Divided Loyalties

Dr. X posts this from the old North Star lunch room:

"Warriors Jazz is interesting. The Warriors went down to the Caucasian Center in
Provo, or wherever the Jazz play, and lost both games. A shame, they were in both games right at the end - make a shot here or there, they would have come home with the series tied, or even 2-0 in their favor.

"Coming home last night, they had plenty of excuses to lose. They were still coping with the emotional hangover from the Dallas series. Small lineups get beat up, and they are physically a mess. No one could blame them for folding up and calling it a season.

"Yeah right. Warriors 125-105, the exclamation point coming on this outrageous reverse no-magnets-required Baron Davis dunk on Kirilinkovisovich:




"Still, I am not as partisan in this series as I was in the last. Because I also have to root for the Alaskan, right? Boozer's controversies notwithstanding (karma will take care of that), it is a matter of loyalty. Current compromise: I'm rooting for Boozer to make his shots, and for the Warriors to win in 7.

"Meanwhile, Trajan Langdon's been lighting it up for CSKA Moscow in the Euroleague - 2006 champions, 2007 runners-up. You're exiled but not forgotten, Trajan - no matter what happens in the NBA, Boozer and his crack legal team will never be able to displace you as Alaska's Basketball Jesus. And, of course, Trajan went to Steller. Sorry Carlos - there's loyalty, but with Trajan it's a matter of honor.

"Go Warriors!"