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Could the Celtics win it in

Mathias Baden — Fri, 30 May 2008 13:06:10 -0500

Could the Celtics win it in four? Yeah. Will they? Who knows?

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

If I had watched any of the

Brandon — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:24:54 -0500

If I had watched any of the games, I might have been crying conspiracy after the Lakers beat the Spurs to advance to the NBA finals last night. But I didn’t watch, so I guess I can only assume that there was no referee interference in order to bring the marquee match-up that the NBA has likely been salivating over for years – the Lakers v. the Celtics – to fruition.

I read somewhere that the difference between the NBA and a lot of other professional sports leagues is that a good majority of NBA fans believe there is a conspiracy to put big-market, big-name teams in the finals at the expense of small-market clubs, and also that the fans still love the sport despite this conspiracy. I totally buy into that. I think the NBA has wanted the Lakers v. the Celtics since the Lakers started winning early in the season. But I guess that’s OK with me as long as the Celtics - one-time home of Larry "Legend" Bird - blow them away.

I don’t know what you’re

Brandon — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:58:06 -0500

I don’t know what you’re talking about with the snooze comments. Watching the Spurs and Hornets battle it out over seven games has been exciting, and it was a thriller to see Garnett and the Celtics go to seven games, too. This has been a pretty interesting year for the NBA playoffs.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Mathias Baden — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:47:54 -0500

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Yeah, I watch. And after the first 5 minutes or so, when the Hornets led 12-6, I was bored out of my mind by the lousy Spurs. There is nothing interesting about drawing fouls and taking open 10-foot jump shots. Here's to another snoozer, I mean Spurs playoff run. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

In it to win it?

Brandon — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:57:49 -0500

I’m not a huge fan of the NBA, although I would consider myself a big fan of NBA playoff basketball. The regular season, with so many games, just gets so long. And one player can routinely win a game for his team. But the playoffs are more like a chess match with each team given up to seven games to figure out how to beat the guys on the other side of the floor.