TwIsTeD Reflections

All it took was one game. One single game. In fact, it wasn't even a whole game. It was half a game. A game I didn't plan to watch, bt accidentally switched to as I nonchalantly flipped through the channels with my brother. Yet, that was what turned me into a Lakers fan for LIFE.

Year 2000, Los Angeles Lakers vs Portland Trailblazers, Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals. We were just switching through the channels until we chanced upon the game mid-way through progression.

At that time, my brother and I were already heavily bballing in the neighbourhood, thus the interest for the game was already there. We just weren't watching NBA. So when we flipped to that very game, we had no favourites. Hell, we did not even know who was Kobe Bryant till then.

At that point of the game, the lakers were down by 15 points. Being the guy who always chooses the underdog, I chose to side with the lakers (Ironical, isnt it). The tension in the air was unmistakable in the staples center- it was game 7, meaning a loss for either side will send the team out of the playoffs. So it is a must-win game for the lakers.

After choosing a side, i prayed for the lakers to catch up. And catch up they did, in a superbly thrilling fashion, capped off with a alleyoop pass from kobe bryant to shaq. The rest, as they like to say it, is history.

Now, i invite you, basketball fans and non-basketball fans, to enjoy the youtube videos below and understand how wonderful this game can be for an impressionable 15-year-old.

Enjoy.



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