Another Whiney Laker

Can something get annoying to hear/read, but at the same time be humorous? Well, this "blaming of the officials" that is coming out of Lakers' camp is doing just that. From The Sporting News: Los Angeles Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic let the Boston Celtics get to him in Game 5, and he says that's because they play too rough, the Los Angeles Times reports. "Phil (Jackson) told me after the game that he thought I was a big emotional. And I think he was right," Vujacic told the newspaper. "It all started from that poke in the eye (by Celtics guard Sam Cassell). I got a little bit mad because the ref was right there and he didn't call it." Vujacic also thought Cassell should have had a foul called on him when he appeared to slam Vujacic down onto the court while they wrestled for a loose ball. Vujacic said later he thought it was on purpose, though television analysts said they believed Vujacic was acting a bit and made the fall look worse than it was. Vujacic thinks the Celtics are getting away with too much in the series. "They foul a lot. They get away with a lot of fouls," Vujacic said. "When we go back to Boston, we know that they are going to do a lot of moving picks like they do, and they're probably going to get away with it. But we got to stay smart, stay focused and play with poise." Well, regardless of what Paul Pierce says, all Sasha has to do is look at that non-call on Kobe at the end of Game 5, and then shut his mouth. Again, I don't know whether it's annoying or flat-out funny that this rhetoric