L.A. SPORTS COLUMN

[saiholmes]

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Zzibit ..... is that one "z" or two? Comin' for ya

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JEEEEEEEEEEEEEJ!!

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I always, and have always, enjoyed the least coast notion that the city on the coast has no heart. The city has no work ethic. The city has no street cred.

Los Angeles, to them, (as I have been reading on various blogs the past couple of days ..) is a city full of fake, plastic surgery flakes that wouldn't know hard work if it bit them on the prosthetic weenie.

Well, what the fuck happened tonight?

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Our team didn't just win with talent, or stars, or luck! It won the old fashioned way- with heart! Just the way the least coast people would have. Sorry we kicked your ass at your own game and took your identity from you. Turns out we were better than you were all along.

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To the various green faced chowdah breath retahds now crying in their soups tonight-

WE IS SORRY, but you had to be put in your smelly place.

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From the city with the largest port by far, the city with the largest manufacturing output in the country, the city that entertains this otherwise boring as shit ROCK, we thank you for being the flakey poseurs in our movie.

We thank you for being 2nd banana. Our supporting actors.

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We're better than you are on the least coast, we're tougher than you, and we're prettier at the same time. How do you even remain alive in our shadow? Go back to doing what you would otherwise do in Boston, or kill yourselves. No one will miss you.

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Now, all you small town haters, go fuck off!

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But, before you do, enjoy some pics of our conquest .... and don't be a stranger!

This may go on for a while and you don't want to miss it! You'll be the better for it

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DA ASS WOOPIN'

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WALLY SKALIJ

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ROBERT GAUTHIER

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WALLY SKALIJ

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ROBERT GAUTHIER

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ROBERT GAUTHIER

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WALLY SKALIJ

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WALLY SKALIJ

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L O S A N G E L E S T I M E S

ONCE AGAIN, SUCK IT!

[VZN]

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sedrock

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JEFF.MERCADO

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Westsidelife

Sweet Revenge. Sweet 16.

image hosted on flickr

venicewow

this needs to be the banner asap!

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EXZZIBIT "A"

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Zzibit is now taking the time to come clean

on his brief Lakers commentary and to apologize for his presence

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Hi. My name is Zzibit. I hails from Beantown. It's called dat becawse it smells like beans. Aftah dey been eaten.

Anyhows, I just want ta apologize fah dinking' so highly uh myself and of my hometown of Boawston.

I nevah tawt dat we'd lose ta da Lakahs so badly! Heck, dey didn't even have Kobe in dat last game and dey still wons! I guess dat ansaws all da questions about how good da lakahs would actually be widout Kobe- am I right or am I right?

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We owall heah in Boawston don't folly da Celtics, but we owall have dis idea dat we're betahr dan anyone in Los Angeles and California in general. It goes way back, dis feelin', and is steeped in mythology and traditions.

We hold onto it likes we hold onto Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's jock straps! We take pride in da fact dat we're ugly but we work hahrd, and comfort in da fact that we know dere's always next yeah.

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But, for dis yeah, I want ta say dat I was wroawng about yas, and it will never happen again.

I was a fool to taunt yas, we suck, and you ah wicked awesome!

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Take care, Zzibit

punk

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A DAY AFTER THE LAKERS' TITLE VICTORY

A SMILING MAGIC JOHNSON CAN'T SHUT UP

AND IS WILLING TO PUT UP

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CNN

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The Lakers great, a minority owner of the team,

says Kobe Bryant deserves a statue at Staples Center

after beating the Celtics for his fifth championship,

and also says he would contribute money

to keep Coach Phil Jackson in the fold

Lakers great Magic Johnson wants to see a statue of Kobe Bryant at Staples Center, and he's willing to pay for it.

You could sense Magic Johnson smiling broadly as he spoke into the phone and looked over the city — his city — from his Beverly Hills office.

The Lakers had defeated the Boston Celtics the previous night in the NBA Finals, and the pioneer of such success was ready to hand over the torch 2 1/2 decades later.

"That was Lakers-Celtics at its best," Johnson said, and he was just getting started, glad to finally be joined in the five-ring category by Derek Fisher and, of course, Kobe Bryant.

Before Bryant could ever match Michael Jordan's six championships, he had to get to Johnson's level, which he did Thursday in the Lakers' tense 83-79 victory in Game 7.

Johnson was there "enjoying every minute of it," and still ecstatic a day later, his affection for the Lakers' success extending to Bryant.

"I think that he earned a right to have a statue out front," Johnson said Friday, referring to the Staples Center plaza. "When you win five championships for the Lakers, that's what you're judged by, is championships. I'm happy for him and I'm happy for the organization and with all the guy went through with the whole Shaq thing, he's proven his greatness."

What touched Johnson was the immediate aftermath, when it sunk in that the Lakers had come back from a 13-point third-quarter deficit to win their 16th championship.

"I haven't seen the Lakers this emotional," he said. "Derek Fisher was crying, and [ Pau] Gasol too. I think they finally understood the history of the rivalry and how hard it was to beat the Celtics. They were in the moment."

Will they stay there for another year, turning a repeat into a three-peat?

Johnson, who owns about 5% of the team, said his first hope was that Phil Jackson would return as coach, one of the "big decisions" facing a franchise whose profit margin shrunk because it had the NBA's largest payroll as advertising revenue declined and season-ticket revenue remained the same.

"We're going to have one of the toughest off-seasons ever in our franchise," Johnson said quietly. "The top of that is Phil Jackson. That's a decision that Phil and Dr. [ Jerry] Buss, they have to work it out, but I think that Phil is a winner and I think these guys need a winner.

"Dr. Buss is looking at his finances and saying, 'I've got to make business decisions.' It'll be tough, but Dr. Buss has always done the right thing for the organization. He's always made the right decisions."

Just the same, Johnson said he would call the Lakers' owner in coming days.

"I want to make sure of something," Johnson said. "I want Phil back in the worst way. I will give [Buss] some money if I have to."

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ESPN

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Johnson knows who was responsible for Thursday's victory on a night when Bryant stumbled, making only six of 24 shots, and Gasol sputtered on offense for three quarters.

"Ron [Artest] kept the Lakers there until Gasol and Kobe started doing their thing in the fourth," Johnson said. "Ron was not brought here for the regular season or the first two or three [playoff] rounds. That's not how the Lakers look at things. It's, 'Who do we have to beat for the championship?' and not 'Who do we have to beat for the regular season?' We saw two powerful forwards out there that we had to deal with, whether that was Paul [Pierce] or LeBron James.

"Paul dominated Trevor Ariza [in 2008] because Paul's too big for Trevor. But Ron never let him get to those spots that he did in '08. He had that one game in Boston, but that was it. Ron matched his physical play. Ron was unbelievable."

Something else made a believer out of Johnson — a normally stoic Staples Center crowd making a difference in Game 7.

"With everything that I've seen in 30 years, I've never seen Laker fans like that. And that's serious," Johnson said. "We've been intense before, but never like that. It blew me away.

"What they did in Game 7, showed up early and were loud, and a lot of times in the game didn't sit down. It was 'De-fense, De-fense' the whole game, not parts of the game. Once the guys got rolling and started playing well, they were the ones that helped will that team to victory."

And with that, Johnson was gone, off to tend to another part of a real estate and business empire he's amassed over the last 20 years. Wherever the rest of the day took him, he was sure to be smiling.
mike.bresnahan@latimes.com

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MIKE BRESNAHAN

LOSANGELESTIMES

[Westsidelife]

It's always a special moment in Los Angeles when the Lakers win. The one thing that holds the people of this city together is our undying love for the Lakers.

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How can we not be in love with ourselves?

[zzibit]

Originally Posted by milquetoast

Zzibit ..... is that one "z" or two? Comin' for ya

hehe 2 z's - long story

anyways congrats biatchez. i still think we gave u the game in the 4th but it is what it is.

btw u all better buy Artest's psychiatrist a drink and thank the hood

that man is the shit

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Thanks, Zz! He basically gave us the 7th.

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ERIC RICHARDSON

BLOGDOWNTOWN

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L A TONIGHT

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ATTACK OF THE VUVUZELA!

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L O S A N G E L E S T I M E S

[Elsongs]

Originally Posted by milquetoast

ATTACK OF THE VUVUZELA!

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L O S A N G E L E S T I M E S

I will say that the people at the Laker parade know how to use a vuvuzela PROPERLY. You're meant to "toot" the horn at an opportune moment, for maybe a couple seconds at the most. It's used as a noisemaker, an accent.

You should NOT blow on your vuvuzela for a sustained period of time, for the entire duration of an event, for a period of several hours. That is NOT the proper use of the vuvuzela.

Think of the vuvuzela as like your car horn. You drive around and honk your car horn briefly when you're angry, or want to call the attention of someone, or when you want to celebrate something. You do not honk your car horn for the entire duration of your trip.

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Originally Posted by zzibit

hehe 2 z's - long story

anyways congrats biatchez. i still think we gave u the game in the 4th but it is what it is.

btw u all better buy Artest's psychiatrist a drink and thank the hood

that man is the shit

LA still loves Boston.

[Westsidelife]

Originally Posted by zzibit

i still think we gave u the game in the 4th but it is what it is.

How were the Lakers given the game in the 4th? I've never seen the Staples crowd so loud and passionate before. The Lakers fed off that energy and rallied by getting stops and grabbing defensive rebounds. Bottom line is that the Lakers wanted it more. They fought and fought and fought till the very end.

And really, the only reason why the series went to a Game 7 was because it was in the script all along. I still stand by my opinion that Game 2 was purposely rigged, because the series would've ended in 6 had the Lakers won that game. A Game 7 between the Lakers and Celtics was just too good for Stern to pass up.

[Kenny]

How do you explain Ray Allen's game 2 spill?