Filed under: Rants and raves , General Motors (GM) , Thailand , McDonald's (MCD) , Walt Disney (DIS) , Anheuser-Busch Cos (BUD) , Business of sports , E*TRADE (ETFC) Yesterday could have been the end of the NBA season, but the Los Angeles Lakers forced a game six in Boston -- not so much by winning; more by having a "refuse to lose" finish that they could not muster before. I am quite sure David Stern is fine with that outcome. ESPN, and ABC television owned by Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS ) must be ecstatic. The NBA officials will earn another paycheck, and the sponsors? They are praying for a game seven for sure! Yesterday, prior to the game, I posted Sunday Funnies: Lakers/Celtics -- NBA business success , and dedicated much of the word flow to all the clamoring about NBA officiating and reasons why the game had issues. Today is all the about the cash. While the Super Bowl is the hugest of events, an NBA Finals is a saga with twists and turns, and this one so far has had many. The Lakers face insurmountable odds of winning two games in Boston so they have been as much as counted out already. Laker star and NBA Most Valuable Player Kobe Bryant has posed the most interesting perspective on the challenge his team faces that I can ever remember. He said, prior to the game, that since he did not go to college he viewed his situation like making the Elite Eight referring to Division I college basketball March Madness. He said, you just have to ...
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Filed under: Rants and raves , General Motors (GM) , Thailand , McDonald's (MCD) , Walt Disney (DIS) , Anheuser-Busch Cos (BUD) , Business of sports , E*TRADE (ETFC) Yesterday could have been the end of the NBA season, but the Los Angeles Lakers forced a game six in Boston -- not so much by winning; more by having a "refuse to lose" finish that they could not muster before. I am quite sure David Stern is fine with that outcome. ESPN, and ABC television owned by Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS ) must be ecstatic. The NBA officials will earn another paycheck, and the sponsors? They are praying for a game seven for sure! Yesterday, prior to the game, I posted Sunday Funnies: Lakers/Celtics -- NBA business success , and dedicated much of the word flow to all the clamoring about NBA officiating and reasons why the game had issues. Today is all the about the cash. While the Super Bowl is the hugest of events, an NBA Finals is a saga with twists and turns, and this one so far has had many. The Lakers face insurmountable odds of winning two games in Boston so they have been as much as counted out already. Laker star and NBA Most Valuable Player Kobe Bryant has posed the most interesting perspective on the challenge his team faces that I can ever remember. He said, prior to the game, that since he did not go to college he viewed his situation like making the Elite Eight referring to Division I college basketball March Madness. He said, you just have to ...