Viva La Vida

Wow I'm hooked on this song, and I've only heard it like 5 times. I'm planning on buying the CD sometime, so I'll let you know how that sounds as well.



BTW, the people above aren't Coldplay. They're called Boyce Avenue I guess? But I really like their acoustic version of Viva la Vida ^_^

-Matthew

NBA Back?

One can only hope, but we're definitely not at that point yet. However, the game tonight was one of the best NBA games I've seen in so long. Tonight was Game 4 of the series, with the Celtics up 2-1. However, they got manhandled in game 3, and the game was at L.A. again tonight.

SKIP THE NEXT COUPLE PARAGRAPHS IF YOU DON'T CARE FOR A SUMMARY OF THE GAME

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It looked like the game was going to be more or less the same in the first half. The Lakers came out firing without Kobe's massive scoring. At the rate it was going, the Lakers was going to win the whole series because the Celtics couldn't do anything on defense, and could only score on jumpshots (kind of like Game 3).

Well, Paul Pierce wasn't going to have that. He stepped it up, came to Coach Doc Rivers, and asked to guard Kobe. With his lead, all of the Celtics played the best Defense I've seen of the post-Jordan era. Seriously, to all the critics who say the NBA has no team defense, you haven't seen the Celtics when they're on. It was almost flawless, full of rotations and all that fancy technical stuff that college fans expect. But it also had the intensity and heart that a professional team should have.

To sum it up, Pierce's energy sparked the team, bench players stepped it up, and the Laker's bench choked, giving the Celtics the 3-1 lead in the series.

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But all of that is a sidenote. The real thing that is important is that the NBA showed a glimpse of being a true professional league tonight. The Lakers-Celtics rivalry revive is all well, but the level of play is really what intrigued me tonight. Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and all of the Celtics had one thing that has been missing in the NBA for a while: PASSIONThey were playing from the heart, and it was truly entertaining to watch. The Lakers were intense, but their true desire for the Championship didn't show as much as the Celtics

Regardless, this championship could signal the future for the National Basketball Association. The NBA needs to stop worrying about creating fancy new basketballs and regulating the way players dress. Instead, it should capture the heart and the beauty of the game of basketball. Terms should be made with the players' association that has players stop worrying about money so much. Refs should stop calling so many technicals and nitpicky fouls. This is the NBA, it's a physical game. Overall, the owners need to act in a way that makes fans truly believe that it's not all about the money. I'm not sure what that is, but a basic statement will guide all:

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME

-Matthew