I hate the Lakers, and the fact that they are only 2 wins away from getting their 15 title in franchise history. What bothers me the most is that if they win, they will do it without facing the defending champs, the best team this year, at least in my book.

This whole season I heard about the dream Finals match-up of Kobe vs. LeBron, I mean even Nike ran puppet ad's of the two living together, but that all ended when the Magic took out the Cavs in 6 games. 66 wins got the Celtics to a title, but after sweeping their first two series, the Cavs were lucky the Magic series went to 6 games.

In my opinion the Cavs played a Dallas Maverick like regular season, and unfortunatelyfor them they played a Dallas Maverick like post season. With all that said, we now find the Lakers edge that much closer to another title, but what if.

When the Celtics were healthy this year, they played better than they did last year, and if it weren't for the Lakers and Cavs beginning the season the way they did; talk would have been about the Celtics repeating. With KG going down everybody started talking about a Kobe vs. LeBron Final.

While in Celtic Camp we all thought KG would be back, and the hope of an 18th banner was still on everyone's mind. That all ended when KG was scratched from the playoffs, but even with all that the Celtics still made an honorable run in the playoffs, taking the Eastern Conference Champions to 7 games.

Now we all knew when the trades for Ray Allen and KG were made injuries would be a possibility, but the reward over the risk was well worth it, as the Celtics won their 17 title last season. It just sucks to see the Lakers take advantage of the Celtics misfortunes this year, I rather it be anyone else.