Shirish, I use an F-word to your Bo-Sux team all the time.  How is it "unsportsman like" if I say it to someone I ain't even competing with myself (and who plays a whole different animal)?  Maybe you should stick to playing board-games as you've apparantly screwed the whole meaning behind the word.

And yeah, all you fair weather Bean-Town fans, where da fugck were you guys when Boston was 24-58 last year?  Last year during every friggin game, Pierce and the Celts were being booed to no avail.  And now we have a band-wagon ala the Pied Piper of Hamilton's proportions taking place here??  hahahaa   Keep proving your stance of being stauch hypocrites and showing off that low sportsmanship morale.  No wonder, Beaners are losers and always will be!!

The way the lakers played last night's game, has to be the most disastrous performance ever by any team.  Kobe was guarded well and physically by the larger Pierce and Doc Rivers has my utmost respect for figuring out how to cover this scoring machine, defanging and making the Black Mamba's bite lack any venom.  Also the move to get Posey into the game and keeping him in, was applaudable.  And where were the rest of the Lakers, I ask?  C'mon, it was one superstar (Kobe), going against 3 good players of the Beaner's team.  With Kobe unable to do his part, the rest of the Lakers too seemed helpless...Just goes on to prove how great the Black Mamba is as he's been the one to solely carry his team.  He, IMO deserves as much a respect as a Magic or a Bird (someday in the future, Jordan status may follow...C'mon atleast Jordan had a Pippen and a Grant (later Rodman) on his side!!).  Going into next year and looking at the free-agent pool for 2008, Kobe deserves someone like Ben Gordon (if he can get back to the shape he was in with the Pistons).  That would be exactly what the Lakers need to win the 2009 title.

Also, witnessing Kobe's intensity to be the Best ever and his competitiveness for the past few years, I wonder if he gave Sasha Vujacic the same treatment in the locker-room that Jordan once gave Kerr for not making an easy play: A big fat black-eye!    That Vujacic cat deserves it real bad!!

However, all hope is not lost...I still believe!  If I could see Hillary Clinton being beat to the ground, anything is possible in this day and age!  Lets not get way outta hand before the Fat Lady sings!!  Go Lakerzzzz!