NBA Playoffs

NBA Playoff Pick ‘Em: Who Won?

So there we have it. We have a final winner of the Playoff Pick ‘Em and the result should not surprise you. I’d say he knows his basketball.
I will say that I am sticking by the rules I established beforehand. In retrospect, I would’ve weighed the amount of games in the Finals and the MVP [...]

GREEN DREAM: CELTICS WIN NBA TITLE

After 22 long years, the NBA Title is coming back to Boston. The Celtics jumped out fast and never looked back Tuesday night, embarrassing the Lakers 131-92 in Game 6 to claim the franchise’s 17th NBA Title.
The vaunted Celtics defense stepped up huge, keeping the Lakers at bay throughout most of the game, holding the [...]

NBA Playoff Pick ‘Em: NBA Finals

It’s now a three-horse race with KC, Geoff, and Pete all tied at 12-2 heading into the NBA Finals. Jeff is one game back at 11-3 so it’s not over yet for him either.
Four of us thought the Pistons would beat the Celtics…and boy were we wrong!
and…we have a traitor. Someone actually picked the Lakers [...]

NBA Playoff Pick ‘Em: Round 3

Pete began the second round 8-0 in his picks, but faltered in picking the Cavaliers and Hornets to advance. In fact, only two people (KC and Mike) went undefeated in Round 2 with 4-0 showings.
As of now, four people are 10-2 overall as we head into the final few picks. You’ll be surprised to see [...]

NBA Playoff Pick ‘Em: Round 2

The staff of Sports of Boston has launched their picks for the second round of the NBA Playoffs. Everyone picked the series rather well, and we still have one staff member with a perfect overall record (Pete at 8-0).
We all survived the Hawks’ scare and move on happy and looking forward.
See the picks for Round [...]

Why The Hawks Will Fly South This Series

KC and Sports of Boston’s Geoff contributed to this piece in reaction to The Blue Workhorse’s take on the Hawks-Celtics series.

Many accuse Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama of being an elitist for his comments about small-town America. As a candidate vying for an office of all the people, it was a careless comment and gave [...]

NBA Playoff Pick ‘Em: Round 1

The staff of Sports of Boston has launched their picks for the upcoming first round in the NBA Playoffs. No one has the Celtics going down in the first round, and why should they?
Series to watch according to our most diversely picked series: Cavs-Wizards, Spurs-Suns
See the picks below (note: we’re picking series winners, not game-by-game)…