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.