Playoffs Part III - From Chicago

Sorry for the Delay but I was in Chicago for game one of the Eastern Conference Finals.
... Actually I was there to see Wrigley for the first time, and it was awesome.

As far as basketball related all I got was a picture of the outside of United Arena with Jordan, then reduced to watch the game inside a Pizza Joint named Piece.

Don't believe me?

You can't tell but, its windy

 

 

I spent toughly 3 dollars and 20 minutes riding a bus from Wicker Park to the Arena just to take a picture of the statue.  Every basketball player needs to take a picture with the statue. Its a right a passage, the emergence of a man from child.

I walked up to the ticket window and asked the guy what tickets were for sale.
"Ehh the only teekets we have left fer sale, are da fo hundred and fifty dahlla ones"
Holy fucking shit.

Took that bus back to Wicker Park and watched the game in the Pizza shop. And it was pretty rad. When Gibson dunked on Wade the place exploded. Then exploded again during the replay. Pizza wasn't too bad either.

Without further adieu...

Playoffs Part III

Mavs - Thunder
Westbrook and Durant against Dirk and company. Youth against the German Shepard. Run-n-gun against the Blitzkrieg. This is it for the Thunder. Dallas showed how deep they were against the Lakers and Thunder don't stand a chance. Did you see game 1? Dirk only missed 3 shots the entire game. 24-24 ft's and 12-15 shooting. But this isn't a blog about Stats, its about HATE.
I HATE THE THUNDER. Yes they're young and exciting, Durant is a baller and so is Westbrook. Harden's beard is fiesty, so naturally people think I'm a fan. And in most cases I would be. But, they this should all be happening in the house that Detlef Shrempf built. And instead its happening in the Oklahoma.
While I was in Dallas for my layover flight, I saw the hottest blonde haired girl walking around the terminal wearing a bright blue OKC shirt. "Wow" I thought "That has to be the hottest girl in Oklahoma, or the hottest OKC fan, or maybe the only fan I've ever seen..."
I had never seen anyone wear any OKC merchandise before. Probably because I live in CA and everyone here wears their Eddie Jones jersey around town. I was stunned, it was my first public OKC fan. OKC does have the best fans in the league but Seattles was great too! The Key Arena was deafening. Shawn Kemp would catch a lob from Payton and roof would explode. I've already written about all of this...
I'm picking Dallas to win in 5 because the Thunder should still be Sonics, and they should still be in Seattle, and they should still have Sasquatch running around...and Because Dirk is filthy nasty good.
America will discover - JJ Barea. A little man that is probably most famous for dating the 2006 Miss Universe, is now getting recognition on the court.
Harden -Can shoo the three well, and brings great energy that I'm certain stems from the beard. Sefolosha is a punk bitch.

Heat - Bulls
Heat in 6