The 2008 NBA Finals, between two love 'em or hate 'em teams, is turning out to be relatively lopsided. Despite a 24-point lead, the Los Angeles Lakers suffered a terrible collapse on Thursday night. The Boston Celtics now lead the head-to-head matchup 3 games to 1, just one win away from the NBA title.
Not only did the Celtics stage an unexpected come from behind victory, they threw salt over an open wound by doing so while the Lakers still held a 20-point lead mid-way through the 3rd quarter. Clearly, Paul Pierce is a drama queen -- there's always a few in the league.
Although a former and disgraced referee is pointing fingers at the NBA, it seems fans and viewers are still tuning in. It'll be interesting to see how ratings hold up for game four of a 3-1 series that should've been (a much more competitive) 2-2.
Still, don't count the Lakers completely out of it just yet. As the heavy favorite of sportswriters going into the finals, The Lakers could stage a Hollywood-style comeback of their own.
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after one of the most exciting regular seasons in NBA history -- one which I tuned out for many reasons -- I was pumped for the playoffs. turned out it was as much of a snoozefest as a hockey issue on wIs. And the NBA finals were the worst out of all of them...although that game 3 was historically epic.
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