this is great. for the first time in seems like forever i was able to view a basketball match in the tiny bedroom telly. the lakers won the 2009 nba championship! it's a tough ask to keep in track with basketball in the UK when the only paper that covers basketball is USA Today. i've been a lakers fan since i was six and magic johnson was the guy and los angeles was the city of dreams. for the past few years, the NBA was only covered by channel five. it's not available on cable or anywhere, perhaps only in streams and it takes severe dedication to be up in the unholy hours just to catch a regular season lakers match. this brings back memories of following the live coverage through radio 21 years ago. but the games were transmitted in more reasonable hours.there have been two unpropitous trip to the finals for the lakers since the shaq-kobe act of 2002, one in 2004, when a star-studded team was swept by the pistons. last year's loss in the finals against boston was simply painful. the boston celtics? the same boston celtics that was the scourge of the eighties? but the june 2009 series is different, it's the month and year of redemption. i'm not that huge on kobe bryant. but he's the leader of this select class of lakers. this is his team. even shaq sent a twitter.
i'll get a lakers widget. for now i will navigate the photo gallery.
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