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B Shea, come on... The Lakers Celtics is a bigger rivalry than the RedSox Yankees. Is that some sort of joke? They play each other twice a year, and haven't met in the playoffs in 21 years. The Rivalry is as dead as OJ Simpsons credibility. And what is this "various thoughts" thing you do now. If your going to think, at least try and sound like an adult. Nice prediction about the Spurs. I mean, they went out and died quicker than, Jeremy Gonzalez. I know it may be a little soon but it was the best metaphor i could come up with. Expect Colon to fizzle down the stretch like bad keg beer. Stop crying about fingernails too. Clay Buckholtz is missing one so your insensitive comments could be offending him. That's really it for your comments this week. You were so wrong.

B Shea predicts seven games for the NBA finals between Boston and LA and as usuall I am going to disagree and bring some sense to this blog. Boston wins the NBA title in six games. Detroit posed the greatest threat to Boston and they rose up and overcome. LA is so surprising because I don't understand how they made it this far. Pau Gasol is a great player but he's no Shaq. Kobe is playing like a God right now and thats all they have going for them. The Lakers had the 19th best defense in basketball with the best offense. Boston had the best defense in basketball with the 10th best offense. Something is going to give, and I can't see it helping LA. Every matchup offsets the other in this series. Perkins and Garnett will get theirs, but so will Gasol and Odom. The young Rondo will have a much easier task of guarding Fisher as opposed to Chauncey Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Billups. Kobe Bryant vs Ray Allen should be interesting. Both are known for shooting rather than defense, but with help Ray Allen won't be giving up anymore than 30 a game to Bryant. The match up that Boston will be able to expose is Paul Pierce over Vladimir Radmanovic. The overpaid Russian had a decent season getting eight points and three boards a game, but that isn't going to cut it in the finals. Why I think Boston will win in six, at the most is because of the bench. Eddie House will be able to run the point because of LA's weak defense, giving up energy and points from the bench. Posey, Brown, Powe, Davis, and maybe even Cassell will see playing time. Comming off the bench for LA will be Luke Walton, Jordan Farmar, and Ronnie ( my heart hurts ) Turiaf. These guys couldn't intiminate a girls high school team, let alone the team with the best record in basketball, along with the best record against the West.

As for tonight, since I started my "lock of the day" I am 3-1. I need to bump this up by making two big locks for tonight. I like the Orioles (+114) with Garrett Olson on the mound to beat the Redsox and I also like the Geogia Force (-4.5) to beat the Tampa Bay Storm in some exciting Areana football.

ps, my Turiaf joke was funny...

Lakers vs Celtics

The Boston Celtics are in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1987. Even better, they are going up against the Los Angeles Lakers. I am so excited. The Celts went on the road and beat to Pistons to advance. They were down by 10 early in the fourth and Paul Pierce made a ton of key plays. He had a nice And 1 and sweet pull up jumper. KG have a few big hoops. James Posey made a huge steal on Tayshaun Prince with about 1:30 left in the game. It was a great comeback road win and it was even better to see them keep their poise down the stretch.


Now its Celtics vs Lakers in the NBA Finals. So much of the NBA's history comes from these two teams. The Celtics have 16 championships and the Lakers have 14. The two franchises have had some many great battles. They have met in the Finals 10 times and this will make it 11. So many great players have played on the teams. Russell. Wilt. Cousy. West. Hondo. Baylor. Heinsohn. Goodrich. Bird. Magic. McHale. Kareem. Parish. Worthy. And the list goes on and on. Now Pierce, Garnett, and Allen will take on Kobe, Gasol, and Odom in the next installment of the Celtics/Lakers rivalry. You could make a case that the Celtic/Laker rivalry is more intense than the Red Sox/Yankee rivalry but that's for another day. Its the way it should be. Everyone knows it. Heck, even my mom said its the way it should be.


These 2 teams are very evenly matched. The Lakers have a high powered offense while the Celtics have the great defense. This series also brings up many great story lines. Pierce, KG, and Allen looking for the first rings. Kobe looking for a ring without Shaq. Pierce going back to play in LA in the Finals. Phil Jackson looking to pass Red Auerbach for most championships for a coach against the Celtics. This is going to be so much fun. Celtics in 7. Lets get it on.

Various Thoughts

I only included the Bruins in The Golden Era because of the miracle run they had to the 7th game of the first round this year. Plus, the magnitude of the other 3 pro teams outweighs anything negative the Bruins have done in the last ten years.


Now its time for some of my various thoughts on the sports world. I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist but has anyone else noticed how ESPN doesn't show replays on any questionable calls by referees? In Game 7 of the Celtics/Cavs, there were a lot of bad calls or missed calls by the refs and you can hear the crowd react to the replay on the Jumbo Tron and then ESPN doesn't bother to show the replay. Last night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, KG got called for 2 moving screens in a row and to me they both looked questionable. Especially the second one. So I sat there and waited for the replay. Never came. But when the refs make a good call, ESPN shows the replay 7 times. From all angles and then the stupid super slo-mo version that they show on every replay. Look for it in Game 5 tomorrow night.


With the emergence of Bartolo Colon in his first 2 starts for the Red Sox, do not be surprised in the Red Sox tinker with a 6 man rotation. They were talking about this off season but Curt Schilling got hurt. Right now with Clay Buchholz hurt, they have the normal 5 man rotation. But when he gets back, I would not be shocked if the Sox go to a 6 man rotation. All the pitchers will have a day of extra rest and that could be huge heading into the stretch. Beckett talked about how, last post season, him missing a couple weeks on the D.L. really kept him fresh for the playoffs. Just imagine for the rest of the season a rotation of Beckett, Dice-K, Lester, Wake, Colon, and Buchholz. I'm not really counting on Schilling to pitch at all this year considering hes only thrown a baseball twice. But in case he comes back, I wouldn't be surprised of he goes to bullpen to help with that bridge to get to Papelbon. Just throwing it out there.


With the New York Mets on the verge of a total implosion, I am not looking too good on picking them to come out of the National League. Just by looking at them, they have no team chemistry. Willie Randolph is on the verge of being fired even though Mets management says hes safe. I'm gonna give till the All Star break before I change my mind on them going to World Series.


Tonight the Spurs look to even up their Western Conference Final versus the Lakers. I'm calling Ginobili having another 30 point night along with Tim Duncan going for a 20/20 game. The Spurs are too good and too tough minded to go down 3-1 to the Lakers. That series will probably go 7 games along with the Celtics/Pistons series.


Speaking of the Celtics/Pistons series, has anyone else noticed that Richard Hamilton has the longest finger nails ever on a basketball player. No wonder he gets open so much. He gashes whoever is guarding him with his Wolverine-nails and gets an open jumper. In Game 3, he gashed Cassell. Last night, they showed a clip of Ray Allen talking to the refs, showing him his arms and pointing of the scratches that Hamilton has probably given him. Check it out next game.


And that is it for my various thoughts this week.

Lacrosse Story Still Involving Duke...

Not to take away from Jon Lester's amazing performance B Shea but you said that the Royals have a "legit" offense. Was that a serious comment or some sort of a joke? Unless legit means in the bottom 30% of every offensive catagory, dead last in home runs, and second to last in RBI's, then yes, they are legit. What a rediculous thing to say. Also, when the Bruins haven't won a playoff series since 2000, It's hard to consider them in a "golden era". Keep having a distugsting hometown bias and see where that gets you when Boston sports go mid 90's on us again.

The last of the Duke rapist are officially ineligable in the NCAA, after their granted fifth year of playing. Duke was defeated 10-9 by Johns Hopkins ending this rape story which everyone but Al Sharpton is sick of. In the other semi-final game Syracuse came from five goals down to defeat Virginia in double overtime. So the Dukeless championship is Johns Hopkins vs Syracuse. I like Syracuse to win its tenth title in it's storied history, and finally, end this Duke scandel for good.

As for betting, my lock of the day is the Lakers (+5) over the Spurs.

The Golden Era

All I know Wiz, is that I wanted the Pistons in this round. It wouldn't be the same if we didn't have to go through the Pistons to go to the Finals. In 2004, it wouldn't have been the same if the Red Sox didn't have to go through Yankees to go to the World Series. And Wiz, I hope your right and we have a nice quick series.


Jon Lester threw a no hitter last night. No one deserves a no hitter more than this kid. In a two year span he was diagnosed with cancer, beat the cancer, came back and got a win in his first start back, won Game 4 of the World Series, and capped it off with a no hitter. Last night, he was absolutely terrific. He seemed to get better as the game wore on. On his final pitch, he threw 96. The Royals have a legit offense and Lester just absolutely shut them down. It was great to see and Lester didn't seem that fazed by it. He has been through so much, that a no hitter doesn't even register. Every one in the ball park was ecstatic. Francona and Lester shared a emotional hug. I cant wait to see how Lester pitches now.


Last night also continued the Golden Era of sports here in Boston. I say that this era started in 2001 with the Patriots first Super Bowl win. Since that time, us fans have seen 5 championships, a perfect regular season for the Pats, a couple of no hitters and millions of other great moments. The Celtics on working towards another championship and the Bruins are a young and exciting team. The Red Sox have 2 of the last 4 World Series and are arguably the best team in baseball this year. The Pats came within 2 minutues of 19-0 and I would say are still the favorite for next year. This is why other cities hate us and I'm glad they hate us. No city will probably ever have all 4 major teams so good at the same time. This is truly The Golden Era of Boston Sports and I'm glad I'm here to witness the magic.


Also last night was a perfect 2 day period. Lester's no no and Pierce's Game 7 performance will always be remembered together. Now we have Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Fianls tonight. This is such a important game tonight because the Pistons have been off for awhile and the Celtics are in a rhythm. People say that Chauncey Billups is going to tool on Rondo. While Rondo will have a tough time guarding him but Billups has to guard Rondo too and Rondo is the last person that I would want to guard if I was coming off a hamstring injury. Also Ray Allen has to give us some points. He has beef with Rip Hamilton and hopefully that will give him a little extra motivation. Look for the Celtics to run a lot when they have the chance and not try to play the half court game with them. Lets get it on.

Beasts of the East...

You have to be out of your mind to say that we, the celtics fans wanted to play the Detroit Pistons in the conference finals. I would have much rather seen the Raptors or Sixers as opposed to Detroit. The Celtics have a hard enough time with teams like the Hawks in the playoffs. However, despite your stupid idiotic comment it's not all bad in Celtic land.

Detroit this season is 1-2 against Boston, and their one win came with 0.01 seconds left on a good up fake by Chancey Billups, and awful defense by 12th man Tony Allen, who I believe has no right dressing, especially over my boy, Brian (Scallups) Scalabrine. Billups went on to get fouled and hit two freebies leaving Boston to lose by two. The other two games this year weren't dominated by Boston, but should have set up a good game plan by unproven coach Doc Rivers. This series is going to be simple. The Atlanta Hawks were young and fired up, Detroit is old and is trying to do their best Atlanta Braves impression. ( fourteen straight playoff appearances, one title) The Cleveland Cavaliers had Lebron who gets every call and never gets called himself, for anything, Detroit has no one of that nature. Detroit is a simple, exellant shooting team. How do you beat them? Go inside, go inside, and then fake a three, and go back Inside! Right now Ray Allen couldn't make a junior high team, but that won't matter this round. Garnett, Perkins, Powe, and Davis should combine everygame for at least sixty. Rasheed Wallace hasn't stepped in the paint since 2004, and Rip Hamilton does most of his estimated running of six miles per game on offense. Tayshaun Prince and Chancey Billups are great defenders but tend to back off of a player with the ball inside, to avoid being called for a foul. Then there's the bench. Am I supposed to be afraid of Jason Maxiell and Rodney Stuckey. Maxiell is a great defender but tends to get into foul trouble early, mostly due to his over-aggresivness. Stuckey may have averaged 26 some odd points in college (Eastern Washington) but this is the best defense in the NBA. The old Detroit starters are all going to be looking at 39-40 minutes a game which will not fare well, especially with Chancey's lingering hamstring injury. I am still sticking to my orignal prediction of Boston in four games over Detroit. I don't expect home court to matter because of Michigan's economy. It's hard to get behind your team when unemployment is over eight percent.

As for past blogs, I was right about Big Brown winning the preakness, but was a little off with the quinnella, trifecta. I was also right about Conneticut over Atlanta in that WNBA action. For tonight my lock of the day is the Cubs (-130) over the Astros. I also like the over (184) in game seven tonight between the Hornets and the Spurs, along with the Detroit Redwings (-155) over the Dallas Stars.

Pistons vs Celtics

Wiz, I kind of agree with you that part of the reason Pistorius was allowed to participate in the upcoming Olympics is ratings for TV. If he makes a team and is in a race, I will probably tune in and watch. But other than that, I could care less about Olympics track and feild events.


Yesterday afternoon the Celtics prevailed in one of the best Game 7s in recent memory. I would say it ranks up high in the list of all time Game 7s. Pierce and LeBron had a duel similar to Larry Bird and Dominique Wilkins. Pierce would come down hit a jumper and then LeBron would do the same. It was just a great game to watch and I cant wait to see it on NBA TV or ESPN Classic in the near future. There were also two unlikely heroes for the Celtics in this game that every championship team gets along the way. Eddie House played a good game. Him chasing the ball from one end of the court to the other, beat Wally, dive on the floor, and tip it to Posey gave the team and the crowd a huge lift. I'm glad to see that Eddie is back in the rotation because he gives the team a huge lift. He knows how to run the offense and with Ray Allen struggling, he can knock down shots. Another unlikely hero was veteran PJ Brown. PJ came off the bench and had 10 huge points. With the Celtics only up 1 and after LeBron made a mini run by himself, PJ nailed the biggest shot the game. Then he made a great defensive play and played LeBron good on his drive and made LeBron take a tough lay up which he missed. Also the Celtics had some luck from above with Pierce's free throw with 7 seconds. That was the spirit of Red from above helping that shot go down.


Now we have what the Celtics wanted, the fans wanted, and what the NBA wanted. Its the Boston Celtics vs the Detriot Pistons for the right to go to the NBA Finals. These two teams are very evenly matched. The Pistons are well rested while the Celtics are coming off a very emotional series. This is going to be such a fun series to watch. Its going to be reminiscent of the classic Celtics/Pistons battles of the 80s. I cant wait for it. The roller coaster ride continues.

fake people can mean a lot of things...

When a person calls another person, "fake" it generally implies that they act in a certain way that they are not. When I call a person fake, I am refering to South African runner, Oscar Pistorius. Don't get me wrong, I repect the disabled, and I am for equality, but how in the world are his prosthetic legs or running blades not considered a, "mechanical advantage". Was the OJ Simpson jury called upon to make a ruling again or has The Court of Arbitration for Sport lost their mind. I thought the problem with the olympics was that it was being held in communist China. Since our politically correct culture won't allow us to say anything negative, I guess i'm going to have to. This is 100%, a ruling for ratings. Joe America, (who's not a real person, just a representive of the populas) probably isn't going to watch the olympics. When you tell Joe that a guy with no legs is running, he might tune in. Fortunatly, for tradition, Mr. Pistorius hasn't made the South African team just yet, and his best qualifying time in his life doesn't even meet the minimum requirement to make the olympics.

I want to talk about the ruling in detail now. The The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that he didn't have a mechanical advatage. I guess he put on his best prosthetic legs for that appearance. A runner uses everypart of his body to achieve his best time. Does Oscar Pistorius even stretch? The most comman injury in sport is, a bruise. Pistorius can only bruise on about 70% of his body because metal legs reportedly don't bruise. For a runner however, the most comman injuries include foot, ankle, and knee injuries, and all the muscles inbetween. Pistorius get's to avoid these as well. Pistorius calls his legs, "Running Blades". Physically, Blades have much less wind resistance than flesh. When someone says, "Break a leg", what does that mean for Pistorius? I'm sure he's a nice guy who simply wants equality, but he's missing two legs. In a competive world of sport, he will never be seen as equal. While the world roots for him, i'll be the one cheering on tradition.

In other news, the LA Lakers beat my western conference finals predition, the Utah Jazz. It was a great game to watch, much like all the other games this postseason. Hopefully we can be blessed to see Chris Paul prove to the world that he deserved the MVP over that crybaby Kobe Bryant.

Finally, today is the preakness. Horse racing has always been one of the most exciting events in sports and despite PETA's views, it is great for American tradition. Today like most of the country, I like Big Brown to win at 1/2 odds. For the quinella I am liking Big Brown and Yankee Bravo. For the trifecta we are going to go with Big Brown, Yankee Brave, and Hey Byrn. Also, my lock of the day is Conneticut (-11) over Atlanta in some hardcore WNBA action...

Celtics and Pats

Wizard, its good to have you back but apparently you have gone a little crazy. There is no need to panic and change the starting line up. What has killed us these last 2 games has been our bench, not the starting line up. In the 2 games we have won, the Celtics bench has outscored the Cavs bench. Now vice versa, in the 2 games that we have lost the Cavs have outscored our bench. James Posey and Leon Powe have the play better. PJ Brown was the only bench guy to come to play in Game 4. Yes, Rondo has struggled this series and especially Games 3 and 4. But in the second half of Game 4, I thought he played well. He was aggressive early in the third which is what I want to see. Sometimes I think Doc keeps Rondo on the bench a little too long and sticks with Sam longer than he should. Sam has played terrible on the road this post season and apparently can only make shots at home. Also, I thought we went away from KG in the 4th and when he did have the ball he wasn't aggressive enough. I like when the ball goes inside to KG early and they play inside out. Pierce took a dumb 3 in the 4th and those are the metal mistakes that we didn't make in the regular season but are making now. I still feel that we are the better team and will still win but with all that said, why do I have a feeling that LeBron is about to go off? One last thing Wiz, the Celtics regular season record was 66-16. They only play 82 games in the NBA, bro.

I love when announcers make things up during a broadcast. Like when Tom Jackson said that the Patriots hate Bill Belichick after the first game of the year and they promptly went 14-2 and won the Super Bowl. Or when Joe Morgan analyzes a baseball game. A perfect example happened last night during the Celtics/Cavs game. When Pierce fouled LeBron and wrapped him and kind of went in the crowd, Kevin Harlan, the TNT commentator went into a frenzy about how Pierce and LeBron don't like each other and have a rivalry that is simmering over into the playoffs. That could not be further from the truth. Pierce and LeBron have never had any type of confrontation. Just another example of announcer making things up.


Today Roger Goodell met with Matt Walsh and Walsh told his side of the story. They showed the tapes and it was really nothing new. Walsh said that he always kept the camera during halftime and never showed the tape to the coaches. But Mark Schlerth refuses to listen to that. He continues to believe that you can tape the signals in the first half and break it down during halftime and use it in third quarter. He and Chris Carter were an absolute joke. They just refused to listen to what Goodell had to say and continue to believe that the Pats cheated. ESPN just has a blatant agenda against Belichick and the Pats and its really sad to see. ESPN's football coverage is a joke. Marvin Harrison is connected in some way to a shooting and there's hardly any coverage on that. I don't agree with a lot of things WEEI's Pete Sheppherd says but if that was a Patriots player connected into a situation like that, there would be 4 hours worth of NFL Live some how connecting Spy Gate to the shooting.

Really Rediculous Road Ruh Roh's

Haven't had time to blog in a while. I've been under more stress than a Roger Clemens lawyer... Time for me to dismiss everything B Shea says. To begin I do believe Paul Pierce should have been fined by the NBA for his hand gesture towards the hawks bench, but not $25,000. It's a thing he has done hundreds of times before but has somehow gone unnoticed. Roger Clemens continues to be funnier than any other human on TV. Everytime he opens his mouth bad things come out of it. He needs to pull a Mark Mcguire and just dissapear.

Finally, the re-occuring theme of B Shea's blogs all year. Rondo is a good point guard. I said it before, he impressed me this year, but when the playoff's come around, that means nothing. Rondo has been a bigger dissapointment than the short lived XFL. We can say he needs to play better, but I think he is giving us his best. He isn't Chris Paul, Deron Williams, or Tony Parker. In game three of the Eastern Conference semi-finals the Celtics had thirteen points. That sounds like a Knicks first quarter. The argument is that Rondo sets the pace, then Alien face comes in to change the pace of the game. Why can't Sam Cassell just start and then have Rondo off the bench to change the pace. Doc Rivers has done a sub-par job coaching, at best! Everytime Rondo shoots I get nervous, and in game six of the opening round against Atlanta, I knew the game was over before he even attempted the game tying three.

So the question still lies, what do the Celtics do to win on the road? My guess is to start James Posey, KG, Pierce, Powe, and Cassell. This way Posey can continue to shut down Lebron James, while opening up shooting attempts for Pierce and Cassell. Leon Powe has been playing unbelievable on both sides of the ball all post season, where as Perkins has yet to man up. KG with the help of Powe should be able to contain the 7`3 Z man. I find this starting line-up the best way to put points up on the board, while taking the Cleveland crowd out of the game.

For tonight, the Celtics are the underdog for the first time this postseason. (+2.5) This should be the first wake up call for them all postseason, because let's be honest, who was nervous against Atlanta in game seven? A team that went 66-17 in the regular season, and 31-10 on the road ( Both led the NBA ) should not have this big a problem on the road. I look for Boston to snap out of this funk and win tonight 97-88.

Road Woes

Tonight the Celtics look to end their road woes tonight in Game 4 against Cleveland. They got punched in the face in Game 3 and for the first time this postseason got blown out. Tonight is a big game for the Celtics. I don't think we have to do any changes strategy wise, it just comes down to more effort and more intensity. They have to rotate better defensively and that's all effort.
Pierce and Ray Allen have to play better offensively. They need to make shots. Pierce needs to go to basket strong early and by doing that that will open up things for Allen to get some looks at the basket. Tonight I think the Celtics get their first road win on the road tonight and go up 3-1. I think Pierce and Allen will finally play well, KG will be KG, and Rondo will play much much much better than he did in Game 3.


In the shock of the century, former USC guard OJ Mayo has been linked in allegations that he has accepted cash and other gifts from a sports agency. It was just a matter of time before something like this came out. The thing about situations like these it doesn't really affect the player. It affects the school most because they end losing scholarships while the player is off in the NBA making millions. ESPN did a big time piece on this whole situation and the guy that was giving Mayo the money pulled a "No comment" which usually means "Yes, I'm guilty" in the world. I'm interested to see how this thing turns out.

Rocket Man

No player ever in sports has had their reputation tarnished in a short period than Roger Clemens. It all started in December when he was found on the Mitchell Report after being dimed out by his former trainer Brian Mcnamee. He has come out and swore up and down that he is innocent, gone on 60 Minutes and drank the most bottles of water ever for an interview, and then he went before Congress and came up with new words for us to use as well as sign autographs for the Congressmen. His only defense has been a Jose Canseco pool party where he says he wasn't there but then we find out he was. Canseco has also been the only to defend him and that's the last person that you want to have your back. For Red Sox fans it has been and absolute joy for us to watch the Rocket squirm on TV in front of the world. We thought it couldn't get any better. Then the New York Daily News has a storyof Clemens having a decade long affair with country music star Mindy McCready that could of began when she was 15 and he was 28. Now that is a little ridiculous. McCready says that they didn't do anything until she was 18. Roger denies the affair but McCready confirms it. So chalk up another lie to the Rocket. Then after that story about 47,451,289,974,361,947 other women have come out and said they have had relations with the Clem-bag. Strippers and bartenders across America said that Clemens has given them tickets, jewelry, and vacations. There is no telling what is going to happen next. He's probably got a few kids out there somewhere with more K-names. What he's got to do is just stop talking because every time he talks something comes out that just buries him deeper and deeper. Wait, on second thought he should just keep talking. I wanna see if he has connections to mob.

Cavs vs Celtics

Tonight at 8:00 is Game 1 of the Boston Celtics vs the Cleveland Cavaliers. This is going to be a difficult series for the Celtics. The Cavs have a solid inside game with Big Z, solid perimeter shooters with Wally, Delonte West, and Boobie Gibson, a good bench, and of course, LeBron James. It is impossible to stop LeBron. Paul Pierce, James Posey, and even Tony Allen will all draw the assignment to guard him but really everyone on the floor will have to help out in various ways. Perk and KG have to always show on screens and control the paint. I wouldn't really double LeBron because he is such a good passer and the Cavs have some shooters. I would see that Celtics just play the same team defense that they have been playing all year. There really is no scheme that Doc Rivers and the Celtics are going to draw up. Its just going to be what its been all year. Great Defense.

Also I would look to see the Celtics really work Ray Allen on offense. Wally is probably going to guard him and Wally has never been a good defender so you can run Ray Allen off a lot of screens. By doing that you should tire Wally out and his legs will be gone from his jump shot.


The New Orleans Hornets have dominated the Spurs in the first 2 games of that series. They have fed off their home crowd and made the Spurs look old. I will never count out the Spurs like I did in the first round. The Spurs will handle their business on their home court and make the necessary adjustments to try and slow down Chris Paul. Paul is a lot like LeBron where he is impossible to guard. Duncan and Manu have a couple rough games but they are the defending champions so I think that they will take the 2 games in San Antonio to tie up the series.

Game 7

Last night in Game 6, the Celtics played their worst 4th quarter of the entire season. It was just a poorly played quarter by everyone. Now the Celts have a do or die Game 7 tomorrow against the Atlanta Hawks. I still think that we will win but we should of closed the Hawks out last night. What I didn't like about last night was no one looked like they wanted to shoot the ball in the 4th. KG kept making the extra pass when I would like to see him put his head down and go to the rim. Pierce fouling out on a bogus call didn't help any cause he would have been the guy to attack the hoop. Also since when do you get a tech for tossing you headband towards your bench? Its not like he threw it on the court. But in this Game 7, I would like to see KG or Pierce pull a Cedric Maxwell and say jump on my back cause I'm gonna carry us today. I want someone to do that tomorrow and then do it for the rest of the postseason. We should be able to get this win in front of a packed house in the Garden. Having the home court is huge but if the Celtics are gonna win a championship, they have to prove they can win on the road in the postseason. But lets get this Game 7 first.