The Lakers did it! They won their title #15, Phil Jackson's title #10, Kobe Bryant title #4. The Magic appeared wounded by after the occasion lost in game 4 while the Lakers looked more confident and ready to take the final win. The first half was close but in the second half the Lakers took control of the game and in the fourth quarter they never gave the impression they could lose it.
It's obviously an incredible satisfaction for Kobe Bryant, the obvious MVP for the Finals: someone said that he couldn't win without Shaq but he did it, now maybe someone will say that he can't win a title without Fisher... Gasol and Odom got a lot of criticism last year but in these finals they won their match-up versus Howard, Ariza was in the roster last year's finals but he had just come back from an injury so this time he was really able to give his contribution and of course there's Derek Fisher, the veteran you can trust when the ball is really heavy.
The Magic achieved a great goal reaching the finals considering that they defeated the defending champions Celtics and the favourite Cavaliers, now they need to keep that group and come back with the same attitude next season.
For the Lakers eventually it all came together which can look incredible if you think that:
Phil Jackson left the Lakers in 2004 and published a book that contained comments about Kobe Bryant that were far from kind;
Derek Fisher left the Lakers and came back just because his daugher was diagnosed with a rare desease and in Los Angeles she could get the proper medical attention;
Kobe Bryant was about to leave the Lakers in 2007 because he thought he couldn't win another title with that team and there was a very serious offer from the Clippers.
Well, it's Hollywood after all so don't be surprised of the way things turned out!
Now the Lakers must try to resign Odom and Ariza and hope that Bynum will learn from his negative experience of these playoffs and will come back to play next season without injuries and the next playoffs with some confidence to show his real value.
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