Fun Sports Weekend

Overall, this was a pretty enjoyable sports weekend. The USA vs England game Saturday was very entertaining, though it feels kind of funny to be celebrating a tie game that the Americans didn't really deserve. Maybe it will give the team the confidence it needs to make a decent run in the World Cup.

Tonight, I was working the remote control pretty hard flipping between the Cubs/Sox game and the NBA finals. I started off paying more attention to the Lakers/Celtics game, but when I noticed that both Ted Lilly and Gavin Floyd had no-hitters going in the 4th inning, I began watching the NBA only between innings. History was not made in the baseball game, but it was nice to see the Cubs avoid getting swept. Even with the gem that Lilly threw, it was still nail biting time in the 9th as Carlos Marmol loaded the bases with one out in and had to work his way out of the jam. I actually think Marmol is an awesome pitcher, but watching him pitch this season has surely taken some days off my life.

As far as Lakers vs Celtics goes, it has been a very competitive, though not particularly well played series. When the Bulls got eliminated from the playoffs, I knew I only had two things to look forward to concerning basketball for the summer. Item 1 was the Lebron James sweepstakes and item 2 was cheering for whoever the Lakers were playing against. I have jumped on the OKC, Utah, Phoenix and now Boston bandwagons in the last few weeks. It's funny, because I used to love Phil Jackson when he coached the Bulls. Now, I feel like he is so smug and it's great fun rooting against him. Throw in Kobe Bryant and Sasha Vujacic and you have the makings for a very unlikable team. Lets hope this series goes 7 games so I can watch the final game on Thursday with my buddy Albert who is coming to visit from L.A. and is a huge Lakers fan.

I should also give a tip of the cap to my Dad who predicted this Celtics run before the playoffs began. I thought there was no way they could turn on the jets after finishing the season losing 7 of their last 10 games. I actually thought Miami would knock them out in the first round of the playoffs, but Celtics have proven to be the ultimate example of a team saving their best for the big stage.