Washington Generals Prepare Class Action Lawsuit...

...against the Lakers of Los Angeles for infringement against the Generals trademarked ability to look foolish while playing basketball.

Lawyer Chet Gundleburger addressed the media early Wednesday Morning after witnessing the 39 point embarrassment handed to the "LakeShow" by last years worst team in the NBA, the Boston Celtics: "any of that look familiar? I mean, come on, jeez, guys, seriously. That was classic Globetrotter/Generals shtick! Am I the only one who noticed??"

Gundleburger points specifically to instances involving the Lakers standing around with frustrated looks on their faces; cowering while being dunked on; having no-look passes whizz by them; and getting their shorts pulled down to their ankles while at the free throw line.

NBA league officials point to the fact that Harlem Globetrotter games usually stay within at least 20 points or so.
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aww snap! Burned! You got STOLE, Lakers!

Just kidding, I don't really even hate this Lakers team. I kind of like them, even though they ousted my Spurs. I was just hoping for some competitive basketball. Seriously, 39 points? In the last game of the Finals? The Celtics really are that good. Way to go Boston.

But the game did make me contemplate one theory that's only slightly less silly than the Harlem Globetrotter comparison. You may want to stop reading here if you're tired of hearing about the reffing scandals in the NBA...

OK, still with me?

Do blowouts like this happen when refs aren't fixing the spread?? Just saying. Probably not. It's just a thought. But...If there have indeed been fixed games and fixed series, as disgraced former NBA ref Tim Donaghey claimed recently, a side-effect, as I understand it, would have been a greater tendency toward closer scores and longer series. With no guidance from the refs, is it the natural tendency for NBA Playoff games to be 20+ pt home team blowouts? That happened a lot in this year's playoffs.

Again, this theory is totally unsubstantiated, and only suggests that the Celtics demolition of the Lakers might be even more credible than it would have been in previous years.

Also, it's worth noting that this isn't the first time a best of 7 series has been finished with a blowout of similar proportion. The 1965 Championship ended in a 33-point game 5 blowout by the Boston Celtics over--you guessed it--the Los Angeles Lakers.

Even that was nothing too new. The Generals have been losing to the Globetrotters since the 20's.