You saw it, and wish you hadn’t. Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
Lakers 70, Celtics 50, six minutes to play in the third quarter.
Celtics 97, Lakers 91, when it ended.
It was on tape on ESPN late Thursday night, and I couldn’t bring myself to watch it, even in a clinical way. It may be replayed in Boston until the last NBA fan has died, but here …
I can think of all sorts of unpleasant things I’d rather do than see that record-setting collapse again.
To wit:
1. Plunge No. 10 knitting needles into my eyes.
2. Get stuck at a red light next to a punk blasting rap out of his “ride” … forever.
3. Have hernia surgery.
4. Rototill a lawn. Someone else’s.
5. Get stuck at a “Sex and the City” marathon.
6. Spend a week in solitary confinement.
7. Eat a plate of escargot.
8. Run a marathon. In shackles.
9. Sit on a tarmac in a sold-out domestic carrier’s Boeing 737 — until next Tuesday.
10. Watch the Celtics clinch an NBA championship on the Staples Center floor. Which I’m about to do. That, at least, won’t come as a “surprise” of the Thursday evening sort.
Ack.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Gary // Jun 14, 2008 at 12:27 PM
On the bright side maybe you’ll get to see one more im-promptu commentary from Sam Cassel on the Laker’s loss.
2 Char Ham // Jun 14, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Hubby says add to that root canal surgery.
3 Paul Oberjuerge // Jun 14, 2008 at 3:18 PM
Gary: I somehow missed whatever Sam Cassell said. Can you tell me where you saw it, or what it was he said? I can only imagine … especially given that Sam-I-Am was horrible in that game.
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