Celtics Crush Lakers 131-92 And Clinch 2008 NBA Championship

Celtics Ain't Havin It

The Boston Celtics have just ended their 22-year title drought tonight.

Gunning for its 17th NBA championship, the Celtics blew past the Lakers, embarassing the purple and gold with a 131-92 butt-whoopin! How about that defense they threw at LA. It was bananas!!!!

MVP Paul Pierce clearly emerged as the star of the series. But an emotional Kevin Garnett was straight clowning after the massacre and left me SMH.

It was a nice moment, however, when Garnett paid homage to the legendary Bill Russell, looking like he was auditioning for the part of Moses in The Ten Commandments.

Although I love my LA boys, I'm glad that a Black coach got some love. Doc Rivers is a class act, and him talking about his recently deceased father Grady just affirmed that African American men, like Tim Russert and his family, understand the meaning of fatherhood.

Ray Allen was in the Boston Celtics' starting lineup for Game 6 of the NBA finals on Tuesday night, but missed much of the first half after getting poked in the left eye.

Allen, who stayed in Los Angeles to tend to his sick child and flew overnight to make it to Boston in time for Game 6, had a scratch above his nose after getting raked in the face by Lamar Odom while making a layup with 4:30 left in the first quarter.

Coach Doc Rivers went to Allen when he returned to the bench, rubbed him on the head and said something that made Allen smile. Allen sat on the bench and appeared to be blinking before going back in the game.

Looks like one of the most successful franchises in NBA history is back, thanks to Doc, Danny Ainge, and brothers doing their thing on the court in this best-of-seven series that ended with a 4-2 tilt toward the Irish.

Lakers Hold On 103-98 In Game 5!!!

I just got the best Fathers Day present. My LA Lakers kept the dream alive, forcing the Celtics into Game 6. Pack up the championship trophy and book a flight back to Boston, the NBA finals are still on and poppin'. That 103-98 win was too close for comfort, but I was totally feeling the game.

After church, breakfast on Santa Monica Boulevard, splashing around at Zuma Beach in Malibu, and capping off the evening on the couch with my boys and my girl, this what living in Southern California is all about! Don't hate!!!

When Kobe Bryant tipped the ball away from Pierce in the final minute and went to the other end for a dunk, it was enough for a victory at the Staples Center that kept the NBA Finals alive for a possible historic comeback.

The Celtics still lead 3-2 in the best-of-seven series. Game 6 is Tuesday night in Boston.

Pierce had 38 points to lead the Celtics. Bryant’s 25 were high for the Lakers, who came periously close to blowing a huge lead for the second straight game.

No team has overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals to win a title. The first 28 failed, and now the Lakers, who blew a 24-point lead and lost Game 4 and nearly squandered a 19-point lead in Game 5, have a chance to do something extraordinary.

They'll have to win on the Celtics' parquet floor Tuesday night to force a winner-take-all Game 7, where anything is possible.

Especially with Bryant, the game's best player, on hand.

Boston Celtics; The New Dream Team On a Roll

THE CHAMPIONSHIP JOURNEY HAS BEGUN, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANY TEAM CAN STOP THEM.

Last night the new and highly improved Celtics routed the Denver Nuggets

BOSTON - It's hard to believe, but Boston's newest Big Three thinks it can play even better. Paul Pierce scored 26 points, Kevin Garnett added 23 points and 13 rebounds, and the Celtics shot 72 percent during an overpowering first half en route to a 119-92 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night. "We are just scratching the surface on what we can do," Pierce said. "We enjoy seeing the next player make a great play and no one cares who gets credit." Boston improved to 3-0 overall and has won both its home games by an average of 24 points. Ray Allen scored 22 points and is shooting 63 percent since joining the Celtics.

"They (Garnett, Pierce and Allen) like each other," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "They've all decided that they don't need anything individually and it is all about what's best for the team." The Celtics barely broke a sweat in building a 77-38 halftime lead. Boston had multiple uncontested layups, dunks and an array of dazzling passes, outrebounded Denver 25-9 and dominated essentially every statistic on the box score.

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WHAT'S UP WITH THE DYNAMIC DOUO IVERSON AND CARMELO
Allen Iverson led the Nuggets with 22 points, but Carmelo Anthony was held to only 11 on 3-of-13 shooting. Denver dropped an emotional game on Tuesday in New York, 119-112, after blowing a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter and has lost three straight overall. "It's a game we never had a shot in," Iverson said.
"They jumped right on us and we were never able to take care of business." Iverson appeared to be the only Nuggets player fazed by the huge early deficit. After Eduardo Najera picked up a technical early in the second quarter with Denver trailing 50-25, Iverson barked to referee Scott Wall, "We're down 25, isn't that enough?

Rivers returned for Boston after missing a game due to the death of his father.
"Doc has been preaching to us about repetition," Garnett said. "We knew Denver could put up 150 points if they wanted to, but we want to be known as a defensive team." Garnett, who also chipped in with seven assists, gave Boston its biggest lead of the game at 91-50 when he converted an alley-oop dunk from Pierce with 4:30 left in the third quarter.

Boston shot 65 percent for the game and has won 16 of the last 18 home games against the Nuggets. Boston jumped ahead 38-22 after the first quarter behind 28 points from the trio of Garnett, Allen and Pierce. The Celtics extended the lead to 47-22 with a 9-0 run to begin the second quarter. "I don't remember getting down by that much even on the bad teams in Toronto," Nuggets center Marcus Camby said. Boston recorded its franchise high of 85 points in a half two separate times, both against the Nuggets.

Well this writer is from Detroit, and Pistons, you should be afraid, be very afraid.

Portions of this story courtesy of AP