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6018. wabbit - 6/18/2008 5:26:32 PM  Game 7 is now officially moot. The Celtics clobbered the LA Lakers last night 131-92 to win their first NBA Championship in 22 years. The "Big Three", Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, were big indeed, but everyone contributed. Rajon Rondo had quite a night. Though he shot only 8-for-20 from the field, Rondo spearheaded Boston's superior defensive effort, finishing with six steals (including one monster rip from the hands of the 6-foot-10, 230-pound Lamar Odom) to go with his 21 points, eight assists and seven rebounds.
For the Big Three, this was the first NBA title for each of them, and the first for the league's most-decorated franchise since the original Big Three of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish won No. 16 in 1986. Danny Ainge was the point guard for that team and the general manager for the one that won 66 games a season after winning 24 -- the biggest turnaround in NBA history. The Celtics join the 1975 Golden State Warriors and the '77 Trail Blazers as the only teams to win it all a year after missing the playoffs.
Pierce was name the finals MVP - I would have given it to Garnett. Pierce had 17 points and 10 assists in the clincher, Garnett had 26 points with 14 rebounds, and Allen returned from a red-eye from the coast and a poked eye in the lane to add 26 points, including an NBA finals record-tying seven 3-pointers.
6019. jexster - 6/18/2008 8:11:40 PM France sucks 6020. alistairConnor - 6/20/2008 10:20:29 PM well that's true. 6021. alistairConnor - 6/20/2008 10:23:40 PM Now that I no longer have a dog in the hunt, I'm enjoying the Euro much more.
Last night's quarter final, Portugal-Germany, was pure joy. Halfway through, I found myself regretting that one of these teams had to lose. It was the Portugeezers.
And now... the Turks are at the gates of Vienna. The siege is long and arduous. Turkey 0-0 Croatia at full time. Extra time, the players are dead on their feet. Croatia score five minutes from the end. And Turkey equalise in the final seconds...
They are setting up for the penalty shoot-out now.
It lacks the quality of last night's match, but it's very spirited. 6022. jexster - 6/22/2008 12:23:32 AM Jexie's SportsMAN of the Week
 6023. jexster - 6/22/2008 12:39:14 AM My little Slav boy toy
Russia's Andrei Arshavin reacts after the quarterfinal match between the Netherlands and Russia in Basel, Switzerland, Saturday, June 21, 2008, at the Euro 2008 European Soccer Championships in Austria and Switzerland. Russia defeated Netherlands 3-1 6024. jexster - 6/22/2008 12:44:59 AM I found me a puppy dog for this hunt
Finally a reason to watch SOCCER
Rafa bites trophies.
My little Andrei asks the world to keep our forbidden love hidden
Russia's Andrei Arshavin, foregound, and Russia's Dmitri Torbinski celebrate after Arshavin scored his side's 3rd goal during the quarterfinal match between the Netherlands and Russia
 6025. jexster - 6/22/2008 1:13:49 AM Pretty easy on the eyes himself!
in fact...so I don't clog the thread
 6026. jexster - 6/23/2008 12:46:46 AM The Beast is Back!
 6027. jexster - 6/23/2008 1:16:30 AM "We had the better Dutchman"!
Isn't he a doll! 6028. jexster - 6/23/2008 2:32:28 AM Lip smackin good..num num
Arshavin's destruction of the Dutch has club suitors licking their lips
Line forms at the rear
 6029. wonkers2 - 6/23/2008 2:40:49 AM Let's go sailing! 6030. jexster - 6/23/2008 3:06:57 AM I didn't see the Cap'n
Aaarrgh 6031. jexster - 6/24/2008 1:32:25 AM The Olympics is Coming!!!
Joel Greenshields adjusts his cap as he participates in the 400m Medley Relay timed trial wearing his new Speedo LZR suit at the Canadian Olympic swimming trials in Montreal in this April 6, 2008 6032. alistairconnor - 6/24/2008 9:01:04 AM Girlie swimsuit 6033. jexster - 6/24/2008 8:48:22 PM Russia-Spain Tactical Preview:
Arshavin to Operate "in the Hole"
 6034. jexster - 6/24/2008 9:31:08 PM Live ESPN2
6/26
Semi-Final 2: Russia - Spain
11:30AM 2:30PM 6035. jexster - 6/25/2008 12:00:31 AM 47 years ago today...I saw this. They used to have a match every June 24th (St. John the Baptist) @ Piazza Signoria in Florence..Guess they still do
Calcio Storico Fiorentino
Men's Football
6036. alistairConnor - 6/29/2008 8:22:40 PM Final's on.
Half an hour in, Spain 1 - 0 Germany.
My girlfriend, who has never shown the slightest interest in football before, is all excited. By reaction, I'm for Germany. They have all the best names. Ballack. Schweinsteiger. Merdesucker. 6037. jexster - 6/30/2008 5:03:59 PM "Merdesucker" you made that up
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