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Celtics Rule
By: Neeraj Agrawal

The Celtics are in the NBA finals. They have gone through many challenges to get to the Finals. In the finals they are playing their arch enemies the Los Angeles Lakers. The Celtics are facing the Lakers for the third time in the finals. The Celtics have won two out of the three times that the Celtics have faced the Lakers in the final. When the Celtics played the Lakers all three times in the finals they had the big three: Larry Bird Kevin McHale Robert Parish. Now the Celtics have a new big three: Kevin Garnett Paul Pierce Ray Allen. This year the new big three will rock the Lakers and win the Championship.
The Celtics had 4 different challenges to make the finals. The first challenge was to make the playoffs. They made the playoffs by having such a great record that they had best record in the NBA. Their record was 66 and 16. That means that they hade 66 wins and 16 losses in a total of 82 games. They made the playoffs and played the number 8 seed in the first round. The 8 seed was the Hawks which had a record of 37 wins and 45 losses. The first game was at Boston. In the first game the Celtics scored 104 points while the hawks scored 81 points. The next game the Celtics won because of home court advantage. The series went on and the games went to the home team every time. Since the Celtics had home court advantage they won the series by the slightest margin four games to three. Next, the Celtics were made it to second round which was their third challenge. They were playing the Cleveland Cavaliers which had a great player called Lebron James who had the most points in a game averaged. In the first game the Cavaliers were oh so close to beating the Celtics at home but they lost by the score of 76-72. The serried was the exact same as the first round game but this time the Celtics were playing the number 4 seed. The beat the Cavaliers four games to three games. I was happy that the Celtics won because I knew that they were facing a pretty good team.
Last, the Celtics face their most feared competitor yet the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons were the number two seed in the conference and had a very calm team. They beat their second round team by the deficient of four to one games. In the first game the Celtics were on their regular schedule of beating the other team at home but this game was a blowout, an 11 point difference. The next game was a huge surprise to me, the Celtics lost!!! For the pistons their leading scorer was Rich Hamilton who scored in total 25 points. I though t that the Celtics were going to lose since they lost one at home and aren’t a very good on the road team. Then I was amazed the Celtics won a game on the road. For the first four games in a series each team splits 2 home games each. The Celtics won the third game which gave them the flow. They lost the next game but came back and won the next two games. Their man leaders for those games were the new big three. That’s how the Celtics made the finals.
Some of the player that were leaders in the playoffs the Celtics needed were Rajon Rondo, Kendrick Perkins, the big three, and James Posey. The Celtics needed Rajon Rondo because he was their starter point guard and was their playmaker and can also be clutch. Next, Kendrick Perkins was important because he could get rebounds over other people and was so tall that he averaged about 1.27 blocks per game. Then, the big three were the big leaders of the Celtics. They would be the clutch man to go to and played more minutes than anyone else on the team. The big three had around 1,500 points in total and are the people to pass to. Last, James Posey was an important player because he would be the man to go to if they needed a three pointer. He also, is a very clutch free throw shooter. Clearly, the Boston Celtics are one of the best teams in the NBA.
Who do you want to win the championship and why? If you don’t care who wins write about one of your favorite sports team or player.