The Lakers and the Hornets played in game 4 of their NBA playoff series last night in New Orleans. The Hornets won a close game evening the series up at 2 games apiece. If you did not have any knowledge of the series, and only heard the post game reaction, you would think that the Lakers were down 15 points in the final minute of an elimination game. The reaction around the sports world is; "Is it time for the Lakers to panic?" Why would the Lakers have any more reason to panic than the Hornets do? Lets look at the facts. The series is tied at 2-2. Let me repeat that...THE SERIES IS TIED AT 2-2!! Each team has won a game on the other teams home court. None of the games have been real blowouts. There are potentially 3 games left to be played in the series, and 2 of them will be in LA.
This is not exclusive to basketball either. One week into the MLB season, the Boston Red Sox were 0-6. The word panic was thrown around the baseball world as though it were late September and the Yankees were 5 games up. 0-6.....IT'S A 162 GAME SEASON!! As of today, the Sox are 3.5 games out of first, and only have 141 left games to crawl out of that hole. Think the panic talk was a little premature?
Until the game, series, and season are realistically out of reach, lets keep the panic talk under raps. I think it's a little overused, and a little ridiculous.
I can't wait for the Colt, Patriots, Packers, or any other Super Bowl contending team lose their opening game of the season. Listen for all of the "panic" talk fly around sports TV and radio. "Only 15 games left....not enough time." Ridiculous.
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