Boston Celtics: The Boston Three Party Marches into the Playoffs

Flip doesn’t deserve much more weight than Kevin, given what he inherited from Larry Brown. So although the C’s don’t have a lot of experience in the League Finals, not many other teams in the post season have it either.

Take out the obvious with the Pistons and Spurs and your left with King James and that spotty cast he has in Cleveland.

Another undeniable truth is that when you put the Pistons and Spurs under the microscope, the only thing you really have left to count on is the experience factor.

Both teams are wearing the effects of their experience with inconsistent play and tired bodies heading into another postseason run.

I’m not taking anything away from these great teams, but you can’t deny the toll it takes when you play a ton of games over an extended period of time.

These guys have been churning in championship form for a very long time, but it was obvious during the season that both teams are getting tired and frayed. We saw it all year long. That's why it’s so hard to repeat, remember?

So what’s left?  I love this part, because it’s the perfect card to trump that Pistons “been there done that” card. Okay,let’s turn our cards over…now!

Oh, snap – you lose! See, I’ve got the “C’s superior defense” card, which is really happening, and you’ve just got the notion that experience will get the job done.

Ah yes, you folks in Detroit and San Antonio remember how effective superior defense is, correct? Remember what turned the untested journeyman Chauncey Billups from a potential champion into an actual one?

Remember how Tim Duncan turned from “Virgin Islands swimmer boy” into, “Timmah!”? Sure you do, it was all about superior defense.

What’s really happening this year, and what’s really going to continue to happen throughout the playoffs is that a superior defensive effort from the Boston Celtics will overwhelm every team they face in a seven-game series.

See that? Was that so hard to dissect?

Well, they say that denial is the first and most difficult step sand I’ll forgive all you "experiencers" for now. Just make sure you get a sponsor and keep working on coming to terms with life on life’s own terms.

To support your recovery, but in a later post, I’ll rip Stephen A. Smith a new one for completely abstaining from forecasting an Eastern Conference representative in the NBA Finals. Honestly, what up wit dat, Stephen?

For anyone who wants to know the other half of the superior defensive equation, beyond the Garnett/players stepping it up factor, do some follow up on the C’s new assistant coach Tom Thibodeau.

He’s likely to become the head coaching target for the new fare of crappy teams in the NBA, and the real impetus on why it all came together this fast.

I'll need to hear from everyone on my perspective so I can bond with true hoops fans, and then I'll assist everyone else still requiring help dealing with reality.

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