I went to the Knicks/Kings game at Madison Square Garden and that was all well and good. Though I love Chris Webber, despite his tendency to be literally afraid of the ball at crunch time, my loyalties still lie with my Lakers and my Clippers. So anytime a Western Conference foe loses to an (L)Eastern conference team, that's fine by me.

The national anthem performance was the best I have ever heard live. Ever. John Popper, on his harmonica, kicked that song's old ass. My goodness, it was awesome.