It seems like much more than 48 hours have passed since the Celtics victory in Game 5. All the speculation over LeBron’s semi no-show and What It Means For The Sport of Basketball And The City of Cleveland. All the keyboard-mashing over LeBron’s “disgraceful” or “disappointing” or “awful” or “spirit-less” 3-of-14 jumper-fest.
Finally: Game 6 is here. Or it will be in two hours or so. It’s indisputably the biggest game the Celtics have played since the ’08 Finals, though that’s not really saying much. I’ve had a day-long case of Butterflies In My Stomach for the first time since Game 6 of the ’08 Finals—that glorious, glorious Game 6.
You know the Butterflies—the combination of excitement and fear you get for the occasional huge playoff game. Excitement because, tonight, the Boston Celtics could eliminate the Cleveland Cavaliers from the NBA playoffs. Fear because if they don’t, they face the prospect of having to win in Cleveland for the third time in four games. Cleveland lost at home six times in the regular season.
Consider this your open thread. Is LeBron coming out with an aggression that borders on the reckless? Can the Celtics weather that and stay close early against the best first-quarter team in the league? Have the C’s changed anything in their defense against LeBron? Are the Cavs going small? Big? Without Mo Williams?
Does Rasheed Wallace already have four fouls?
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Nevermind!! Damn it
Good timeout, Doc.
Not this crap again, why do we keep going back to this Pierce isolation CRAP
Argh I’m so sick of it,
Our missed free throws ALONE would have made this a near-blowout
Geez these guys are driving me crazy! It’s not over! Keep playing!!!
Smart basketball, a few free throws and we’re home and we will post in celebration deep into the night!
Look at Lebron’s stats, they are like rondo’s the other night. That shows how great the celtics are, let’s go and beat the Magic!
Man I’m on the edge of my seat. This is amazing. 1.36 left, gotta keep our composure.
I like it better than Sheed 15 feet away against Jamison. If he can’t catch closer in, it’s not a good option.
how was ray ray not in the game till now?
Everyone said they’re too old, they got no chance against the Cavs, and the Heat will give them a good challenge. J.A. Adande said to not expect any valiant last stand by this old team. The Plain Dealer writers just took shot after shot at the Celtics. Bill Simmons thought they couldn’t beat the Cavs. Our own Zach Lowe thought the Cavs would win!!!
Eat your words America! Boston just shocked the world. (Excluding Boston of course)
bye, mike brown.
Wait, what? Cavs not fouling?
Mike Brown just lost his job. They aren’t fouling!
THEY GAVE UP!
HAHAH, WOW…LOOK AT THAT, ever expected something like that…
Zzzzzzzzzzz
@I love Green – couldn’t say it better.
Humongous hoop by KG. He was a warrior in this series.
Oh my. I’m in shock. The Cavs didn’t even try.
This is incredible!
at least james shook hands this time
WONDERFUL NIGHT!
HOW SWEEEEEEET IT IZZZZZZ!!!!
ITS OVERRRR
I suddenly felt bad for james at the end… am i crazy?!?!
Critics what do you have to say, Lebron came with one of the most impressive performances in the history of the NBA and the celtics dominated.
This is gonna be such a great next 72 hours.
So very happy!
bring it on, orlando!
@complexity – I go halfway with you. His effort was clearly there, and his final stat line is huge – points, boards, assists. But the 9 turnovers and shooting under 40 percent are a pretty big negative. Celtics had something to do with that…
can’t wait to needle those cavs fans who wrote us off before the series started!!!! payback time me dears!!! hahaha
So as predicted, the sports guys are talking about how subpar and disappointing the Cavs were and not saying a thing about the guys who WON the series. But I don’t care. WE WON!!!
i have never seen a team that quit like that in final minute. never in 30+ years of watching the NBA. james is definitely gone from cleveland and his teammates knew it.
regardless of the above paragraph the C’s dominated this series. game 3 aside.
@sophmore, that’s 100% true.
So, who put money on the celtics in 6?
i said it on tuesday and i will say it again KG was the key. he steadied the C’s early and then late
Celtics in 6.
mike brown knew this was coming..had his mind swirlin around the last 1 1/2 minutes..that’s why the cavs didint foul..
Celtics!!!!!!
Bill Simmons celticschant twitter worked btw, the New York Knicks chant that started when LeBron was taking free throws in the 4th. Awesome. Can’t believe the Cavs stopped playing in the final minute. Never seen that before
I predicted Celtics in 6. Although I had us winning Game 1, 3, 4, and 6.
Interesting stuff. I’ve played that before and it’s pretty good. What are your favorite games? I’ve been playing a lot of Halo Reach lately.