Sports Redux: The B's Keep Rolling

35 seconds. That's all that separates a decent team from (a) hanging around against the Bruins, and (b) being another notch in the team's collective hockey stick. For two periods, the Flyers hung around with the Bruins. Which was nice for them.

Then the Bruins took 35 seconds to vaporize their foes, as David Krejci's wrist shot at 5:48 in the third and Dennis Wideman's ricochet at 6:23 cleared up a 1-1 tie and sent the B's to their 38th win. To be fair, Philly was suffering a teamwide case of the flu, and completely ran out of gas, getting off only 12 shots off in the final 40 minutes. "It got better as the game went on," admitted Claude Julien. Off to Ottawa tonight to meet the woeful Senators.

Big doings at the Garden tonight, as the Lakers visit for the first time since the Celtics left a Laker-shaped hole in the ground in Game Six of the Finals last year. Ah, sweet memories. If you need a preview, we suggest letting Boston Sports Media Watch direct you to a good one, rather than reading Shaughnessy's paint-by-numbers affair or listening to whatever in God's name Bob Lobel was babbling about on the radio this morning. Apparently, the beautiful people will be there. Or something.

After the game, though, the Celtics have a big decision to make. They're going to Madison Square Garden, which has been a showcase for the league's best this week. First, Kobe scored 61, then LeBron had an astounding 50-point triple-double. How do the Celtics top that? We suggest going in a different direction: it's time to feed Big Baby the ball for his first 40+ outing. That will be much more impressive.

ESPN has assigned four names for a Mount Rushmore of sports from each of the 50 states, plus P.R. and D.C. For Massachusetts? They picked Bobby Orr, Red Auerbach, Ted Williams, and Tom Brady. Hard to argue with, but if you want to, the comments are open. (We'll start: As much as we love him, we'd swap Brady out for Russell.)