Fan’s Final Decision: Lakers

Marc Sundstrum, a 23-year-old shift manager at Lucky’s in Harborville, Illinois, has finally chosen to root for the Los Angeles Lakers, in the NBA finals, against the Boston Celtics.

“In the first coupla games, I was thinking Celtics,” Sundstrum acknowledged. “When they introduced the Lakers, there was no music behind them at all, so I didn’t know how to feel about them. Meanwhile, when Boston came out, the arena got dark, and then there was stirring, rhythmic music that made me proud of America, and excited about the action yet to come.”

When the action shifted to Los Angeles, Sundstrum, says, “All of a sudden, the Celtics looked very humdrum, kinda ordinary, without the lights and music. But once they were introduced, the Staples Center went dark, and, along with the smoke and the lights, there was stirring rhythmic music that made me proud of America, and excited about the action yet to come.”

The series returns to Boston Tuesday night.