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Since the highlights of Garnett's hellacious pick on Pachulia-gulia have not surfaced yet on Youtube, this will have to do for now. A couple of notes on this series, and a few looking forward:

1) Things got nasty, and I loved every minute of it. Nothing galvenizes a team like a good old fashioned on-court altercation, and there were several of these to go around against the hawks. The Celtics kept their cool and were ultimately able to deliver the knock-out blow. Whos badass now?

2)Going to seven games is going to help the Celtics down the road: This team faced just about every possible scenario a team can face in a playoff series in the first round. Bench players got good minutes and the Celtics have gained some considerable momentum moving forward.

3)This team doesn't back down. Even with this game well in hand by over 30 points guys were selling out, diving on the floor and staying fired up. You can't tell me that this isn't a good sign. I don't want to hear "ooooh they might get hurt!", that is something that a bitch would say.

4)Of course it would be nice to win a game on the road but the fact of the matter is that they could lose every game on the road until the finals and still get to the finals. The mystique of the Garden is being rebuilt game by game. The Hawks looked utterly hopeless tonight. Call it the 6th man effect. Call it awesome. Call it no ones going to want play the Celtics in Boston with a series on the line. No one.

Bring on the Cavaliers.