Boston might consider a new logo for Game 7.

If you’re an avid follower of the Bias, or have had the unfortunate luck of knowing me for an extended period of time, you’ve no doubt heard me rant and rave about everything from HGH to the horrendous officiating in the NBA.

But if there’s one thing I bang on more than LeBron James and Joe Crawford, it’s ESPN and the bandwagon media, and how quick they are to judge and dismiss teams after one game, one quarter, even one play at times.

But when it comes down to it, momentum, and what happened yesterday, and this “what-you’ve-done-for-me-lately” take on sports is garbage more often than not.

Momentum is weak-sauce media speak when it comes to championship series, because much of the media has never played the game, isn’t clever enough to come up with something of substance, and has grown numb to the one-game-at-a-time cliché pitched by the players and coaches. But when it comes to sport being played at a championship level, particularly a shooting-percentage game like basketball, momentum only matters within that one particular game – basketball is a game of runs as they say.

But when we’re talking about a seven-game series, that’s being played every two, three, even four days, on opposite sides of the country, between two of the most storied franchises in NBA history, you might as well throw momentum out the door.

Think about it. Has momentum ever carried over from that Monday blacktop game to your Wednesday pick-up battle, with the same crew of players on the court? Has momentum ever played a part the following week in that Monday night co-ed softball league of yours? Probably not. Either you’re good, or you’re not. Either you’re on that night, or you’re off. That’s it.

And when you’re talking about a game being played between what could be four or five hall of famers, momentum is even less important. If I were wrong, the Cleveland Cavs would be holding a parade right now. But they’re not.

It’s why no team had won back to back games in this series prior to the Celtics’ Game 5 victory in Boston.

So what does matter you ask?

What matters, for lack of a better analogy, are the four Hs: and I’m not talking that 4H, our A-town and Indiana hick readers.

• Hall of fame experience/leadership
• Heads-up plays
• Health
• Home-court advantage.

I’ve been preaching it from the beginning of the playoffs, and that’s why the Lakers should wrap up their second straight NBA title on Thursday.

And it’s also why they won big, and I mean really big, on Tuesday.

Consider:

Hall of fame leadership/experience: Kobe Bryant learned from Game 5′s me-against-the-world approach and got his teammates involved early on. By the end of the first quarter, the Lakers were balanced in the scoring column and had a double-digit lead. And the team that wins the first quarter has won all six games of the series (which shows just how unimportant momentum is considering that team was coming off a loss in five of the six games).: Bryant and Derek Fisher have been in the NBA for 14 seasons. They’ve each been to the NBA Finals seven times. That is leadership even the Celtics’ Big Three has trouble competing against.

Heads-up plays: These are the game-changing plays, Jordan Farmar diving for loose balls, going around and then over KG to put home two big buckets, Kobe giving up an open layup to a soaring Shannon Brown to get the crowd into it, encouraging Ron-Ron to keep shooting and get out of his funk.: The stats speak for themselves: The Lakers had 13 steals to only eight by Boston, had a 52-39 edge in rebounds, and an 8-4 edge in blocked shots. Ballgame.

Health: When Kendrick Perkins went down, I think the Boston Celtics season went down as well. While I’m contradicting myself a bit here by even hinting at what’s going to happen in Game 7, the injury to Boston’s blue-collar center puts a serious dent in the C’s frontcourt attack. While Perkins hasn’t done much at the offensive end, his absence at the defensive end allowed Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom to get free that much more on Tuesday night, and Gasol and Odom are the key to the series in my eyes. In Game 6, they combined for 25 points, 23 rebounds, 10 assists and 5 blocks, a pretty good all-around night considering how balanced the scoring was and that L.A. finished with only 89 points.

Home-court advantage: Unlike in 2008, the Lakers have home court in these playoffs. And unlike in 2008, the fans are actually giving L.A. an advantage. Since moving to Staples, I’ve argued time and time again that Los Angeles doesn’t have a home-court advantage other than the familiarity of playing there because their fan base could care less about the game itself. I’ve been to Staples: for a Clippers game. Beers are 2 for $20. At a Clippers game! Guys like you and me can’t afford to be there when the Lakers are in town. So you get fans like, I don’t know, look at Tuesday’s lineup: Christina Aguilera, Puffy, Andy Garcia, Spike Lee, Dane Cook, Diane Lane, Josh Brolin. In other words, not Lakers fans. You have Jack, and then you don’t have Jack.

But over the past three home games, I actually witnessed a standing ovation. And tonight, the crowd was as vocal a crowd as I’ve seen (heard, whatever) at Staples. And that happened before the Lakers started running away with it, so it wasn’t a fair-weather thing for once.: For all those times I’ve heard people say Pau Gasol was soft, I wanted to say L.A. is soft. Gasol was no softer than L.A.’s home crowds in years past. But now both of them are scrapping, showing emotion and producing in the clutch. In fact, Gasol has been the best frontcourt player in these playoffs. And L.A., next to Oklahoma City, has had the best home-court advantage. 10-1. Hard to argue with that.: Heck, I even saw L.A. fans sporting “Boston Sucks” shirts in L.A. this weekend, and they weren’t WCBias’ shirts. I also saw a one-year-old girl and a puppy wearing Kobe jerseys. It’s clear times have changed in L.A., and if Laker Fan has anything to say there won’t be any repeats of 2008. Not in their house.

We find out Thursday, when the Lakers shoot for 11-1, back-to-back titles, and a chance to save Ryantific from having to stomach the World Cup, not to mention a case of Budweiser Select 55, if the Celtics win.

Somebody get up in Jesus' face.

Initial thoughts from tonight’s 103-94 victory by the Boston Celtics over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the NBA Finals:

• Who was the best fighter in the gym tonight? A. Hillary Swank. B. Sylvester Stallone. C. Ron Artest.
• Who’s guarding Ray Allen?
• Lakers are up 2-0 if someone gets a hand in his face. On second thought, you could have put Michael Jordan on Allen and it probably still wouldn’t have mattered.
• Props to the Lakers fans for actually cheering tonight. Remember those moments in Games 6 and 7 Laker fan.
• If Allen goes off like this again, it’s time to put Artest on Ray-Ray and put Jesus Shuttlesworth on the ground. That was ridiculous.
• If I have to watch another Sienna mini-van commercial, I’m going to puke.
• At least we didn’t have to watch Joe Crawford give the gavee away.
• But, really, those two “fouls” on Kobe Bryant, were those really playoff, check that, Finals fouls? That inadvertent head bump of Allen? Then Kobe gets hacked, Rondo comes away with the steal, flops out of bounds, and it’s a foul Bryant? In LA? Really?
• Kobe looked like Reggie Miller there at the end of the first half. Unfortunately Ray Allen looked like Jordan for two halves.
• Andrew Bynum outplayed KG, Big Baby and Perkins combined. If you would have said Bynum was going to score 21 points (as many a Kobe tonight) in the series I would have been surprised. Only bright spot for the Lakers tonight.
• Nate Robinson = Skee lo. What if he was a couple inches taller.
• Finals bet: Lakers win, Slim (not a big fan of raw fish) buys a sushi boat for Ryantific and I. Celtics win, Ryantific buys a case of Budweiser Select (blah), and we dust it during a World Cup game – from the back of my Sienna mini-van. Yeah, soccer. I went there.
• Kobe’s jackknife, pump-fake shot is pretty sick. That’s a true signature move that the haters can’t give credit to MJ and the Hall of Famers before him.
• Those ABC Wipeout commercials also got tired. And when Carmelo Anthony was in the promo saying “players need to sacrifice their bodies,” I got a good laugh.
• Also, if I see another Mr. Spy vs. Mrs. Spy movie (Knight vs. Day or Mr. Mrs. Smith or whatever it was called), I’m going to puke: in my mini van.
• Should Doc Rivers have benched K.G. down the stretch? Who would have thought that would have ever been a legitimate question.
• Lakers need some R&R (Ray Allen and & Rajon Rondo). Unfortunately the series picks up in Boston on Tuesday.
• And why is the NBA Finals 2-3-2, when the rest of the playoffs is not? Seems kind of strange to me. Seems like it gives the visitors a edge, especially in a balanced series like this when the visitors are likely to steal one of two on the road.
• Where’s Tim Donaghy when you need him? Get that dude on the floor in crunch time.

Pau Gasol was looking like a Sleestack again tonight, and that's a good thing for Laker nation. (Getty Images)

Initial thoughts from the Los Angeles Lakers’ 102-89 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday:

• The only bad news out of L.A. tonight: UCLA’s John Wooden, 99, in “grave” condition.
• This is exactly why the Lakers brought in Ron Artest. Getting physical with 2008 NBA Finals MVP Paul Pierce from the opening tip. Pierce had 24 points, but 11 of those came in the fourth when the game was out of hand. Ron-Ron also hit 3 of 5 treys for 15 points as a bonus. R.Artest = Rodman (during the Bulls years).
• Home court will prove to be the difference in this one, even if it doesn’t go seven games. Getting this first win sets the tone for the series and lets them know they can be a physical, defensive team too.
• Surprised anyone got to 100 points tonight in this defensive, physical struggle –28 fouls and 27 free throws in the first half.
• Good to see Kevin Garnett looking like K.G. again. But at times, it looked like K.G. was playing by himself out there.
• All of the hype about Kobe Bryant guarding Rajan Rondo? Yeah, seemed like he was guarding Ray Allen a lot tonight. Not sure what the “experts” were talking about.
• I’m not sure Rondo can slice and dice the Lakers, especially in the post with Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom helping out, like he did the Cavs and Magic.
• And why didn’t the media make a bigger deal about who’s going to guard Kobe? He is the best player in the league right now (another 30-point game tonight). And the Allens don’t have the length to guard him. The Celtics better get Pierce or someone bigger on Kobe, or he’s going to go nuts every game. And if you double him, Gasol is going to go even nuttier.
• Get Scalabrine some PT.
• Bynum gave the Lakers 28 minutes tonight. He also had 10 points and six boards, not bad for a guy who was reportedly done.
• Officials for this one? Joe Crawford , Derrick Stafford , Joe Derosa. Really? Yo David Stern, why not invite Jim Joyce out here while you’re at it?
• In an non-NBA Finals note, WCBias.com is up to #575,682 in the rankings. Up from a mill a few months ago. Creepin’ on ah come up yo!

Dick Bavetta isn't the only one with a Sir Charles crush. All of us here at The Bias love what Barkley brings.

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By Nick Wilson

Charles Barkley is the bomb.

Charles is real. He speaks what he feels. And when he doesn’t, he gives pretty good hints.

Charles likes certain guys; he’s a fan like you and me.

He loves Nash, Russell Westbrook, Ginobili and the underdog in general and is loyal to his crew – Ernie, Kenny, and CWeb.

I love the TNT crew because they treat the game like it should be treated – entertainment!

With all the highlights and glorification of Lebron, Kobe, and the Yankees on ESPN, TNT is keep it frickin’ real:

What is sports anyway?

For me the answer is entertainment. Sure, there’s strategy and X’s and O’s. And that’s essentially what matters as a player. But for me it’s fun to appreciate the beauty of certain amazing athletes and like the guys you like based on their interviews, personas and style of play.

I love Nash because he’s a fun player to watch. He runs the floor, passes the ball, nails the three, gets teammates moving.

I hate Kobe because he’s arrogant and is so cocksure that he is the center of the universe that it’s going to be fun to watch him deteriorate in the next few years when LeBron takes over in the way of championship rings.

I guess my West Coast bias lies in the desert in Phoenix – but it’s still the West, baby.

Charles Barkley calls it like he sees it. He’s funny, lively, honest, and frickin’ doesn’t take it all so dang seriously.

It’s not World War II were talking about. This isn’t D-Day.

This is a bunch of guys paid to play basketball – the game you played as a kid and attempt to navigate as an adult.

My favorite Barkley quote is when he said in every NBA game there is a fan who is so obnoxious that as a player you can’t help but hear him and get pissed.

It’s a NBA player’s right to go out there, he believes, and lawsuits aside, duke it out with them at half-court.

I fully agree. Charles. You da man.

Phil Jackson: Easy Wilson, this is a West Coast Bias sports fans site, remember?

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By Nick Wilson

Phil Jackson is not a guru. He does not have any mystique. He is not the Zen master. He’s not a basketball genius.

He’s an average guy with average intelligence who looks half-asleep most of the time but who happens to be coaching the most talented teams in the NBA in any given year.

Many lionize Phillip as a coaching legend because of all his rings.

Don’t get me wrong. Nobody can win 10 titles without knowing some knowledge of the game.

But a coach wins 5 games a year in decision-making at the end of games. Players win championships.

Every year, basketball commentators talk about Phil being the X-factor in bringing L.A. another title. Please. Um:.why then did Kobe throw a tantrum to get another superstar around him pre-Pau Gasol?

Are you kidding me, Lakers fans, that Cleveland has anywhere near the supporting cast that L.A. has this year?

Kobe goes out with injury and L.A. still wins most of its games. Lebron goes out and the Cavs are hopeless.

Antawn Jamison, an aging Shaq, and Mo Williams don’t even come close to the combined talent of Gasol, Bynum, Odom, Artest, and Fisher.

Back to Phil. A fourth grader could have coached Jordan and Pippen to six titles.

And all Phil had to do was play the “blame the referee” game that he does every year in the playoffs (i.e. Durant gets all the calls; Kobe doesn’t? Please).

Shaq was getting away with murder as the biggest fouling machine the NBA has ever seen when the Lakers won their championships with him.

Lakers fans seem to think that the triangle offense is like the Bermuda Triangle.

The triangle offense means spreading the floor and letting Michael Jordan or Kobe beat their man off the dribble or pull up for the J.

Phil’s coaching doesn’t/didn’t allow those guys to jump higher than anybody else in the league and get a clear look at the basket.

Phil is all hype. He fools everybody into thinking he’s smart by spewing a bunch of mumbo jumbo in interviews that doesn’t make any sense.

Give Phil a mediocre team and he’s a mediocre coach.

Give him a bad team and nobody’s talking about him the way people talk about Larry Brown as a true teacher of the game.

Give him the best teams in the NBA and all he has to do is not screw it up. NBA legend? Please. NBA opportunist? I’ll give him that.

Bad news for Thunder fans, so sayeth the common wisdom.  Basketball blogs have been saying for weeks that every other West team simply wanted to avoid that first-round date with LA.

So will this match-up produce the typical #1 seed vs. #8 yawn-fest?

Not so fast.

We’ll break this series down in greater detail from a few different perspectives later this week, but here’s a couple of quick LAL/OKC thoughts to chew on:

*First of all, it never makes sense to me that bloggers, fans and beat writers obsess over first-round matchups and seeding at the bottom end of the bracket.  Of course, home-court advantage is critical, and so the focus on the jockeying at the top of the playoff bracket is worthy of attention.  But why should the Thunder or their fans care whether they are the sixth, seventh, or eighth seed?   Either way they will need to beat the best to be the best.  Sure enough, year after year, players always say as much whenever they are interviewed on this question.  Here’s a mind-numbing thought for Thunder fans:  if you harbor even the faintest hopes of your team winning the title this season, perhaps you’d actually prefer to face the defending champs in the first round.  With Andrew Bynum out indefinitely and the Lakers having lost six of their last 10, there’s no time like the present to attempt the impossible.  And again, either way, they would need to eventually beat the best to be the best.

*This will be Kevin Durant’s first career trip to the postseason, no doubt the first of many.  The Durantula’s breakout season will end with his first career scoring title, 30 points per game, and a likely top-3 finish in MVP voting.  It might end with a thud, though, when Ron Artest and Kobe Bryant take turns pushing, shoving, and elbowing him all series.  Durant Twittered earlier this year that Artest was the toughest defender he’s faced; can the slender forward withstand that punishment and still provide 35-40% of the Thunder’s offense in a six or seven-game series?  I don’t think so.  Phil Jackson and his staff have a week to prepare for this young man, and then a two-week series to analyze and make adjustments to his every movement.  Think about this:  Durant has probably never had an opponent prepare for him as much as the Lakers are about to.

*Thunder coach Scotty Brooks is a front-runner for Coach of the Year, and is widely respected for both the effort his team plays with and his X’s and O’s.   Can he out-coach Jackson in a seven-game series?  He would have to for OKC to have a chance to win.

*Derek Fisher can’t chase down lightning-quick point guards anymore.  Russell Westbrook is a lightning quick point guard.  However, Westbrook is turnover-prone and a bad shooter, and I think Fisher has enough veteran guile to avoid being badly outplayed in this matchup.

*Remember this name:  Thabo Sefalosha.  If you’re a casual NBA fan, he might be the best player you’ve never heard of.  But you’re about to hear his name a lot, because his performance might be the difference in this series. Who is he?  Sefalosha is OKC’s shooting guard, and arguably the best perimeter defender in the NBA. He will be guarding Kobe for 40 minutes a night in this series, and his defense will be the difference between blowouts in the Lakers’ favor and close games that the Thunder has a chance of winning with a few breaks.  No pressure, Thabo – you just have to slow down one of the two best players in the world. Can he force Kobe to take 30 shots to get his 30 points?

*An 8-seed has beaten a 1-seed only once in the history of the seven-game first-round format, and that was during the 2007 playoffs when the Warriors upset the Mavs.   The lightning-quick Warriors played uber-small ball and gave Dallas fits at the offensive end, as Dirk and Dampier hopelessly lumbered after a barrage of three-point bombers. Perhaps the Lakers share a few parallels to those Mavs: an aging, star-filled team, prone to lapses in concentration, with a soft 7-foot scorer, facing a smallish, young upstart team that’s willing to go through a brick wall for its coach.

But there’s one huge difference – the Mavs’ best player (Dirk) was a defensive liability in that series, and Kobe is one of the best defenders in the game.  I think that he and Artest will combine to make Durant’s first postseason into a trip that he will soon hope to forget.

Lakers in five, closing it out on their own home floor.

Initial thoughts from Game 2 of the NBA Finals, which the Los Angeles Lakers won 101-96 in overtime to take a 2-0 lead over the Orlando Magic:

• Maybe I was hung over from that wedding last night, or from watching The Hangover this afternoon, or maybe tonight’s game was sick (not in a good way) and a snoooooooozer. I honestly fell asleep in the third quarter and felt nauseous by the fourth. Luckily it went overtime to make it somewhat interesting. But for a long time there, I didn’t think anyone was going to reach 100 points.
• The Hangover was an instant classic. Go see it. (Land of the Lost, however, not so much … but at least I got to watch it on work’s dime … and now I’m starting to think Pau Gasol played one of the Sleestaks … or maybe it was Chaka … I don’t know, the throat beard throws me off.)

• 

  I'd rather be ripping out my teeth.

  Tonight’s game was not a classic, be happy you didn’t pay $4,000 to see it in person – 15-15 after a quarter, 20 turnovers by the Magic, who got homered to death by the officiating crew in Los Angeles, and they still managed to force overtime: that’s how bad the Lakers played — just one game after putting together one of their best games of the postseason.

• The refs might have been worse. Where’s Joey Crawford when you need him? Dwight Howard blocks a shot by sticking his hand through the rim, and it’s a no call? Courtney Lee was fouled not once but twice on crucial plays down the stretch, plays that – if fouls were called – could have tied up the series with three huge games looming in Orlando.
• Oh yeah, and how many times did Kobe Bryant go to the line despite not being touched? Guess he’s getting the same star treatment LeBron James got in the Eastern Conference Finals. Then again, there was that turnover the refs said occurred because the ball went out of bounds off Kobe’s knee — even though it clearly didn’t. Someone should fine the zebras for once.
• EastSidePN radio honk Colin Cowherd spent all week saying the Cavs sucked and the Orlando-L.A. matchup would be a hundred times better. I usually agree with you Colin, but that argument was the stupidest thing you’ve ever said.
• This series sucks without LeBron. Plain and simple. And you can bet Nike, Vitamin Water, and those lame puppets that look nothing like LeBron or Kobe, are crying their eyes out right now. Nice marketing.
• Bringing back Jameer Nelson after the dude sat out for more than two months is a risky move — but so is letting Skip To My Lou run the point.
• Sasha Vujacic and Jordan Farmar need nicknames. How about: “Catch & Shoot.” Those guys are gunners.
• Where’s Luke Walton?
• Hey, there’s Lamar Odom!
• After the game, I wasn’t surprised to hear Kobe say this:

“We’re about to kick it up. You better believe it. We’re close. You see what I’m saying? This is the Finals. We’re going to be ready to go.”

Really. This is the Finals? You’re going to be ready to go? You’re going to kick it up? Dude, shouldn’t that have happened like … I don’t know … maybe before tonight’s game.

But don’t worry West Coast Bias fanatics, the Lakers are going to start kicking it up here pretty quick. Wake me up when it happens.

Yep, WCBias hits an all-time low. Way low. Like down where the flames be.

And you thought Kobe vs. LeBron would be the showdown of the millennium. Think again.

Los Angeles Laker guard Kobe Bryant, who has scored 500 points in these playoffs, was so dominant in tonight’s Game 6 victory that Denver Thuggish Ruggish Nuggets coach George Karl admitted The Almighty would’ve had a hard tough time keeping No. 24 in front of him:

“I think Jesus would have had trouble covering him,” Karl said after dropping the series 4-2.

So, we here at WCBias.com were left wondering, what would happen if Kobe Bryant played a little one-on-one with Jesus? Yeah, we’re going there. First team to 11 wins:

• Jesus wears freaking hemp sandals. How in the Lord’s name is he going to guard Kobe and his $150 kicks. Kobe with the tomahawk dunk, takes an early 2-0 lead as Jack Nicholson screams, “Heeere’s Kobe!”
• On the next possession, it becomes clear Jesus has the power of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit on his side. Taking on double teams is one thing. Four-on-1 is too much to handle for Kobe. Jesus makes the extra pass, ties it up 2-2 on a reverse layup by the Holy Spirit.
• Jesus is just over 6-foot, and while he’s strong on the inside, he doesn’t have the all-around skill set that Kobe does. Kobe’s jay is also a lot smoother than Jesus. Kobe goes up 5-2 on the fade-away three.
• That old basketball cliché, the “Basketball Gods weren’t with us today?” Yeah, doesn’t apply to JC, because the Globetrotter Gods made sure Jesus’ big three from the corner hit nothing but net. Tied 5-5.
• Kobe claims to be a God-fearing man, but “the best closer in the game” has never showed much mercy. Facial on the bearded one: Kobe 7, Jesus 5.
• Kobe, with his angel halo tattoo of the wifey on his arm, uses that “higher power” to swat Jesus’ next layup: despite the fact that it was clearly above the cylinder. Unfortunately for Jesus, Joe Crawford was calling the game. Kobe quickly clears the ball beyond the three-point arc and hits the trey. Kobe 10, Jesus 5. Game point, Bryant.
• Just when you thought it was over, Christ is resurrected (Where will amazing happen this year?) and wields his flaming sword, slicing through the lane with a left-handed finger-roll and cutting the deficit to 10-7.
• Kobe, still upset over the goal-tending call, takes it straight to the rim on his next possession, bowling over Jesus and banking home a layup off the glass. Jesus, who initially appeared to be in the restricted area, was actually hovering above the arc on the replay – as if walking on water – and Tim Donaghy overrules Crawford to wipe off the basket.
• WWJD? Well, he’d dribble right, do a Skip-To-My-Lou cross-over to his left, bounce the rock off Kobe’s fat forehead and turn the “OH BABY!!!” dish into an And-One, 360-degree alley-oop to himself. Jesus “Hot Sauce” Christ ties it up 10-10, all by his lonesome. Who needs the Father, Son and Holy Spirit?
• With the game on the line, Kobe yo-yos up and down to run out the shotclock. Jesus double-takes after noticing an angel-like figure to his left, caught off guard by what appears to be Chick Hearn’s Buddha-like spirit — calling the game for KCAL Cloud 9 TV.

“The mustard’s off the hotdog,” Chick laughs as Kobe dribbles ’round his back and cuts toward the lane.

“This game’s in the refrigerator,” Chick continued to Jesus’ amazement. “The door is closed, the lights are out, the eggs are cooling, the butter’s getting hard, and the Jell-O’s jigglin’!”Jesus initially thinks to himself, “WTF, this game isn’t over: ,” but is reminded by the K-Martesk John 3:16 tattoo on his right forearm that “whosoever believeth in (me) should not perish, but have everlasting life” and also have the ability to dunk on his sacred face – which Kobe does, screaming, “What would Kobe do, m()+h@f()ck@!”

Well, KWWD (Kobe Would Win, Dude), 12-10.

Now, on to The Finals, where the Kobe and Lakers will hopefully be facing the other “Chosen One.”

Latest breaking news from ESPN's Doris Burke: Shaq won't be playing in the Finals! Great work Doris.

Updating Saturday’s post, it appears Kobe Bryant “was as tired as he’s ever been” after Saturday’s game and needed an IV, reports ESPN sideline “reporter” Doris Burke … on MONDAY!

Thanks for the report Doris, 48 hours later. Whatever you do, don’t ask the dude when he’s doubled over, getting ready to puke in your lap during the postgame interview.

Nice work. What’s next? You going to tell us that the Lakers won Game 3 too?

I don’t know who’s more brutal, you or Mark Jackson. Problem being, these clowns are probably doing the Finals, too.

Say it with me people: How do you have a job Doris Burke?

Speaking of the Finals, I’m ready to puke in Burke’s lap now. Not exactly feeling so hot about that LeBron-Kobe matchup after tonight’s Laker loss … And I’m sure Vitamin Water has the same feelings.

Ugh. What if it was Orlando vs. Denver, covered by Jackson and Burke. Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuutal.

Pissed that you don’t have a good job and want to bag on sports stars who do, check out the archives of WCBias.com’s “How do you have a job?” blogs. Bastards.