. They defeat the Orlando Magic, 99-86 in Game 5, and win the series 4 games to 1.
Kobe Bryant was named MVP of the Finals.
There is nothing like Twitter for breaking news. Great for Iran news the last 2 days:
Not just attacking it, they lit it on fire. Wow.. scanner feed over the net sounds like all hell is breaking loose there
If LAPD wasn't on tactical from the time this game started, they're idiots. Some fools were rocking cars after Game 4's win...Five-O had three days to figure this out...and to think if they couldn't control this - and the team isn't even home - how in the world would they have handled Tuesday if the series had returned to L.A.?
Not cutting down trees anymore ... burning trees.
2 Houston Rockets ('94 '95)
3 Los Angeles ('00 '01 '02)
2 San Antonio ('05 '07)
FWIW
From my vantage point (KCAL 9’s HD television coverage from the air and ground) the vast majority of the “rioters” appear to be hispanic
Robert Horry has 7 rings.....
2 Houston Rockets (’94 ‘95)
3 Los Angeles (’00 ‘01 ‘02)
2 San Antonio (’05 ‘07)
FWIW
“Big Shot Rob” was a great player, but a role player and not the type of player like Magic, Kobe, Michael who could carry a team.
Billy Paultz was on 12 different teams and went to the playoffs every year and might have even won a few titles.
Sadly to report Lakers fan is rioting in DOwntown LA they overturn Trash cans and try rock LAPD cruisers around
Looks like isolated incidents. Bad, but not wholesale rioting.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/livenow?id=6864957
That way, they both could admire the wallpaper at the same time.
The 2009 season starts next week?
"stay away from Los Angeles"
MTA bus destroyed, more fires, 4 arrests.
“I stopped watching basketball when Larry Bird retired”
ditto
I quit watching basketball when the great Jerry West retired. It was a great team sport then.
ok it’s coming back to me.. Clarence the cross eyed lion was turned into a Saturday morning show called Daktari
also the Monkeys and Lance Lot Linc Secret Chimp comes to mind.. the 60’s was great Saturday morning tv
and Bill Russell ruled Pro basketball along with Wilt the Stilt
No one has as many championship rings as a player than Bill Russell. He has 11 rings, all for the (gag) Boston Celtics. The NBA named the Finals MVP trophy after Russell. Wonder how Russell felt when the recipient was a Laker! Lakers rule, Celtics drool!
Those idiots you see rioting are NOT Laker fans. They are gangbangers out there using the Laker victory as an excuse to riot. They are idiots and don’t represent TRUE Laker fans
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