Yesterday’s Red Sox game was fun. Bucketloads of homers will do that. Today’s game… not so much. Senor spandex really owes Dustin Pedroia a lobster dinner for catching that ball to save the 2-1 victory. Sigh.

Patrick O’Bryant is now a Celtic. Still waiting for word about senor manhug. I discovered some sad sad news today. Gino is dead. Long live Gino!

I had to wait until 6:30pm to see the Celtics duckboat rolling rally (TV rerun). It was a bummer not getting to see it in person, but I don’t feel like I missed all that much. Unlike the Red Sox rolling rally, there was no band (I guess the Dropkick Murphys are exclusive to the Red Sox celebrations - hehe) and nobody playing air guitar with a broom a la Papelbon. It was nice to see the players waving to fans with cigars hanging out of their mouths (ode to Red Auerbach), but I was expecting something a little zanier. Well, I guess there was one zany thing… Dude, my eyes.

My favorite photo of the day

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Celtics! NBA Champions! I was up until 2:00am watching interviews on the New England sports channel. A few thoughts.

1. KG is nuts. Certifiably insane. I LOVE that about him!
2. Paul Pierce definitely deserved the MVP finals award. He was terrific.
3. What was up with Lamar Odom poking people in the eye? The Three Stooges called, they want their schtick back.

more to come… off to a meeting right now.. damn work!

Update: Ok finally phew. I think it’s incredibly selfish of my employers to expect me to manage their websites all day rather than updating my own blog. Sheesh.  More thoughts…

4. It really bugged me that so many people picked the Lakers and didn’t believe in the Celtics, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. If you didn’t watch every game all season like I did and you were just going by the Hawks and Cavs series, I guess you would have to question whether the C’s could get it done.

5. I’m not surprised that some people are complaining about the Celtics running up the score. Being a Patriots fan, I’m used to hearing that. All I have to say about that is that whining about it is weak. If your team doesn’t want to get embarrassed then they should play better. They didn’t even defend Tony Allen and Glen Davis at the end of the game. It was the Lakers who decided to just stop playing… so they deserve the lopsided score they got.

6. I’m going to miss all the drama of the NBA during the off-season. This has been the best season for me as a fan since I started following the NBA full-time. I’m going to miss reading all my favorite basketball blogs (presuming they take a hiatus), I already miss my Pistons podcasts (don’t ask, I can’t help it that they’re my second favorite team), and most of all, I’m going to miss The Basketball Jones podcast. I got used to checking for those every day around 10-ish EST and usually by the time my first meetings of the day were out, there would be a nice ep. waiting. *sigh*

7. I will keep blogging during the off-season, but now I will have to switch to Red Sox, Patriots and reality TV. Maybe I’ll cover the Tila Tequila finale if I can gather up my energy.

Sweet mother of shamrocks and all that are holy! That will teach me to blog before the game is over. Who could’ve predicted a comeback like that though? I have all the belief in the world in the C’s talent, but there is no way on god’s green earth I ever thought they would be able to overcome a 24-point deficit. Hot damn! Now I’m in a quandry, if I stick with my Celtics in 7 prediction, I’d be essentially saying that the Lakers will win one in Boston and I just flat out do not see that happening. But, I absolutely despise waffling, so I guess I’m just going to have to stick with my original prediction. As long as the Celtics win the championship, I’ll be happy to be wrong.

Kobe looked a little pissed after the game.  During his press conference, all I could think about was Bill Russell’s interview with KG. He told KG that he was going to have to put his arms around his teammates and guide them to a championship… it wouldn’t work to try and drag them there. Something Kobe will never understand. You can have all the fight and desire and be the best player on the planet, but your teammates have to be guided along the way and not yanked, bullied, and chided.

It’s not over. I expect the Lakers to come out swinging for their lives on Sunday. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I hope Spike shows up again. He’s apparently a good luck charm.

Yo Phile, I mean Phil… It’s Lee-on P-oh as in P-oh-tent threat in the P-aint. The refs aren’t your problem, the problem is that you have only a few mentally tough players on your team. Kobe, Derek Fisher, and… I guess you only have two. Good luck with that.

Game 3 went exactly how I expected it to. No shock. No awe. I even yawned several times.

I’m sorry to say I’ve had to bail out on both of my favorite basketball sites/podcasts and live blogs because of the obvious Laker leanings. I can’t listen to it. It’s my fatal flaw. Boston is apparently only popular if you live in New England. I guess its better that way anyway. Only my own kind would understand the kind of sublime cackle I let out on my drive home from work when I heard the Giants superbowl rings were stolen in a vault somewhere in Massachusetts. Aw, good times, good times. Only a fellow New Englander would scream PAPELBON!!!!!!!!!!! when he bounded out to the mound tonight to save the game against the Orioles (whereas the rest of the sports world probably thinks of him as the jig-dancing spazz in the spandex shorts.) And finally, yes, only a fellow New Englander would pee Shamrock green year-round and not just on a certain holiday in March.

Go Celtics! Beat LA!

1. I think KG must have literally meant it when he said that the game plan was, “Pass the ball to Paul and get the hell out of the way.” But, that doesn’t actually really bode well for the C’s. See, I was trying to think about which Piston I was going to post a voodoo doll picture of today and I couldn’t narrow it down to one guy. They are balanced at every position and don’t rely on just one guy to carry them to the win. Not long ago, I would’ve described the Celtics that way too, but lately, not so much. Any given night, one or more is more likely to disappear than show up and needless to say, that’s not good. Me no likey.

2. Raise your hand if you really expected P.J. Brown to be an integral part of any win on-the-court in the post-season? If you’re raising your hand, you’re either Kreskin or a liar.

3. Missing shooting guard. If found, please return unharmed. No questions asked. Reward offered.

In other areas of my mind:

I watched the season finale of Keeping up with the Kardashians last night. So much of Kim Kardashian’s my boyfriend Reggie these days. Very interesting. Even more interesting is how he appears on the show, but doesn’t actually speak. Maybe its just as well. Some people should just sit there and look pretty.

Gossip Girl tonight. I can’t believe (well I can) that the “Serena killed someone” plot was so incredibly lame and they tied it all up in a bow in one episode. I hope it wasn’t the “jumped the shark” moment. I’ll miss Chuck if the show gets too sucky to watch.

There was no basketball jones podcast today so I decided to enjoy the archives and re-listened to the last 8 episodes. Good times, good times. I laughed out loud (again) in my office over the Scalabrine rap and the Nicola phone call. If loving that podcast is wrong, then I don’t want to be right.

Note to Jason Giambi and whichever teammates wear his golden thong - Ewwwwwwwww!

The Blowtorch posted the Spurs Game 7 Gameplan and it’s an instant classic…

“Give the ball to Paul Pierce and get the hell out of the way…” –KG
“That was the ghost of Red Auerbach guiding that ball in…” –Paul Pierce

Boston 99, Atlanta 65 - That’s the way, uh huh uh huh, I like it… But seriously now, why the hell did it take 7 games? It was mind-boggling the way the Hawks fell apart in Boston every game and then went back home and played so great. Thank the good lord all-mighty that we had and will continue to have home court advantage.

Notes from the game:

• Dear Marvin Williams, your claims that you were trying to keep “one of your best friends” Rondo from falling on the parkay were easily refuted by the replay shown on high definition surround sound of you DROPPING him on his head. So try again there sucker. What is it with this team? Horford puts T.J. Ford in the hospital and now this? Ever heard of making a play for the actual basketball? Enjoy the off-season. No love, me
• Ray Allen was missing everything. It was excruciating. I hope he gets his mojo back for Lebron & Co.
• The Posey hugs today were lovely as always. Sigh. I think I have a little crush on James Posey. Shhhh, don’t tell anyone. *wink*
• The Zohan movie doing the split-screen commercial with Baron Davis was hysterical.

Lakers 109, Utah 98 - I never really thought the outcome of this game was in question. Sure, the Jazz stayed in the game the whole time and always had a chance to go on a run, but come’on… who has a shot to win at Staples with fat Jack in the house cheering on his boys? Not to mention… Dyan Cannon, Spiderman, E from Entourage, Anthony Kiedis, Denzel… and so on and so on. Celebrity cheerleaders always give you an advantage. They’re like normal fans only a hundred times richer and better looking. Its like having the center of the sun in your corner and their light just leads every shot into the hoop like a rainbow into a kettle of gold. Oh… and I guess a little Kobe Bryant on your team doesn’t hurt either.

Reality crap on E! - I’m waiting with baited breath for the 10pm episode of Keeping up with the Kardashians to come on. Why, you ask? Because I can’t wait to find out how the compelling “Kardashian Civil War” is going to turn out? No way jose. I’m tuning in to see my boyfriend Reggie Bush on webcam. Ooooh baby baby. *wink* I really hope Kim realizes I want him back when she’s done. *wink-wink*

Oh yeah, I fell asleep before the end of the game, but way to go Hornets for beating the evil Spurs!

I was listening to ESPN’s SportsNation on my drive home from work tonight. Dude made some interesting points about the Wizards being branded “thugs” because they have tattoos and DeShawn Stevenson and Brendan Haywood are dirty playing douchebags. He said it was a “team” sport and as upstanding as Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison are, they’re allowing the “rotten apples” so-to-speak formulate the team’s entire rep with their shenanigans. Interesting… I don’t know what tattoos have to do with anything, but I agree that the Wizards are forming a bit of a rep this post-season.

Holy crap, I read this article about J.J. Redick back when it first came out, but totally didn’t pick up on this line:

His female fans love his good looks, and many times they can be found arguing over them: is he more Tom Cruise or Luke Perry?

To quote Flava Flav, “Wooooooooow.” Are they serious? “Many times” his female fans can be found arguing over whether double-J is more Tom Cruise or Luke Perry? Really? I hope I never run into those fans.

Clearly he’s more Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Duh.

Oh yeah, ps. my Celtics kicked some major Hawk ass last night. By 25 points, suckers!! Hmmm, too cocky? Probably. Now they’ll go to Atlanta and lose and I’ll really look silly. Oh well, I get my brash trash talk from the master… KG. *winkys* BTW, did anyone else see the extended closeup they put on KG last night when he was dropping multiple F-bombs? Classic. Good times, good times. Thank goodness he was just yelling motherfker etc… and not flashing menacing gang signs. Lol.

Holy cougar hookup Batman, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon got married? Yikes. Not as creepy as Dwyane Wade and Star Jones, but close.

Celtics v. Hawks

• KG just dragged the whole team out onto the floor to join his acceptance for the Defensive Player of the Year award. Love that man like a long lost play cousin.
• I love the James Posey hug. His bobblehead should be hugging something. Maybe not Benny the Bull, but anything else.
• Hey Mike Bibby, up yours.
• I do like Al Horford though. He’s a class act.
• Smith knocks down Pierce. Refs act deaf-dumb-blind. Tommy Heinsohn screams for the flagrant call and ouster… Pierce to the locker room.
• Ok that’s it. WTF. Do.not.eff.with.the.truth.
• We’re just toying with them now. Like a kitty with a little catnip mouse.
• Sam Cassell w/eight points in two minutes. Say goodnight Atlanta.
• I didn’t pony up for NBA-TV this season, but the Yahoo! boxscore tells me that by half-time the bad boys of Detroit personally rounded up the Sixers and made them their bitch.
• Cassell administers the justice for PP by knocking Josh Smith in the head. Message delivered.
• Split screen NBA playoffs commercial w/Derek Fisher and Marcus Camby - Just noticed that their mustaches line up perfectly. Inane enough tidbit for you?
• Eddie House is married to Mike Bibby’s sister? How did I not know that? Wait, I don’t give a shit. That’s probably why. I still think Bibby can suck it.
• Ooops, got distracted by the Comcast SportsNet Celtics Live Blog. This Live Blog stuff is catching on like wildfire. This one is “Cover It Live,” the same as the Yahoo! one (except the moderators don’t actually show all the people bitching about their questions not showing up.)
• I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for them to bust out some GINO!