So much for those 10 early 3's when Chris Paul decides to start playing. Considering they were down 9 at the half, and won by 20, it's safe to say that Paul and West smashed them in the 3rd & 4th.

Tomorrow should be good, with a doubleheader on ABC with the wacky Hawks-Celtdicks Game 7 and Jazz-Lakers. As much as I love Jerry Sloan and despise the Lakers, the Jazz make the Spurs look like Magic's Showtime. But if they were to win, I won't shed too many tears.

Jason, when's the last time you saw the Jazz? They are pretty fun to watch these days, though. It should be a relatively open series, but I wouldn't put it past Sloan to use some kind of slow-down strategy to thwart LA's high-tempo attack.

Great to see the NO-SA result. But how in the hell did NO whip Tim Duncan so badly? 5 points!?

Team D in the paint. Double-triple teams, hence all of the open 3s they were getting early.

I saw the Hornets-Jazz game the last time I was down there. They were boring as 'ell. Also, the Rockets-Jazz series.

The question I should have asked above was "Soccer Scrimmage, when was the last time *you* saw the Jazz?" I just looked up their "pace" statistics and they were dead last amongst playoff teams this year at around 87, which is way down from what they were last year and the year before.

So I guess Sloan has started to slow it down again. My bad.

Kotdam do I hate these Bhastan Ghaden bastids.

They're the Eagles fans of the NBA (of course, they won a few more titles, although none in 20+ years.) There's the same sense of entitlement, sense of arrogance, sense of "of course we're winning this game 7" whilst ignoring the fact that they're playing a game 7 against a team that was 7 (SEVEN) games under (UNDER) .500.

All this game does is make me so happy when the Nets stuffed them. It was inconceivable that they would lose to New Jersey, and once they did they crawled off into the cracks of the foundation like the mutated housecentipede-cockroach hybrids that Boston fans are. For that I'll be eternally grateful to Jason Kidd, K-Mart, and Byron Scott.

I may even have to cheer for LeBron the next round, and I can't decide if that jerkoff is sticking in my craw or getting on my tits.

Some pictures of Boston Garden fans in the upper and lower deck:

And win game 7 they did.

Ohhh, sense of entitlement allegations from the NYC area must always be taken seriously.

Yes, a magnificent accomplishment. Acting like they won a championship after beating a sub-.500 team in a Game 7. Red would be proud.

A bit of a scare from Utah, but the Jazz went cold, Boozer fouled out, and the Lakers are 11 wins away from the title.

There's no comparison between Knicks fans and Celtics fans. None in the world. There's not even a comparison between Yankees fans and Celtics fans. Like I said, only Eagles fans - in the way they become incredulous that they could lose, even though they suck, can compare.

These Celtics fans cheer this team like they were great for decades, not that they got lucky with a trade that saved an organization that has been horrible forever.

I think Notre Dame fans also might work, jv. I remember one time this psycho Irish supporter friend of mine was complaining after ND had lost a tight game to someone good. I said something like, hey, it happens, and he replied angrily, "You don't understand. We are Notre Dame. We are never supposed to lose".

Of course, it had been 10 years since their last title, so I am not sure what "never" meant in that context.

Aw man, if only wingco knew the dynamics of Notre Dame or Celtics fans, he could do his game reports for American sports.

The Lakers will reportedly be giving out gold T-shirts for Wednesday's game, when Kobe is supposed to get the MVP award. Apparently one of the phrasings being considered is "Kobe is My MVP".

I see New Orleans went with the free T-shirt route to get everyone dressed in the same color. I think it had a big role in the Warriors' run last season. I'm sure there are earlier examples, but the first time I can think of something like that was in 2000, when the Lakers handed out gold "I Love LA" T-shirts to the fans before Game 7 of the Western Conference Championship against the Blazers. The team's back was really against the wall, and until the 4th quarter, it looked like the season was over. I still believe the T-shirts did it.

Washington and Cleveland also gave out shirts. For a long time teams have encouraged their fans to dress in a certain color during the playoffs, but I don't remember giving away free shirts being so prevalent.

Cleveland, yep.

I remember the fans in Miami being in white every game when they won the title. I guess they gave out shirts, though I also think it's possible that everyone in Miami wears white guyaberas every day.

It was Tim Duncan's turn in Game 1, and now it's Ginobli's turn to stink up the joint in game 2. Man, he sucks tonight. It's like every pass is a turnover and subsequent foul.

Goodnight Spurs. 2-0 to the Ho-Nets.

We'll see if CP3 can keep it movin...way down in San Ann Tone.