The dumbest day off in sports
There’s no reason for a second straight 24 hours of no basketball, but that doesn’t stop the journalists…
Lang and I are back in our respective NY/NJ homes for the day, and Mutoni is doing whatever he does on weekends, but I figured you guys could use a little recap of the day’s Finals news…
Here’s what’s going down as everyone thinks back on a great Game 1 while wondering why there are two days off in Boston, then one day off to fly across the country, then two days off next weekend in L.A., then one day off to fly across the country.
My local paper, the Star-Ledger, checks in with NJ’s own Andrew Bynum.
“Gino?” He’s dead.
The 8,000 hours between Games 1+2 is having the predictably positive effect on Paul Pierce and Kendrick Perkins.
Our man Scoop Jackson, who has been great to catch up with these last few days, did a Pierce feature he was working on before all the heroics.
Phil Jackson: hater or realist?
Kobe continues to insist that the Celtics had little to do with his game one struggles.
That should give you all a nice taste of what’s happening with the Finals. I think Lang is posting something today, too, though it might be tough after I just stole his traditional Links-style post for myself. We will both be back in the building for Game 2…check us out and comment as the action unfolds. I expect another very exciting game.
15 Responses to “The dumbest day off in sports”
Jun.7 at 3:57 pm
B. Long says:
First!
Jun.7 at 4:29 pm
Eboy says:
Ben, I know this is an odd question, but is there anyway any of the Holy Trinity of SLAM Laker Lovin’ writers (Marcel, Myles or Holly) going to get the treat of covering any of the games with Lang in LA? I know that would be ridiculous!!!
Jun.7 at 4:36 pm
Ben Osborne says:
Eboy, you wouldn’t guess it by how disorganized they were when Lang and I picked up our credentials before Thursday’s game, but we actually had to put our credential requests in about 6 weeks ago, well before we knew if the Lakers would even be in the Finals. We did: Lang-all games; Ben-1+2; Khalid-3,4+5; Sam-6+7. There was no real way to include the “Holy Trinity”, though Mutoni is going to be out there…not sure what Holly and Myles’ plans are though I’m sure they will keep commenting…
Jun.7 at 4:54 pm
Eboy says:
Khalid big timin’ in LA! Nice. Thanks for the heads up Ben. Thanks for the insight on how the credentials are issued too. Enjoy the game tomorrow.
Jun.7 at 4:59 pm
dear garnett, says:
pierce was carried off by four guys in a wheel chair (remember, bynum who is about 5 inches taller, and 50 pounds more was carried off by TWO, and he actually had a substantial injury) only to come back within a couple minutes and make back-to-back threes. i do believe he milked his injury. thank you, loving laker fan p.s. i did see him on his bike laughing like a little girl.
Jun.7 at 5:38 pm
AP says:
97 tomorrow in the Bean
Jun.7 at 5:47 pm
Lang Whitaker says:
I’m glad Ben swagger-jacked The Links, because now I can not post. See you cats tomorrow.
Jun.7 at 8:13 pm
B. Long says:
I feel like a kid and it’s a week before Christmas…
Jun.7 at 8:58 pm
Hursty says:
8th!
Jun.7 at 9:04 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
They should move the Finals to Oklahoma City.
Jun.7 at 10:32 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
I for one, was at the biggest sporting event of the day, the Belmont Stakes. Didn’t hit my longshot… the horse named Ichabod is dead to me. He owes me a million dollars, and I plan to take it from him…
Jun.8 at 2:13 am
RV says:
Pat Riley told me they couldn’t play today because Tmac was on vacation until tomorrow.
Jun.8 at 5:02 am
starbury&stevey says:
Pat Riley told me paul pierce is 100% recovered..
Jun.8 at 5:52 am
underdog says:
“I dont know if the angels visited him at halftime or in that timeout period that he had or not, but he didn’t even limp when he came back out on the floor.” by Phil Jackson. I say that was really awkward . So please do not mention Willis Reed.
Jun.8 at 3:24 pm
Lakers4life says:
An angel visited me last night and gave me a vision. I saw thunder and lighting striking in the east and to west a was a giant serpent…a black serpent… a black mamba to be exact and the serpent had this little green guy over his knee and the little fella was getting spanked like a biatch, crying out “there magicaly delicious”. Wierd vision.