Los Angeles Lakers and NBA champion Kobe Bryant arrived in China Friday, wrapping up the final leg of his summer Asian tour. The Mamba ran drills for a group of Hong Kong kids, schooling a few of them in the art of the hook shot, the jump shot, and the cross over. After practice, the 4-time basketball champion signed basketballs and t-shirts for fans and even autographed the sneakers he played in, giving them to two lucky fans.
Congrats to the Los Angeles Lakers. For the 15th time in franchise they are NBA champions. If you don’t know by now Kobe Bryant and his Lakers cast bounced the Orlando Magic in five games to capture their first title since 2002.
Teammates Bryant and Steve Fisher attained their fourth NBA championship while coach Phil Jackson earned his 10, breaking the record previously held by Red Auerbach at nine. Check out how they did it.
So the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Denver Nuggets last night 105-103 at the Staples Center in what was a very exciting game. Aside from the game though, I couldn’t help notice how New York Knicks basketball fan Spike Lee, sitting courtside, was grabbing at and riding Kobe Bryant so hard his breathe probably smelled like the guard’s jockstrap after the game.
Now you may ask yourself, who cares? Well diehard sports’ fans, especially Knick fans who have suffered through a decade of horrendous basketball at the Garden, care. True Knick fans, like the ones Spike contends to represent, all remember how his silly ass antics during the 90s, when the Knicks were perennial contenders, would rile up opponent’s best players. It wasn’t until Indiana Pacers’ guard Reggie Miller embarrassed us; emphatically letting the filmmaker know our team choked that he chilled out. We weren’t too crazy about him then and we are definitely not crazy about him now.
