WRONG!!

Thankfully I’ve only predicted one game correct.  The Lakers pulled out another one against a tough Hornets team.  They showed their toughness buy rallying back from 21 points down to get within three.  A Kobe 3 pointer sealed the deal with a little more than a minute left.  I listened to the game on the radio since it wasn’t on TV.  Since I didn’t actually watch the game, I don’t have as much to say.  This is where I get on my soapbox to talk about “blackout” games.

I used to buy the NBA package but the stupid blackout games pissed me off.  So if you’ve never bought a sports package here is a reason not to do it.  First, they advertise that you’ll get all 82 games of your favorite team.  In the fine print it says subject to blackout and you don’t know what games will show and which ones won’t.  All the Laker home games are on Fox so that means you buy the package for 41 away games.  This doesn’t include the games that will be televised on ESPN, TNT and NBC.  So now it’s down to say…20 games?  I got the package a couple of years ago and of those 20 games about 5 were blacked out.  What a deal $180 for 15 games.  Now I’m a B-ball junky but mostly Laker games.  If you were a Memphis fan, the package would be worth it because Memphis doesn’t get much love from the networks basically because they suck.  So if you’re a fan of a sucky team it might be worth it.  I think the cable company should offer pay per view for each game.  They could charge $10 a game.  Just a thought.