Finals - Game 3

Game 3 - NBA Finals 2009. You got to hand it to the Magic. They played a superb game, shooting 75% in the first half. Skip to my Lou did all the right things. Howard defended the paint. Rashard was at his usual 3 point best. And Turkoglu... did what he always did. Pietrus' 18 points and hustle plays down the stretch also were a pain for the Lakers. Despite all that though, they only led by 4 at the end of regulation. They would have led only by 2 if Rashard had insisted on not shooting those last two free throws.

LA all the way . Let's see what happens on Game 4.

Addiction.

Samurai 7

Just finished Samurai 7. Finally. JM downloaded the final parts of the series and finally got to complete it. Worth the wait. Each and every samurai had his own character and role in the whole story - and the action and animation was great.

The seven Samurai were composed of:

Shimada Kambei- your typical leader (calm and calculating)
Katsushiro Okamoto - the apprentice
Gorobei Katayama - the smart entertainer
Shichiroji - the "spears and rope" guy
Kikuchiyo - the muscle in the group
Hayashida Heihachi - demolitions expert
Kyuzo - silent assassin

The emperor (antagonist in the story) himself was rich in character. You could never guess what he was going to do next and his motives were always unclear. What really got this series going was the recruiting part - Kirara was tasked by her village to hire samurai that would help protect their farms against bandits. Each found samurai led to their own stories and motives in the whole scheme of things.

Next stop - The Seven Samurai (the inspiration behind the samurai 7 cartoon series)