NBA Championship Lakers v. Magic, Odom v. Turkoglu, Candy v. Pizza

NBA CHAMPIONSHIP's 3 BATTLES:

1. Candy versus Pizza;
2. Odom versus Turkoglu;
3. L. A. Lakers versus Orlando Magic;

FULL DISCLOSURE: As patron saint of confectioners and candy, it must be disclosed that Saint Lawrence (pictured twice at right) is partial to candy, but he also noted that as patron of cooks and chefs, he likes his pizza too. Can you have your candy and pizza too?

Some foodies say the 2009 NBA Basketball Championship series has turned into a "Junk Food Spectacle" with Orlando Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu gobbling pizza before the Championship games and L. A. Lakers Lamar Odom "downing entire bags of chocolate and jelly beans on game day." As patron saint of cooks, chefs, and confectioners, the games caught the attention of http://www.saintsforsinners.com/ 's Saint Lawrence, who was invited to the games by Saint Sebastain, patron of athletes. The Orlando Magic and Turkoglu won the 3rd game but the L. A. Lakers and Odom still have a 2-1 lead in the series. Saint Lawrence has been calling the contest more than basketball games and more importantly a referendum on what is the most delicious food, ever. With candy leading by a 2-1 margin, Saint Lawrence ventured off with his skewer (his story is at http://www.saintsforsinners.com/ but in sum, he was cooked to death years ago and now sleeps on a griddle) to see who ordinary folks favored in the Candy v. Pizza match-up.

Gloria Cosenza, a Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy graduate, and college student in Fort Collins, Colorado, told Saint Lawrence that she loves her some Skittles, saying "Ever since I was a kid I inhaled whole bags of Skittles. Was it glamorous, No. Was it delicious, Yes. Yes!" Saint Lawrence commented and said it "GLORIAous" and asked her how she felt about pizza and she replied that she will not pass up "a slice of pizza from Pizza Casbah," since it is "idealistically nourishing" but then added she would "rather fried chicken." Getting nowhere with Cosenza, Saint Lawrence took a walk.

Saint Lawrence ventured over to Pizza Casbah, in Fort Collins Colorado, where he met college student and pizza expert and chef Nick Cardinale, whom he asked about the Candy versus Pizza contest. "A man who knows his pizza knows a lot of other things, like how to win a Championship," he said, obviously indicating he favored Turkoglu and the Orlando Magic. He then twittered, you can't count out "Zen Master Phil Jackson" (L. A. Lakers Coach). Cementing his utter confusion and obvious fickleness with the contest he blurted, "to be honest, I thought it would be the Cleveland Cavaliers who would win it all."

Whether it's Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, Dominos, Little Caesars or Pizza Casbah celebrating the final victory, or Skittles, Snickers, Peppermint Patty, Twix and Milky Way, remains to be seen. But the patron saint of cooks, chefs, and confectioners, Saint Lawrence, says "Either way, it will be a delicious convergence of ingredients that allows one team to land dominant."