Boston Celtics: Two Down

Happy days are here again.  The skies above are clear again.  So lets sing a song of cheer again.  Happy days are here again.  -Barbara Streisand

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  What?  What?  I thought so.  Everything’s coming up roses.  Wooo doggie!    

Bunny Bryant.  Bunny Bryant got his looks last night.  Bunny Bryant got his thirty points last night.  Thirty A-Broad points.  Alex Rodriguez points.  Points that do not matter.  You know what matters?  Huh?  Do ya?  100 points matter.  That’s it. 

Before this series started, I was listening to Mike & the Mad Dog.  I was listening to Bob Ryan on Mike & The Mad Dog.  Bob Ryan gave a stat.  A meaningful stat.  A telling stat.  A significant stat.  Bob Ryan said the Lakers are something like 4-20 when they score under 100 points this season.  Something like.  We’ll get Tony Vincent Terry Duerod Reali to get us the real number after the show.  But you get the picture.  The Lakers do not win when they score under 100 points.  That’s the picture.  A picture is worth a thousand words. 

The Celtics hold you to under 100 points.  They hold you to under 100 points all the time.  That’s what they do.  That’s all you need to know. 

• You don’t need to know how good Big Show Leon Powe was last night.  You don’t need to know how Big Show Leon Powe etched his name into this rivalry.  Powefection.  It just doesn’t matter. 
• It doesn’t matter the Truth, the whole truth and nothing but the Truth scored twenty-eight points on his sprained right knee. 
• It doesn’t matter that Rajon Rondo and his freakishly large hands are finally realizing their true potential. 
• It doesn’t matter that the Celtics nearly blew a 24-point lead in the fourth quarter. 

All you need to look at is the scoreboard. 

I know.  I know.  102.  Not 100.  Close enough.  Close enough when you have the best defense in all of basketball.  The best defense in all the land.  The best defense in the free world.  Best defense in both the regular and post seasons.  I may sound like a broken record.  Go.  Go Cut Creator go!  I may sound like a broken record, but I don’t care. 

I don’t have to care.  Tom Thibodeau cares.  Kevin Garnett cares.  Ray Allen cares.  Paul Pierce cares.  They care enough to play defense.  They care enough for all of us.  NBA.  Win or go home!

Public Acknowledgements:  Jed Clampett, Ethel Merman, PTI, I *Heart* Celtics and LL Cool J

Peace out homies.  Six two and even!

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