June 17, 2009
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No, I’m Not Going To the Lakers Parade…
I can only think what could’ve been. If there had been a Game 6 yesterday, if the Lakers had won on their home court…
I would’ve been sitting courtside! Well, just about. This would’ve been the view from my seat! I had a 2nd row seat directly behind the Orlando Magic bench. I would’ve made it on TV. You might have seen me doing something stupid during timeouts. I would’ve been on the Lakers Championship DVD. I was planning my wardrobe… Do I wear one of my Kobe jerseys? A hip, Hollywood looking Lakers t-shirt? Something loud, like a flourescent green or flourescent pink shirt so that everyone could see me on TV? Then the Lakers won it in Game 5 and I stepped away from the mirror.
I’m not mad. I’m not disappointed. I’m glad the Lakers won the series in decisive fashion, but I could only think what could’ve been. I lucked into this extra seat on the pre-sale and picked it up at cover price for $550.00. The seat was worth $3k-$5k on Stubhub. The best seat I’ve ever had, for the biggest game… I guess it wasn’t meant to be. At least I get a refund.
NBA Finals, Game 1 (June 4, 2009)
Tim Ngork was my date for the night. It was his first Finals, so we spent a few minutes outside the arena. The hotspots to spot celebs are the will call window and the VIP entrance in the back. Near the will call window I found one for Tim. Coach Jim Harrick! Sometimes it pays to wear UCLA gear to a Lakers game. He was attending the game with his son Jim Harrick, Jr. (not pictured, but he was standing left of me), the one who was accused of academic fraud at Georgia.
We spent about 10 minutes at the VIP entrance and spotted a few people just in that short time.
Owner Dr. Jerry Buss. Ice Cube.
Benji Madden (Paris Hilton’s ex, in the black & white baseball cap). The guy in black vest is Doug Christie, being dragged forward by his wife (spotted at halftime).
Sorry, not too many great celeb pics this time since for Game 1 we sat in the uppers. We missed the more fun celebs, like Denzel, Jack, Lauren Conrad, Ron Artest, Stephon Marbury, Tyrese, Superman (Tom Welling, Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum), Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne. I was hoping to get you some great pics from Games 6 and 7, but that didn’t happen. We did spot… Pikachu?
Every regular season and every new playoff series, Laker tradition dating back to the Magic Johnson days is to have R&B artist Jeffrey Osborne sing the national anthem (known for “On the Wings of Love”).
Though it was a blowout with the Lakers winning by 25, we did witness history, Kobe’s first and only 40 point game in the NBA Finals.
My co-worker (Mexican), came over to me on Monday and said, “Did you watch the game? We (her and her husband) watched the new afterwards and we saw all the rioters and I told him, ‘They make me so embarrassed to be Mexican. We aren’t all stupid like that. They are all knuckleheads.”
I said, “Yeah, I saw it. I think the crowd was was 70% Mexican and then some Blacks and a few Whites.” Then I screamed like a couple of the Mexicans did on TV, in my best ese accent, “I’ve been down since day one. The Lakers are number one! LAKERS FO’ LIFE!”
She looked at me, shook her head and laughed, “OMG, so embarrassing.”
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