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[Myt1]

The man said "Rings."

[AimingForYoko]

Our officials: Dan Crawford, Tony Brothers, Tom Washington. Alternate: James Capers.

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[AimingForYoko]

I have a rather ridiculous number of people jumping out of windows gifs...

Fuck I wish it was 8:30. Maybe Crawford will have a heart attack before the game.

[Carmine Hose]

I'm certain that Menino actually wrote this.

[Al Zarilla]

I'm certain that Menino actually wrote this.

He would have had a secondary effect fuckup if it was him, wouldn't he? Like maybe KD and Radon or something.

[ifmanis5]

I love when people excuse their mistakes using the 'oh you know me' meme. Yes, we aware you are terrible and continue to be terrible. Awesome.

[Nuf Ced]

Great piece today on the Celtics from Jason Gay of the WSJ: Heat on the Brink? Celtics Don't Care

Pierce also scares Miami because he wakes up every morning craving the opportunity to take a big basketball shot. He is the photographic negative of the Heat. His blood pressure actually goes down in the clutch. Paul Pierce breezes around the final two minutes of a close game like he's trying to find the sesame honey almonds at Trader Joe's. This is fun for him. He loves it.

http://online.wsj.co...cleTabs=article

[Solder]

Let's do this! Not in Boston, but rooting with the wife loudly from Baton Rouge tonight!

Edited by Solder, 07 June 2012 - 02:03 PM.

[underhandtofirst]

http://espn.go.com/n...re-lebron-james

LeBron James said all the changes have had a wearing effect on the whole team.
"It's been challenging not just for those of us who have been constants in the starting lineup but for those guys who have been in and out, not knowing if they're going to start or not," James said Thursday as the Heat prepared for an elimination game against the Boston Celtics.
The Heat have started five different players at center this season and seven over the last two years. They are Bosh, Joel Anthony, Udonis Haslem, Ronny Turiaf, Dexter Pittman, Erick Dampier and Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Two other veterans, Juwan Howard and Jamaal Magliore, have played minutes at center off the bench.
"It's been a challenge for all of us," said James, who has also played minutes at center in the series with the Celtics.
"At times it's been hard to get a rhythm starting the game or starting the third quarter. That has been a rotating door for the last two years, not just this series. There's Joel, C.B., U.D. at times, Ronny and Damp and Z. The list goes on in just two years."

As Bill Parcells used to say, give a player an excuse not to play well and they'll take it.

[Nomar813]

It must be so tough going up against a Celtics team that has been the beacon of stability at the big man spots over the last two years.

[Witters]

Allen-Pierce-Rondo were a combined 11-43 in game 5. That isn't likely to happen again in game 6, and it has to scare the Heat that they shot so poorly and still won. I hope the Jungle is rocking tonight.

[ifmanis5]

Get a big early lead- they are so close to quitting and let the fans celebrate this one.

[Hendoo]

Hey Miami, it's gonna be fun to watch you take those ballons down one at a time.

"We've done it before."

Obligatory old-Celtics-never-say-die mojo:

Edited by Hendoo, 07 June 2012 - 02:32 PM.

[Statman]

Finish off these fucks tonight so we can hand out:

[EddieYost]

"It's been challenging not just for those of us who have been constants in the starting lineup but for those guys who have been in and out, not knowing if they're going to start or not,"

What a colossal crybaby.

[Hendoo]

MAKE IT SO!

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

First game @ the jungle tonight. I will do my part.

[CaptainLaddie]

OH GOD OKAY

im gonna go work out and burn off a bunch of energy....

[mikeford]

[CJM]

I love rooting for a team of grown-ass men playing grown-ass man basketball.

[Turrable]

He would have had a secondary effect fuckup if it was him, wouldn't he? Like maybe KD and Radon or something.

Now you've got me daydreaming about how awesome it would be if he got radioactive superpowers.

[Al Zarilla]

Now you've got me daydreaming about how awesome it would be if he got radioactive superpowers.

Radon Rondo. Sounds right.

[AimingForYoko]

I'm hyped and have nothing to do. Be nighttime already.

And radioactive Rondo would be awesome.

Edited by AimingForYoko, 07 June 2012 - 03:29 PM.

[Nomar813]

[Soxaholic]

WIN BY A LOT.

[DannyDarwinism]

Is it weird that I'm far more nervous about this game than the fact that my wife is supposed to be birthing a human infant in 2 weeks?

We're still undecided on names, Rajon, just sayin'...

[( . ) ( . ) and (_!_)]

First name Radon
Middle Name Rajon

Do it!

Oh and Win the effing game.

[runnels3]

First game @ the jungle tonight. I will do my part.

Good. That means IF & when there is that appropriate moment you will start this chant:

Not one!...not two!...not three!...not four!...not five!...

[Three10toLeft]

This is what Bill Simmons wrote as Sam Presti at the midway point of this year:

Presti: "If you want to improve this year's team, turn your expiring contracts — KG, Ray, Chris, Keyon and Jermaine — into better players and don't worry about cap space. For instance, let's say you offered KG's expiring contract to Dallas for Shawn Marion and Lamar Odom³ — Cuban might jump at that because he's desperately trying to clear money for Dwight and Deron this summer.

My how things have changed....

Let's wrap this conference title up tonight boys.

One more win in what has been one of my favorite sports seasons in recent memory.

Edited by Three10toLeft, 07 June 2012 - 04:24 PM.

[CaptainLaddie]

The difference between the Celtics and the Heat:

http://www.csnne.com...4dgMFfmHHN4UpBd

[weeba]

That BIG video makes me absolutely giddy.

[Red Averages]

That's perfect

[simplyeric]

The difference between the Celtics and the Heat:

http://www.csnne.com...4dgMFfmHHN4UpBd

I couldn't even watch the whole thing.

Sickening.

Make this happen tonight!!

[TheShynessClinic]

The difference between the Celtics and the Heat:

http://www.csnne.com...4dgMFfmHHN4UpBd

Awesome.

[ifmanis5]

The difference between the Celtics and the Heat:

http://www.csnne.com...4dgMFfmHHN4UpBd

Wow, poor Danny's aged like 100 years since that video.

[MJM2344]

Beat these cunts.

[JCizzle]

Destroy these frauds. Embarrass them. Make Wade cry again. Break his fucking shoulder too. I want complete and utter humiliation.

[BostonFanInCanesLand]

I'll be happy with any kind of win but it would be fantastic to keep the Heat to 6 minutes total lead time in 3 games at the Garden (All losses). Tape to tape win and the Sille streak lives on.

http://stats.washing...is=2&final=true

"Of the 101 minutes of game time in Boston, the Heat led for exactly six minutes. The Celtics have led by at least 15 points in each of the last three games, never trailing by more than eight..."

[boxosII]

the possible interview had me laughing and crying

not on his floor

Edited by boxosII, 07 June 2012 - 05:49 PM.

[Hendoo]

NOt as good, but still great:

[estreetfan]

Crush the heat punks. I live in LA and so many people are pulling for the Celts. I never thought I would see that.

Let's Go Celtics!

[cshea]

I've lost a lot of interest in the NBA over the past 5-10 years, but damned if this Celtics team hasn't pulled me back in. I'm a 100% bandwagon jumper, but this team truly is a fun group to root for. Especially when matched up against the South Beach Douches.

This is the most excited I've been for a basketball game in a long, long time. Let's go Celtics.

[TheoShmeo]

Crush the heat punks. I live in LA and so many people are pulling for the Celts. I never thought I would see that.

Let's Go Celtics!

If it was Lakers-Heat in the final, I'd root for the Lakers with every ounce of my soul. And I grew up equating the Lakers with the freaking Yankees and Canadiens.

That Heat-Cs intro video says it all.

[Turrable]

The "good job, good effort" kid on KG:

Well, I have two names for Kevin Garnett: Kevin GarNOT and the next one I'm not going to say. … It doesn't have any curse words, but I'm not saying it though.

I'm tempted to leave the kid alone because he's like six, but everything he says is pure gold. I would love to see KG add "I do it for doubters, naysayers, the punkass six year olds who talk too much..." to one of his postgame interviews.

[simplyeric]

I would like to propose:

Do not commit the "and one" foul.

If they're gonna foul, make it count (without resorting to flagrancy). Wade needs to be intimately familiar with the wood-grain of the parquet tonight, or jump shots.

[Nuf Ced]

[boxosII]

The "good job, good effort" kid on KG:



I'm tempted to leave the kid alone because he's like six, but everything he says is pure gold. I would love to see KG add "I do it for doubters, naysayers, the punkass six year olds who talk too much..." to one of his postgame interviews.

i would toss that little fucker off the Zakim

[Beomoose]

Our officials: Dan Crawford, Tony Brothers, Tom Washington. Alternate: James Capers.

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[mabrowndog]

This is why we watch.

This is we stay up the late nights that make for tough mornings. This is why we drink that extra cup of coffee in the office the next day. This is why we plan our daytime hours around 48 minutes of nighttime play that is sandwiched between a myriad of commercials and promos for bad reality television. This is why we go home at lunch to walk the dog so we can head straight to the sports bar after work. This is why we continue to come back even though our sportsfan souls have been stomped on and crushed before.

We do it for the mere hope that the teams we follow will show the same fervor in the arena that we do for them everywhere else. When this happens, sports utopia arrives. It is the perfect storm for any ardent sports fan and almost always produces a postgame potporri of social media, messageboards and watching the same highlights over and over until you pass out in a state of bliss.

The 2011-2012 Boston Celtics do and provide just that. They care as much as we do.

Coming into this series, the Celtics were solid 6-1 underdogs. This was supposed to be LeBron's year. The Heat were supposed to "stiemroll" to the Finals on the way to their (not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7) 8+ NBA Titles. The loss of defensive stopper Avery Bradley combined with key injuries to Paul Pierce and Ray Allen was supposed to be too much for the Celtics to overcome; especially against a squad with two of the best players in the game.

Nobody told this Celtics team. Everyone picked against them, but they continued to do their thing. Their captain and most clutch player fouled out of two different games and they never quit. Their old bones could have packed it in and nobody would have even questioned it.

Instead, they found a way. They made sure that any Celtics fan watching wasn't wasting their time. They showed championship heart, championship guts, and championship soul. They showed Celtics Pride.

Welcome to the Jungle, Miami. Good job and good effort this year, but it is not enough.

Let's do this. Win today.

C's in 6.

Great opening post, Skrub.

you feel the power, just FEEL the power of Skrub
That's the power, that's the power of Skub
You feel the power of Skrub
you feel the power of Skrub
feel the power of Skrubbbb

I would follow Skrub into certain death.

This is why I asked Skrub to write the Bacon chapter in the SoSH Cookbook a few years bac -- the only chapter anyone really wanted to read. Dude just brings it.

[mabrowndog]

Anyone who can watch this and still root for Miami tonight is either inhuman or a complete douchebag.