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Now another generation has stories to tell. The Celtics ran roughshod over an overmatched Lakers team tonight at the Garden, winning Game 6 of the NBA Finals 131-92 to capture the 17th NBA tite in franchise history. Once again, the Celtics are on top of the basketball world. Paul Pierce was named MVP.

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DeadXXXManXXXTalkin2 months, 1 week ago

Now all those people who were comparing Kobe to Jordan will finally shut up.
The Celtics wanted it more and they took it. Better balance, better team.
How my Cavs extended them to 7 when Kobe's Lakers only survived 5 is beyond me
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  KicBoxStallion2 months, 1 week ago
  
  yep, way better team, and they proved it with a stomping triumphant BLOWOUT right back on home turf, beantown !!! sweet !!!
  phil jackson is cool, but, its so good to see those 'souped-up' lakers and kobe bryant get humiliated so thoroughly..
  next round of drinks on me..
  HATS OFF to the MIGHTY MIGHTY CELTICS, 2008 NBA CHAMPS !!!
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    blinkers2 months, 1 week ago
    
    OK, I'll have a Yebisu Draft, KBS.
    (Just love this result, though I'm only quaffing a Kirin Tanrei at the moment)
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      KicBoxStallion2 months, 1 week ago
      
      alright, alright, though i'm a traditional sopporo guy, i like yebisu and maltz too, but lately i've been partial to the micro-brews from Kiuchi, like, Hitachino white ale, at the moment myself..
      drink up, KOMPAI !!!
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  sir_samurai2 months, 1 week ago
  
  I'll drink to that, make mine a sir_Sam Adams Lager, of course,.. on tap pleeaase! Since we're talkin BOSTON!
  If this were the Sumo finals, then, I'd have the same as Blinkers, with a shot of Suntory Reserve too, ya know?!
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    slate2 months, 1 week ago
    
    Now all those people who were comparing Kobe to Jordan will finally shut up
    I hearf Kobe asking the media to not compare him to MJ,,, heck that would be like a golfer in the future trying to fill Tiger's shoes
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      DeadXXXManXXXTalkin2 months, 1 week ago
      
      wouldn't be as fair
      golf is one guy
      Wilt proved eons ago that one man don't equal a championship
      Jordan proved it too. Dropped 63 on the Celts and still lost
      Any team sport its hard to compare, but Kobe doesn't even match up in a flat statistical way with Jordan, let alone the 6 titles and all the other personal accomplishments, so I was getting annoyed with all the Kobe/Jordan comparisons
      As an old Cavs fan, you could say I'm somewhat familiar with Jordan's work
      If I remember correctly, Jordan and the Bulls knocked Cleveland out of the playoffs 5 out of 7 years
      Think about all the great players and teams Jordan kept from winning titles, the Jazz with Malone and Stockton, Portland, Cleveland, the Knicks with Ewing, Indiana with Miller and so on
      I'm convinced the only reason Houston snuck in there is because Jordan wanted to try baseball for awhile.
      anyway, the Celtics played great defense and played with heart, while the Lakers frankly looked confused for half the series
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        slate2 months, 1 week ago
        
        LOL yeah Buddy, we in Houston are greatful for MJ spending time playing baseball.
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    newbie04202 months, 1 week ago
    
    "Now all those people who were comparing Kobe to Jordan will finally shut up."
    Let me start of by saying I'm from Chicago, I went to four out of the six Bulls rallies after they won and I'm a huge Bulls and Jordan fan.
    Kobe is a great player and if anyone in the NBA is the next Jordan it's him. He had a bad series and his team didn't do much to help him.
    Jordan had some bad playoff series but he also had Pippen there to make up for it. Whether it was Pippen, Cartwright, Armstrong, Paxson, Kerr or a plethora of other players the Bulls always had someone step up when Jordan was playing bad.
    If you look at the Lakers, the games Odom and Gasol played well, they won.
    Kobe can only do so much, just like Jordan, the differnce in this series was Kobes supporting cast played like garbage.
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      Will13132 months, 1 week ago
      
      Jordan had some bad playoff series but he also had Pippen there to make up for it. Whether it was Pippen, Cartwright, Armstrong, Paxson, Kerr or a plethora of other players the Bulls always had someone step up when Jordan was playing bad.
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      you forget the biggest piece to the success... Dennis Rodman....
      get 15-20 rebounds.. many offensive .. pass the ball.. and played shut down defense especially on Karl Malone....
      must have been very frustrating and embarrassing.. for Malone to get shut down by a guy who had just been in magazines IN A WEDDING DRESS
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      DeadXXXManXXXTalkin2 months, 1 week ago
      
      ''Kobe is a great player and if anyone in the NBA is the next Jordan it's him.''
      people forget Kobe's been in the league for over 10 years
      He's stiil at the top of his game, but his time for being the next anything is about done
      He is what he is: a great defender and scorer. The top player in the game. But does he win those three titles without Shaq, perhaps the most dominant center ever[except for Wilt]?
      It wouldn't surprise me if Kobe never even made it back to the Finals again
      I thought the difference in the series was Boston's defense ate Kobe alive except for the Lakers one win, and also the Lakers had no clue on defense on how to deal with the pick n roll, and had matchup probs with Garnett. Garnett had some rough shooting games, or the series wouldn't have even been as close as it was.
      also somehow the injuries for Boston helped them find a winning combination. when Perkins went down they went small, and came back from 24
      Rondo also tore them up off the dribble
      
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    MajJohn2 months, 1 week ago
    
    Yep, if I couldn't have the Cavs, who's better than Boston? I sort of noticed at work (PT)that a "certain type" rooted for the Lakers, made me want Boston to win all the more. Way to go and best wishes to all Boston fans.
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NoWayMan2 months, 1 week ago

this Laker fan has to say hats off to the celtics. they were simply the better team. great lock-down D when they needed it, great from beyond the arc, great depth on the bench. they had the lakers continually chasing the game.
congrats.
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tanglang2 months, 1 week ago

YEEAAAHHHH! Kobe who? You said it best DMTalkin. Jordan could not live up to the hype of being the next Jordan. (Wizards) So what makes anyone think that someone else can? Good job Boston.
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  DeadXXXManXXXTalkin2 months, 1 week ago
  
  Jordan with the Wizards still did some messed up things like being the only guy to score 50 plus at 38.
  Still he shoulda stayed gone and left that final shot on the Jazz be his swan song. perfect ending.
  was almost funny in a sad way to see him go in for those old swooping twisting drives and layups and having that old beat down body betray him.
  But he still managed to average 20 plus for the Wizards, dead legs or not.
  nice Jordan moment with the Wizards:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQJprZGr5XI
  I don't think he appreciated being blocked
  just a sick play for an old-timer
  THAT'S the kind of heart and pride that wins 6 titles
  Kobe? come on
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CaptainLucid2 months, 1 week ago

I am glad that Boston won not because I like Boston but I hate the Lakers above all. I am a Golden State Warriors fan and I was through the drought, not just last years playoff miracle. The Warriors have to build through good drafting and trading and get good the hard way. The Lakers get good because great players sign for far below their market value to win a championship in hollywood. I am so glad that when Malone and Payton jumped on the bandwagon they left with no title.
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1-2-Oscar2 months, 1 week ago

Championship is spelled T-E-A-M, and the Celtics demonstrated that throughout the series. The three stars were great, but the biggest difference between the Celtics and the Lakers was on the bench, where Posey, Brown, House, Powe, Cassell, and Davis each stepped up when called upon to help the TEAM. And, giving credit where it is due, Doc Rivers simply outcoached the vaunted Phil Jackson.
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enginebin2 months, 1 week ago

You are right Oscar, based on my observations and on watching the series i saw that Celtics are more balanced and they worked as a team compare to Lakers or should I say Kobe's team... he thought he can win by himself and this mentality went wrong he needs his team mates to win that is basketball, and Celtics is a great team they work as a team and play as a team...
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  enginebin2 months, 1 week ago
  
  celtics rule..
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  enginebin2 months, 1 week ago
  
  celtics are amazing with pierce, allen and garnett and pierce deserves the finals MVP...
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  CaptainLucid2 months, 1 week ago
  
  I have my reservations about the coaching. I saw so many times where Boston should have had a fast break and easy basket but their heads were up their ass. Then again I was watching the Warriors under crazy genius Nellie. The Dubs face the Suns who have out run every team in the league. Nellie's game plan, out run the runners, and it worked. I heard one of the announcers after the game discussing the coaching and he said if Nellie was the Lakers coach he would have 5 midgets shooting 3's instead of just watching the starters lose. I think that Boston's success was more due to the Lakers just not doing crap on defense.
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    enginebin2 months, 1 week ago
    
    you said it right, defense is the key to win a game in basketball... i heard from some coaches that a good defense results to a big time offense and celtics show how defense works in a game...
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enginebin2 months, 1 week ago

This win of Celtics over Lakers was a massacre.. they want the championship ring badly and they are more aggressive and they are more focused on the game compare to Lakers, and Kobe put his team on his shoulders in the third quarter not realizing the potential of his team mates especially their reserves, this is one thing Kobe and his team must learn to win and grow as well.
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SAAB76992 months, 1 week ago

Congratulations to the Mighty Celtics and all their fans!!
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slate2 months, 1 week ago

Cool I was for the Celtics, for old times sake.
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mcgrievysr2 months, 1 week ago

The blending of Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce with the rest of the parts is a wondrous thing.
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rushran2 months, 1 week ago

CONGRATS TO BOSTON ON ANOTHER TITLE BUT THE NBA IS SUCH A YAWNER THESE DAYS NO GOOD RIVALARY ANYMORE WHO KNOWS IF THE GAMES ARE FIXED? KOBE IS NO MICHAEL ESP NOW LOSING HIS 2ND FINALS
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tdrapeau2 months, 1 week ago

Its been a long time coming... Go Celtics!
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Ryan2 months, 1 week ago

I hate cheering for a Boston team, but now that they've all won their major championships in the past couple of years at least we can all not feel bad for anyone anymore.
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Baltika62 months, 1 week ago

Congratulations to the Mighty Celtics and all their fans!!
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sadie86862 months, 1 week ago

I'm not a Boston sports fan at all, but big ups to B-town.
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enginebin2 months, 1 week ago

or maybe kobe will want to go to celtics team to learn how to play real basketball...lol
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  CaptainLucid2 months, 1 week ago
  
  If Kobe went to the celtics he would throw a tantrum because Pierce, Allen, and Garnett didn't give him the ball all the time and then he would demand a them or me trade ala Shaq.
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    enginebin2 months, 1 week ago
    
    and celtics will not let kobe to be in their team because of his attitude and his mentality on the game...
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