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The Hornets had the Spurs in their hand. It was all but over.

It was described this way.

It’s the team of the decade against the team of the future.

It’s the king of the hill vs. the new kid on the block.

Its last year’s NBA title winners squaring off with this year’s Southwest Division title winners.

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Turns out the old king of the hill had enough in them to pull out the series and send the Hornets home. This got them thinking. Maybe we need more.

Now they have more. The New Orleans Hornets signed the most significant free agent left in Sam Posey.

The deal is worth 25 million for 4 years.

Boston wanted to keep him.

Because of future luxury-tax concerns, Boston was apparently reluctant to offer Posey, 31, more than a two- or three-year deal starting at the league’s midlevel exception (just under $5.6 million) in spite of Posey’s considerable contributions to the Celtics’ first championship since 1986.

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Chris Paul needed more weapons and Sam Posey will bring his timely 3 point shooting. More than that, Sam can guard a lot of different style players.

This is a great signing for New Orleans.

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Boston Celtics rule the world or at least the NBA World.

Paul Pierce is MVP and played fantastic.

Kevin Garnett reminds us that anything is possible.

Defense rules and the Lakers better get one.

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Kevin Garnett was so emotional that he was crying one moment and shouting out the next moment. Boston absolutely dominated the last game of the series.

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Paul Pierce cannot be stopped. Not by Kobe. Not by anyone.

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Sam Posey or SAM missile. He just keeps burying 3’s.

Paul Pierce, not Kevin Garnett. It is the Paul Pierce series. Hey, Kevin is averaging a double double, but it does not matter. Paul Pierce is dominating.

Pierce had waited for his chance to be one of those generational Boston sports icons, and the Celtics had stopped surrounding him with a fighting chance. It was getting late in his prime, late in his patience. He watched Tom Brady win his Super Bowls and David Ortiz his World Series, and he could take it no more. This town is the best in the world for winners, and just the worst for everyone else.

These forever New England stars are remembered for the most clutch championship performances. Pierce was the forgotten, dismissed talent, a victim of unfair circumstance when the city never had less tolerance for losing causes.

Suddenly now, Pierce returns for Game 6 in these NBA Finals on Tuesday within a victory of a championship, within a whisper of his wildest dreams. Maybe the regular season belonged to Kevin Garnett for the Celtics, but the playoffs belong to Pierce. History is closing fast.

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Phil Jackson has a pink top of his head. What is that?

Pau Gasol racks up the stats, but plays soft most of the time. Lakers need Andrew Bynum.

Kobe Bryant can’t score on 5 Celtics at once. They are playing great defense. Kobe will get his, but it will take a lot of shots.

Boston by 23. Is this a series of big leads by both teams or what?

Ray Allen had his eye poked in the first quarter and has done nothing since.

Halftime.

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Paul Pierce, with a lot of help, put the clamps on Kobe Bryant

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The Lakers are done. They had a 24 point lead in the second quarter over the Boston Celtics.

Even in the 3rd quarter the Celtics were down 20 points.

Then the Lakers stopped scoring.

What was it? It was Celtic defense and Paul Pierce scoring.

It didn’t help that Kobe was being locked down by Pierce. Kobe just could not get his jumper going at all. Every time Kobe drove to the middle of the floor, he was met with a welcoming committee from Boston and most of the time had to pass off to an outside shooter. That is fine, but then the Celtics would recover fast enough to cover the outside shooter as well.

Sam Posey made a couple of clutch 3 pointers late in the game and had 18 points. It seems that there is a new Boston bench star in every game.

Kevin Garnett had a very quiet 16 points and 11 boards. Paul Pierce was very dynamic especially late in the game with 20 points in spite of missing all 3 of his 3 pointers.

Kendrick Perkins left the game with a strained shoulder. We will have to wait and see how bad that is. Paul Pierce tweaked his ankle late in the game, but continued to play.

The Lakers wasted a brilliant game by Lamar Odom, who had 19 points on 8 for 11 shooting and 10 boards.

At one point in the third quarter, they flashed a graphic saying the Lakers had missed 9 shots in a row.

Where do the Lakers go from here? Game 5 is in LA and then the last two games are in Boston. No team has ever come back from a 3 -1 deficit. It is hard to imagine the Lakers winning the next 3 games with 2 of them in Boston.

It will be interesting to see the two team’s mindset for game 5.

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LeBron James cries with joy as he gets to shoot free throws again

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Boston better get home in a hurry, because King James rules the Celtics.

Not to mention that Boston just cannot win a road game in the playoffs.

“They are at home and are expected to win,” Cavaliers forward Ben Wallace said.

It’s not just the Celtics who have been dominant in their own building: The home team is 21-2 in the conference semifinals, and it’s not all that hard to see why.

The home crowd can help the energy of the home team, and influence the referees as well; it’s hard to imagine the offensive foul called on Pierce in the final minute of Game 6 being called against him in Boston.

“Home court is huge,” Celtics guard Eddie House said. “It does help. It’s helped almost every playoff team in this round.”

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LeBron James was amazing. As the game wore on LeBron wore out Boston. He was making some crazy shots, fading away, jumping up funny, leaners, dipsey dos, and free throw after free throw.

Early in the game Boston was fouling LeBron James on seemingly every possession. Paul Pierce and Sam Posey were both trying to guard LeBron. This is a dangerous strategy allowing LeBron to get into the shooting game at the free throw line.

The Cavs finally caught fire near the close of the half in a vicious rally that put the game in Cleveland’s favor. After that LeBron just stayed aggressive.

Trailing through much of the first half, the Cavaliers rallied for a 17-2 finish to the second quarter and a 7-0 start to the third. James scored 11 of the 24 points.

“He was aggressive and it was the same shots [as in earlier games in the series] but they were falling for him,” said Cavs forward Joe Smith. “All series long LeBron has done a great job of attacking the basket and taking what the defense has given him. Unfortunately, it hasn’t fallen on a consistent basis.
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We will see if LeBron can stay aggressive and take down the Celtics in Boston for game 7.

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