FINALS: Here we come!

Isn't it funny how things turn out? Just a week ago, everyone "swore" the Lakers were done, especially after a poor Game 4 performance in Denver. I, of course wasn't one of them, I was nervous but I knew we'd make it. And several months ago(Jan. 16, 2009 to be exact) after a loss to the Magic at home, I was asked, "Are you worried if we meet Orland in the Finals?" I replied, with a quick "We're not seeing Orlando in the Finals." Why? "Because they're not making it to the Finals."

Fast forward to May 30th 2008. Game 6 in the Eastern Conference Finals, and the Magic knocks out the Cleveland Cavaliers. A series that the Magic could have sweeped. And a couple of weeks before, the Cavs were undefeated in the Playoffs entering the Conference Finals with fresh legs. But now the destined and highly anticipated Kobe & LeBron match-up is over and done with. Orlando is to face our Los Angeles Lakers who has made it back to the Finals for a second, consecutive year. Something that hasn't been accomplished by any team since the Detroit Pistons in 04' and 05'

Yes, the Lakers are back in the Finals and now every ESPN analyst wants to be a Laker fan when just a week ago, they said Lakers would not make it past the Nuggets. Jokes on you ESPN. But now that the Lakers don't have to face the Cavs, nor the Boston Celtics(which either would have been epic), will these Lakers take it easy? Or will they carry on their intensity of the final games of the Denver series and finally be seen as a consistent team? I guess come Thursday, 6PM Pacific time, we'll see.