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Welcome to Los Angeles

Print | Comments () Posted by Gary Dzen, Boston.com Staff June 9, 2008 08:20 PM

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We made it.

Colleague Chris Forsberg and I arrived in Los Angeles and checked into our downtown hotel this afternoon. We’ll be here all week covering Games 3, 4, and 5 (if necessary) of the NBA Finals. We’re in walking distance of the Staples Center, so we’re sure to get a good sense of the scene here.

What’s it like here in LA? Absolutely gorgeous (temps in the mid-70’s). We haven’t been over to the arena yet, but there wasn’t much NBA Finals flavor at the airport in Long Beach (some 20 minutes away), and there isn’t much at the hotel. The woman who checked us in asked if we were Celtics fans, then told us the Lakers would be winning Game 3.

We'll see.

The flight out was filled with Boston media members and also a few Lakers fans. A couple of the fans we talked to were optimistic the Lakers could win a game or two out here, but their optimism for the series wasn’t high.

No media access to the teams today, as both the Celtics and Lakers were flying out here themselves. So not much game-related substance to report at this hour.

Again, we’ll be coming at you all week with updates galore. Stay tuned.