Fuck Yea[h] NBA

Ruh roh Lakers fans. With a bizarre ending that saw the Lakers throw the ball away to Chicago with the lead and 20 seconds on the clock, followed by a driving Derrick Rose dropping a floater in with 4 seconds remaining to take the lead, it’s been a whirlwind couple of minutes after a relatively boring game.

At the end, Kobe drove and was surrounded at the rim and blocked—a look of resigned consternation glancing across his face. The Lakers lost and the Bulls won, and pundits and writers will be making over-arching conclusions about a single basketball game to start the season. Like what I’m listening to as the ESPN crew discusses the game, and Magic Johnson rings the death bell for the Lakers saying “The Lakers needed this game.” But the Bulls didn’t? 

While it’s true the Lakers have two more games in as many nights, they’re lucky to have their back to back to back to start the season. The only problem now is the possibility of starting 0-3 before Bynum comes back to add some size to their white-wash down low. 

The Bulls eked out a win despite Derrick Rose using his time with the ball conservatively. As he said at halftime, he’s trying to be less wasteful with the ball, and he only shot it 13 times on the way to 22 points, but it was the last shot that counted. I think the Bulls will need him to be more assertive going forward, but that’s for another post.

Right now, it’s time for another game, but at least my old man woke up on the couch in time to see the Lakers lose. He loves watching them lose, so it was a solid Christmas at the Fuck Yeah NBA house.

I was sorta rooting for Kobe, to be honest, and it’s gonna be a long season for the 33 year-old. I hope he’ll keep bringing it even with his slightly dilapidated team around him.

But damn, what a finish. The ending of Lakers-Bulls combined with the Knicks-Celtics game makes up for the blow-out during the rematch of the 2011 NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat.

Only two more games to go during the Christmas quintuple-header. It’s Durantula time now.    

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