Really Cleveland? If you still believe that you can beat us in the postseason, then you have clearly been compromised by your fanhood, and have let the passion for the game interfere with common sense. Your team was beaten by the C’s, without their best defensive player, and their point guard playing on one leg. That’s like a heavyweight boxer losing to a featherweight who has a broken left leg! Also, with the addition of Stephon Marbury and Mikki Moore, your Mo Williams and Booby Gibson will have to always be awake defensively, and your wimpy flopper Anderson Varjeo will have to flop about 20 times before he can significantly change the Celtics’ bench.

Moving on, the Celtics now know they’re the best in the east, a slight aberration vs. Orlando without KG, Rondo and Big Baby doesn’t make a difference, and can focus on being the NBA’s best. The Lakers clearly showed Boston that they were better, beating us in L.A. AND in Boston. Sure there were some controversial calls, but the Lakers earned the W in both cases. However, Mikki Moore would have been great for keeping the C’s big men out of further foul trouble (and KG may not have fouled out), while Stephon Marbury would have exhausted Jordan Farmar or Derrick Fisher, allowing Rondo to toy with either. The Celtics will be better come finals time, so L.A., get on your feet.

In my opinion, this was a huge sign for the Celtics, but it came too late. They needed Moore well before the All-Star break, and lost 2-3 game due to a lack of what could have been his presence. However, fact of the matter is that he has been signed, and now the Celtics can focus on possibly coming to terms with Stephon Marbury, or a 1-guard who can serve as a backup to Rajon Rondo