You know you love that song, Ike, and you got a little teary eyed, especially that clip of Calipari giving Liggins a kiss on the cheek
Barf! I'll tell ya what Calipari can kiss...I know it's tradition and all, but they really need to change that song for the finale. I've hated it since the first time I heard it. [censored], I'd be happy with a Taylor Swift song over that POS tune.
The first half was reminiscent of the NBA finals game 7 last year. That game was in the 70's and they play 48 minutes with a 24 second clock.
Well I guess you proved my point. NBA players don't expend any energy on defense until the playoffs...they basically just waltz through the regular season. They then play mediocre defense in the first round, some semblance of decent defense in the second round, and then get down to
actually playing defense in the Finals. In game 7, they play defense like they are capable of playing the whole year, but are just too lazy to do so.
The last time I remember seeing good, consistent defense in the NBA was the Bad Boy Pistons (Dumars, Zeke, Laimbeer) when they were trying to beat the Jordans (Bulls), or perhaps the Pacers (Miller and Smits era), when they were trying to do the same. Of course, that's just my opinion.
Ike