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The End of an Era?

With the Lakers game four loss last night, they have erased all chances of a three-peat, and for the first time ever, coach Phil Jackson has been denied of such a feat. Jackson has three career three-peats, a triple-triple as they call it (not really, I just made that up). And now, all signs point towards Jackson's retiring, pending a Brett Favre-esque search for glory. But more amazing than the sudden resignation of the great coach, is the way the "team of the decade" entered, and exited this series. From game one, last series, it was clear the Lakers weren't the Lakers. Gasol had under 10 pts. in each of the first two games, and Kobe just wasn't Kobe. And nothing changed in the past week. Kobe was quoted as saying "I'm not clutch", and the literal big three (Gasol, Odom, Bynum), were clearly not at peak performance. And their lack-luster performances resulted in the rejection of the latter two 'bigs', late in last night's blowout. I ...

The Lakers...nothing more to say....

"The Heatles" So last night, Comedy Central's latest edition to its prestigious Tuesday night lineup, Onion Sportsdome, aired for the first time. I'm not sure if any of you actually watched it attentively, or watched it at all (for those of you who didn't, it's basically fake sports stories), yet amidst the National Meth League updates, and sarcastic soccer analysis, there was one "story" that caught my attention. It featured the Big 3, or the self-labeled Heatles; yes I am talking about Dwyane Wade , Chris Bosh and Lebron James . Although there is a large story in their under-the-radar climb to the top of the NBA's Eastern Conference as of late, the focus of tonight's piece actually relates more prevalently to last night's Onion Sportsdome episode. During a hilarious, though fake, story about the Big 3, proposing changes to the rules of basketball, including a zip line to the hoop and a light show throughout the game, a rule was ...