Monday, June 15, 2009

It's over

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Orlando Magic last night 99-86 in Orlando to win their 15th NBA championship. This was game five of the series and the Lakers took care of business in their usual efficient manner. Orlando won only one game in the series. Congratulations to the Lakers for their win and congratulations to the Magic for their fine season.

Yoda was not able to summon the force to help his team at home and it is highly unlikely that should they have won this last home game in the series they would have been able to prevail in Los Angeles anyway. Obi-Wan Kenobi, with his usual Zen-like, calm demeanor didn't interfere with his team's flow. In fact, for most of this series it seemed as if Kobe Bryant was doing the bulk of the coaching. Obi-Wan's value is he knows when to stay out of his players' way as well as his own. For deploying and sticking to this coaching strategy, which he makes look effortless by the way, he is rewarded with his tenth NBA title.

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