Somebody please tell Paul Pierce to shut his stupid face, because the Boston Celtic’s captain has officially rendered his sh*t-talk useless. For HIS team. For the second time in these playoffs, he dished up some sweet bulletin board material for his opponents, with the most recent brain-fart coming in the form of yelling, “We won’t be coming back to L.A.” to the fans at the Staples Center after a game two victory over the hometown Lakers. You’re right Pauly, you might not. But for totally different reasons, tough guy.
You would have thought he would’ve learned somethin’ after Coach Doc Rivers spanked him for sayin’ the same dumb sh*t into a camera after an earlier win over Cleveland, being fully aware that a certain “King” was still on that team.
It must have seemed like the right thing to say, after your sidekick Ray-Ray set a Finals record for three-pointers in a game. But he probably felt like an ass after Allen followed that masterpiece with a strangely impressive 0-for-13 encore. Also, apparently too much of Pierce’s Nike’s were in his mouth to spit out more than a pedestrian 15 points himself. Somewhere in Indiana, Larry Bird is rollin’ in his grave. No wait, I mean… You get the picture.
The Magic vs Larry Legend bouts of the 80s were something to behold. The Wilt vs Russell battles were wars. This one’s kinda turning into punk kids slap-fighting. Now, it’s only two good open-handers to go for L.A., but if that happens, it WILL be in Laker-land. This series is shaping up to kick ya in the crotch, spit on your neck fantastic (with an actual neck-kick courtesy of Bryant) and throw plenty of elbows, compliments of K.G. and whoever wants to meet them.
The thing about it getting chippier, though, is that it works out a lot better for Boston if it does. Not only are the Celts better at play-fighting, but that style of play slows the game down a bit, and 95 points might get you a win. In these playoffs, Boston is 12-0 when holding teams under that.
If Andrew Bynum’s knee doesn’t hold, and Pau Gasol’s feelings start getting hurt, the nightmare might come true again for the Black Mamba and company, but this time on THEIR turf. Man, I can just picture the temper tantrum. Beautiful.
But until that time comes, the big three black leprechauns are gonna have to show up to every game from now on, and Paul, if you insist on your knickname being “The Truth,” start telling it, cuz singin’ “Goin’-goin’, back-back to Cali-Cali” don’t feel so bad NOW, does it? Just promise me that before you get to the champagne, try a nice, tall glass o’ SHUT THE F*CK UP, ok?
Balls Call: Celtics in 7
-Balls Out
Looks like Pierce took your advice.