Filed under: Celtics, Lakers, NBA Finals
It's Monday, and the Boston Celtics have woken up to a dramatically different world than the one they entered into a week ago.A week ago they were in prime position to win their second championship with this core, their 18th overall, and scoring yet another victory over their hated rivals. They seemed to have all the answers for the Los Angeles Lakers, seemed to be clicking at the right time, seemed to have victory within their grasp, just needing to wrap up the loose ends.
"Seemed" is such a painful term in retrospect.
A week later and their star shooting guard, arguably their best offensive threat, is on his way to free agency, possibly never to return. Their coach is giving serious consideration to walking away, having given too much of himself in the regular season and playoffs. They're unsure of whether to make another run with the elder core or detonate to the foundation and bring in younger pillars. And they'll be watching (or more likely, avoiding watching) their biggest rivals celebrating their second trophy in consecutive years. And this one was not won against some team the Celtics arrogantly considered pretenders, but against Red's Army itself.
How did they get here? What happened? They looked so dominant in the playoffs!
Tragically, painfully, when it gets down to it, it was the regular season, the season the Celtics outright dismissed and insulted, that was their undoing.
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Full story at http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/06/21/the-82-game-undoing-of-the-celtics/
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