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 Congratulations to the Boston Celtics on their 17th NBA Championship. The Celtics struggled to close out opponents in the post season because they failed to put together complete games. But they did it with the LA Lakers in a big way, winning Game 6 and the Championship blowout fashion, 131-92. What else can you say about the New Big Three? Garnett scored 26 points with 14 rebounds, Allen scored 26 and Pierce, the finals MVP who shook off a sprained right knee sustained in Game 1, added 17. Garnett set the tone early with 10 points in the first quarter (and of course his usual fantastic defense. No more talk about him shrinking on the biggest stage. He's a Champion now. Without Garnett Boston doesn't win the championship much less make it...he's the true MVP of this team.
The Celtics showed themselves to be a better team throughout the series, even in the games that they lost. Doc Rivers outcoached Phil Jackson each step. Paul Pierce was the Finals MVP. He outplayed Kobe on both ends of the floor in this series. I don't want to hear the Laker "fans" complaining about the referees or trying to take anything away from the Celtics. The fact is that they just got outplayed by a better, more physical team. The 2008 World Champion Boston Celtics were the team that most believed that defense wins championships. For that they deserved to win. They went out and executed championship basketball at the moment they needed it most. They played their best game in their biggest game. They leaned on one another like true brothers and grasped sporting immortality. I hope all the Kobe lovers are finally realizing that my comments from the beginning of the playoffs are true. Kobe is battling the Kobe demons, when the going gets tough, Kobe won't trust. He will force himself out of greatness. Does wife Vanessa trust Kobe as much as Kobe trust his teammates. Since the NBA Finals are over Kobe will demand another trade saying the franchise has done nothing for him to win and they will trade him to the Bulls and then the Bulls will trade for Shaq so Kobe can win a championship. Here is a new law now, never mention Michael Jordon and Kobe Bryant in the same sentence again for all the sports writers out there. So called experts out there on ESPN and all the sports show's thought the Lakers should win even though the Pierce advantage and the frontcourt advantage were obvious. The Celtics won 66 regular season games and not many people gave them credit. Most of the experts wrote them off after the Atlanta series and the Cleveland series...because they went 7 games. Bottom line is for a team that was supposed to win, they certainly had a lot of doubters. Boston's 39-point win surpassed the NBA record for the biggest margin of victory in a championship clincher. View WNBA Betting Odds at OnlineSportsHandicapping.com before you place your WNBA picks at Sportsbetting.com
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