14 more wins until title number 18 hangs from the rafters. The Celtics have won 2 games in the playoffs this year.
To win a NBA championship, a team must win 4 best-of-seven series in the playoffs. That is only 16 games total. So, a team can go 16-12 and be the champions. It really sounds much easier than it is. I know this because only one out of sixteen playoff teams ever get that 16th win.
A team could go 15-4 and not be the champs. It's that 16th win that gets it. When you start examining the details and saying they will probably have to beat a team with LeBron James AND a team with Kobe Bryant without having the benefit of the homecourt advantage and without their best player, getting there it seems impossible. But it's not.
Sunday they play the Chicago Bulls and they can win that game. That is all they can do Sunday and if they do, the number will be down to 13.
I've truly grown to hate the number 16. It's also the number required to win the Stanley Cup. In 2001, Ray Bourque, who left Boston to play for Colorado (and buy himself a Stanley Cup), walked around with a hat that said 16W, which meant 16 Wins. What pissed me off was that this was also the exit number for the Meadowlands, where the Devils played at the time, which was also the team Colorado beat to win the Cup.
ReplyDeleteSo, the number 16 reminds me of fucking Ray Bourque. Well, not having sex with Bourque, just an adjective to describe how much I hate that French Canadian motherfucker.
Your security word was "blesses," which is kind of funny in light of my horrible slur against Ray Bourque (and his mother).
ReplyDeleteI always liked Bourque but I don't understand that whole phenomenon where guys go to other teams to win the championship to complete their career. Isn't the satisfaction of winning supposed to come from the work the whole team did together to get there? I was glad the Red Sox won in 2004 but not nearly as glad as I would have been if they had Nomar at short instead of Cabrera. Of course... they probably wouldn't have won it that way, but whatever.
ReplyDeleteHockey and baseball are pretty different than other sports though because a team can go really far based on one hot goalie or one hot starting pitcher. I don't mean hot in a sexual way either...
ReplyDeleteUnless of course you're talking about Ron Darling or Martin Brodeur. Grrrrr, baby!
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