Game 1

I can’t believe I’m gonna post something by Plaschke, but this was pretty good.

 ”The Lakers didn’t just come back from a 20-point deficit to steal an 89-85 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference finals opener Wednesday.


They turned basketball’s smartest crunch-time team into dummies.

They turned basketball’s toughest veterans into twitching rookies.

They stole a victory from a team that was doing everything right, and they stole it after doing everything wrong.

In the end, after another Spur had bricked and another Laker had dived and wonderful spring chaos had once again returned to 11th and Figueroa, both locker rooms were quiet.

The Spurs, because they were trying to leave.

“We’re supposed to be smarter than this,” said Robert Horry, rushing into the hallway.

The Lakers, because they were trying not to laugh.” 

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