sportshubla.com - 6/4/2008
—
Throughout the playoffs, to get a little insight into playoff opponents for the Lakers, we’ve hit up bloggers who have spent the season writing about the team. For the Finals, we talked to Jim at Green Bandwagon to get some insight into the Celtics, specifically three ways to beat them, and three ways to get [...]
Comments
Blog Reactions
Daily Links 6/4
CelticsBlog —
... just isn't the same Worcester Telegram Posey had a pocketful of luck to pick Celtics Two faced Healing of his heel has Tony on his toes NY Sun Great season ends with perfect Final Examiner Talent, experience say Lakers in 5 Hartford Courant Rivalry renewed: Bird vs Magic Enterprise Tony Allen battles through Achilles tendon injury Washington Post On eve of the Finals, these friends are seeing Red Sports Hub LA 3 ways to beat the Celtics, 3 ways to lose to the Celtics Yahoo Sports Memphis owner now ...
Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 6/4
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog —
... Courant Rivalry renewed: Bird vs Magic Enterprise Tony Allen battles through Achilles tendon injury Washington Post On eve of the Finals, these friends are seeing Red FL's Take: I really wish that Red could be here for this. He would be so proud. I do hope he is present in spirit to pull some of his old tricks to give the Celtics an edge. Sports Hub LA 3 ways to beat the Celtics, 3 ways to lose to the Celtics Yahoo Sports ...
Related: go celtics beat la
'80s Flashback: Celtics Beat Pistons, Will Meet Lakers in Finals
bizofbasketball.com 6/2/2008 — Paul Pierce scored a very efficient 27 points (shooting 8-12 from the field and 10-13 from the free throw line) as the Boston Celtics rallied from a 70-60 fourth quarter deficit to beat the Detroit Pistons 89-81 in game six of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Celtics will face the L.A. Lakers in the NBA Finals in a matchup of the two most storied franchises in league history. Ray Allen ...
NBA Finals Prediction from Someone Who is Apparently Never Right
upsideandmotor.blogspot.com 6/3/2008 — I picked the Suns to beat the Spurs, and the Mavs to beat the Hornets. I picked the Jazz to beat the Lakers, and the Hornets to beat the Spurs. I picked the Spurs to beat the Lakers. I picked the Pistons to beat the Celtics. So I've come to the conclusion (and I'm comfortable with it at this point) that nothing I predict in these playoffs is going to happen...
Know Your History: "Beat LA" —
CelticsBlog
Great history lesson (http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com/2008/06/why-beat-l-is-noble.html) here by a blogger named Suldog about the origins of the Beat LA chant:
For Celtics fans of that time period, the 76’ers were the team to beat. Crucial to the understanding of this story, however, is the fact that the Celtics and 76’ers respected each other wholly. So did the fans of both. ...
Origin of `Beat L.A.` chants —
InsideHoops
The Los Angeles Daily News (Elliott Teaford) reports: For what it’s worth, the “Beat L.A.” chant started in Boston Garden near the end of the Philadelphia 76ers’ victory over the Celtics in the 1982 Eastern Conference finals. The Celtics crowd urged the Sixers to beat the Lakers in the Finals. Philadelphia would lose to the [...]
For Celtics fans, it's time to 'Beat LA' —
NBA - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
Expect Jack Nicholson to be flying into Logan Airport while Celtics fans from Chatham to Chicopee to Charlestown revive their "Beat LA!" chants. Television executives are salivating over a matchup that has not played out in more than two decades. In today's editions, a headline in the Sun Star Cebu in the Philippines reads: "Are you ready? It's Celtics vs. Lakers." A ...
Boston Celtics: These Are The Good Old Days —
Josh Q. Public
Josh Q. Public: Rah rah rumble seats and running boards, them was the good old days. Knee pants and dime a dance girls, oh Lord, them was the good old days. -Roger Miller
Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! Woooo doggie! Beat LA! Beat LA! Beat LA! Does it get any better than this? Huh? Does it? If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times, ...
