Q: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CELTICS AND A DOLLAR BILL?

A: BOTH ARE GREEN, BUT A DOLLAR HAS 4 QUARTERS IN IT........

DFish, it's gotta be killing you that Derek Fisher not only was the only Laker to shoot 50% for the night, but that he hit a clutch 3 to tie the game in the fourth quarter.

And if you think those two teams are mediocre, then it just shows that you know absolutely nothing about basketball.

The truth is, these two teams are such good defenders that they made each others' offense look like poo.

If you want a fancy offensive machine, go watch the Suns play. And watch them score 100+ points a game and NEVER MAKE IT TO THE FINALS.

This was an excellent NBA finals. It was interesting in that every game was different - different heroes each game, momentum swings back and forth, and it came down to the last minute of game 7 to decide the champs. Can't ask for much more than that.

Defense wins championships, but tonight, it wasn't so much defense as will.

The will to persevere, the will to put the nose on the grind and fight through picks, the will to get the ball in the hole in any way possible. The will to corral any and all boards within the vicinity.

This will come down as the best defensive game 7 in NBA history, but it's also unforgettably the best illustration of a team's will to win.

Go Lakers! So proud! 2010 NBA champs and Dy-NASTy to boot.

Aloha!!!!

Sheer will won this game and not just Kobe, but a collective TEAM will. A few things we learned.

1. It's so much better to have the finals MVP then the regular season one.

2. Derek Fisher must return, he is the heart and soul of this team. Even if they begin to transition in a new PG, Fish is our security blanket. The guy you know will come through when the chips are down.

3. Pau is not soft, just extremely skilled and mentally tough.

4 Andrew has become a grown man, playing hurt the way he did.

5. Ron was worth the swap with Ariza. I fully expect to see a much better year from him next year.

6 Lamar will always drive you crazy but he was great in the last two games.

7. Phil also needs to come back. Tis teams cool and calm is a direct reflection of him.

8. Mike T and Dfish know absolutely nothing about basketball.

Statistics in the finals
points
1 - Kobe Bryant 177 pts
2-Pau Gasol 111 pts
3 - Paul Pierce 108 pts

Rebounds
1 - Pau Gasol 63 (26 OFF)
2 - Kobe Bryant 41 (8 OFF)
3 - Lamar Odom 32 (7 OFF)

AST
1 - Rajon Rondo 43
2 - Kobe Bryant 25
3 - Pau Gasol 22

BS
1 - Pau Gasol 16
2 - Bynum 9
3 - Kobe, Pierce, Garnett, Allen 5

Pau first in rebounding, first in blocks, second in points, third in assists.
What does this mean?

That OUCHHHHHHHH is a greaaaaat CLOWN
CLOWN OUCHHHHH Next year we meet again

TO ALL THOSE WHO CALL A SOFT PAU

AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
AAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA

LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF BASKETBALL
SPEAK TO NEXT YEAR

Okay.
I've waited enough.

I'm awake since 2h45 am this morning and no way I will ever sleep.

I got day free from work of course (I called it in since Game 5, sure that in line:
- there would have been a Game 6;
-there would have been a game 7;
- I would have got to take days off to fly to LA and be at the Parade.
YES, THAT WAS THE MEASURE OF MY CERTAINTY, that never ever vanished out, not even during this game, not even when half of the chat and the usual suspects were already throwing stones at our guys, failing to understand how much a Game like this one we just lived had to find its reason in the will, not in the preppiness).

I've celebrated all possible ways. (my way too).

I have already rewatched the game, because we taped it straight.

I have two tvs on (one on our Italian version of ESPN, Channel Sky 214, and the other on CNN News); I have two pc working and my phone is constantly thrilling.

I would go nuts if it weren't like my adrehnaline and joy right now could hold an entire army of foolish trolls down.

I'm feeling SUPERSONIC.

Gosh, I never even attempted a spliff, and I am teetotal, but I guess this is the way people get stoned along, isn't it?

Except that the most beautiful part of this all, of this incredible uplifting emotional ride that I am takin, is that I am FULLY aware.
I'm fully in control.
I remember everything.

I will remember everything, crystallizing this push into one of the most wonderful moments of my life.

I bless with an embrace made of shareable love all those who were today at Staples.

yeah... the "crowd that never cheers".... MY@ZZ.
We are classy and we DO cheer.
We do it our way.
We do everything OUR way. Which is the best way, after all.
Our passion is unbound.
It's just that we are civilized and we like good stuff.

This game WAS GOOD STUFF: not pretty. Sure. How could it have been pretty?
That was always meant to be a BATTLE.
No sweet touches, no sweeps, no "eating up" and you know what??
I LOVED it just because of that.

I loved it because we battled all that we were having, beyond what each one of us was feeling he had left.

It was a punch in the face of all those saying Lakers cannot sustain a fight.

Say WHAT???
We sure do.

It's all about the importance of when we do.

We're great at pickin up moments.

We're great at coming together when IT TRULY COUNTS.

I don't know why many lament that we should have played better.

Folks, thois was a Game 7 against the fiercest of our enemies; a franchise that is made all of warriors... a franchise which had previously ALWAYS hold us down.
What were you expecting.. a cruise?

None today shot well (beside Ron... I'm on him later), nor for us, nor for them (well, actually Derek shot pretty well).
The game was just SO physical, and all were dried up and held up on both sides ONLY by the will of MAKIN IT.

This is a PRIDE victory.

Talent wise we had already proved we were better than anyone else.

This win is amazing because now we also proved nobody beats us in the PRIDE/GUTS/CO*ones department TOO.

This is it.

We are the Lakers.
COMPLETE PACKAGE.

A team that played AS A FRIGGING TEAM.

A team where our amazing leader can have an awful shooting night (but try to shoot with the D he had to suffer from Celts, and in his conditions, and after 106 games like those he played, and then let's see who could have done better: NO FRIGGING ONE, assured) but then he will come up with some great defensive game, and with golden rebounds, and with everything he had to offer to make it through.

You werer saying (some of you) that he just wanted the ring and he was careless.

PLEASE.

Learn to watch the game.

He was there struggling but never givin up and adjusting his game the best possible way to contribute. Which he did. Scoring when it was more important. Just as Pau did (they had very similar games actually).

Listen what he said: and then please stop saying he's a KoME cos NOTHING is further from truth than it since a well LONG bunch of months (24 at least):

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5300311

We are just BLESSED cos we have a team (A TEAM) full of talent.
Full of TRUE MEN.
Full of everything sport should be about.

It's dedication, effort, bonding; it's overcoming the difficulties inside oneself and THANX to the others.

It's EVOLUTION of players DURING the run.

It's Focus and Pride and Legacy and WILL.

I am happy we won.
Because we did deserve it.

Never had a doubt, all season long.

Only injuries could have stopped us, but amazingly enough, NOT EVEN THAT could hold us down.

And here, again, gotta thankl Phil Jackson for it.

Those not getting him, again (like they don't get Fish, like they didn't get half of theroaster) don't get how simply it takes a special man to guide a special group of very special people.

It's easy to guide a team with no leaders. Because YOU become the leader.

But Lakers have 2 leaders (Kobe and Derek) a player that if he wouldn't live withthe GOAT (yes, that) would be repeatedly MVP (Pau) and an impressive roaster of talent LINKED to very funny and not easy to deal with state of mind (Lamer and the Amazing Ron Ron).
Then there is a kid who has TRULY grown up this series.
Makin me SO proud.
Yes.
Andrew Bynum.

A player that lasty year I was yelling at EACH single game.

But a player that I always defended this year, expecting him to mature.

There you go.

I got that too.

WE GOT HIM TOO.

Because THAT is what a real team does: makes kids grow all along and overcome struggles becoming BETTER.

That Hegel quote I stated at the start of the season... well, I just re-enlighetn it. Hegel would be so happy in our Lakers.

The perfectibility that always goes beyond.

That's us.

In a wonderful climax, we got our bench up there to share the well desrevd glory JUST IN TIME.

And that too makes this all so sweet.

This makes us such an amazing team.

Today is a day of joy, the rest of teh warriors.

But look at the faces of our guys and you will see they have got NOT enough of it.

Which is the best ever feeling.

This ain't gonna end.

Next year, wherever he goes, bring LeBronze Princess of LOSERS in fron of us (if he can afford to stare at us): and KNOCK HIM DOWN TOO.

Erase from our horizon all lies about us, about Los Angeles easyness, about Kobe's "chimeric moments".

I believed this year.

I will believe next one.

We did a miracle this year, haven't you seen?

He plays with number 37.

Did you remember last game when I wrote "Look at Kobe schooling artest on the bench"?

There you go.

Los Angeles Lakers can do EVERYTHING better than anyone else.
We can pick up a crazy head, making him fit the most difficult and beautiful bball game EVER, and even when he won't really totally fit, we can make him HERO for a new Ring, along the bestets team on this FRIGGIN planet.

Bow down, ya'll.

This is Laker Era.

And if you think it's gonna end any soon, you will be punched down BIG time.

Let me close by praising Celtics.

Yes, u heard it right.

To beat the strongest opponent means praise for them, and more glory for us.
You battled your whole lot: and I admire this.

You just faced a better TEAM.

And nothing makes me more happy and proud than calling Lakers a team.

Go Lakers.
Even the Ring count at 17 now.
Give Kobe his 6th, and keep the Dynasty Rolling.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS.

Catch you at the Parade, wearing my love on my sleeve.

Always there aside you.

ALWAYS.

Catch you later Fam ;)

LLL

iRONic that as bad as RA had been playing, shooting, that on a night when the team shot 23% in the first, & 33% for the game, that he would be the one to carry them, offensively, while Pau, after a slow start, turned in another good game. & let's hear it for Sasha who had to come in after a T/O & drill 2 Free Throws!

It was a team effort tonight; Lamar had a decent game, not huge, but a few nice plays in the game & towards the end, Fish hit a couple 3's, Kobe's jumper(& 15 boards) to put them up 4, & Ron's big 3.

Now onto the Parade come Monday !

BUCK FOSTON!!!

I tried my best to muster some semblence of respect for the Celtics as a team, but I just can't! This was a good whipping for their azzes but those unabashed hackers and cheaters will need more than one lesson. Even on blatant fouls, they argue with the officials. They're pathetic.

The media have hyped the Celtics to no end and have treated the Lakers like the interlopers insead of the defending champions. ESPN the magazine did not have one word about the NBA Finals in its last two issues. Do you think that would be the case if LeBrawn and his Cavs were still alive? And now that the Finals are over, they can begin the LeBrawn watch 24/7. Chris Webber, Kevin McHale, the two Barrys, Steve Smith, Rick Kamla, Michael Wilbon and all the other Laker hatin' pundits......how the Lakers' azz taste?

@ DFish
If other fan's basketball teams are so good, why didn't they make the finals? Maybe it is you that SUCKS.

Congrats to the Lakers on the 2010 NBA Championship. I was hoping the C's would take it, but in the end the Lakers had more in the tank.

Congratulations on the LA Lakers 11th Championship. (Remember George Mikan won 5 in Minnesota, which is where your Laker name comes from ... for all you 17 year old fans.)

Gasol is great and should have got the MVP. Want to trade head up for Garnett?

All that said ... either of these teams would have been swept by the 86 Celtics or 87 Lakers. This was the most painful series I've ever watched. Bad shooting, Bad Coaching, Bad rebounding, and if that's the best of the NBA refs... bring back Donaghy ... he may be a crook, but he could call a foul ... depending on who he bet on.

Have a nice parade tomorrow. Enjoy your 11th title. You are the best of the truly mediocre.

all this celtic sour grape, whiny, excuse making is music to my ears! Suck it LOSERS!!! Your team is going back into the toilet just like they did after the 80's, we get 17 next year, 18 shortly thereafter and your team is relagated to the "olden days" just where they belong. Go ahead and make weak minded excuses, say we only have 11 in LA (it's the same team you vapid mouth breathers) it doesnt matter, you are the LOSERS!!!

Quite terror game throughout 4 quarters...during my watching...
good game...both team...

if Celtics won, it will be their great as they won 2008...off in 2009 with injury and...struggling back again in 2010, beating no.1 Cavs and no.2 Magic...before taking no.3 in game 7...and won 2 champion in 3 years span...

but it was Lakers...who take this greatness...in 2008 they lose with injury, come back in 2009 for champion, and repeat in 2010 with rematch and redemption from 2008...and take it to 7 games...3 Final appearance in 3 years, with 2 championship...

Go Lakers...the greatest...for three-peat...again...

From fan in Bangkok, Thailand...

I have never seen such crying, whinning, excuse making statements in my life. Celtics fan get over it the better team won, you put all this big talk on '08 and you forgot Bynum and Ariza were both hurt and Perks played all 6 games but yet you make excuses! Well what lakers do it make winners and Champions year after year! Worry about keeping up with the lake show for the next 5 years (which I doubt) and watch us win 2 or 3 or who knows how many rings for the next 5 years! Laker for Life! Go Lakers, World Champs Back to Back again and again!

Take a look at this article on the NBA draft

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6073344-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-nba-draft

Laker fans will not like this;Boston Celtics still have the best team in the NBA.