.....on the bright side!

So I've had over a week now to mull over the Lakers' loss and to be honest it still hurts.  I find myself at random times of the day fantasizing about the Lakers coming back from down 0-3 to the Mavs and making history as Kobe averages 50 ppg and hits game winners left and right.  I keep playing the "if" game in my head; if they just didn't blow the lead in the first game the series would have been totally different; if they didn't trade Sasha away they'd have a shooter and a stronger bench right?; if Shannon Brown didn't have sex with Pau's fiance, he wouldn't have played so crappy!  And sometimes I would just sit in silence and think of the harsh reality that the season is over, already.....really pathetic, I know.

Then I start thinking about what the Lakers have done the past couple years and the decade that they dominated, and I figure I shouldn't drown in my sorrows.  Instead, I should be grateful, that as a Laker fan, my team had given me more than any other team has given their fans.  And who's to say that it's gonna stop here, that Laker fans will have to wait another 5-10 years before our team returns to dominance?  This team still has it in them to win championships now, with some new additions and upgrades of course - but that's another discussion.  It's times like these where Laker fans can sit back and revel on the success of the past decade - the championships, the drama, the clutch moments, the record breakers, the witnessing of basketball legends, the laughs, the tears, the heart attacks, the parades.  No other teams' fans can boast what Laker fans can.  We could be far worse off.  At least we're not Lebron-less Cavs fans or Anaheim Royals - err...Sacramento Kings - fans.  There have only been five different teams to win championships the past 11 years and Lakers have five of them.  Imagine how the other 25 teams' fans feel.

So play back the DVR of that game 7 against the Celtics in last years Finals and reminisce.  I guess I just gotta accept that what they say is true - you can't win em' all.  But at least for Laker fans, our team wins a lot, and often, and that is something we can hope for and look forward to for next season.