18-1? What, they couldn’t cheat their way into a perfect season?

Cheating at that caliber is hard work. The three Super Bowls this decade are enough for me.

I didn’t get to watch the game. Was it an entertaining blow-out?

An ass-whupping of epic proportions.

Doc could have put out a fourth-quarter rotation of Scal, Danny Ainge, John Havlicek, Bill Belichick and Red Auerbach’s rotting corpse and they still would have won.

Red Auerbach’s rotting corpse is an excellent rebounder and play-maker.

Scalia’s out. I’m in.

Rubbing it in:

Boston’s 39-point win surpassed the NBA record for the biggest margin of victory in a championship clincher; the Celtics beat the Lakers 129-96 in Game 5 of the 1965 NBA Finals.

Yay! Kevin Garnett finally gets a ring after years of futility with the Timberwolves! (I’ve been a Kevin Garnett fan ever since he visited St. Paul Children’s Hospital when my son was there to have his appendix out – he was a ray of sunshine, and my son never forgot his visit.)

Aw fuck you all.

Kobe Bryant’s penis is all covered with rape. (Matt Besser’s line.) I’m always glad to see him lose, badly.

9 people care about the nba and i dont know them.

diff brad – it’s funny, i’ve found a lot of new york fans who are also celtics fans – they hate every other boston team’s guts, of course, but they grew up in the ’60s when the celtics just pwn3d the league and they root for them still.

Well, I guess it just took me leaving Boston 14 years ago for the teams to start winning. (Or in the Celtics’ case, winning again.)

Is pro basketball the only sport where the playoffs and finals last longer and involve more teams than the regular season?

losing to eli manning is an epic fail no matter how you spin it.

The Celts are like the Yanks, with a tradition of excellence, so we respect ’em.
Plus the Knicks have always been easy to loathe. The MSG crowd is such a collection of the worst elements of NYC that I’ve always despised the Rangers and Knicks, n I’m far from alone in that.
I was at Mario Lemeuix’s second game back from chemo, and when the scoreboard showed him on the bench, looking drained, the fucktards booed.
I’m glad the Knicks suck, I hope it never changes.

Washington Bullets, beaches!

Yes, it’s good to see how this Celtics team has matured over the last few years, going from promising young talent to accomplished stars of today.

Oh wait. Never mind.

PS I wouldn’ta said nothin if you didn’t stick that Brady crap in there.

PPS I like Garnett, but generally don’t care about the NBA.

Congratulations Celtic fan. Now enjoy 22 more years of not winning.

/bitter Laker fan

Seriously, congrats on 17, especially to a bunch of all-around good guys. Lakers are still only 3 behind you guys, though.

Lakers have the makings of another dynasty, honestly, esp. if you get your star center back at full strength next year. I’m just happy to see Pierce, KG and Allen win one – because, looking at their ages, their window was going to close very shortly.

meanwhile on the other side of the country, the NBA is working hard to steal our basketball team for a pack of Bush Pioneer oilmen.

and our baseball team is the sucksurs.

come on football season! and 2009 soccer!

Boston invented the concept of the free public school in 1640. All of the (ahem) more enlightened sections of the U.S. which legally sanctioned human slavery until 1863 are still actively fighting against the concept of free, public schools.

This is why people hate Boston.

ifthethunderdontgetya, a man (woman?) after my own heart.

To think all of those wingnuts who claimed that same sex marriage would lead to the ruination of Massachusetts in 2004.

It’s been a Goddamn charm.

-GSD

It is good karma that the two NBA finalists, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, are located in states where same sex marriage is 100 percent legal.

Yeah, I’m gonna have to agree with different brad. The Knicks are for the assholes, just like the Rangers and Yankees are.

I always thought I would have had a better childhood if I grew up in an area that had winning sports teams. Detroit sucked. This was back before the Pistons’ “Bad Boys”. The Lions would always suck. Anytime they started to win, they would rip your heart out with Greg Landry’s bum knee. Bob Lanier could never do it for the Pistons. The Redwings sucked and the Tigers would break your heart at the best of seasons.

Watch it, already dead man.
The Yankees don’t play in MSG. The Yankees are a whole different ballgame.

They are, however, the team of assholes in baseball.

I love how sports can be used to reveal basic hypocrisy in people.
It’s ok to root for 29 other teams, but if you happen to come from a Yankees family….
Stereotypes are for assholes, fellah.

GSD, nice. In fact, both states represented in the NBA finals have legalized same-sex marriage, although marriage equality is more recent in my adopted home than my native one.

On an actual game note, Rondo played out of his mind. His shot wasn’t falling, but he took them when necessary, drove up the court hard every time, got an absurd number of rebounds for the shortest guy on the floor, and his 6 steals was only 1 off the finals record.

Although, you could point to almost anyone on the Celtics and say “that guy had a great game.”

Boston: our sports teams are so good that 18-1 football teams are considered historic failures. El. Oh. El.

Positively New Yorkian in its arrogance.

While the Lakers are Kobe and Some Other Dudes, this version of the Celtics is one of the best teams ever. When they were clicking, they were a joy to watch. Seeing KG and BIll Russell (my hero as a young player) together was great.

Another year, another championship for Sparkledust City, a.k.a., Boston.

I’ve been living in Boston for two and a half years, and my question is, how much is a half ounce of sparkledust, and which dealer has the primo stuff?

Amyer gaffirz Gaffir. Hark.

Belicheat was at the game last night. Cheating.

“Belicheat was at the game last night. Laughing at the idea of Phil Jackson being a better coach than Red Auerbach.”

Corrected.

From a Lakers fan, congratulations. The Celtics wanted it more, that’s for sure.
Leon Powe! and KG definitely earned it.

So lets see, since the modern era of basketball began (1980 on)

Lakers 8 (’80, ’82, ’85, ’87, ’88, ’00, ’01, ’02)
Celtics 4 (’81, ’84, ’86, ’08)

Yep, that sounds about right.

Now, if they could only fix the troubling notion that the NBA is fixed. What with the Refs under mob control and all…

Do people actually watch the NBA?

Oh, right. Professional sports. How progressive.

Man, thanks for reminding me of when the Patriots lost to the giants. That was awesome. Probably the most fun I’ve ever had watching the superbowl. Totally cool. Also the only time I will ever cheer for the giants, and the only time Eli Manning has done anything cool. But boy was that cool.

From up here in Wa(r)shington state, congrats to Ray Allen.

Positively New Yorkian in its arrogance.

It sure is.

18-1 Historic failure? Naw, just failure — to win the one game that mattered.

First of all, kudos to a Boston fan not playing the victim. I much prefer arrogance to the usual whines about how you invented pain.

Still, it’s gotta hurt just a little that you were this close to an historic trifecta. How massive would the bragging rights be if only the Pats hadn’t puked all over themselves?

First of all, kudos to a Boston fan not playing the victim. I much prefer arrogance to the usual whines about how you invented pain.

You don’t get out much do you?

Still, it’s gotta hurt just a little that you were this close to an historic trifecta.

Nope. Not even a little. 3 other Super Bowl titles tend to dull the pain a lot.

I lived in New York when the Sox beat the fuck out of the chokingest frauds in sports history. I live in LA when the Celtics (since 1980 — really? That’s the best you got?) beat the fucking tar out of the softest, rapeyist bunch of frauds in the NBA. Maybe I’ll just move to Montreal to fuck with the Canadiens. I’ve had a good life.

When the Pats hoist the Super Bowl trophy next January I want Brady to say, “well, this one, this one was just to hear the lamentations of the womenfolk”.

Damn, man, I was wondering how long it would take before you whipped out the Brady man-love video again. Uncle!

When the Pats hoist the Super Bowl trophy next January I want Brady to say, “well, this one, this one was just to hear the lamentations of the womenfolkThanks for letting us touch the trophy, Eli.”

Fixed.

BTW, the period belongs inside the quotes (also fixed).

chokingest frauds in sports history

At least since that 86 WS. Oh I forgot, that was pre-2001 so most Boston sports fans have no memory of that.

Actually, I’d think that title belongs to the 07 Pats, who let Eli Manning (!!!) keep them from 19-0.

Check out the TV ratings:

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/06/18/nielsen-ratings-june-172008-americas-got-talent-beats-nba-finals/4173

That’s right, baton twirlers and David Hasselhoff had more viewers than the “dream matchup” NBA finals.

Please, if you’re going to be proud of a team be proud of one that (1) doesn’t have its games predetermined by crooked referees with TV-evangelist haircuts, (2) participates in a sport that anybody remotely cares about.

I mean, DAVID HASSELHOFF???

Positively New Yorkian in its arrogance.

It sure is.

Just so we’re clear that a Boston guy is happy that he’s being equated with New York. 🙂

Eh. NBA Playoff games are fixed anyway. Hell, the WWF has more credibility as the NBA at this point. At least there, they make it pretty clear that the competition is fixed.

Fortunately, for Brad, I can’t accuse the Celtics of cheating, simply because the NBA is not a sport.

Fair competition, played where no one has taken money (other than salary) to throw a game one way=Sport.

Questionable competition, played where the referees take bribes, cheat on expense money, and the issues are quietly swept under the carpet by a bogus commissioner on his last legs=Not A Sport.

Congratulations to the Boston Celtics, who were awarded this years title through collusion between the league hierarchy, the officials, and two teams.

Don’t worry, Laker-fans. David Stern will award you the title next June.

PS. Yes, I’m a bitter former Suns fan. Being screwed out of a series against San Antonio two years ago will do that to you. What about it? In any case, the NBA, and its three remaining fans are dead to me.

17 rings, foo! We can be just as arrogant and childish as Yankee fans. Woo hoo!

Is pro basketball the only sport where the playoffs and finals last longer and involve more teams than the regular season?

Well, there’s the NHL, but it’s been so long since I’ve watched it, I don’t really feel entitled to bitch anymore.

First of all, kudos to a Boston fan not playing the victim. I much prefer arrogance to the usual whines about how you invented pain.

You don’t get out much do you?

Um…what?

Anyway, I once again reiterate my kudos for bragging like sports fans are supposed to. I’m sure the rest of us will get sick of it eventually, but it sure beats the victimhood. That will return in due time, of course.

chokingest frauds in sports history

Actually, I’d think that title belongs to the 07 Pats, who let Eli Manning (!!!) keep them from 19-0.
2004 ALCS. Worst defeat in the history of post-season baseball. There’s no getting around it, my Yankee-loving friend. A big upset in the Super Bowl doesn’t even compare. 86 WS? So what. Teams lose World Series all the time (like the Yankees in 2001 and 2003!) It happens, you move on and win another (like the Red Sox in 2004 and 2007!). But no other team in the history of baseball has blown a 3-0 series lead. But take solace! It took 100 years for a team to choke that bad, so maybe in 2104 another team will join the Yankees on that pedestal of shame, and you can share the misery in your old age.

And they’re all from Boston.
As if.
Youre a fan of management.