Posts Tagged ‘NBA Finals’

Doc Rivers Responds

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!While the playoffs were taking place, no coach was more maligned that Boston’s Doc Rivers. Questions about his rotations, his ability to coach defense — an apparent shortcoming Rivers himself was aware when he accepted Tom Thibodeau as one [...]

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Kobe’s Displeasure

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Obviously, the MVP wasn’t too thrilled about the way the Boston/LA series turned out. This thought is reinforced by the look on Kobe’s face during the post-game press conference:

Cheer up, Kobe. It’s not all bad, is it? Wait, don’t answer that. Your facial expression will do nicely.

Oh well. Maybe next [...]

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Rondo Answers His Critics

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Before Game 6 tipped off last night, there was a good deal of stuff being said about Rajon Rondo. Some thought his play was hurting the Celtics and were beginning to wonder whether or not Eddie House should be getting a larger portion of Rondo’s clock. These thoughts were perfectly echoed in an [...]

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Gatorade Baths In The NBA?

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

I approve of this and I’m glad someone finally brought it to the NBA. Although, I will say, if there are going to imitators, please wait until you win an NBA Championship. That needs to be an official NBA rule, in fact.

Aren’t sports championship fun?

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The Redemption of Kevin Garnett

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

OK, time for a quick house-cleaning segment: when I said the Lakers would win in six over at With Malice, obviously I made a typo. I must have meant Boston but it just came out as LA. Yeah, we’ll say that.
Anyway, besides bringing another title to Beantown and besides [...]

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NBA Finals: Top of the World

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Introducing your NBA World Champions, the Boston Celtics. After beating the absolute snot out of the Lakers last night — 131 -92 — the NBA welcomed their latest champion, a franchise that’s awfully familiar with the NBA’s championship hardware (although, not for the last 20-plus years). For Boston, this title represents their 17th, [...]

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