Lakers vs. Celtics

This was back when they had “Technical Warnings” and “Fighting Fouls”. Times sure have changed! I remember watching this Lakers vs. Pistons (or Celtics) game on ESPN Classic, and Worthy was swingin and kickin in the 2nd fight that happened in the game! After the 2nd one, the ref goes both benches and says “If this keeps up, Im gonna start throwing people out!” Nowadays, if a player not involved in a fight comes off the BENCH, its a 1 game suspension. I'm always saying that todays NBA is less exciting, and I hate to say it, but fights is what made those rivalries what they were...RIVALRIES! Lakers v. Celtics, Lakers v. Pistons, Bulls v. Heat, Bulls v. Knicks, even Kings v. Lakers... what did they have in common? EXACTLY! By no means am I saying that an NBA team should have to resort to having four basketball players and one brawler on the court at all times, like the NHL, or that the Ron Artest incident should be a weekly occurance, but maybe when two players get physical, maybe the ref can let em fight a little longer than usual, or maybe players SHOULD run off the bench, so like the MLB, you have the one main fight, and then a couple of little side fights going on. ANYway, I knew the NBA was lacking something for the last couple of years, and it AIN'T just #23.

and for you so called 80's babies...weren't raised in the 80's if you don't remember this! this was back when you could only play with the teams that made the playoffs!






...oh, and I can't forget to meantion the odd and disturbing NBA finals promos one last time. this one wakes me up in my sleep! It's still better than hearing the Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get it Started" over and over and over and over again.