It wasn’t easy, but the Celtics are now 4 wins away from the Finals. Hail to the Truth (41 pts, 4-6 3FG) who single-handedly lead the Celtics to victory over Cleveland…97-92. Props to PJ Brown for two huge buckets in the final 3 minutes. As the playoffs approached, we were constantly reminded about LeBron’s epic performance against the Pistons in last year’s Eastern Conference Finals and warned about his ability to take over games and/or a series. I guess the big difference between last year’s Pistons and this year’s Celtics is Paul Freakin’ Pierce. Nice try LeBron….maybe next year you can live up to the hype.
”The ghost of Red just looking over us,” Pierce said when asked about his free throw with 8 seconds left. ”I think he kind of tapped it in the right direction. It sort of put a smile on my face.”
”Today it was basically get the ball to Paul Pierce and get the hell out of the way,” Kevin Garnett said.
Here are some great pics from the game:
Lead the whole game, got the win-nuff said…OH YEAH, na na na nah, na na na nah, hey hey hey, FUCK YOU CAVS IN 6! And don’t start talking about Detroit, your team is GONE, and your opinions are wrong anyway.
Great game Paul!
awesome fucking game!! i love that lineup of house, pierce, ray, KG and PJ… pj played fucking great for us tonight. pierce was a fucking star and everyone else did what they needed to do! LETS GO CELTS!!!
I’d like to ask…where is SacKing??
Great game guys…finally a watchable contest…LeBron had a great game as I figured he would, but he made two critical errors down the stretch…Nice to see a “real” Celtic win it in the “Garden”, not one of the hired guns…
And by the way Chuck… nice of you to use my previous Few Good Men allusion as a tease …Do I get paid by the idea or the word?
Now the Detroit series should go 7, but…I honestly love your match-ups…except at point if Billups is healthy…
Good luck
Your friendly neighborhood Lakerman
Detroit in 6. They dont take bitches like you easy. Rasheed aint afraid of you “cats”
you bitches have had the easiest route to the Confrence Finals and it took you 14 games to get here. WOW im stunned. How does it take 7 games to beat atlanta? and then how does it take 7 games to beat lebron and role players? Seriously, cavs deserved this game, but the refs were on your side on this one. Like i said, detroit in 6 bitches
LeBron took his crappy team to a 7th game against a 66-win team. He scored 45 points and led his team in assists in the 7th game. How is that not living up to the hype?
Paul Pierce was amazing today, and Boston certainly deserved to win the game and the series.
Good luck in the next round. I want to see Garnett get a championship, and a Celtics/Lakers finals would be great for the league. Please beat Detroit.
He had 6 assists and 45 points
That’s why they lost.
6 assists from your key ball handler and only two players scoring in double figures for your team means he was a ballhog, and didnt’ live up to the hype.
And if the guy who lead your team in assists only had 6, your team isn’t a “team”. It’s one overrated superstar, and a bunch of over the hill castaways from other teams who couldn’t get it done.
Watching lebron lose is almost sweeter than wtching the celtics advance. almost.
I have to agree with Brian on that…the whole “live up to the hype” thing seems misguided…he made Pierce look silly twice down the stretch and I noted he made two mistakes in the waning moments…not boxing out Pierce on the jump ball and down by 5 he hald-heartedly drove the lane, ultimately missing a FT…other than that…WOW…he was better than advertised…Game 7 v. the 1 seed and he gave them a mouthful o’ knuckles…your just lucky you had someone finally step up…
Still…I think (as much as C-Haters won’t like it) they are going to beat Detroit in 6.
On to the Laker-Celtic finals…I can’t wait to hear that “BEAT LA” chant again…its been a long time…
Yours Truly
Kurt Rambis
Way off Danno…I don’t like LeBron either, but his performance was necessary for them to compete…he only had 6 assist, but did you watch the game? He passed to his 2 Eastern Block counterparts several times only to hear the clang of iron as a result…if his teammates would have delivered, he would have had 12 a’s or more…and he really only started shooting it at will in the 3rd period…down by 10 its superstar time…he did what he needed to to drive the C’s to the wire…I think you know that, but just don’t like the guy…and as Celtic, this winning thing is new to you…
Hey KOBEISKING, are YOU FUKIN STUPID??? You blind MF the refs called the game againstg the Celtics but the celtics still pulled it off!!! You blind ass mf were you watching the same game?? The pistons lost to the 76ers are you kidding me????
2 things I love in this world drinking before noon and watching the Celtic’s win. today I got both what agreat day, Celtic’s in 6 agianst mo town. O by thwe way what can Brown do for you? great game P.J. , paul put on a Celtic legdairy game. Det cannot match up with us, where is SacKing now ????????????????? 10 to 1 crying like the punk he is Go C’s. Save water drink beer!!!!!!!!!!!
great win by the c’s! worth waking up at 3:30 in the morning to hear sean and cedric call the game. kudos to eddie and pj for great effort off the bench. fantastic game by pp and solid play by kg.
bring on the stones.
I’d just like to take a second to quote one of my recent posts:
“If ANY (not all, any) of the following things happen the Celtics become unstoppable:
-Pierce takes over a game offensively.”
Great close game today, so glad we pulled through. Pierce and His Majesty put on a show.
Pierce 41 points eligible for 64 (17 2PTs, 6 3PTs, 12 FTs)
LeBron 45 points eligible for 98 (18 2PTs, 11 3PTs, 19 FTs)
But best stat line from the game for Cs fans? Wally’s:
15 min, 0-3, 0-2, 0-0, 1 reb, 2 tos, 4 pfs.
Loved telling him to sit down at the end of the game.
Faizan and Jesteroo, i am right here. i am not going anywhere. on the other hand, i wouldn’t expect to see either of you or the rest of the celts fans in here if the celts had lost. i would have been the only soul on this web site posting anything. anyways, i am very proud of the cavs. like kobeisking and brian noted, it took the celts 7 games to eliminate the cavs. the cavs were only down 1 point in the closing minutes. i am very satisfied with the way they finished the season. they didn’t allow the celts to humiliate them and they didnt let the hostile environment intimidate them. the cavs will only get better in the future, Lebron will have one more year under his belt. the cavs will be eliminating the celts from the playoffs for many years to come. enjoy this victory, because you won’t have many in the future.
House was great. Long live Ainge!!!!!!
Earth to SacKing: LeBron is not going to play in Cleveland his whole career. You have two seasons of His Majesty left.
His third to last season as a Cav just ended.
You really don’t know when to quit, huh SucKing? Knowing your 100% accuracy in predicting the future, I’m so looking forward to your cavs eliminating celts in the playoffs for years to come.
Go on now and have fun re-watching games 3, 4 and 6 over and over and over and over and over and over….
yea, i know you are praying to your leprechaun that Lebron leaves because if he doesn’t, you know that the cavs will eliminate your celts every single year that they make it to the playoffs for the next decade or longer. now go pray to your leprechaun that your celts are able to beat the pistons. now they will be playing a very solid and experienced team, so the celts will need anything you can give them.
SacKing – Cavs in 8.
You know what really sucks SacKing? When your superstar drops 45 on the road in a Game 7, and that’s the exact reason your team loses.
His selfish, untrusting play today sealed his fate. He will go down as the A-Rod/Marino of the NBA. The guy with the biggest stat line in the history of his sport never to win a championship, because he thinks of himself first, and his team second, and couldn’t deliver in the playoffs.
Not to mention, just like A-Rod and Marino – he’s a fucking crybaby who can’t play physical with real competition, and whines like the bullies stole his lunch money when he gets fouled. Biggest pussy in professional sports. I’m surprised his mommy didn’t jump out onto the court and try to protect him from the bigger kids picking on him again.
the guy with the biggest stat line in the history of his sport never to win a championship? did he announce his retirement and i dont know about it? Danno, he has a whole career ahead of him still. he will have many more opportunities to contend for a championship.
c’mon SacKing give us your unerring prediction for the ECF series. it’s alright, you can always change that prediction, as you have, after every game. promise.
Fuck Bron! Everyone in the national media wanted Cleveland to win this one because everyone’s too busy sucking LeBron’s dick to give the Celts any respect. Well fuck him and fuck the Cavs. They’re at home just like the Hawks. Billups and Sheed are next.
Paul Pierce is the motherfucking TRUTH.
Ok listen give credit where credit is due, Lebron played a great game and gave us a run for our money on the road in a hostile environment, I dont question LBJ being one of the best players in the league and I’m sure he will wind up with a few championships when he’s done.
If anyone caught his post game remarks he was as classy as could be and gave credit and respect to the Cs so don’t hate, but that being said, Pierce was the best player on the court tonight and that was the difference in the game, everyone was talking about playoffs series always coming down to who has the best player, and I think its safe to say he was playing for the celtics, and we’re movin ON… GO CELTICS!!!!!
doesn’t matter who wins piston or celtics cause lakers got this thing in lock soory sacking i like lebron but this is one of many reason why Lebron is no KOBE “MVP” BRYANT
ive never seen a grown ass man whine as much as QUEEN JAMES.. what a bitch. granted hes a great player but someone needs to tell him hes not a ref as well. let the refs do their jobs and make the calls.. hey sacking you suck. i hope youre gonna watch the game tuesday night. lebron will be watching it in a brooklyn net hat counting down the days til he goes to new york hahahahahhah… LETS GO CELTS!!
I made a mistake above, LeBron was eligible for “only” 88 points this afternoon. So
Pierce 41/64 = .641
LeBron 45/88 = .511
Rest of Cs 56/116 = .483
Rest of Cavs 47/ 103 = .456
So Pierce was better, and got more help.
In his two game “game 7″ career James is now at 72/148 = .486, so his performance today was better.
(Last time around he had 27 pts against Detroit in 2005-06 playoffs.)
droopy: hey sacking you suck.
thats very constructive droopy. by the way, what’s he going to go do at new york? that franchise is a disaster. hey droopy, how come i never saw you posting anything after those 3 losses? where were you? your like all other fans that just show up when your team wins, but when they lose, then you disappear into thin air.
No disrespect to SacKing…actually it’s been fun having you around dude. It’s fun to trash talk.
you havent met many celtic fans like me you clown. dont talk shit to me about my loyalty. a loss ruins my night/morning i dont watch espn or blog most of the time because im pissed about it.. have a nice summer watching sabathias fat ass
well, at least someone doesn’t dislike my presence here. i admit it’s fun Faizan, i concur on that. but obviously droopy is taking this very seriously. now he called me a clown and a fat ass. i am so eager to see what he calls me next. what do you predict droopy will call me next time Faizan?
I hope the next series is not called like this one. After games 6 and 7 my stomach can’t take much more. Lebron is a great player. He does not need to be allowed to travel constantly to the basket, not get called on reach ins on Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, or get 2 shots almost every time he misses. Great win by the C’s. The Cavs combined with the refs is a pretty tough opponent. Great game by Paul too. Reminded me of the duel with Lebron from a couple years ago. Good guys win this time though.
The Celtics suck! can’t even win a game on the road! this team is full of hype. sure they won 66 games during the regular season, but that means nothing here in the playoffs. the lowly, 8th seeded hawks forced a 7th game on your asses! goes to show how mediocre this team is. The celtics are full of choke artists. Pistons will win the east, no doubt about it.
Hey Jason… welcome to the party. Have you noticed we’re in the conference finals?
the celtics haven’t even proven shit here in the playoffs. the only reason this mediocre team reached the eastern conference finals is because of homecourt advantage. take that away and this team probably wouldn’t have even reached the 2nd round. and that’s the TRUTH. yup, like you celtic fans said, the TRUTH hurts. sorry celtic fans. your team doesn’t deserve any credit or respect. your team talks and walks like they’re the best when they haven’t even proven anything in the playoffs yet. truth hurts, ain’t it?? Celtics suck!
Where do you gain playoff experience faster in blowouts or be tested fully even humbled. The Celtics will take nothing for granted the Pistons its just not there year. Goodguys 102-98 Celtics in 7 with both teams winning on the road.
yo redsarmy, don’t you boast about your celtics team when you know deep down your team still ain’t shit in the playoffs.
Jason I don’t know if you checked but we are in the CONFERENCE FINALS. I know we can’t we on the road but we don’t NEED to. Thats why its called HOME ADVANTAGE, idiot. It was a close one last night but did we not still win? Should you go check again?? And I absolutely love when people are still talking about the Hawks series when we are 4 wins away from the FINALS. You MUST be a Cavs fan you cry and bitch as much as Lebron. I will say it again, if we aren’t shit in the playoffs, the how did we come this far?
Get your head out of your ass.
Oh boy… here we go.
Jason… stop eating paste and listen up.
How do you get home court advantage? By being better than everyone else.
How do you win a championship? By winning series.
You can say what you want about “take home court away”… but you can’t take it away. Just like you can’t take Tim Duncan off the Spurs… and you can’t give LeBron a higher shooting percentage.
But hey… thanks for playing though. Welcome to the best Celtics blog on the web. I mean… it has to be if other teams fans come here more than any other place to talk shit.
I should change the tag line: RedsArmy.com: “Home of other teams’ douchebag fans”
I love how SacKing tries to get all reverse-psychology on people who shit on him.
“that wasn’t very constructive…”
SacLess – are you fucking kidding me? You’re here to be constructive about what, exactly? What’s constructive about making dumb predictions that never come true? Is it constructive for you to be pointing out how Lebron might do something great other than Powerade commercials 6 years from now?
The guy has been in the league for 5 years. All he has done is bloat his stat line, alienate everyone on his team, talk about “Me, My Mine” to the press, and convince the idiot talking heads on ESPN that he’s the next Jordan. Which f course, he’s not. He couldn’t carry Michael’s jockstrap. That’s Cuba Gooding jr.’s job.
You’re a troll, SacKing. You feign politeness when someone ranks on you, because you think people care what you have to say.
We Don’t.
We’re laughing in our Cheerios this morning about how much of an inaccurate shit-talker you are. Every prediction you made was wrong.
Now please, toddle off to “Gone Fishing” land with the Hawks, Magic, Sixers, etc. Hurry along now.
Woooh!!! I’ve MIA the past few days but I’m back! Bring it on Detroit!
Hey “king of sacks” not even Lebron’s Mom could help you out on this one!
IT’s over!
[...] In the end, Pierce and the C’s were a little bit too much for LeBron James and the scrubs. The final was 97-92, Celtics. [...]
well, it seems like i am being replaced around here anyways Danno. Jason has a major problem with your celts. i am constructive in the sense that i was predicting victories when everyone was saying that the celts were going to finish off the cavs. remember when the series was 2-0, it was common belief in this web site that the celts were going to win at least one game at cleveland. all of you were proven wrong, suddenly it was 2-2. then the celts win at home and it’s 3-2. i come back and the common belief is that the celts will FINALLY win at cleveland and close the series. you guys were proven wrong yet again, the cavs tie the series 3-3. and about Lebron’s future, even some people agree with me on here that Lebron will win some championships before he retires. thus, my predictions are wrong, but most of you also predicted a shorter series and underestimated the cavs.
memo to sacking…if the Nets move to Brooklyn, your boy is gone. plus Jay-Z has more pull than all of Cleveland so you might want to check with him. we know moms place in the hierarchy of his kingdom. once bron gets more acting lessons (like a movie role instead of a bunch of commercials), he will be unstoppable with the refs in his back pocket. my 2 favorite bron moments were the “my shoulder been dislocated” grimace and him beefing at the baseline ref after PJ defensed his last drive to the left perfectly. yours?
Celtified I think Lebrons acting skills are pretty good. I mean haven’t you seen him act like a baby everytime he gets fouled.. or even better the “Check for Blood act” everytime a guy even looks at him
My personal favorite is when Ray Allen fouled Lebron, and Lebron was so affected he had to check for blood. Yeah, that shuttlesworth guy, he’s a bad motherf*cker Bron, he puts that 180lbs on you it could be lights out. Lebron is starting to make Ginobli look like a tough guy.
at least 3 times in that series lebron was on the ground in so much pain that i thought he needed a stretcher but miraculously he was up and shooting free throws fine 10 seconds later… one time after a late flagarant call on posey… hes a bonified bitch player. i couldnt have been happier to watch pierce go toe to toe with him yesterday… and SACTARD i didnt call you a fat ass i said the ace of your baseball team is a fat ass
SacKing what did you expect us to do? last time I checked this was a celtics support site. so what did expect us to do, be pessimistic about our team even if he had come off a 7-game series with the hawks? be pessisistic with our team going to the Q knowing we still have to prove ourselves on the road? but you? all you did was disrespect the celts by rambling on and making all those foolish predictions which NONE OF THEM ever happened. bottom line is we won and move on.
i think it’s time for your to do the same.
Wow…SacKing taking it hard…I give you credit for showing up on the site, man…Hold your head up man, if not for PJ’s timely jumper your celebrating right now…
One thing though…I have to agree with the C-fans on LeBron’s longevity in Cleveland…enjoy him while he’ss there…by 2010 he won’t be…Great season.
William you must be a monumental dork. Every blogism is more miopic and pointless than the last…Go make love to your blow up doll.
Go Lakers
yea, it’s rough and tough in here now inferno. Rush is pretty much telling me to move on. but thanks inferno, i am for real. i wouldn’t just disappear into thin air after my team lost. i am not that type of fan. i am a true fan. i dont know what led these people to believe i was going to disappear. but i will put some thought into all of this. since they are begging me to leave, i will consider it. i will put some more thought into it before making a decision.
in response to Rush’s request: rough, dude, rough. tough, dude, tough.
SacKing i wasn’t asking you to disappear. just to move on. the series is over. no point in continuing “yeah well my team is” argument. it was a great series. and an epic 7 to end it all.
G4L–yeah that “check for blood” act was pretty funny…tapped on the hip, check for blood; falls on his ass, check for blood; foul Pierce on the perimeter, check for blood. the guy’s got so much talent but i definitely lost some respect for him. he’s like some fugly ogre pulling pubic hair out his teeth sometimes…
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