Boston adds to the legend

June 18, 2008

Last season the Boston Celtics went 24-58 and sat at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Their record was the second worst in the NBA. Fast forward to June 2008 and they are NBA Champions for the 17th time in franchise history. Boston after being the best team in the regular season with a 66-16 record in this years NBA have gone on to complete a historic turnaround.

In game 6 of the NBA finals Boston has creamed their opponents from Los Angeles. The final score was 131-92 to give the Celtics a 4-2 series win. Such was the dominance of Boston in this match they were able to start celebrating with more than four minutes left in the match.

After a fairly tight first quarter where Boston lead by four at 24-20 it was in the second quarter that they setup their victory. Boston outscored the Lakers 34-15. Unlike Boston’s huge comeback in game 4 over in Los Angeles there was no inkling of a comeback by the Lakers. The Celtics just kept on powering away from the Lakers and outscored them in every quarter.

Kobe Bryant could only manage 22 points in this match. Once again he was held in check and no-one else was able to step up. For Boston it was Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen who top scored for Boston with 26. Hometown hero and finals MVP, Paul Pierce knocked in 17. Rajon Rondo also put in a good display with 21 points, well above his finals average of 9.8.

The fairytale went exactly to plan for the Celtics who lost once away so that they could complete the title win on their home court.

Well done Boston, NBA Champions for 2008.

Written by rob · Filed Under basketball 

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