2009 NBA Playoffs.

[buckman]

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^^Not to mention Lebron wearing a New York Yankees hat during his "explanation" interview kind of a jab.

[Miguel]

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hell be in NY

[Steve Graham]

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wow, so thats how the league mvp acts after his team gets outplayed by another team? and his explanation was great, lol
as i have said before, he has a lot of growing up to do.. and hmm, mj won his first ring 7 years in, next year is year 7 for prince james

hey doosh james, noone "wants" to shake hands and acknowledge you just got beat down, especially after all the media hype in basically handing you the Eastern conference crown... but its the right thing to do, its also the grown up thing, the professional thing and the MANLY thing to do.. come back next season with less of a chip, less of an ego, and lose the fuckin NY hats, lol

[i!!ustrious]

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^ i lost alotta respect for him when he did that... poor sport is poor, for the time being.

[floridaorange]

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I think he was irate because the officiating wasn't so one-sided this time, which really highlighted the Cav's weaknesses.

Either that or he was physically in pain and had to go take care of his injury before collapsing.

Something had to have occurred because walking off like that seems really out of character for James. Or a simple case of immaturity as already mentioned above.

[Steve Graham]

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^^^ if you heard his interview, he basically said he didnt want to shake hands because he's a winner and it doesnt make sense to him to shake someones hand who just beat you.. no injury, nothing about officiating, it was poor sportsmanship end of.

[floridaorange]

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2009 NBA Finals Schedule

No. 1 Los Angeles Lakers vs. No. 3 Orlando Magic
- Game 1: Thursday, June 4 - Orlando at L.A. - 9PM ET on ABC
- Game 2: Sunday, June 7 - Orlando at L.A. - 8PM ET on ABC
- Game 3: Tuesday, June 9 - L.A. at Orlando - 9PM ET on ABC
- Game 4: Thursday, June 11 - L.A. at Orlando - 9PM ET on ABC
- Game 5*: Sunday, June 14 - L.A. at Orlando - 8PM ET on ABC
- Game 6*: Tuesday, June 16 - Orlando at L.A. - 9PM ET on ABC
- Game 7*: Thursday, June 18 - Orlando at L.A. - 9PM ET on ABC

* -- if necessary

[i!!ustrious]

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Kobe Bryant > Lebrat James

[Garrick]

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yeah right... kobe is a conceited asshole.

[coleby761]

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^True but still the best player in the league imo. Saying that, he still needs to win some hardware without Shaq. Odom is the X factor and if he plays hard and defends the perimeter well magic will be in trouble.

[floridaorange]

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^I agree the Lakers could win, but the Magic love being the underdogs, and while the Lakers are busy stroking their egos the Magic are going to quietly whittle away at them from behind the 3 point line and down low. As long as Howard can play his game without fouling early on we are hitting our shots, I think the Magic will come out on top (which would be awesome!!!) Our bench is also stronger, which is the overall x-factor. We've all already seen how the Magic stack up against teams with 1 super star player.

[bananapeel]

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Damn it Lebron, all you had to do was apologize and explain you were caught up in the moment being dejected and all would be easily forgiven.
Nope, he had to go all offensive saying it doesn't make sense to shake hands.

[runningman]

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LA doesn't have an answer to Howard.. I see 20 board games for him with many blocks.

[Miguel]

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the logic says lakers in 5
i would be a nice surprise to see more games

starts tonite

[Garrick]

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logic said the celtics were the favorites to win against the magic and so was clevaland. throw logic out the window!! i hope the finals are everything they're supposed to be!