Lakers 99, Magic 91 in OT

A nice 3-1 series lead lets me breathe a little easier. Make no mistake, it's possible that Orlando could win 3 in a row, 2 of them in LA, but it's not likely. So happy times are here for me. Fish stuck a couple of 3 point daggers into the Magic just to make sure the corpse didn't get up like Jason at the end of a Friday the 13th movie. In particular I want to note a couple of things. Apparently Alonzo Mourning made a comment about Kobe being more of a coach than Phil Jackson, which is patently ridiculous. The man has 9 NBA titles. Tied with Red Auerbach for most ever, and he's about to become the only coach in history with 10.

But what really sets that up is the last play in regulation, where down 3 points the Lake show opted to bring the ball down full court instead of from the midcourt line. At the time the commentators were out of their minds with "What are they doing?" style comments. But here's the genius of Phil Jackson. It looks for all the world like he drew that play up with precision accuracy, because a couple of nifty down court passes left Fish almost all alone to take that 3 pointer. This is the genius of Phil Jackson. He not only lulled the Magic into double teaming Kobe at the far end of the floor (because of course they expected him to take that last shot), but it kept so many Magic defenders all over the court trying to defend that Fisher had very little defense to contend with to hit the shot. Both tactics, not having Kobe take the shot, and spreading the floor by taking the ball out full court instead of midcourt, worked to perfection. That's why Phil is about to have a ring on both thumbs.

Now this guy knows how to light a cigarette and look cool doing it.

You want bizarre? Ok, how's this for bizarre. The Farrelly Brothers (Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary, and Me, Myself & Irene) are making a 3 Stooges movie. Couple of things; first, there have been a few 3 Stooges movies in the past few years, biopics, you know, the story of the 3 stooges and how they got together and the Shemp and Curly Joe and whatnot. But apparently this is not what's happening.
The Farrely brothers are shooting a movie that's just a 3 Stooges movie. Like a movie the 3 Stooges used to make in the 30's. That's a neat premise, and I'm sort of interested. But what really just makes the whole thing take a left turn is the cast.
How bout this for your Moe Howard? Che Guevara is Moe? That's weird right? Well, how bout this for your Larry Fine? Oh, that's right. Larry Fine requires powerful acting! And don't forget the last guy. Who's gonna shave their head to be Curly? You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding. I'm not crazy, right? That's just ridiculous.