Celtics-Lakers: How The Finals Break Down, Should Kimbo Give Thompson Rematch?

YES KIMBO SHOULD GIVE HIM A REMATCH....KIMBO ALMOST LOST THAT FIGHT....DUDE WOULD NOT GO DOWN.....IT WAS A GOOD FIGHT.

This is not to all Laker fans. Just to the fake ESPN analysts and Kobe groupies in here who swear this series is over in 4. (yall hoes know who you are)

1) Kobe DIDN”T WANT TO RETURN to Lil Mexico otherwise known as Los Angeles!!!! He entertained the idea of going to the shitty ass Clippers…lmao Gotta love fans that’ll ride for a nigga who clearly wanted out to the point that he was bad mouthing his teammates, ownership and coach. It’s almost like when dogs get kicked by their abusive owner and the dog still turns around and lick his toes and fetches the paper….lol Have some pride niggaz! If that happened in Boston, the FANS would have chased him out of town….early!

2) I keep hearing that this is a different team with Pau Gasol. Who the fuck is he the second coming of Christ? Is he about to part the Red Sea??? You couldn’t give away a Pau Gasol jersey when he was in Memphis. He comes to LA and the fans are putting him in the same breath as Shaq. Note to Laker fans! KG is not at home hiding under a table worrying about if he’s going to be able to guard Pau Gasol…..lol. He’s probably licking his chops! Pau is not known for his defensive skill, if you know what I mean. Lamar Odom is a hit or miss. Some nights he’s on, and some nights he’s….well not on….lol And if you muthafuckas think that D. Fisher is going to run all over Rajon yall must be crazy. Sam Cassell yes, Rajon no. Rajon may not make the best decisions, but keep in mind he’s held his own and he’s a SECOND YEAR PLAYER.

3) The Lakers are a good team, but without Kobe they are mediocre at best. No one other than Kobe is automatic.. No one person can guard Kobe that’s true, but if you rotate people all night, you can keep him from lighting your ass up. (something San Antonio should have commited to) Sure Kobe’s going to get his points, make some amazing plays, and probably have a Celtic or two make an ESPN/Youtube highlight that they don’t want to be a part of for the rest of their lives, but in the end DEFENSE is what wins championships, as well as TEAM play….something the Lakers don’t have. Keep the Lakers under 100 and the Celtics have a chance. They break 100 and it’s lights out……it’s that simple

@ Ballsy..
Cool Lil Break Down Homie But It Is Naive To Believe Pau Wouldnt Stick KG...
Timmy D Is A Much Better PLAYER and Defender Then KG and Pau Did Fine Against Timmy...
So Hell Do Even Better With KG, His Wing Spand Is Ridiclous And WILL Bother KG....
Also Turiaf And The ManChild Vujacic Will Get Serious PT, U Can Bet They'll Bait Off Perkins W/ Turiaf and His (ahhh) Descent FreeThrow Area Jumper, So They Will Cancel Each Other Out...
They Will Put The ManChild on Ray Allen The "Manu" Of Their Squad And He'll Shut Him Dannnn....
KB24 Is Gonna Guard Paul, Good Match Up But Paul Can NOT Play The Same Defense That Kobe Will Play On Him, Advantage Lakers...
Bottom Line The Lakers Are Too Hungry They Played To Teams With WAY Better Records Then Teams Bostons Play'd in The PO's And Sweep And SMashed On 'Em...
And I Like The Jigga Line U Threw In Ballsy, But If U Didnt KNow KOBE IS MICHEAL,MAGIC,AND BIRD aND ROLLED IN ONE, CUZ NONE GOT MO' GAME THEN YOUNG..AND IF HE AINT BETTER THEN MJ, HE'S THE CLOSET ONE... ;)
So Boston Fans That Are Geting Over Excited,Control Yourself, And Act Like KG, PP34, Ray A. Have Been There Before.. Aw Wait.... lol

LakersCeltics.
A series big enough to be described in one word.
For nearly three decades, the most important word in basketball.
It has been silent lately, buried since the mid-1980s underneath the far more rudimentary concepts of Badboys and MichaelsBulls and KobeShaq.
But now it is back, unearthed by trades, hauled in by superstars, dusted off by destiny, a priceless antique returned to America's showroom for a two-week run.
LakersCeltics.
Thirteen letters long, but miles deep.

When the Lakers meet the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals for the 11th time beginning Thursday, it will not be an ending, but a continuation, another chapter in a book written with Magic and Bird, Balloons and Clotheslines, Massacres and Heat, Old Man Cigars and Baby Sky Hooks
The hair is shorter and the shorts are longer, but the story lines remain as spicy as salsa, as thick as chowder, and as enduring as the hundreds of bad regional analogies that will surely follow.
Kobe vs. Ray
Remember four years ago, after the trade of Shaquille O'Neal, when only one NBA player had the nerve to publicly rip Kobe Bryant for his alleged role in it?

That player was Ray Allen, and guess who will be guarding Bryant this week?
Said Allen in 2004: "He's going to be very selfish. And he feels like he needs to show the league and the people of this country that he is better without Shaq."
Responded Bryant: "Don't put me and him in the same sentence."
Countered the prescient Allen: "In about a year or two, he'll be calling out to Jerry Buss that, 'We need some help in here' or, 'Trade me.' "
Since then, the two reportedly have reached a truce.
Yeah.
Joker vs. joker
The Lakers have a human mascot known for his smile and his sunglasses.

The Celtics have a human mascot known for his hoodie and his half-baked excuses for spying on his enemies.
During the fourth quarter of every home game, the Laker fans will give a standing ovation to Jack Nicholson.
During games in Boston, the Celtics fans will give similar ovations to New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick, who may or may not be talking into his shoe.
The Machine vs. The Big Ticket
No offense to black mambas, Kobe, but the Lakers' coolest nickname belongs to Sasha Vujacic.

Calling him a machine is great fun because, well, he isn't. He stops and starts and sputters and sweats. But when he somehow throws in a three-pointer, it's a blast to let out a giant sigh and shout with great irony, "The Machine!"
Meanwhile, the Celtics' most popular nickname belongs to Kevin Garnett, who is called "The Big Ticket."
The problem is, the dude has been in the league for 13 years and I'm still wondering, he's a big ticket to what?
The Laker Girls vs. The Celtic Dancers
While the Lakers were the first team to extensively use in-game dancers, the Celtics were the last.

The difference can be found in the pages of an on-line diary written by a current Celtic Dancer named Michelle.
"With the Celtics exceeding 60 wins, I got to thinking: As a Celtic Dancer, what I have done 60 times this year?" she wrote.
Her first answer?
"Fake tanned."
Phil vs. Red
It is sad that the late Celtics coaching icon Red Auerbach will not be here to see his Celtics defend the honor of his nine championships.
If the Lakers' Phil Jackson wins his 10th title, breaking a record his shares with Red, here's hoping he'll smoke a championship cigar as a tribute.

Staples Tradition vs. Garden Tradition
Parquet, smarquet, that thing in Boston is still just a floor.
Traitor-haters vs. Sam Cassell
Remember when Cassell openly campaigned to leave the Clippers while he was still a Clipper?
In case you haven't noticed, he ended up in Boston, where his mouth is again running more than his legs.
Welcome back.
Chant vs. Chant
In the early days of this championship rivalry, the Celtics fans invented the "Beat L.A." chant.
The Lakers will respond this week with a simple, "M-V-P, M-V-P."
The Boston chant is wish.

The Laker chant is a reality.
Clothesline vs. Lifeline
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Celtics were real tough guys during Kevin McHale's legendary clothesline foul of Kurt Rambis in the 1984 Finals.
But check out the video. Just so you know. Look who helped Rambis off the floor and seemed to be apologizing for the foul.
Yeah, Larry Bird.
Randy Newman vs. Gino
The Lakers' celebratory song, "I Love L.A.," is a funky and appropriate tribute to the city.

The Celtics' celebratory song is a disco hit accompanied by an ancient "American Bandstand" video featuring a mustachioed dancer wearing a shirt bearing the name, "Gino."
So many fans have tried to imitate the guy's moves, the moment is called "Gino Time."
Sorry, but watching thousands of New Englanders attempt to boogie is like watching Bill Belichick attempt to smile.
Mitch vs. Danny
It was the Celtics' Danny Ainge who pocketed this year's tiny executive-of-the-year trophy.
But it was the Lakers' Mitch Kupchak who deserved it.

Yes, Ainge acquired Garnett and Allen in the off-season, but he had to give up the likes of Al Jefferson, Delonte West and Wally Szczerbiak.
Kupchak kept Kobe Bryant and acquired Pau Gasol and what did it cost him?
A little restraint and Kwame Brown.
The streets of L.A. vs. Paul Pierce
When the Celtics' Pierce returns to his Los Angeles home, here's hoping he leaves his street gestures in his expensive suitcase.
Despite all the anti-gang work done by Pierce's charities, none of it received more publicity than the alleged gang sign he flashed at the Atlanta Hawks earlier in the playoffs.

After the Celtics lose in six games, a simple goodbye wave will do.

Lakers in 6...but as far as Kimbo goes, he needs to work on that ground game, but in his defense I saw him like everyone else did knock dude in his jaw and everytime he did ol buddy went for the legs, because his ground game was so weak...i know that a rematch would be beneficial for both of them...then as far as people saying kimbo was tapping out...we have all seen the backyard brawls where kimbo let them clowns punch him in the face and he just stand there and take it...but a rematch would be good for the sport, I had never those MMA matches until then, but I would watch the rematch

if tim duncan is a better defensive player then KG. Why did KG win defensive player of the year? Get facts before you speak. It makes you look ignorant. Bottom line is the celtics are hungry. It took KG allen and pierce a combined 30+ years to make it to the finals. They aren't going to just lose. If anything I see this series going 6 or 7 games and having to come down to a shootout between kobe and one of bostons big 3.

@ The Bachelor..
Tim Duncan Has Won Defensive Player Of The Year..
And Tim Has Been On 11 ALL DEFENSE TEAMS...
While KG Has Only Been In 9 All Defense Teams..
Like I Said TIM IS A BETTER PLAYER AND DEFENDER..
So U Should Do Ur Research
Before Making A Statement Because It Makes YOU Look Ignorant.. U Dumb COCKSUCKER..

In my opinion KG is a better defender that Tim Duncan. He's longer and quicker. If I were Kimbo Slice's advisor I'd line up a few more cauliflower-eared cab drivers for him to beat on, cash in on his popularity, and get him out of the sport before he gets exposed and/or killed by somebody real. I'm actually happy for the brother, coming from where he came from & making a life for himself through hustle and handskills, but MMA aint streetfighting. He needs to transition his career to movies & other shit before he gets hurt.

@Chipper 46 (ahh hhem)

I meant @CUTNPASTE46

LOL.
Nice read, and there is some funny shit in there, but next time write your own shit.....LMAO

I can understand taking a quote or two, but plagerizing an entire blog??? You have reached an all time low....lol Are we having a problem doing it on our own?? Is this one of the things you plan on sharing with your "4 yr old" son during this series? When you have run out of things to write and have nothing to witty to say like the others....steal it?? lol

Here is the link to that crapola you just COPIED.....lol

http://talkpractice.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/this-has-to-be-good/

Yea....you're an old head for sure....lol SMH

If you look at the two teams it is basically IMPOSSIBLE for the celtics to be the LAKE SHOW. Lakers in 6 but they just might sweep them.

The pre-game hype is what builds up a series, fans of each team saying this and saying that, we arent the players, we are the fans, anything can happen, Charles Barkley thought the pistons would win the series, they lost in 6. Everyone thought the celtics would never win on the road, they beat a great pistons team at home twice AND in an elimination game. The lakers beat the spurs with manu not playing well in an elimination game, anything can fucking happen. The series starts thursday, and i cant wait to see everyones reaction.

You're crazy if you think a breakdown, which hundreds of sites and blogs are probably doing, is plagerized. I know the game, pimpin'. I could do this in my sleep. No need to bite the next man. (Heavy PAUSE)! Anyway, this is what I expect from a Boston cat. Read tomorrow, when I give my synopsis on the Lakers taking it in 6!

^^^^

Right....lol

Can't wait for that "copy"

lol

Excuse me George I cut off Bill Plaschke's name at the bottom. I posted the same column (not blog) here 2 days ago with Plascke's name under it. And I'm sure your education ended at 12th grade (or before), but plaguerism is using someone else's work and passing it off as your own, usually to earn a grade or money. I don't think forgeting to credit a source from a copied column on a MESSAGE BOARD qualifies as plaguerism. You fuckin mental midgets kill me. Its obvious that I didn't write that. I have something else to copy & paste in a minute, and in case I forget, its by SCOOP JACKSON. Ok George? Calm down homie.

There's a term used in the community called "thirsty."
It means what you think it means, but it's now being used in different contexts. Only to make a point of the extremes to which some people will go to get what they want. More severely, what they need.
Kobe Bryant, for lack of more sophisticated terminology, is thirsty.
His thirst for another NBA title is that of an amplitude we may not have ever seen before. Not in sports, business, crime, corruption or politics. Keeping it community: He's thirsty like a fiend.
Now I understand how Bill Maher it is to use a dependency as an analogy to describe Kobe's mental range, scope and capacity and how wrong it probably is to compare "the greatest player of his generation" (as TNT labeled him to promote the Western Conference finals) to Ashy Larry or Bubbles, but it fits. Like disloyalty and Scott McClellan. In technical terms, Kobe is an obligate anti-carnivore.
This thirst -- whether he admits or denies or realizes it -- comes from a needing to do this without Shaquille O'Neal. It's a needing to come as close to Jordan and Jordan's legacy as any other basketball player alive right now … and maybe in the future. It's a needing to prove to himself what he's known and told himself ever since he challenged Brian Shaw to play one-on-one at age 11.
Redemption, chip on his shoulder, edge, anger. None apply. There's a fiend-like component inside Kobe that exceeds all of the above labels that no athlete in any other sport possesses, and the closer he gets to attaining another championship ring, the more impossible it is going to be for anyone -- or any one team -- to deny him. His want has gone into an almost dependence stage of validation, of recognition, of being the last man standing. There is no player or collection of players on Boston's squad -- no player(s) on any team that the Lakers have faced throughout the playoffs, no entire 12-man roster in the league, to be honest -- that can match his need to win this championship.
A compulsion to prove to himself -- and us -- that he's been right all along is what's at the center of this. Right that he's not a bad guy, a prima donna, arrogant, aloof or antisocial. Right that he is engaging and personable. Right that he might be the best basketball player your kids will ever see. Just as he was right about publicly forcing the Lakers to make some roster moves, in every fabric of his being he has to be right about how he sees himself and what he sees himself as. Even though he said in the ESPN Sunday Conversation that he was comfortable being the No. 2 guy while winning rings with Shaq, and in so many words to please stop the Jordan comparisons because there will never be another ("He's a different person … the greatest ever … let me do me …. Thank you!"), those who have watched his evolution -- his ascendance -- know better. He tries to cover it up in interviews and private conversations, but once he gets in "black" Jack Bauer mode it becomes clear as Claritin. He's on something extra. Something that once he calls it quits about five years and three more rings from now, he's going to need some serious form of detox to get out of his system.
To everyone else, this is about basketball. To him … this is about survival. His.
It's the life of a fiend. Trapped inside the shell of a basketball player who almost had the game taken from him. The fact that he could have been responsible for not being able to show the world this stage of his life probably still eats at his mind. It might be what ultimately drives him. Maybe it's something deeper, something that revealed itself at birth. Who knows? And the beauty, he'll never -- not even in Spike Lee's documentary about him -- be the one to tell.
The Celtics are thirsty for that ring, too, but they aren't dying of thirst. Which essentially is the difference between Kobe and them -- maybe Kobe and maybe all other human beings. And until KG, Truth and Jesus (anyone: Tiger, Roger, Peyton, LeBron, Kimbo, etc.) can equate death with what it will mean to not win a championship on these terms, until they can make themselves believe -- as Kobe has -- that their survival depends on getting this ring, then their collective and collaborative effort may not be enough.
Winning is the difference between a mission and an addiction. The Celtics are on a season-long mission against a dude that for the last five years has forced an addiction on himself to win. Winning substantiates this dude. It eliminates every doubt that may have somehow crept into his überconfident mind about his ability to carry and lead a team at the highest level of this sport. He has tasted something his competition (outside of Sam Cassell and James Posey) has never tasted, is hooked on something they've yet to sample. Addiction does not come by osmosis, whether it's meth, crack, coke, chocolate, caffeine, nicotine, sex, gambling, drinking or body art. To feel what it feels like to want to experience that same feeling again, you would have had to have it in your system before. The power of that feeling always makes those who reach that level of necessity more powerful than those who wish they knew what it felt like.
Kobe has that feeling. The others don't. And he is still thirsty.
As those who are close to the game and those who still hate him despite what he's done since the playoffs started will testify, you can't beat a fiend at his own game when his game is basketball and basketball is all he has.
Which leaves only one thing left that Kobe Bryant can do: Obey his thirst.
Scoop Jackson

Kimbo should probably give Thompson a rematch but after that Brits ear popped open, he was on his way out. You could see it on his face. Kimbo started swinging was hardly missing at that point. Kimbo needs some more work on his ground game because he had some opportunities to put Thompson out but he didn't know how to secure his body. Good fight though.

@ Boston

fuckin' right...you couldn't PAY somebody to where a Gasol Jersey...LA has him hyped for some reason...

@Cutnpaste

Thanks for the spell check (although you spelt it wrong too...lol) and now I will help you with the TRUE meaning of Plagiarism.

To plagiarize is to to use one's work without crediting the source. It has nothing to do with making money or a grade. Like I said, if you're gonna to run off at the mouth, please use you're own words. So my question to you is, what grade did you pass, because it seems to me that 1) you never get ANYTHING right and 2) when you do it ususally belongs to someone else.....lol

@ Memphis' Own
Something Tells Me That You Got A Set Of Pau Gasol Home & Away Grizzles Jerseys That You Bought A Day Before He Got Traded That Has You Kickin' Yourself About..
Or..
That Fresh Home Kwame Brown Jersey You Sport To The Skating Ring On Friday Nights, Just Aint Gettin' Love And You Hate IT....
If Neither One Applys...
Then My Last Guess Is That Those BootLegg Mitchell& Ness Bryant Reeves ThowBacks, Just Aint Moving Out Your Trunk Like You Thought They Would, So Hate On The Next Man...

@Boston George
I just checked both links. They're nothing alike. Ballsy's been killing it, last few posts. Kimbo! Come on nah! Boston must have no bitches.

yall some dick riding hoes. you only arguing with the other person cuz theyre a fan of the opposite team. if they were rooting for your team, yall be hugging and kissing...

Ok Georgie I'll say it again for your benefit: THIS IS A MESSAGE BOARD FOR A SPORTS BLOG ON A HIP HOP WEBSITE. Plagiarism does not occur here. The Webster's definition notwithstanding. You get it now? As far as what grades I passed, let me put it in a way that you might possibly understand.... I passed the 16th grade. Now I know that you log on looking for an e-confrontation, but I'm just trying to pass a boring workday. So if you'll please direct your cyber-agression somewhere else, the 2 or 3 people here who occasionally have something intellegent to say can continue talking about the finals. Thanks in advance for your cooperation Georgie.

At Curb Chipper 46...
I 'Preciate You Giving Me A Little Shout Out On Your Post..
I Took The Liberty To Figure Out Your Were Including ME In Your "the 2 or 3 people " Statement.. Much Luv

Not a problem Nate. You named yourself after one of the funniest characters from one of the funniest flicks ever. I wonder if Georgie knows he named himself after a dude that tried to tell on everyone he ever met to reduce his sentence. They didn't show that part in Blow.

i'm tired of this shit, Celts in 5........

kimbo should be a boxer damn that mma get on the ground shit but for his third fight what more can you ask for that ther guy had like 20 fights

are we really riding kimbos jock bc he is black and looks like a thug. come on this guy was getting his ass rocked. lost 10-8 in the 2nd round. got lucky the dude at a nasty lookin ear. a real mma fighter will own kimbo

Kimbo showed that he;s overrated so far. I would love to see Kimbo fight Randy Couture, or Andre Arlovski, or even Brandon Vera.....people that can actually fight, and If he had problems with Thompson, you know who wouldnt last against thos fighters.....or how about Kimbo vs Wanderlei Silva (I know Silva is a light heavyweight, but he would almost kill Kimbo)

I'm not a Lakers fan or a Celtics fan, but I will be wearing my Larry Bird jersey in support of the Celtics.

that fight was junk, kimbo'c coach even said he should of lost check the link
http://matratz.com/2008/06/04/bas-ruttenthe-ref-should-of-stopped-it-in-the-2nd/

The link Boston George gave was somethin I wrote, which quoted that Plaschke column a lot. Curb copied the entire Plaschke article. And if Boston George was talking about me (which Im not sure he was, probably not), I wouldn't say it was that "funny." Probably more like "crapola." But feel free to link our blog anytime.