Celtics go up 3-1
Congratulations to the Celtics for coming back from a huge deficit to win game 4 of the NBA Finals against the Lakers and take a commanding 3 games to 1 lead in the best of 7 series. As compelling as this series may be to basketball fans, I seem to have lost interest, maybe due to the officiating scandals that keep coming up. I do know that in last night's game, the free throw attempts were about equal for both teams. When that happens the visiting team normally has a chance to win. Hard to imagine the Celtics losing 3 games in a row, with two of them being in Boston. I expect them to wrap up the series in game 5 against a dispirited Laker team. With the success of the Red Sox, Patriots and now the Celtics, Boston fans are going to be even more impossible to live with! :-)
I got to see the hated Boston fans assembled in person for the series opener last month in Oakland. The A's fans held their own but it must be truly unbearable in other cities.
Meanwhile, across town with the baseball champs, how bad are things for Julio Lugo when an occasional batting success is met with sarcasm? http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2008/06/13/a_rarity_lugo_gets_an_rbi/
Speaking of which, the science of sarcasm: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/health/research/03sarc.html
Posted by dilly on June 13, 2008 at 01:17 PM PDT #