1. Will the Pistons play at least one game where they act like they care?

2. Is Tyrus Thomas becoming a player right before our eyes or is he becoming a player right before our eyes?

3. Is New Orleans-Denver that much of a mismatch?

4. Is it just me or did Andre Iguodala make one helluva difficult shot in game 1 with Hedo all up in his grill?

Iggy gettin jiggy wit it (Image:Newscom)

5. Wait, did Orlando just leave 53 year old Donyell Marshall all alone again?

6. Does it bother you to see Kevin Garnett continually say potty mouth type things on the sideline after each big Celtic play…?

7. Or make goofy faces?

8.  Or that the cameraman seems to always focus in on him, like, expecting him to say something more family friendly the next time?

9. Did Tony Parker just decide to take over the Mavs series because I was too busy watching him make layups to tell?

10. Is it just me or does Jeff Van Gundy become more tolerable and dare I say more lovable as time goes on?

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NBA Playoff Observations Thus Far

Here are eight reasons we’re happy about the win—apart from the joy of seeing series MVP Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen add “NBA Championship” to their amazing resumes, not to mention good ol’ coach Doc Rivers nabbing his first NBA title.

1. We don’t have to sit through another game of annoying commentary by “I’m-bald-I-should-pay-less-for-a-haircut” pop culture whiz Jeff Van Gundy, who is to the Boston Celtics what Joe Buck is to the Boston Red Sox (i.e., the kind of guy who’s anti-Beantown no matter who they’re playing).

2. Speaking of Jeff Van Gundy and not having to listen to him for another night, did anyone else notice how quiet he got (finally) when the Celtics burst open the game last night?

3. The final score was 131-92—a new record for the largest margin of victory in a clinch game in the Finals. The previous record was 33 points by the Celtics in the 1965 Championship against the Lakers.

4. A new NBA record for steals: 18. Golden State set the previous record with 17 steals in 1974.

5. One last awesome record: Ray Allen tied the record for three-point FGs in a game (7) and set a new one for the series (22).

6. We were spared the sight of the outfit Kobe Bryant’s wife wore. If they showed it, we missed it. No. More. Purple. Tutus.

7. *Now* we’re over the Patriots loss. (BONUS: Bill Belichick was in TD Banknorth Garden to see the action live, so we hope the Celtics’ 150% push the entire game will make its way into a future Super Bowl pep talk.)

8. Michele Tafoya’s dorky journalistic get-the-sound-byte-no-matter-what attempts aside, you couldn’t help but feel Kevin Garnett’s post-game . . . whatever it was. Celebration? Rant? Victory speech? Raw emotion? You decide (2m, 25s):

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Top 8 Reasons We’re Happy That the Boston Celtics Won the NBA Championship

Now that we’ve had a few days to reflect on the way the L.A. Lakers blew a 24-point lead in Game 4 and gave the now 3-1 Boston Celtics a chance to clinch the title tonight, we think we know what happened to Jack Nicholson’s favorite team.

Here are the Top 5 reasons the Celtics made such a big comeback in Game 4, in no particular order:

1. That Laker Girl Whitney, who got her start as a Celtics cheerleader, is bad luck. (Move over, Jessica Simpson. There’s a new jinx in town!).

2. The overall putziness of announcer Jeff Van Gundy, who professes a crush on Alyssa Milano yet has her confused with Vanessa Minillo as the girlfriend of Nick Lachey (glad to know The Sports Diva Magazine also found this annoying), somehow infected the Lakers. We think it’s some kind of putz virus with a distinct strain that negatively affects teams Van Gundy deems the winner in the first quarter.

3. Kobe Bryant is probably still embarrassed over the purple tutu his wife Vanessa wore to his on-court MVP ceremony. Yeah, we’ve mentioned this several times already, but if we’re still not over it, Kobe probably isn’t, either.

4. Here we defer to eTrueSports, who actually offer 11 (satirical) reasons on this video clip with which we can’t disagree. Sure, we know that’s double-dipping, but eTrueSports editor Frank Coffey said it was OK.  Really!

5. This reason (1m, 24s) isn’t funny—especially if you’re the Lakers. It’s Just. Plain. Awesome. Watch Ray Allen wave off the screen and blow by Sasha Vujacic in a one-on-one clip for the archives if the Celtics win this championship:

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Top 5 Reasons for Celtics’ Comeback in Game 4