Boston Celtics Will Not Win NBA Title

I admit it; I picked the Boston Celtics to win the NBA Championship before the playoffs began. Consider me one of those Democrats whose like a super-delegate, I have the right to throw my support towards whoever I want. I was fooled by the regular season record, believing Boston ACTUALLY had a bench. I was naive enough to think Doc Rivers was a better than average coach and didn't follow one of the fundamentals of professional basketball; the NBA Playoffs are completely different than the regular season.

As bad as all those elements are, I was bamboozled into believing the Celtics "Big Three" had suddenly become clutch players. Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce are all great individual talents; they just have never won anything that matters. LeBron James has been to more NBA Finals then the three of them combined (1). I refuse to listen to the garbage talk they played on bad teams; since in King James almost four seasons, he has not had many players on the Cavs roster that will be familiar to anyone who wasn't a Cleveland fan come 2014.

For all their talent, the word "clutch" is never associated with their names in late game behavior. In the unexpected seven game series against Atlanta, the less than terrific trio outscored the Hawks best three players, Josh Smith, Joe Johnson and Al Horford (that's right Mike Bibby is fourth at best) 388-337. That means this collection of veteran talent outscored the Atlanta upstarts by a grand total about 7.3 points per game. Hardly dominating for a 1 vs 8 matchup.

Fast forward to Cleveland series now tied as 2-2, after the Cavs clutch fourth quarter win in Game 4. This was going to be the series "Three vs One" remember? If you've been watching, King James has had his crown stolen by Boston defense. The James’ all of us have been familiar with has been stifled. But pay close attention, the combination of James, Wally "World" Szczerbiak and Zydrunas Ilguaskas has outscored the well-known Boston trio in each of the first four games, that's right, every one.

Game 1 47-32
Game 2 53-48
Game 3 49-41
Game 4 44-43

How absolutely ridiculous is that!

After accumulating a 31-10 and 28-13 ATS road record, Boston has lost five road games in a row, by an average of just over 10 points per game. That’s championship caliber?

At some juncture, some team will win at the new Garden and Doc Rivers will have to call upon this trembling collection of faint-hearted "stars" to win a clutch road game? It just might be in Game 5 Wednesday, when the Celtics don’t play well at home. In three previous series, when it was tied at 2-2, the aforementioned King James has averaged over 41 points per game, all Cleveland wins, with two on the road. Maybe it was Bugs Bunny who knew it best when he asked, "What's up Doc?"

Celtics NBA champs at 8-5 odds? I’d rather wager on the Dolphins Jason Taylor to win Dancing with the Stars.