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NBA Finals: Boston leads Los Angeles 1-0, Game 2 Sunday, ABC
Pierce, KG, Allen power the home team, game two is Sunday
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Paul Pierce had waited 10 years for his shot to play in the Finals.
So when he went down midway through the third with what appeared to be a gruesome knee injury, it […]

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Boston-Los Angeles may be a glitzy, catch your attention matchup for the league, but not everyone is happy about it, including me
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There are two days until the Celts and Lakers tip off from the TD BankNorth Garden to commence the 2008 NBA Finals.
With the dead time in between I figured I’d get something off […]

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Wake up, Celtics fans who’ve been in a coma for a year, your team is going to the NBA Finals!
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“The buzzer couldn’t come any sooner,” said an elated Paul Pierce. “We finally made it.”
“We’re in the Finals!” he screamed, smiling like a 10 year old.
Go ahead Paul. Scream and holler all […]

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How about land you the top pick in the NBA Draft when you have no right in the world to get it
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You feeling lucky punk?
Yeah you Chicago. You just pulled off the heist of the post-season when you stole the number one pick in the NBA’s annual Rip-off-teams-palooza (aka: the NBA Draft lottery). […]

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These numbers suggest that this week, logic need not apply in the sports world
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Welcome to another edition of JUICED NUMBERS. I post this on the same night that Carlos Mencia debuts his Performance Enhanced* comedy skit. This week, we bring you Performance Enhanced Numbers. Stats that at least for the Tampa Bay Rays, […]

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Celtics, Lakers add to home team’s dominance.  So here’s the question: is there any reason to think anything of this anymore?
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It was interesting before.  A fascinating case study at the beginning about why that home court edge just would not fail.  But now, it’s tiresome.  Aggravating.  Sort of boring in a tireless repetitive way.  […]

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Every game in the second round has been won by the home team (Every one!) so where’s the drama in that?
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The NBA Playoffs are too long. We know that. I know that, you know that, and David Stern secretly knows that. But for the last couple years, ever since the NBA […]

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Celtics-Lakers is so 1980’s, so don’t be surprised if those teams fail to both make it to the Finals

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So Mitch is ranting about summer plans, and how he doesn’t want to watch the Lakers-Celtics series if it happens, and how basketball really isn’t his thing. And here I am, sitting in my room, […]

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