The Lakers Won but LA Lost

  
Having once been an Angelino, I was absorbed into the LA sports scene at an early age. Now a decade removed from southern California, I still bleed Dodger Blue and wear Laker purple and gold at every opportunity. If I can't watch a game, I at least catch the box score the following day, grinning when they win, and agonizing when they don't. So when the Lakers knocked off the hated Celtics in a thrilling seven game series, I was ecstatic.

Now comes the ugliness that has become the dark side of professional sports: looting and unwarranted violence.

What is the sense in destroying the city which represents the home team? The team, and the city, should be the object of adoration rather than hooliganism. Clearly, it only takes a few idiots to mar an otherwise euphoric event. These clowns are the one-percenters, the fools who look good in county-issued orange.

Since there likely will be no parade or subsequent riot in Bean Town, there surely won't be any vandalism. So in a way, the Celtics of Boston figured out a way to beat the Lakers.