NBA Basketball Finals

I did not watch any of the NBA finals at all until the completion of the N C State- UCLA baseball game was over.  I was tempted to turn during the commercials to watch but this is the College World Series and my team is playing, I ain't turning away.

Once the baseball game ended I saw the last fifty seconds of the regulation and all of the over time and in that almost six minutes every thing I need to know as to why I can't stand to watch the NBA any more was front and center.  Yes, it may go down in the history of NBA basketball as one of the greatest games ever but not for me.

There was the drive by LeBron when Danny Green stripped the ball away from him but on the replay Lebron threw out his hand and pushed off driving to the basket.  The replay showed Danny Green despite being pushed away did a great defensive job and the ball went off Lebron.  Why was there any replay at all  Lebron had an offensive foul and the ball should have gone to The Spurs any way.

Then with under ten seconds to play Nanu Ginobili took a half a dozen steps driving to the basket and no call.  Yes there were screams for a foul but the foul never came until step four.  The NBA has become Professional Wrestling, entertainment not basketball.  Thursday night I will not watch one minute of the NBA seventh game.  It doesn't hurt that State-Carolina will be on another channel but I wouldn't watch it if it was the only channel on Thursday night.

There was plenty of chatter after Trey Turner missed out on the home run that would have won the game for the Wolfpack last night  of the stadium being too large.  Please don't do one thing to the stadium.  Ever since, three years ago that College Baseball lightened up the baseball bat College baseball has gotten back to playing baseball.  I use to hate to see a starting pitcher still in the game in the 7th inning with the score 9-8.  The old bat was going to produce runs now it is back to the team that best executes wins.  That is the way the game is suppose to be played. 

We have come down to just maybe the most exciting event ever played by two teams that call North Carolina home.  North Carolina and N C State will play a losers bracket game to see who can beat UCLA twice and if you can do all that play again next week a two out of three game series against the other bracket. As well as both of these teams have played this year it is sad to think one will lose and the other will still be alive even though they are on life support.

Rocky Mount High's Hobbs Johnson will pitch for Carolina.  If you remember way back during the ACC Tournament I suggested that I wanted both Benton Moss and Hobbs to pitch late in their games with the score tied and for State to win it  after they were out of the game.  I am to the point now that I want either State or Carolina which ever one can win it all to win Thursday's game.  I do believe which ever one wins Thursday night still is as good as anyone left and can still win it all.  Let's go  win the CWS -ACC.