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The Celtics Are the World Champions

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:25:00 PDT

The Celtics Are the World Champions
Posted 72 days ago at FanHouse - %CategoryName%
Filed under: Celtics , Lakers , NBA Playoffs , Breaking News Boston wasted little time in flexing their muscle over the Lakers in Game 6, and turned the event into nothing more than a celebration for the Celtics and their fans. The home team...

NBA Finals Game 6 Live Blog
Posted 72 days ago at FanHouse - %CategoryName%
Filed under: Celtics , Lakers , NBA Live Blogging , NBA Playoffs , Featured Stories Kobe and the Lakers are back in Boston, where the NBA season will come to its conclusion either tonight or on Thursday. The Lakers are obviously hoping for the...

Boston Leads Lakers 24-20 At The End Of First Quarter
Posted 72 days ago at Slam Dunk Central
The Boston Celtics took a 24-20 lead over the Los Angeles Lakers at the end of the first quarter Tuesday night in game six of the NBA Finals in the “ New Garden .” Celtics guard Ray Allen is out of the game as he went up and in to get...

Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers: Game 6 - Open Game Thread
Posted 72 days ago at Green Bandwagon
Before I go any further I'd be remiss if I did not bring up the whole Jemele Hill thing. She wrote an article (this is the edited one) in which she compared rooting for the Celtics to something to do with Hitler. Odd. The guys at Red's Army were...

Tuesday Pre-Game Bullets
Posted 72 days ago at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
Having lived, roughly, the Celtics' and Lakers' travel schedule for the last couple of weeks, it is my firm suspicion that both teams will be a little tired tonight. Which means, to me, that fresh legs will be at a premium. If I were Doc Rivers, I...

Will the Celtics Finish the Lakers Tonight?
Posted 72 days ago at The Big Lead » NBA
If you talked to Tim Donaghy today, might he say that he expects the series to go seven? What do you make of this mysterious plane delay ? How much longer can we reasonably expect the Celtics to contain Kobe Bryant ? LeBron erupted for 45 in game...

A few quickie tidbits before the game
Posted 72 days ago at Lakers Blog
1) The Celtics locker room is surprisingly small for a home domain. Granted, it's a castle compared to where the Lakers lodge (some things never change, even in a new building), but still, I was expecting something a lot bigger for The Big Three and...

Early in the Clock
Posted 72 days ago at ClipperBlog.com Blog for the Los Angeles NBA Clippers Fans
There are a couple of related items on TrueHoop from two smart basketball minds. The first is from David Thorpe 's Game Six preview/breakdown, specifically on Vlad Radmanovic's lousy defensive "starting position" against Paul Pierce...

Full Force!
Posted 72 days ago at Hawks | ajc.com
SMYRNA - Are you kidding me, Game 6! Didn’t the Celtics finish the Lakers off already? This series should be over already. You should be doing something else tonight. We all should be doing something else. But thanks to the...

1 vs. 100
Posted 73 days ago at Dime - NBA Basketball - 2008 Draft - NBA Free Agents - Basketball Olympics
Thanks to reader Ranger John for letting us know about this clip of one Celtic fan taking on an army of Laker fans at the Staples Center the other night.

No Tomorrow For Los Angeles
Posted 73 days ago at Hoops Addict
The Los Angeles Lakers won Game 5 of the NBA Finals Sunday night to cut the Boston Celtics’ lead to 3-2 and send the series back to Boston. Los Angeles didn’t play perfectly and they weren’t even all that impressive in the...

No Excuses
Posted 73 days ago at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
I want Perk to play . I want Rondo to play well. I want Ray’s son to be OK so he can focus on the game . I want KG to shut Jason Whitlock the hell up . I want all those things. And I want them all tonight. But if none of those

We just got off a plane, so why jump right back on another one?
Posted 73 days ago at Lakers Blog
Because really, who among us loves taking two cross-country flights within 48 hours? Kind of a drag, to be honest. Thus, a mission to extend this working vacation even further. The Lakers took care of the business at hand on Sunday, pushing this baby...

The Blame Game
Posted 73 days ago at TommyPoint.com -
Can something get annoying to hear/read, but at the same time be humorous? Well, this "blaming of the officials" that is coming out of Lakers' camp is doing just that. From The Sporting News: Los Angeles Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic let the Boston...

Celtics Seek to Close Out Series on the Parquet
Posted 73 days ago at CelticsBlog
AT Los Angeles Lakers (2-3; 14-6) at Boston Celtics (3-2; 15-10)NBA Finals Game 6 Postseason Game #26 – Home Game #14Tuesday, June 179:00 PM ETTV: ABCTD Banknorth Garden Game Thread (index.php?option=com_smf...

Daily Links 6/17
Posted 73 days ago at CelticsBlog
Herald Injured Celtics fail physical (http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view.bg?articleid=1101324 format=text) Celtics home in on rare Hub clinch (http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view.bg?articleid=1101329...

In Memory Of Del
Posted 73 days ago at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
11 years ago, in June of 1997, I got the worst news of my life. My best friend was gone. He had taken his own life. Del and I were pretty much the same person. We loved the same music (I remember drinking beers in the studio… while�

Thoughts Going Into Game 6
Posted 73 days ago at LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog
I really wanted the Celtics to close this series out in game 5. I know the fans in Boston are happy to be able to watch them win it on their court, but there are so many factors affecting this team now that may affect the series. Just because a...

The Celtics are Stuck in L.A.
Posted 73 days ago at Dime - NBA Basketball - 2008 Draft - NBA Free Agents - Basketball Olympics
As of an hour or so ago the Celtics’ plane was stuck on the ground in Los Angeles.Boston Celtics, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Finals, Paul Pierce

Barack Obama Is A Baller
Posted 73 days ago at ballerblogger.com
Jimmy Kimmel talked politics and hoops with Presidential candidate Barack Obama yesterday.If Obama is elected, he plans on replacing the White House’s bowling alley with a basketball court.Barack thinks “Kobe Bryant is the best player in...

NBA Essentials: New York Post Cares Not for the Celtics

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:30:00 PDT

NBA Essentials: New York Post Cares Not for the Celtics
Posted 71 days ago at FanHouse - %CategoryName%
Filed under: Celtics , Lakers , Kings , Hornets , NBA Media Watch NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day. 1. Sports by Brooks : The New York media isn't so thrilled about recognizing another Boston championship. 2. Dime...

Boston Celtics World Champions
Posted 71 days ago at ballerblogger.com
Bill Russell knew.Of course, Russell is a Celtic at heart. The man led Boston to 11 NBA championships in 13 seasons. But he’s also the greatest winner in the history of professionals sports. Russell saw KG playing the “way he should...

48 Hours
Posted 71 days ago at Supersonicsoul - The Sonics Blog!
Let me sum up. In the past 48 hours: -Tiger Woods wins the US Open on a broken leg on the 91st hole -The Celtics knock off the Lakers and make Kobe cry -My ancestral home of Italy knocks off France, gets a must-lose from Romania, and moves on -4,000...

Congratulations
Posted 72 days ago at Sactown Royalty
... to the Celtics, who made plenty of Kings fans happy with that obliteration. ... to my friends at CelticsBlog and Green Bandwagon , who deserve some fun after that horrendous 2006-07. ... to my (few) Lakers fan friends ( here , here , here...

There’s Got To Be A Morning After
Posted 72 days ago at Forum Blue And Gold
First things first — congratulations to the Celtics and their fans. Boston was the better team in this series, the team that played with more focus and a more veteran mentality. They deserved the title, and I’m happy for Jeff and other Celtics...

Celtics 131, Lakers 92: Instant Analysis
Posted 72 days ago at Dime - NBA Basketball - 2008 Draft - NBA Free Agents - Basketball Olympics
Crown 'emWhy the Celtics won: Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo played aggressively all night. Throughout the series both KG and Rondo have either been passive at the same time or took turns being passive, especially on the offensive end. Tonight Rondo...

Random, Gut Reactions to the Celtics' Win
Posted 72 days ago at Bright Side Of The Sun
Here's a list, in no particular order, of thoughts and feelings. 1. Loved to see it end this way. Hate the Lakers. Hate Kobe. Boston is still my #2 team. 2. Favorite play of the game: With about 8...

Celtics Destroy Lakers in Game 6, Win NBA Championship
Posted 72 days ago at NBA Weblog
The Boston Celtics left no doubt who this year's NBA Champion is, after an overwhelmingly dominate performance against the L.A. Lakers on Tuesday night. Final score 131-92. Up by as many as 43 points in the game, the Celtics were really never in any...

Boston’s Tough ‘Escape’ from L.A.
Posted 73 days ago at SLAM Online
by Marcel Mutoni The Celtics and I had decidedly different experiences getting out of the city of Los Angeles yesterday. Not only did the rental car company knock a bunch of money off the weekly rate for me when I brought the car back to LAX in...

Celtics back from L.A.
Posted 73 days ago at ballerblogger.com
Via the International Herald Tribune:The Celtics weren’t at full strength for Game 5, missing center Kendrick Perkins with a shoulder injury. Whether he’ll play in Game 6 will be a game-time decision, but Boston expects to have Allen...

Jet Lag
Posted 73 days ago at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
As if a cross-country flight isn’t bad enough, we’ve learned the Celtics flight out of L.A. was delayed some 6 hours today due to mechanical issues with the plane. So instead of them landing around 5pm EST, they won’t get back...

Still breathing
Posted 73 days ago at Lakers Blog
The Lakers, faced with a Sunday night elimination game on a home floor that they have defended well throughout the playoffs, pushed back against the Celtics in Game 5 of the NBA Finals with a hard fought slugfest of a 103-98 win, forcing a Game 6 in...

Are the Celtics TRYING to give me a heart attack?!?
Posted 74 days ago at Parquet Wishes and Leprechaun Dreams
Okay, first let's get to the good stuff: the C's took care of business and protected the home court, resulting in a 2-0 lead in these NBA Finals ... and a large part of last night's Game Two victory can be attributed to the hustle and determination of...

It's Still Really Good to Be a Lakers Fan

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:04:07 PDT

It's Still Really Good to Be a Lakers Fan
Posted 71 days ago at JONES ON THE NBA
Being a Lakers fan means cheering for a team with 14 Championships, appearances in 14 of the last 29 NBA Finals, 8 NBA Championships since 1980, and five Finals apperances since 2000. It's still real good to be a Lakers fan! Especially when you have...

How Much of a Hit Does Kobe’s Legacy Take?
Posted 72 days ago at The Big Lead » NBA
Damn those pundits, why does anyone listen to them? The Lakers were supposed to be a lock, and a fourth title for Kobe (first without Shaq!) would vault him into the same sentence as Jordan. The inverse happened - outside of the first quarter in...

First Cup: Wednesday
Posted 72 days ago at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
Celtics vs. Lakers Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe: "Embrace it. Ogle it. Relish it. But, above all, believe it. The Boston Celtics did not just win franchise championship No. 17 last night. They snatched it. They swallowed it. They demanded it. So...

Lakers: No Fear
Posted 73 days ago at FanHouse - %CategoryName%
Filed under: Celtics , Lakers , NBA Playoffs , NBA Videos , Boston , Los Angeles , The Word , FanHouse TV Elie Seckbach, the Embedded NBA Correspondent, brings his exclusive NBA reporting to FanHouse. Check back here regularly for more videos. In...

Live blog of Celtics-Lakers Finals Game 6
Posted 72 days ago at InsideHoops.com's Basketball Blog
These are raw, totally unedited notes of Lakers at Celtics, NBA Finals Game 6, taken live at the game as the action happens.Kendrick Perkins, who was doubtful for tonight, is well enough to play, and is starting at center. Rajon Rondo, who seems to...

Live from the Finals, Game 6: Lakers vs. Celtics
Posted 72 days ago at Lakers Blog
You folks cheering at home better do some screaming, because your Lakers need all the help they can get drowning out these Bostonians. They know how to yell at whatever this arena is called. AK Big cheers for Kendrick Perkins, who is starting.

I have a distinct feeling the Lakers will be cold tonight
Posted 72 days ago at Lakers Blog
Not necessarily in their play, but literally cold. While at whatever the hell Boston's arena is called (and you thought "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" doesn't roll off the ol' tongue), an observation immediately hit me upon entering the gym. This...

Lakers Fans Are Criminals
Posted 72 days ago at I *Heart* Celtics
No, this clip isn't from Pelican Bay , it's the Staples Center. Differences are negligible, however.

Celtics/Lakers Get Ready for Game 6; NBA Draft Decision Day
Posted 73 days ago at Dime - NBA Basketball - 2008 Draft - NBA Free Agents - Basketball Olympics
Paul Pierce in Dime #5Remember when the Spurs had a problem with their team plane getting out of New Orleans after eliminating the Hornets, and the one night they had to spend sleeping on the tarmac may or may not have affected their play during the...

Postcards From LA, Vol. 18: One Lakers Fan Tracks His Team Through the NBA Playoffs
Posted 74 days ago at Empty the Bench
As long as the Los Angeles Lakers survive through the 2008 NBA playoffs, Empty the Bench’s West Coast correspondent Christopher Thell will be submitting a local fan’s take on his beloved Lakers’ postseason trials, tribulations...

NBA Postgame: Effort Key As Lakers Win Game Five
Posted 74 days ago at Slam Dunk Central

Video: Lakers Fans Taunt Celtics Players as They Get on the Team Bus

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:49:00 PDT

Video: Lakers Fans Taunt Celtics Players as They Get on the Team Bus
Posted 74 days ago at FanHouse - %CategoryName%
Filed under: Celtics , Lakers , NBA Fans , NBA Playoffs , NBA Videos Here's some pretty funny stuff ( via TMZ ) that appeared to occur before Game 4 of the Finals outside the Celtics' hotel. As the players boarded the team bus, a group of Laker fans...

Ep. 328: Surviving The Times
Posted 74 days ago at The Basketball Jones
The Basketball Jones — NBA Finals, Game 5 — Episode 328 (.mp3) On today’s show, Tas and I breakdown Game 5 of the Lakers-Celtics NBA Finals. We discuss, among other things, wacky inflatable arm flailing Pau Gasol, the Lakers’...

The Boston Herald: “Phil Jackson’s Full of It”
Posted 74 days ago at Dime - NBA Basketball - 2008 Draft - NBA Free Agents - Basketball Olympics
If you’re on the Celtics‘ side of things, there are probably a million things that drive you insane about the Lakers. Whether it’s all things Kobe, Jack Nicholson constantly giving your coach and players an earful on the sidelines,...

Celtics: Just One Baby!
Posted 73 days ago at josh q. public
Josh Q. Public: One love. One blood. One life. You got to do what you should. -U2 Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! I know. I know I said the Celtics would wrap this thing up last night. I said the Lakers were demorali

Hold the Coronation: Lakers 103, Celtics 98
Posted 74 days ago at The Big Lead » NBA
It sure smelled like a collapse, right? The resilient Celtics rallied from down 19 early to take the lead, and then fell behind again by 14 in the second half, but clawed within 97-95 with less than a minute to play. One problem: Ray Allen, their...

The Machine
Posted 74 days ago at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
These things are just hysterical. Of course… I find them hysterical because we’re up 3-2 and I have every confidence in the world that ‘Celtics in 6′ will come true. More “machine” videos can be found here..

Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 6/16
Posted 74 days ago at LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog
Herald Lakers put 17 on hold Celtics can’t afford to go to brink FL's Take: I don't want this to go to 7 games. The Celtics must find a way to end it in 6. The injuries are a factor and they are just going to get worse, not better. If Pierce,..

Credit Where Credit Is Due
Posted 74 days ago at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
The Celtics did what would normally have been enough to win that game last night. But let’s give credit where credit is due: Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom didn’t let that happen. “Gasoft” smartly took it right to KG for most...

Today’s Links 6/16
Posted 74 days ago at Celtics247.com
Herald Lakers put 17 on hold Celtics can’t afford to go to brink ’Garbage’ time for Kevin Garnett Coaching breakdown: Phil Jackson’s full of it Kobe Bryant: Lakers’ man of steal Inactives stick with Celtics Paul Pierce is on a.

The Lakers couldn't do that ...
Posted 74 days ago at Parquet Wishes and Leprechaun Dreams
The Lakers tried to come back from a 24-point deficit in Game Two - and almost succeeded - but the Celts were able to lock down in the closing moments and held onto their lead for the win . That's the difference between them and these Celtics, who...

Disappointing, but not wholly unexpected ...
Posted 74 days ago at Parquet Wishes and Leprechaun Dreams
There's a reason that the Lakers have made it up to this point, as they haven't lost a game at home since March 28th ... That includes a perfect 9-0 during the postseason, as the Not Ready for Kobe Bryant Players took care of business in their return...

The Finals Are Goin' Back To Beantown
Posted 74 days ago at Deadspin: Nba
The NBA Closer is written by Matt McHale, who can't decide whether he likes the fact that ginormous leads are not safe when these teams play. When he's not silently wondering what's going to happen in Game 6, he can be found staring into space with...

Jason Whitlock Does Not Like KG
Posted 74 days ago at CelticsBlog
From today's column: (http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view.bg?articleid=1101131 srvc=rss) Tip your cap to the Lakers, I guess; they accepted the gift given to them by Kevin Garnett, who missed three of four last-minute free...

Lakers Are Favored Next Year

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:00:20 PDT

Lakers Are Favored Next Year
Posted 71 days ago at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
It’s never too early to start thinking about next season. According to BetExpress.com (sorry BetUS.com I couldn’t find next seasons odds on your site), the extremely soft Los Angeles Lakers are 2-1 favorites to win the NBA...

A few thoughts on the afternoon after
Posted 71 days ago at Lakers Blog
No question last night's carnage will sting for a while. It should. In terms of product quality, what the Lakers trotted out Tuesday night in Boston was the basketball equivalent of expired olives and curdled milk. Inedible. Indigestible. Unfit for...

Finals Thoughts
Posted 71 days ago at Bandwagon L.A.
Boston is the better team. The thing that made this fact -- that a 66 win team is better than a 57 win team -- a surprising one was the way the Lakers looked coming into the Finals and the way Boston looked to start the playoffs. It turns out we...

Kobe Bryant’s Betrayal, and other Lakers problems

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:30:09 PDT

Kobe Bryant’s Betrayal, and other Lakers problems
Posted 72 days ago at Dime - NBA Basketball - 2008 Draft - NBA Free Agents - Basketball Olympics
Kobe Bryant (photo. Chris Sembrot)How does Kobe Bryant feel this morning? Following Tuesday's humiliating Game 6 loss, where he had to watch an opponent celebrate winning an NBA championship at his expense for the second time in his career, Kobe was...

Not enough Kobe, not enough help for Lakers
Posted 72 days ago at InsideHoops.com's Basketball Blog
The AP reports: Kobe Bryant knew all along the Celtics were going to force someone besides him to beat them, and there was nobody else in purple and gold up for the job. Bryant finished with 22 points, but shot only 7-of-22 from the field and was...

Staples Center Will Not Open Up to Televise Game 6, Host Fan Fights

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:55:00 PDT

Staples Center Will Not Open Up to Televise Game 6, Host Fan Fights
Posted 73 days ago at FanHouse - %CategoryName%
Filed under: Celtics , Lakers , NBA Fans , NBA Playoffs The Lakers have opened up the Staples Center in past seasons as a place for fans to get together to watch the team play their road Finals games on television. They usually get a few thousand...

Staples Center will not show Boston games
Posted 73 days ago at InsideHoops.com's Basketball Blog
The following is a statement from the Los Angeles Lakers:After meeting with law enforcement and city representatives, we have agreed to not open STAPLES Center for a public showing of any upcoming playoff games from Boston. Because of concerns for...

YouTube - Kobe Bryant With the Steal and Monster Slam(Gm 5 NBA Finals)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:44:43 PDT

YouTube - Kobe Bryant With the Steal and Monster Slam(Gm 5 NBA Finals)

Worst of Game 5 of the 2008 NBA Finals
Posted 73 days ago at Basketbawful
The Celtics in the first quarter: It was like a psychedelic flashback to Game 4, only without the singing pixies and dancing fruit (or was that just me?). Boston started the game out-of-synch both offensively and defensively (and that's putting it...

So, it's back to Beantown then ...
Posted 73 days ago at Parquet Wishes and Leprechaun Dreams
The C's had their chances, as they were able to withstand another strong first-quarter performance by the Lakers (this time the early deficit only reached 19 points), but ultimately could not put this game to bed and wound up on the losing end of a...

Lakers Hold On, Head Back to Boston

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:49:58 PDT

Lakers Hold On, Head Back to Boston
Posted 74 days ago at Hoops Addict
Grit. Heart. Determination. These are attributes we ascribe to champions. For a team to be consider a worthy titleholder, they must have had their resolve tested and resiliency pushed en route to their final achievement. Contenders become...

Daily Links 6/16
Posted 74 days ago at CelticsBlog
Herald Lakers put 17 on hold (http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view.bg?articleid=1101109 format=text) Celtics can’t afford to go to brink (http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view.bg?articleid=1101110...

Now on Barstool

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:25:37 PDT

Now on Barstool
Posted 73 days ago at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
On Barstool today, I’m making the case for Eddie House to start Game 6: This “comeback” thing is getting old. Aside from the obvious notion of playing better 1st quarter defense, Doc Rivers should shuffle up the starting...

Lakers Hold Off Celtics, Trail 3-2
Posted 73 days ago at Los Angeles Lakers
LOS ANGELES (AP)— Pack up the championship trophy and book a flight back to Boston, the NBA finals aren’t over yet. The Los Angeles Lakers are headed East to try a historic comeback of their own. Kobe Bryant scored 25 points, including a...