The 2004 Patriots are my favorite team of New England’s run. Don’t get me wrong I loved the 2001 squad. But in 2004 Tom Brady had emerged, Corey Dillon was a beast, the defense was stifling at times, and the Pats only lost twice. Just...

Filed under: Celtics , Lakers , NBA Playoffs , Boston , Los Angeles , Featured Stories In the long-form tradition of The Rotation , Tom Ziller considers the action the morning after each game of the NBA Finals. Proper perspective for the absurdity...

If there was one thing that bothered me tonight it was the fact that people did not praise James Posey enough, despite Jeff Van Gundy's best efforts, following the Celtics victory. Even Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, and KG did give the man enough...

A week ago, Rajon Rondo could hardly move. The bone bruise on his ankle, sustained in the third quarter of Game 3, was so bad a week ago that just walking a lap around the team hotel in Los Angeles was an accomplishment worth crowing about to...

The Celtics could have used any one of many excuses to lose this game. Their flight out of LA was delayed 5 hours and they didn't get in until late. Ray Allen spent the night at the hospital with his son who was ill and didn't get to Boston...

I can't even begin to describe how good this feels. One emotion is simply thankful. So here's 17 thank you's (not nearly enough) for some of the people that made it happen. Thank you Danny Ainge (and Kevin McHale) for pulling off the Trade....

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...

Waiting an extra day for Game 5 was a partially annoying detail. At one point on Saturday evening I started to complain until I realized that it could be worse, I mean, we could be in Milwaukee instead of Los Angeles. So i shut myself up. Pre-game...

BOX SCORE The Celtics couldn’t quite engineer a second comeback victory on the road and yielded to the Lakers 103-98 in Game 5.  The Lakers starting line-up did what they had to do and jumped out to a large lead from the beginning, scoring a...

The Lakers kept the 2007-08 season going, as I suspected they might. The absence of Kendrick Perkins, and Kevin Garnett's foul trouble, allowed Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol to totally dominate the game, while my premature MVP Ray Allen stunk up the...

For those who love Worst of the Night, don't worry. I'm sure Bawful will take care of you.... Ok, onward... Is it me, or is the Lakers' Staples opening introduction the most lame, least intimidating production in the league? 1st Quarter 9:43, 1st -...

Lamar Odom (photo. Tim Tadder) On the same day Tiger Woods gave another lesson in being clutch, three VIP’s from this Lakers/Celtics series who have been called upon to step up when it’s winning time — Kobe Bryant, Paul Pierce and...

In most games, you don't always see how important Kendrick Perkins is to this team as his contributions don't always show up in the box score. But tonight, we were able to see how important Perk's presence in the middle is by the fact that the...

As I was watching Game 5 it hit me how annoyed I would be if I were a Lakers fan. The announcers, Jeff Van Gundy in particular, praised James Posey, Boston's defense and the Celtics in general. It was the story line that played throughout the...

MISSED FREE THROWS, BAD BOUNCES, AND THE MOST HORRENDOUS NON-CALL OF THE PLAYOFFS SPELL DOOM FOR CELTICS IN GAME 5; LAMAR ODOM WEIRD AS EVER Kobe Bryant's skills in the art of rape paid huge dividends down the stretch as he mauled Paul Pierce on...