Sports Redux: Who Said Nothing's Easy?

Give Seattle some credit. Going nowhere, ready to board a long flight home after an extended road trip, they hung around with the Celtics for six or seven minutes. Which is six or seven minutes more than we expected, frankly.

Once the initial six or seven minutes ended, though, the Celtics put down the hammer and commenced blowing the overmatched Sonics out of the building. Garnett had 18 (and was immortalized in bobbleheaded glory, as seen here), Ray 18, Pierce 14. None of them were close to being needed in the fourth quarter. Beyond the points, how about some props to Pierce for his steady stream of assists to start the second half (he finished with 11), and to Ray for draping himself off Seattle wonderkid Kevin Durant and keeping him from getting open very much.

Durant, by the way, could have come to the Celtics if the Draft Lottery had gone differently. Everyone on the face of the earth knows this already, but that doesn't stop Dan Shaughnessy from stating the obvious.

The Bruins seem to do better lately on days when they don't play. Last night: case in point, as the idle B's avoided losing, but got to see #8 Philly and #9 Buffalo both lose and miss out on a chance to gain on them. The Bruins are scheduled to host Tampa Bay tonight, unless they can arrange a power outage or something at the TDBN Garden.

While the Red Sox grimly try to keep anyone else from getting hurt, the Yankees are goofing around. Billy Crystal is celebrating his 60th birthday by signing a one-day contract with NY and "playing" in today's Grapefuit League tilt with the Pirates. "A little Mazeroski payback," says the annoying Yankee fan. Apparently the Yankees' 8-2 title advantage since then, and Pittsburgh's status as the worst franchise in baseball, isn't enough for Billy. Pirates starter Paul Maholm - if you want to send Billy into the dirt on your first pitch, there will be a place for you in our hearts. It would make up for the hour and a half of our lives sacrificed to Throw Momma From the Train.

Picture by the author. No, you can't have a KG bobblehead. Not yours.