Random Thoughts...

...while the countdown continues towards the start of tonight's Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

Let's satisfy the numerologists out there right from the start with these two number-related facts: Today is 6/17, which converts into Game 6 being played on the 17th of June, and a Celtics win tonight would be there - 17th NBA title. June 17 is always the birthday of Grady Rivers, the father of Celtics coach Doc Rivers. Grady passed away last November, and it would be fitting for the Celtics to win the title on the birthday of their head coach (though the same thing was said about Sunday - it would have been nice for the C's to win on Father's Day for their coach).

If the Lakers win this evening, would we looking at possible payback from the Sports Gods for the Red Sox coming back from a 3-0 deficit in the 2004 ALCS (which has never been accomplished in any sport) and a 3-1 deficit in the 2007 ALCS? The Lakers are attempting to come back from a 3-1 series deficit which has never occured in NBA finals history.

This would be payback in the same way that the Patriots got in failing to win Super Bowl 42. A team led by an offense that put up the best season in NFL history, with a good, bend-but-don't break defense taking on an opponent that no one thought had a chance to win. An underdog opponent, who by the way played the favorites tough in an earlier matchup during the regular season. That scenario sure sounds a lot like how people were looking at the Rams-Patriots Super Bowl 36 matchup.

In surfing the web the past couple of days, and watching the end of the Game 5 broadcast, it's very strange seeing no one giving LA a shot to win this evening. It could happen, as this very well could be the game that Kobe plays like the 2008 MVP and the Lakers steal a game at the Garden to tie the series.

If the Lakers win tonight, they will win the series.

I'm moving the usual YouTube Tuesday post from Tuesday to Wednesday this week to see if the theme of this week's YouTube posting will be Title 17 for Boston or something different.

If Boston wins tonight, expect to see more of these type of videos on Wednesday.



If not, expect to see more of these type of videos, which will sum up the feeling of Boston Celtics fans heading into a Game 7.


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