According to the Celtics...

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Here's an item I came across from Besides the Point: The blog by Patrick McManamon
I thought is was pretty funny, yet true. It should be an interesting game 7 tomorrow night. I wish someone would just level Rondo.

By the way if any of the Cavs series end up like this series has gone I might have a heart attack. I can handle 1 overtime game in the playoffs but not 4 (so far).

Here's the post from Besides the Point courtesy of Waiting for Next Year.

"According to the Celtics …

"This is disrespectful.

"(This) is being a good teammate.

"This is not a cheap shot.

"This is a good play.

Indians keep us entertained...

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...until the Cavs play again! 9-8 win tonight on an error in the bottom of the ninth. DeRosa hustles around from second on a chopper to the hole at first, and the pitcher takes his eye off the ball!

Closers can't close it

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Oh well, tonight Kerry Wood busted open a 0-0 game in the ninth by giving up a 3-run homer. Jonathan Papelbon wasn't much better, but the go ahead run died at the plate and the Red Sox won their 11th game, 3-1 over the Tribe.

Ever since that 22 run outburst against the Yankees, the Indians have been averaging less than 3 runs a game.

Bye bye Pistons...

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...and not just the four-game sweep we just "witnessed." LeBron James, in what might pass under the radar given the lack of competitiveness of this series, put up a performance for the ages, equaling only Oscar Robertson and Larry Bird with 30+ points, 10+ rebounds, and 7+ assists in the series.

ABC ran a retrospective on the Pistons, and to me it seemed like the clipshow of deceased stars shown at the Oscars every year. You had a good run, Detroit.

Now time for a few days of R&R until the Heat or Hawks come to town. Who would you rather see?

Summer vacation

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Remember that story about Nick Van Exel chanting "One, two, three Cancun!" in the pre-game huddle before a playoff elimination game? I'm thinking that's got to be the Pistons' mindset before today's Game 4. Does Detroit really want to make the roadie to Cleveland on Wednesday? What's the bloody point? It's games like this that make me believe the NBA should return to a best-of-five format for the first round. Regardless, I want to see a stomping from our Cavaliers, then a nice rest as the Hawks and Heat hash it out in a series that has all the makings of a seven-game tilt.