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Tonight the NBA finals begin on ABC, with a pre-game show starting at 8:30 pm Eastern time. I’m glad the wait is over-five days without ball is long enough. Of course there are key metrics used to predict the winner. Boston is terrific at home, but I think you can throw all of those stats … Read more

With the finals approaching, I want to breakdown the key metrics to help both the Celtics and the Lakers win. As you know, I have been taking a look at points in the last two minutes of quarters. It seems to be much more important for the Lakers. In the Celtics series against the Pistons, … Read more

The Celtics beat the Pistons 89-81 to advance to the finals after winning in six games. I have to admit that I didn’t expect Boston to win tonight. Despite all the talk about injuries for Hamilton and others, they should have come out with a lot more desperation. The end of the game was what … Read more

The Spurs got back on track and beat the Lakers 103-84 to make it a 2-1 series lead for the Lakers. The Spurs had it going tonight; Manu was back and he made lots of jumpers. I thought that the Spurs would come out with lots of energy, but it took a bit of time … Read more

The Celtics beat the Pistons 94-80 (it was a road game for Boston!) to take a 2-1 series lead. Let me emphasize those word in the parentheses: IT WAS A ROAD GAME! This is a great burden that is now off their shoulders. They knew they had to win a game in Detroit if they … Read more

In what ended up being a blowout game, the Lakers beat the Spurs 101-71. The Lakers got the rust of their first quarter game and executed terrifically throughout the game. The root of the Spurs problem is the health of Manu Ginobili. He didn’t look great in the first half, but he showed some signs … Read more

Watching the Celts beat the Pistons last night, I was surprised to see Billups not play like Billups. Now, I know he just came off of that bad injury, but in an interview with the crew at TNT, he said he was 100%. I know it’s now good to rush an injury, but he wasn’t … Read more

In a surprisingly close game, the Spurs beat the Hornets 91-82 to win the series 4-3. The Spurs played great throughout almost the entire game. Near the end of the game, the Hornets were fueled by a hot streak from Pargo. The problem was Chris Paul didn’t have any heroics in the bag. He is … Read more

The Celtics beat the Cavs 97-92 to advance to the Eastern conference finals. We saw two special players really ball today: Paul Pierce and LeBron James. The reason the Celts are better is they have a tremendous supporting cast. Despite Allen’s poor performance, Rondo has been great, Brown was ballin and House provided a spark. … Read more

LeBron James willed the Cavs to win over the Celtics. The series is now tied 3-3 and game seven will be played in Boston on Sunday. It seemed just like another typical game in the second round- the home team had the upper hand. They started the second half on fire and I thought they … Read more