Why Celts-Cavs Game 5 Was Most Interesting Playoff Game So Far
- Wednesday, May 12, 2010 8:19 AM
- Written By: Harry Parmenter
Here are the Top Ten Reasons Why Cavs-Celts Game 5 Was The Most Interesting Game Of NBA Playoffs To Date:
10) Glenn "Doc" Rivers is outcoaching Mike Brown into unemployment. Forget about what's happening between the lines. Let's look at the SIDELINES. Doc has Nate Robinson, Marquis Daniels and Rasheed Wallace doing the ML Carr thing by rooting teammates while Cleveland's bench do a fine impression of Rodin's The Thinker (i.e. a statue for you artistically challenged folk).
9) Shaq: DONE. Please retire. We all know you're a good guy, a big kid with multiple rings but age conquers all: You're finished. Diesel is permanently overpriced.
8) Kendrick Perkins and Glen Davis are two of of the most underrated players in the league. Always giving 100 percent, always hitting the boards and the floor for loose balls; these are the kind of players coaches love.
7) KG Lives. Despite injuries Garnett has segued to a finesse game when his cumulative physical injuries have restricted him. Now if he'd just shut up and cease the trash talking, because the more of that he does v. Dwight Howard in the ECF the more he will suffer and increase Orlando's chances of returning to the Finals.
6) Sheed: Still A Stiff.
5) Speaking of stiffs, Senor M. Williams is a playoff bust. He stunk it up last year and has kept that streak alive by failing to show up in May for the second year running. If and when LBJ jumps ship, this loser takes the fall.
4) Did I mention Shaq is done? A shadow of his former great self? A guy who needs to retire immediately? Do the words Willie Mays sound a chord?
3) Rajon Rondo has the best headband in the NBA. He wears it so well. He does whatever it takes to win. His trey toward the end of the third quarter iced the game. But what captivates me about this cat is his fluidity for the game, his ease at making it happen, reminiscent of Earvin Johnson. Not that they're on the same plane but this guy redefines Natural.
2). Tattoos. Cleveland has too many. That means the Cavs will lose.
1) Paul Pierce and Ray Fricking Allen. Man, we are talking about two of the top ten players in the league. Man Ray with his ultra-quick release (how 'bout that three toward the end of the first half with Anthony Parker's hand in his face?!) and Pierce, who has struggled but will have NBA Finals MVP carved on his tombstone.
1A) Sorry to end on a negative note but LBJ exits The Mistake by The Lake; Mike Brown is fired; Cleveland implodes and misses the playoffs next year unless ... unless ... Cleveland woos Chris Bosh and Larry Next Town Brown to its fine city. Oh jeez, I am officially talking outta my ass ... over and out.
