I feel sorry for the Grizzlies: on the road agains the Mavs, instead of at home against the Nuggs... Yes, the system needs a little tweaking...
congrats to the clips. tanking down the stretch aside, this is a time to celebrate as a clippers fan. you are no longer the butt of all nba jokes. that said, this is a laker town and a first round win over an inferior opponent is not enough to take fans from a team with 9 championships and 42 playoff appearances. i went to more clipper games in the last 3 years than laker games not because i loved them like i love the lakers, but because i could actually afford those tickets. hooray for student loans. if (when?) the lakers finish off the suns, this should make for an excellent second round series. it's not as much of a true "rivalry" as people will probably make it out to be, because like yanks/sox (until recently), it's just been one team beating on the other. even if the clippers win, they won't take any born and bred lakers fans, but they'll certainly earn our respect. i'll be happy with either outcome, but i will take extra joy in silencing the many clipperfan-lakerhaters. interestingly, the inverse of that barely exists and i'll be rooting for the clips from here on out if they do make it to the WCF.
not to link to the dreaded espin, but bill simmons has a good column on the looming LAC/LAL matchup, including some good insight into why clipperfan hates lakersfan so deeply. i don't agree with his final conclusion that winner takes the city, but this is probably the best chance little brother has at knocking big brother off his lofty pedestal. if nothing else, that makes for must-see-tv.
Every dog has its day, and the Clippers have been dogs for a long time. Good for them.
I wanted to see the Clippers and Lakers both win so we could see some confusin over who would be the home team. It will be a hometown rivalry. Watch Jack and Billy duke it out on TV!
