I know I started talking about it a week ago, but who didn't?
But a funny thing happened on the way to that matchup. The semifinal opponents didn't play along.
With the Magic slicing their 3-0 lead to 3-2, the Celtics were one home loss and one in Orlando from the NBA gag job of the new century.
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Not that their fans ever stopped believing but there was concern as the Bruins had just blown a 3-0 lead over the Flyers for the NHL gag job of the century, starting with a Game 4 overtime loss to the Flyers … like the Celtics' Game 4 overtime loss to the Magic.
OK, it was all-panic-all-the-time on the airwaves, but that's what airwaves are for, to issue alerts in case the sky actually falls.
Happily for New England, the league, the networks, et al., the Celtics polished off the Magic in Game 6, so it's back on!
Well, it will be on if the Lakers win one of the next two against the Suns to avoid the NBA gag job of the new century.
Of course, without a little miracle in Game 5, the Lakers, who led the Suns 2-0, might have come back here trailing 3-2.... read more
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