Go Green! (Another one for the ages)

Last night, the Celtics handily beat the Lakers 131-92 to win the NBA Championship. The largest point differential in a finals winning game. I only watched the third quarter, but it was ridiculous. The Celtics played amazing defense, and just in the few minutes I watched, had something like 6 steals. This is the Celtics 17th championship - the most won by any NBA franchise. This stat would normally make me wish they didn't win and give someone else a chance, but because of how poorly they did last year, the fact that they haven't won in 22 years, and that they are a Boston team, I am happy for them. Paul Pierce won the MVP, deservedly so - he had an average of something like 22 points per game in the finals and even though he got injured, he came back in the same game to play his heart out. Plus, he put any ego he had aside this year when the Celtics got Garnett and Allen and learned to play well with others to get this team to the championship. They won with Bill Russell and John Havlicek watching - two of the Celtics greats of all time. They won it with Doc Rivers as their coach and with Red Auerbach watching from somewhere smoking a cigar.

Go Green!

So the Celtics are in the playoffs. In fact, they were the best team in the NBA this year with an .805 winning percentage. This compared to just last year's record when they were the worst team in the NBA bar none. So cool, they're in the playoffs now, but it seems they have forgotten how to win on the road. For a team that was ridiculously dominant all season, it is weird to watch them totally lose it when they are the visiting team. Now, I know the playoffs are very different from the regular season, nerves and all that, but this team is so talented that it is totally perplexing to watch them fall off the wagon when away. I will admit that I did not watch a regular season game, but I have watched some of the playoffs, and even for me (a non-basketball player, watcher, etc.) it is obvious that the home game is completely different from the away game. It's like they think they suck or something. Whatever it is, I hope they figure it out, because this team, and Boston, deserve an NBA championship.