Go Celtics!

Posted on 2008-Jun-19 at 12:08 PM

Celtics Win NBA Championship Title

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/0...07719.html



BOSTON — The Boston Celtics won their 17th NBA title in relentless fashion, trouncing the L.A. Lakers 131-92 to win the NBA Finals in six games. It's the Celtics' first title in 22 years, dating back to the Larry Bird era.

Boston's 39-point win surpassed the NBA record for the biggest margin of victory in a championship clincher. The 1965 Celtics beat the Lakers by 33 to win the title that year.

These Celtics completed the greatest one-year turnaround in NBA history. Last season they won just 24 games and missed the playoffs. This season they won 66 regular-season games and finished with a playoff-record 13 home wins.

Paul Pierce, who's spent his entire career wearing Celtic green, was named MVP of the finals. He scored 17 in the clinching win, but averaged more than 21 points in the NBA Finals.

The other two members of Boston's Big Three, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, each scored 26.

[From the Huffington Post]

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Posted on 2008-Jun-19 at 1:16 PM by Chica

THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is what makes me proud to be from there.

I watched the celtics all the time growing up, in the Larry Bird days. it was awesome. I lost touch with sports for a long time, and just this year got back into the basketball stuff, and it makes me happy that my team won it all.

And..it's the first I'm hearing of it here, I missed the game! lol

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Posted on 2008-Jun-19 at 5:08 PM by logis

I guess it was due to happen. 22 years is a long time to wait for a new title. Let's hope the celebrations go well and that next year they are up to the challenge again.

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Posted on 2008-Jun-19 at 11:11 PM by darkstar

and thank goodness i am so sick of the lakers

Worst to first

Posted on 2008-Jun-21 at 9:48 AM by drdog

Of the big four sports, I rank basketball as, well, No. 4. But I'm so happy the Celtics rose from the ashes of last season to take down the Lakers in the finals. Really, I was amazed how easily they did it, too. Ha! Take that, Kobe and Phil Jackson!

By the way, props to the Red Wings for winning the Stanley Cup. Go Wings!

Thx

Posted on 2008-Jun-21 at 10:09 AM by jeeps

Yea.. spirits are high in the North East!
Celtics bring it home!
Patriots brought it home!
Red Sox brought it home!