NBA Finals

Catching my breath after a super exciting last quarter of the NBA final game, on the couch next to my dad, who is watching one of his Chinese dramas that involve bald men with long ponytails jumping around with swords and talking in an annoying Beijing accent. I'm definitely not what you would call a sports fan, but once in a blue moon, I get really worked up over a particular sporting event. This past winter Olympics, I cried through almost every performance in the ladies figure skating long program...I definitely had a crush on Michael Phelps during his incredible reign in the 2004 Olympics, and I remember staying up consecutive nights with my sister at a hotel in New York to cheer on the Miami Heat when they won the 2006 NBA finals. And of course there was the ceremony for the Euro2008 German soccer team in Berlin, which was simply way too exciting.
So on Tuesday, I was watching the 6th game, Celtics vs. Lakers, and sometime during the middle, one of the LA players made this super fast, impressive layup. It was impressive because he looked really short (well...6'2", I later found out...but it's all relative) and made this gigantic jump up to reach the basket. So I looked him up on the internet and found out all about Jordan Farmar, point guard for the Lakers since 2006, and only 23 years old! He's the youngest player on the team, he started this camp called Hoop Farm that teaches kids to play basketball and be environmentally friendly, spent a week in Israel teaching Israeli and Palestinian kids to play ball together, and makes regular visits to the Mattel Children's Hospital in UCLA.
Also, according to a recent interview, he doesn't drink alcohol. And he has a tattoo on his arm of him and his little sister.

Aww...
So I started rooting for the Lakers...well, I was mostly rooting for him, but he didn't end up playing for more than a couple minutes in the final game. I also really like Ron Artest and Derek Fisher though.
Yay Lakers! (Although honestly, I think the Celtics played better today.)