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#17—This One's For Red

The Game

Comeback? We ARE Back!

Is there anything sweeter than seeing front-runner celebrity scum scooting out of the Staples Center after the Celtics embarrassed their Purple And Gold frauds, 97-91 in the GREATEST COMEBACK IN NBA PLAYOFF HISTORY?

They haven't won anything yet, but the Green look quite well-poised to snap up Title Number Seventeen before too long—up 3 games to 1.

It's hard to say what was more amazing: the "return from the dead" recovery from a 24-point deficit (18 at half-time, 20 in the third period); the 48-minute stint by the indomitable Ray Allen; or the Captain volunteering to cover Kobe "I think I'll go get drunk just to further my status as a role model" Bryant.

Thanks to the money-grubbing policies of David Stern, no one under the age of 13 even saw this epic for the ages—starting as it did well after 9 PM Eastern. In fact, years from now, roughly 8 billion humans will claim to have stayed up for the whole she-bang—similar to the 7 billion who were in the stands at Fenway when Clemens struck out 20 Mariners in 1986. If this thing runs to form, the Celtics will win it in 5 or 6 games; and Paul Pierce will win the MVP (even though Allen could legitimately claim it as well).

Somewhere, Johnny Most is squinting through a haze of cigarette smoke and smiling on his beloved Cs as they once again smite the posers from La-La Land. Sweet.

Two To Seventeen

They threw a legitimate scare into us—these Lakers—but the bottom line is, they can't play defense with the Celtics. That's why we are 2-0 headed to Hedonism Central for games 3,4 & 5.

After squandering a lead bigger than Big Papi's cast, the C's held on for a 106-102 squeaker of a win over Kobe and Those Other Guys. The Lakers may have the Home Celebrity Advantage (we could only muster a bunch of Pats, Red Sox and Donnie Wahlberg?), but we have the talent edge. Our bench, particularly the "where did he come from?" Game 2 performance of Leon Powe is far out-pacing the LA pine production.

We are deeper. We are more talented. We play defense. Celtics in 6.

Let The Games Begin!