I'm one of those annoying guys who doesn't watch a lot of basketball but is all too happy to jump on a bandwagon during the post-season (for all the shit I get for being a Houston-based Cardinals fan, you should take what you can get), so I must say the Rockets' run in the playoffs has been a lot of fun. Tonight's Game 6 victory over the Lakers was equally gratifying,
At some point, ESPN went to the "Wired" segment where we listen to the coaches in the huddle, and at one point in the 3rd quarter, Phil Jackson told everybody not "to look disgusted." I like to think he was speaking directly to Pau Gasol, who is merely the least photogenic of the crybaby L.A. players.
So...Game 7 in Los Angeles on Sunday. The conspiracy theorist in me says the VitaminWater-ABC entertainment industrial complex won't allow a Rockets win, but we'll see. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to friend Aaron Brooks on Facebook.
Gasol may in fact be Spanish, but every time I look at him I think Slavic porn star.
I am also the bandwagon type, having watched a three whole quarters of basketball this year only in this last series (football is more my speed). I heard that same wired segment and the striking thing to me is that while Jackson was telling his team not to look disgusted Adelman was telling his team they could do it and had worked too hard to get there. The difference in tone was obvious.