NBA Finals Game 6: Random Thoughts and Observations

Well everyone I know in Boston is actually at this game, so you get me from my apartment randomly interjecting with whatever comes across my mind. Keep in mind I'm with my bud, Weiser so who knows where these observations will go with time but I hope you enjoy them nonetheless. I'll say that we'll find out if a home crowd can actually win a game as the onus will be on them to supply the energy to the Celtics who look to be on fumes at this point.

First Quarter

I will say that the Celtics didn't get here on the strength of their national anthem singers. James Taylor, the Boston Pops and the chick from Lilith Fair that didn't shave her armpits isn't exactly Boston's best foot forward musically... or is it?

Your referees are Ed Rush, Bennett Salvatore, and Joey Crawford. The fact you know all these guys names is the NBA's biggest problem.

A lot of sloppy play that makes you wonder how these teams got here until you realize they're playing their 101st and 107th games of the year.

Looks like this game might be Kobe vs. the Celtics, which has to be good for Boston right? right?

Can someone get me the name (and number) of this Budweiser chick, she is simply stunning!

Bill Belichick is here. Can't the Patriots just stay home I'm starting to worry. Nice of Steven Tyler to sneak out of rehab to show up.

Boston is predictably sluggish to start the first quarter but Rajon Rondo has come to play. Ray Allen got poked in the eye on a drive to the basket and apparently had to be told where his locker room was. That was almost funny.

It amazes me the people see the trailer for a movie like "Hellboy 2" and think "I HAVE to see that", they must be the same people that think RickRoll'n is funny.

So Kevin Garnett owns more sweatervests than Jim Tressel and his favorite lunch is Peanut Butter and Jelly??!! I guess you can take the boy out of the hood...

Michelle Tafoya is such an obvious WYB candidate I'm not surprised in the least she hasn't come up for vote.

The fact that the building formerly known as the Fleet Center is now a "home court advantage" is perhaps the biggest surprise of these playoffs. Unless they just keep showing Red Sox highlights on the jumbotron or Stone Cold Steve Austin kept showing up.

Celtics 22 Lakers 18. After the horror story that was the Celtics flight from LA yesterday, Celtics fans should be encouraged.

Second Quarter

Had to know Big Baby Davis was gonna see time in this game. I don't mind it one bit. They're gonna need his physicality against this team, probably could've used it already.

Has anyone started "Sucks" T-Shirts Company yet? Or is that just too simple a business plan. Make a T-Shirt of everything with the word "Sucks" at the end and someone's gonna buy each one.

Love the Somerville Cheers for each of Joey Crawford's foul calls against the Lakers. If the Celtics fall behind in this one I expect a "Donaghy" chant.

Win or lose, I'll be happy to have the Yukon Denali guy out of my life. Seriously.

I LOVE EDDIE HOUUUUSSSSEEEE!!!!

Like seriously I'm willing to bet whomever was in the Yukon Denali must be traded by now by demand.

Call it bandwagonning, but the sports fans of Boston LOVE this team for the way they play defense and how their role players step up. It's the secretaries that are just waking up to them at this point.

Literally moments after Michelle Tafoya (WYB?) falls short of declaring him legally blind, Ray Allen comes back onto the court. If the Celtics are staging these, they are masters of drama. Bravo!

Celtics lead is 11, nine points away from this Laker team going "Fuck This".

Balky from Perfect Strangers hasn't been a factor for the Lakers. 0 points, 1 rebound and 2 fouls in 8 minutes of play so far.

Rondo with his cutey floater to take the lead up to 18 he might even do this before the night is over.



Yep, that's the same guy you've been watching pass up open layups all playoff season.

Garnett with an amazing "and 1" to put the Celtics up 21! Could the championship clinching game be a "Gino" as well? Would be fitting.

Celtics go on a 26-6 run to lead at halftime 58-35

Kobe's only 1-4 on anything that's not a 3pt shot.
No other Lakers starter has more than 6 points.
Celtics are back to outrebounding the Lakers 34-14.
The Lakers DID NOT HAVE ONE offensive rebound or block in the first half, either that or the guy keeping that stat for ESPN.com is too stoned to keep track.

Its funny that WEEI callers actually think this ABC crew is favoring the Lakers, Jon Barry's all but lobbying for an internship for the Celtics right now.

As nice as this lead is. If they blow it, there is no way they can come back and win Game 7 two days later. Just want to put that out there as a precaution.

Third Quarter

The Celtics are maintaining their lead and the Lakers look disinterested. Phil Jackson isn't even calling timeouts after a big 3 pointer by Ray Allen.

Hey here's a thought, they don't court storm in the NBA since the last time the Celtics won an NBA Championship. Will some fans try that if the Celtics hold onto this lead? I'm curious to find out.

Mark Jackson makes a great point, if you're an NBA GM you should be inspired to package your top 5 pick, a starting point guard and small forward on your horrible team, the rest of your bad draft picks, one promising future All-Star a surprising second round draft pick and an expiring contract for two formerly disgruntled All Stars and get those guys to not bitch about their touches and minutes and get focused on winning from day one along with your captain and best player on your seven horrible teams prior, you too can win and NBA Championship.

Pau Gasol plays for the Lakers?

6 points now for Balky. Cousin Larry must be proud.

Kobe blows by Pierce for the first time this series.

Is that a girl in the front row behind the Celtics basket this half?

Sasha Vuvuvuvu is prettier than that girl, even when he cries.



Kobe's even giving up asking for calls. That might be the most telling sign yet that this is in the bag.

Have I mentioned how nervous I am about every Broncos game this season? I told everyone at work how nervous I was about this game and it seems to work. So maybe it always works. I mean seriously we got a young line, we didn't really address the run defense, Cutler's got the Diabetes...

I can smell it. Celtics 89 Lakers 60


Fourth Quarter

Lamar Odom plays for the Lakers?

I like this Travis Ibiza. He should be a fine player for the Lakers in the future either that or a great club DJ.

Looks like Rajon Rondo realized he was the point guard of an 81 win team just in time.

Phil Jackson can whistle with his fingers. I STILL CAN'T do that. Totally forgot I couldn't until I just saw that.

Now the Celtics are just giving the Lakers motivation for their Christmas Day matchup next regular season. Take it easy guys.

Scott couldn't let a game go by without a text message. Apparently the crowd is chanting "You're not Jordan!". Which I must admit is genius. I'll take this time to mention that my plans to watch this game in Boston were thwarted when my two friends there got TICKETS TO THE GAME. Not what you want to find out after a 10 hour work day. So I asked Scott not to text message me during the game. And he ALMOST pulled it off.

Was there ever a "Hancock" comic book? That should make for some great porn spoofs. If they even make porn spoofs of movies anymore? All I ever see anymore is anorexic teens talking for twenty minutes on a couch.

110-75. I'm half expecting the Lakers to just walk to the locker room at this point.

113-77 OK, seriously this is Spurrier-esque. Can you run up a score in a Championship game?

Lamar Odom is pissed at KG for hard fouling with a 30 point lead. To quote Ara Parsegian in Rudy to Vince Vaughn's character "you just summed up your entire sorry career" in one quarter.

In 25 years, we haven't evolved from "Na na, na na, na na, hey hey goodbye!"?

Final timeout and it sounds like American Bandstand is on the Jumbotron!



Locally they just showed a commercial with Doc Rivers and Celtics players asking the locals to not flip over any cars "Celebrate with Dignity".

It must be the NBA's equivalent of pregame player introductions on the Celtics bench right now as the sound is cutting out every time they're on camera.

Big Baby Coast to Coast! If Kendrick Perkins didn't start and he didn't do that much by the way, Brian Scalabrine would be in the game right now and the place would be unhinged.

Doc Rivers gets the first Gatorade bath in NBA history. To my knowledge at least.

And it's over! The Boston Celtics are 2008 NBA Champions! Their 17th World Championship! I'm gonna enjoy this from my apartment in Framingham. Hope you enjoyed the blogging.

OK I'm back...Stuart Scott just said "If you looked up the word Class in the dictionary you'd see a picture of Doc Rivers" I think I'd see a picture of a teacher and students, but maybe I need to get a new dictionary.