As the 2008 NBA Basketball season draws to a close (thud?), we can look back, as an Angeleno, to a season that almost was. Sure, a year ago, we didn't have a "team". And as Game 6 ended, it felt like it could be said again. It looked as if the members of the squad stood in awe, or dumbstruck, as the greenbacks took care of business. Maybe it was "hey guys, let's all get on his back and watch him score 90 AND play defense." Don't forget, he did earn 3 rings before he could rent a car.

Unlike the sad loss to the Pistons, we can look forward, and see where some heads can be cut off, maybe a little around the ears, and find that next season will be just as good, if not better, than this one. Some youth will blossom, and some edges will be cleaned.

It is always tough to watch a loss, it is harder when it is to a rival, and it is brutal when it brings back childhood memories. Yes, They have the edge, and more victories, and more banners, and they withheld our own history. But fear not, the city of Angels will wake up from the slumber, and, well, look here, it's summer time, and we still live 25 minutes from the Pacific ocean. So congrats to those who claim championship, well done, you do win with defense (like the Giants did). And for those clad in the purple and gold, while we lie down with a numbness in our hearts and souls, we are the city that wakes up to the sunshine in the east, and we know that with a new day brings new energy, and a new hope.

Let the good cleansing begin...