3,000 rally loud and proud to keep Sonics in Seattle
seattlepi.nwsource.com 6/17/2008 — An estimated 3,000 people attended a "Save Our Sonics" rally Monday outside the federal courthouse, hoping to be heard as attorneys presented opening arguments 14 floors up in the six-day trial to determine if the NBA team moves or stays in Seattle next season.

In Defense of Hard-Nosed NBA Defense (or Why You Can Still Enjoy NBA Basketball When Your Team Isn’t Scoring)
emptythebench.com 6/17/2008 — Throughout these NBA playoffs, “Hard-Nosed Defense” has had its good name dragged through the mud like Mark Borchardt as Mike in the pivotal scene of Coven . It’s an injustice, a gutless crime, and a damn shame. There’s beauty to be found in hard-nosed, hardcore NBA defense... and you might as well learn to appreciate it.

The NBA Finals...Flickr'd
lebasketbawl.com 6/17/2008 — A fun look at the NBA Finals through some crazy user Flickr photos.

Bill Walton
ballerblogger.com 6/17/2008 — “Bill Russell was a great shotblocker. Wilt Chamberlain was a great offensive player,” Dr. Jack Ramsay, Walton’s coach in Portland, told Sport magazine. “But Walton can do it all.”

ESPN.com apologizes for Celtics-Hitler reference
news.bostonherald.com 6/17/2008 — A n ESPN.com columnist is apologizing - through a statement released by the Web site - for likening cheering for the Boston Celtics [ team stats ] to Adolf Hitler and nuclear war. In her original column railing against the Celtics, Jemele Hill wrote, ...

NBA Finals | Celtics' Ray Allen is expected for Game 6 — The Seattle Times: Sports 6/17/2008
The Boston Celtics are home, not home free. Unable to put the finishing touches on the Los Angeles Lakers and wrap up their first championship...

Celtics back from L.A. with chance to clinch at home — Latest Sporting News Articles for NBA 6/17/2008
BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Celtics came back from California, not champions and not whole.They re...

Marty Burns: Celtics try to deliver knockout punch — SI.com - NBA 6/17/2008
The Celts are banged up and about to play a record 26th playoff game. Even so, Paul Pierce likes their chances of winning it all tonight, reports Marty Burns.

Building a championship team with a bench — FOXSports.com News for NBA 6/17/2008
The Big Three are leading the way, but the other Celtics aren't just taking up space. Soon, they'll all be champs, Mike Kahn says.

Sonics owner testifies, says he can absorb losses — ESPN.com - NBA 6/17/2008
SuperSonics owner Clayton Bennett testified that the team's financial losses at KeyArena are "ever-growing" but that he has the resources to absorb them.