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The Rivalry

I'm just dropping NBA Finals bombs.

Reliving the 2008 Championship

I'm still pissed about the foul on Kobe that wasn't called at the end of Game 5. It didn't make a difference because the Celtics won the series, but it could have made a difference. I don't think a bad call can be tolerated in this series. It will be a very tight series.

Boston Is A Brotherhood

Winning is a way of life around here. In the continued preparations for another Celtics-Lakers Finals...

Beat LA Origins

One of the best chants in sports has a rather interesting origin:

But that's not when the chant took off in Boston. It actually started as a chant supporting the Philadelphia 76ers.

With 26 seconds to go in Game 7 of the 1982 Eastern Conference finals at the old Garden and the Sixers pulling away from the soon-to-be ex-champs, the crowd began to chant the now-famous phrase. Philadelphia, after all, would be facing the hated Lakers in the NBA Finals.

"You hear what the crowd is chanting to the Sixers? 'Beat LA'" said CBS color commentator and Celtics legend Bill Russell as the Sixers were beating Boston 117-105 as the seconds ticked down.

"Beat LA ... that's great," replied play-by-play man Dick Stockton.

Here's the famous chant in action:
There's only one thing for the Celtics to do, Beat LA.

Leading to the NBA Finals