According to NBC Sports’ Buzzer Beater, which was filmed way before the Celtics won it all, Boston’s success throughout the playoffs was all a conspiracy. The hosts of the show, Matt Stroup — who looks like he’s 12 — and Tiffany Simons — who is surely to give Matt Stroup funny feelings in his pants — [...]

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A mere hours after ripping the Lakers’ bench for its funeral-esque excitement level during the Finals, modern day video technology has discovered Ronny Turiaf’s lone attempt at mimicking the liveliness of the Celtics’ bench.
As shown on the YouTube machine, Turiaf throws a towel to an assistant on the baseline as Pierce releases his second free [...]

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Instant analysis: Game 5

The Celtics’ “Point Guard by Committee” approach failed. Not even an And-1 Mixtape Tour could successfully platoon between four different players to run an offense. It just can’t.
And in honor of Doc’s point guard potpourri, here are my scattered thoughts on Game 5:
-THUMBS UP: The Celtics bench. No, no; not the [...]

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The NBA was brilliant in coming up with these type of advertisements: Videos where two opponents are split down the middle, look you in the eye and rattle off a motivating monologue that pumps you up more than the Rocky soundtrack.

Then they asked Magic Johnson and Larry Bird to do it, and well, it just [...]

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Tim Donaghy is the cat that swore he didn’t eat the pet bird, but he’s got feathers coming out of his mouth. And what does he do to counteract? He blames the dog.
The former NBA referee alleged that Game 6 of the Lakers-Kings playoff series in 2002 was impacted by the disgusting actions of two [...]

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Quick post game reaction:
Obviously, the Boston Celtics shit out bricks tonight. Make all the star-studded-Hollywood bright-light-blinding clichés you want. Speculate that Pierce and Co. threw a premature victory party, running ramped through the streets of Inglewood. Do whatever justifies the frustration watching two different Celtics teams, a tale of two coasts. But what Game 3 [...]

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The Boston Celtics captured its first NBA Finals berth since before my birth.
Boston’s legendary tradition and history of 16 championships ended back in my father’s college era - a time well before high definition and TiVo.
None of today’s on demand mentality during the 80s, just a keg of beer and a small television of classic [...]

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