If you've followed my blog closely enough through my 2 and a half years here, you'll have noticed that I take a sarcastic look at sports. I feel humor about something wrong is better than anger, because you don't gurt anybody with humor. Today's post is not about something wrong, but rather about something right that surprised even me. A surprise that I didn't even see coming. And it involves a classic NBA game, at least for Boston Celtics fans.

The game in question? That would be game one of the 1985 NBA Finals between the then-defending champion Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, a rematch many NBA fans waited for with bated breath for a year. The Lakers were the favorites to break their 0-8 record in the Finals against Beantown, but they hardly looked like the favorites in game one; Boston crushed them 148-114, with Scott Wedman and Danny Ainge having huge games. The Lakers did recover, however, and won the series in six games, achieving their breakthrough. So why does a game with such a lopsided score mean much here?

Well, I posted this game a few months ago on my Youtube channel. I thought nothing of it except that people would get to see the whole game. Then, a day ago, I was inquired at my channel by a guy who works (legitimately) at HBO Sports. He told me that the network is planning a Larry Bird documentary, and wanted to use some footage from the beginning of that game, but the NBA didn't have it, for some reason (Note: If you're planning to leave a comment saying "It's a Laker conspiracy!", don't.), and he wanted me to help provide it. I checked to make sure it was legit (it was), and then I thought "Wow; I could help in a small way in a sports doc!". It was kinda humbling, to say the least (even though it's only a small part).

I planned to show a clip from that game here to let you see what I'm talking about, but alas, the new Fox is taking 16,295 days to process it. So, to make a long story short, it's very exciting for me, and I thought I'd share it with whoever's left from the older era here. If you want to see the clip without waiting, go to my Youtube channel and see "Game 1, 1985 NBA Finals; Lakers/Celtics (The COMPLETE Game)" to view it. Take care, my blogging friends!