We Lose, But We Win

Wow, what a crazy Easter afternoon game between the Celtics and Cavs yesterday in Boston. May I just say that I hate when the Cavs play in Boston because all the Celtics up their trash talking and pretend like they're not withering away right in front of everyone. And even though we lost (117-113), this game was fun to watch at parts, very fun.

The Cavs trailed by 15 points at halftime yesterday and eventually fell behind by as many as 22 points before snapping out of it....literally. Mike Brown and Mo Williams snapped over a no-call from the ref where Mo was clearly being grabbed and held back by his arm by Tony Allen, resulting in a wide open Rajon Rondo layup. Because of the reaction from Williams and Coach Brown over how ridiculous the no-call was, Mo wound up with a technical foul and Coach Brown got ejected. The officiating was so poor throughout the whole game, mainly in Boston's favor, but just in general I thought that most of the calls yesterday on either team were horrible. This is something Mike Brown obviously brought up in his post game interview.

But after the departure of Brown, the Cavs turned up their intensity and actually came back to take the lead late in the 4th quarter behind a sickening effort from LeBron James (42 points). The Celtics ultimately won, but blowing a 22 point lead can't make them feel good about themselves even if they did win, because remember, we didn't even have Varejao playing let alone Shaq-Diesel.

Kevin Garnett was talking trash to LBJ the entire 4th quarter, and you could see that LeBron was not pleased. This resulted in LeBron saying after the game, "We don't like them and they don't like us." Scary words for Boston fans, because if we do meet in the playoffs, which it seems LeBron is hoping we do, he will be doing everything in his power to make sure Boston doesn't advance. "We all know the playoffs are where it's at," said LeBron. It could get ugly...



But even though we lost yesterday, so did the LA Lakers, which means now that no matter how you roll the dice, the Cavs will end the season with the best record in the NBA and will have homecourt advanatage throughout the entire postseason. So we could lose our last 5 games and roll into the playoffs on a 6 game losing streak, and we will STILL have the best record and homecourt advantage. And with Boston desperately needing wins in the final stretch before the playoffs, wanting to prove themselves against the elite teams in the league, barely winning after blowing a huge lead can't make them feel too good.

Score: Cleveland 1, Boston 0.