If you hadn’t yet heard, last night, the Boston Celtics beat the L.A. Lakers 131-92 in the sixth and final game of the 2008 NBA Championship.  A 39 point victory in the regular season is almost unheard of.  In the playoffs, it’s an embarrassment.  The Celtics not only won the championship, but made sure the [...]

While the dynasty that once was the mighty Boston Celtics waned in the ’90s and ’00s (the last NBA championship won by the Green was in 1986 – it was the team’s 16th) the memory of their legendary battles against the LA Lakers remains firmly in the heads of most Celtics fans – even younger [...]

If the Celtics ain’t in Boston, Toto, they just can’t win a game.  So strange for the team with the best road record in the NBA this season.  Thankfully, for Celtics fans, the Green team has home court advantage throughout the playoffs.  And they really needed it today to finally put the Cleveland Cavaliers away [...]

Great offense is fun to watch, but killer defense is a total blast to witness.  Today, the Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks by 34 points – holding the Hawks to only 65 points in 60 48 [Doh! Thanks Lorne] minutes of basketball.  The Celts fourth victory in the best of seven series was their fourth [...]

I’ve been quiet about Boston sports since the debacle in Glendale in February.  Actually, I’m still recovering from the deep wounds and emotional trauma that game left in me.  Leave it to Boston’s professional sporting dominance, though, to lift my spirits.  In the last year, the Red Sox won the World Series, the Revolution played [...]