Comments on: Celtics/Lakers Takes Center Stage on Sports Scene

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:12:56 +0000

I was referring to the post by Bruce in this morning’s links:

“In the media, the Celtics will be underdogs in this series, (see Saturday’s post with the ESPN predictions) something that is inexplicable to me,”

By: T-Rock

T-Rock — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:03:45 +0000

I didn’t say it is “inexplicable”, I was simply pointing out strengths of the Celtics vs. touting of the Lakers.

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:59:55 +0000

Why wouldn’t everyone expect LA to be favored?

They just rolled through what 2 months ago everyone was calling the most competitive conference in the history of the league. They did it without breaking a sweat.

It is far from “inexplicable” that LA is considered the favorite. They have clearly been the best team in the playoffs. That doesn’t mean they will win. I think Boston will of course like all Celtics fans.

By: T-Rock

T-Rock — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:43:11 +0000

The Celtics beat the Lakers 2-0 during the season fairly easily, change Bynum for Gasol and now the Lakers are unstoppable? Bryant has the drive and motivation of winning without Shaq yet the so called Big Three don’t have motivation to win for the first time? The Celtics are weak because it took them 7 games against the first two opponents in the post season but beat Detroit twice at the Palace and haven’t shown marked improvement? What about Pierce saving his best games for the Lakers? People point out that Rip and Billups were injured, what about Ginobali for the Spurs being a shadow of himself. Giving the edge to D. Fischer over Rondo? Who passes, scores and rebounds more? Rondo. Kobe is playing awesome and the Lakers are rolling, but this is not a slam dunk series for the Lakers. I think over the next few days that will bear out in the media. As to Tomase, the Herald appears to be trying to salvage his career, but one or two more misprints or shock value tidbits that are wrong and I don’t see him having any value.

By: JES

JES — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:20:09 +0000

Lance, I was going to mention that too. I know that they will have writers assist others when things are slow, but the point after blog hasn’t been updated in several days and there has been some goings on…I would prefer that Tomase get assigned to the Bruins.

By: KF

KF — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:20:02 +0000

How about Dennis and Callahan this morning acting like the Lakers were an unstoppable juggernault? STOP IT! Magic, Kareem, Worthy, Wilkes, and Cooper aren’t walking through that door. Yeah, Kobe will get his 35-40, but it’ll take him 30 shots to do it. That’s fine. Stop Gasol and the others.

The Celts had the best record, best defense, and can beat you offensively many different ways. Green in 6!

By: Lance

Lance — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:50:47 +0000

So in spite of public pronouncements to the contrary, the Herald’s Patriots coverage is being handled by the capable Karen Guregian while The Slob is now doing articles on the Red Sox? Fair enough.