The news that KG will likely miss the playoffs practically ensures a seemingly inevitable title showdown between Lebron James and Kobe Bryant. While this saddens me as a Celtics fan that still had moderate to slim hopes of a repeat, it should be a great thing for the NBA and an exciting series to watch. The highly-touted Lakers versus Celtics match-up last year proved to be a bit of a letdown ratings-wise, but Lebron v Kobe should be able to get ratings on par with the Jordan era Bulls. If not, then the NBA’s funk might be even worse than thought.

People like to talk smack about the BCS and say how the NCAA Final Four Tournament is SOOOOO much better, but the past few years have SUCKED in college basketball’s tourney. I hope it’s just a dry spell but I’ve been bored out of my mind watching this year’s tourney games and it was the same last year, as well. The only time it’s really any fun at all is during the first two days when there are multiple games on throughout the day, which makes it easy to find exciting games to watch admidst the many stinkers. But when you get deeper into the tourney and there are less options, you get stuck having to watch boring ass blowouts between completely unmatched teams (i.e. – UNC vs Nova and now UNC vs MSU). Here’s hoping for better luck with the Frozen Four this Thursday and Saturday…

Please head over to NBA.com and vote now for the Miami Heat Dancers! They’re already the reigning three time champions and are more than deserving of an ever-impressive fourpeat! They not only deserve this because they’re wicked hot but my ridiculously sexy and unbelievably beautiful friend Ashley Marie Flores (she’s the sexy number in the middle in the thumbnail to the right!) is on the team and she alone makes them worth voting for. So, take a break from reading this bog and go VOTE!.

I’m not sure why exactly, but I’ve been thinking a lot about the NBA lately. I just started thinking about just how many great players are in the league right now. No disrespect towards Jordan, Magic, Bird, Isiah, Moses, the Mailman or Olajuwan or any of the legends from my youth, but we might be watching the greatest collection of NBA talent right now in the game’s history.

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Words can’t express how excited I am after watching the Celtics come back from 24 down to beat the Lakers tonight to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. We’re just one win away from my first professional championship in 22 years! I’m still in shock over us coming back and winning this game. I know it’ll suck for people looking for a good series, but I hope we can just go out and win this thing on Father’s day.

Even though Kobe was being his MVP self and Sasha played out of his mind, Game 3 was ours for the taking and we missed out on a great chance to take complete control over this series thanks to some horrible shooting and sloppy play from guys like Paul Pierce. He made some of the laziest passes that ended up being turnovers and was just throwing up bricks left and right while not taking it hard to the hoop. And what’s up with them not fouling when they still had a chance to win or not having a good play call to set up for a three after the time out? Doc Rivers is just retarded some times.

A lot of the credit goes to the Lakers’ D, but guys like Pierce and Garnett just needed to be more aggressive instead of settling for bricks from long range. The reason I thought this was ours for the taking was that despite Kobe’s and Sasha’s efforts, the rest of the team didn’t really do that well. You’re not going to get many games where Odom, Gasol and Fisher all play that poorly on the offensive end in LA. Not to mention the fact that Lakers tried to give it away by making only 61% of their foul shots. I still think we might be able to take at least one of the next two games, but if we don’t then this game will likely be looked at as one that we let slip away.

I don’t even know what to say after that game. The C’s just dominated the 3rd and the beginning of the 4th up until Kobe & The Kobbette’s started nailing three’s like they were going outta style. The weird thing is that even though the lead was cut down to 2 from 24, I never really felt like we were gonna lose this one. Luckily, my feelings held true and they held them off and are now up in the series 2-0. We can easily lose the next three in LA, so the series isn’t a lock yet. I am definitely happier being up 2-0 than I would if we were down 2-0, though. Go Celtics!

We’re just three wins away from an NBA Championship! I know Game 1 doesn’t a series make, but it’s much more important that we win these first two games in Boston than for the Lakers to win even just one so this game was extremely important to me. It was also an amazing game to watch as the series is looking like it could live up to all the Lakers vs. Celtics hype. Game 2 on Sunday will be huge, but I’ll worry about that when the time comes and just try to be excited about this win for the next couple of days. With the Flyers making it deep into the Stanley Cup Playoffs and now with the Celtics in the NBA Finals, this has been one of my best years of a sports fan for quite a long time. Someone needs to tell the Orioles that they ought to be winning more for me! Seriously, did they not get the memo??

Yessssss!!!!!!!! The Celtics are back in the NBA Finals after a 21 year drought and they’ll be in a dream match-up with the league’s MVP Kobe Bryant and his magnificent Los Angeles Lakers. I’m so fucking excited that my heart is just racing like crazy and I can’t help but grin from ear to ear.

To close out Detroit in Auburn Hills tonight in Game 6 was thrilling and I’m so proud of my boys for coming through with their 2nd road win this series. The best part is that it seems we’re getting big games from different people every night. Pierce and Allen came through tonight and so did did role players like James Posey who had a brilliant 4th quarter defensively. The three straight missed free throws definitely made my heart miss a few beats, but the bottom line is that they scored enough points and made enough shots to win.

I’m scared shitless of the Finals match-up with the Lakers and thoroughly believe we’re the underdogs, but, hell, that’s why they play the games. All it takes is another four more wins. It should be an amazing series and I would be beyond thrilled if the boys in green can pull this one out. Go Celtics!!!

I wish my Boston Celtics could’ve just held on to that 15 point lead or even increased it, but the bottom line is that they withheld the Pistons’ mighty 4th quarter charge and came out victorious in Game 5 tonight. It was a must-win game because there’s no way they could’ve rebounded from blowing this one to win Game 6 in Detroit and then Game 7 back in Boston. Now we’re only one win away from a dream match-up with the Los Angeles Lakers (Yes, I’ve already given them that series). Go Celtics!

It was most likely a boring game for pure fans of NBA basketball that didn’t have as stake in either team, but I enjoyed the crap out of it. I just needed a game where the Celtics came out strong and just held the lead throughout, so yesterday’s 94-80 victory over the Pistons in Auburn Hills was a Godsend. I just hope that they can bring the same intensity in Game 4 because just getting back home court advantage doesn’t mean shit against a team like the Pistons. I’m just praying we can somehow end this thing quickly because my stomach wouldn’t be able to handle the stress of this thing going too deep. Detroit’s too good and too experienced for my liking and even though a Game 7 would be in Boston, you wouldn’t be able to count them out, as the Spurs showed against the Hornets in the last round. Monday’s game in Detroit is gonna be huge.

I’m not really all that surprised and knew coming in that we’d have to find a way to win a game on the road this series. Getting a split in the upcoming two games is now an absolute must after losing tonight in Boston. It looks like we’ll get to see what KG, Pierce, Ray Ray and the rest of my Celtics are made of.

Pierce played out of his mind today and practically carried the Celtics to this game 7 victory over the Lebrons. It’s fitting since he’s the Celtic with the longest tenure and the one that probably had it the hardest during last year’s horrific season. He came through in spades today, as did role players like PJ Brown and Eddie House. I’m very proud of the way the team hustled and just threw their bodies around, it was Celtics Pride at its finest.

The Detroit series will be a beast, particularly because of Boston’s road woes. However, I have faith in my boys and am hoping that they might just match up better against Detroit than they did against Atlanta or Cleveland — meaning that while Detroit is by far a better overall team than the Hawks or Cavs, they don’t have any scorers in the vein of a Lebron or Joe Johnson that really gave Boston problems. Nevertheless, I’m both nervous and excited. It should be a fun and hard fought series that will hopefully end with the C’s in the NBA Finals.

I keep reading comments and posts on ESPN.com saying that Boston sucks and that Celtics fans should be embarrassed that the lowly 8th seeded Hawks took them to a game 7. What the fuck ever. The team was 24-58 last year and had the 2nd worst record in the league. They added Allen, KG and a slew of other players, dominated the regular season and are in the process of humiliating the Hawks in Boston (currently up 36 points with 2:24 to go in the 4th). I’m proud of the  team and will be even if they don’t add another banner to the rafters in the Garden this year. I’m looking forward to an extremely difficult challenge going up against King James and Cleveland, as it should be an amazing series reminiscent of the times the Celtics took on Jordan’s Bulls in his early years. It should be FANtastic.

Speaking of fantastic, I’m even more thrilled by the fact that the Flyers finished off the Canadians last night putting them into the Eastern Conference Finals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. They finished 22-48-12 last season, which was dead last in the NHL with only 56 points, so making it this far has been a fun, albeit stressful, ride. I can’t wait to see them take on Crosby, Malkin and the Pens (assuming they don’t collapse against the Rangers).

Still riding on the high of having 8 vials of blood siphoned from my body (and the subsequent replacement of it with new and completely fresh blood not yet tainted by my devilish habits), I was given more to be joyful about in the form of a Flyers 4-2 win over the Canadians and a Celtics 110-85 throbbing of the Hawks.

The Flyers, as per form, got a 2-0 lead only to blow it and make things interesting before finally coming out on top. The finish is all that matters in the end, but if I start getting gray hairs or have a stroke the blame is going to be put on them. I’m really hoping they can close it out this weekend. My fingers are crossed and a blade isn’t coming anywhere near my playoff “beard” (if you can call the long scraggly hairs hanging under my chin a beard).

The C’s did exactly what they did in the first two home games — blow out the Hawks — so now it’s time to see if they can pull things together in Atlanta’s raucous arena to finally close out this series on Friday. I don’t want to see it go to a game 7 in either series, because I’m not sure if my heart could take it.

The temp is in the mid-80s, there’s not a cloud in the sky and the humidity level is just perfect. This is my kind of a day. It’s just perfect outside. My friend Gordon and I have been trying to shoot hoops every Saturday morning for both the exercise as well as the fun and this was a great day to do it. I’m pretty damn exhausted from it now, though, primarily because it is such a warm and sunny day.

After I get a little rest, I think it’ll be time to head back out to truly get the most about this weather. This is the time when the girls around her tend to bust out their skimpiest and sexiest outfits. The summer clothes. I freaking love it!

I’m not even talking about the virtual kind, but real outdoor basketball. It was a lot of fun and I got some good exercise out of it, so it was a win-win situation. Plus, it was bomb that I actually won one of the games despite my extreme rust when it comes to playing hoops. I was making some 3’s that would come out of my hands 100% wrong and had no business going in the basket. I’ll take the points, though, and it was also quite enjoyable to drive through the city because there are always a lot of cute chicks walking around that end up in the Spank Bank™ and future masturbatory fantasies. I miss that aspect of living in SF instead of up north in Marin County.

If you believe in the myth that size doesn’t matter, then you’ll probably love this update to “Dear Dave”. In fact, you might find that this QA session might just prove that myth to be at least correct on this occasion. Feel free to contact me any time with any question you have to get a response in a future update.

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It’s hard to be disappointed with today’s loss to the Longhorns because I never thought we could even make it this far. For the Miami Hurricanes basketball team to do as well as they did in going 8-8 in ACC play and get at least one win in each the ACC and NCAA tournaments is equally  unexpected and outstanding. I couldn’t be happier for the way they’ve played this year, giving me some enjoyment in an area where it was least expected.

Day 2 of the NCAA Tourney proved to be MUCH better than the first and I’m not saying it just because my Miami Hurricanes shocked me and beat down Saint Mary’s (can’t say that I have any hope they’ll beat Texas, though — but it’ll be fun cheering them on nonetheless). The games were much more exciting and the upsets were aplenty, just the way I like it. I would’ve wrote about it sooner but it’s taking me five minutes just to load my site back end these days just to post a short little blurb, it’s annoying the crap out of me. The only reason I have the patience to do it now is that it’s 5AM in the morning and I’m having trouble getting back to sleep.