The San Antonio Spurs may or may not be preparing for their final game of the season tonight at AT&T Center. The defending champions trail 3-2 against the New Orleans Hornets and need to win the next two games or prepare to hand off the Larry O'Brien trophy to one of the six remaining teams in the playoffs.

That isn't bad news to most people I know. I've had a number of conversations in the past few weeks with people who are rooting heavily against the Spurs and hoping that they won't advance against the Hornets.

You don't want us gone, do you? (REUTERS/Sean Gardner )

Most of the complaints center around wanting too see some new blood. Some folks think the Spurs - Bruce Bowen, in particular - are dirty. But the primary reason they give for not wanting to see the Spurs anymore is based on a common theme that I believe is based mostly on perception than reality: The Spurs are boring.

You've heard it before. Heck, I've written it before. After the Spurs defeated the Phoenix Suns in the conference semifinals last season, I wrote that the fun was gone from the postseason. And it was.

The teams that make it to the conference finals and the NBA Finals are the ones that play suffocating defense, and unfortunately, that usually leads to a championship series with few games reaching triple digits. Plus, we all know that defense it not entertaining.

That being said, the Spurs are not boring. They are anything but. How can a team with two of the 10 most exciting players in the NBA - Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili - be boring?

I can't think of a player who gets from the three-point line to the rim faster than Parker. When he lowers his head and decides to accelerate, there really is no stopping him. It's a thrill to watch when he gets on a roll.

No, Eva. Not you, too.(Photo by Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images)

Ginobili is what you get when you mix a running back with tornado. He runs and twists into the lane, spinning and bouncing off of people. He's also left-handed which makes his drives even more unorthodox and unpredictable.

If you had to list the 10 most exciting players - and this is strictly from an entertainment standpoint - in the NBA, it would go something like this, in no particular order: Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Steve Nash, Dwyane Wade, Allen Iverson, Chris Paul, a healthy Gilbert Arenas, Parker, Ginobili and either Josh Smith or Monta Ellis. I might be missing somebody, but that's just off the top of the dome.

But the reason why most casual fans consider the Spurs boring is because they have the most unassuming superstar ever in Tim Duncan. He rarely lets people who aren't close to him inside his personality. I've been around him in smaller settings and I've found him to be pretty hilarious.

I remember going to San Antonio during the preseason before the 2006-07 season, and Tim was in rare form. He answered every question with a funny joke. I asked him about why the Spurs have such great chemistry and he told me it wasn't true.

"We fight all the time," Duncan said, without changing his expression. Then he said that he duked it out with Tony Parker the night before and gave him a black eye. "You see that he didn't do media today."

He kept a straight face the entire time.

A LeBron James team may never be desperate - his words, not mine - but road teams in this round of the playoffs? Every team except Detroit certainly looks the part away from the friendly confines of home.

It is amazing what slipping on a home white uniform (or home yellows for the Lakers) can do for an NBA team in the second round of the playoffs. That simple act, combined with the support of loving, energetic fans, the smoke caused by pyrotechnics and a night spent sleeping in your own bed, has been the sole difference to this point.

This ain't Kansas anymore, but there is no place like home! (AFP/Getty Images/File/Elsa)

So far, there have been 20 games in the conference semifinals and 19 of them have been won by the home team, a statistic that grew incredibly more mind-boggling last night (and early this morning) after the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers took 3-2 leads in their best-of-seven series.

You want to know how incredible that is? Here is some perspective: Just looking at the past four postseasons, home teams in the conference semifinals were 13-10 last year, 16-10 in 2006, 13-9 in 2005, and 20-6 in 2004.

The Celtics won 96-89 because point guard Rajon Rondo looked like Tony Parker in training, running circles around the Cavaliers and knocking down that sick little floater for 20 points, 13 assists - and one turnover. Two of their three all-stars played phenomenally in the second half - Paul Pierce had 29 points and made 10 of 11 free throws (including 5 of 6 in the final minutes) while Kevin Garnett had 26 points and 16 rebounds - and Ray Allen contributed with a key offensive rebound.

The Lakers won 111-104 because Kobe Bryant decided not to shoot in the fourth quarter. Seriously, Bryant didn't take a single shot in the final period and became a playmaker and set up man when his back began to stiffen up. I guess he learned from being overly aggressive in Utah - despite a bad back - in Game 4 and getting a ton of criticism for shooting too much, something we haven't heard too often about the MVP this season. But last night (and early this morning), Bryant took 10 shots and finished with 27 points.

I pray that my teammates can continue to make shots while my back recovers. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

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When was the last time the Lakers won a tightly contested game in the fourth quarter without a single shot attempt from Bryant? That is rhetorical. You really might have to go back to before Kobe even came to Los Angeles. We've seen him refuse to shoot before, but it is usually some sort of protest. And rarely does Bryant being a passer primarily in the fourth quarter result in victories.

Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol delivered down the stretch. Odom finished with 22 poins and 11 rebounds, attacked the rim like he has all series and sent home some powerful dunks. Gasol had 21 points, including a critical offensive rebound (or was that shove of Mehmet Okur?) and dunk that secured the win.

While we're at it, let's take a moment to acknowledge how well Lamar Odom has played in every game of this series. He is averaging 19.2 points, 12.2 rebounds and shooting 60 percent (33 of 55) from the floor. Odom has had four straight double-doubles and you can tell how much the addition of Gasol has impacted him in a positive manner. Teams are sticking their best big man on Gasol, leaving the quick and athletic Odom to abuse the man in front of him. He has been criticized for not being aggressive, but he looks like he's getting it now.

I used the phrase "so-called Big Three" in my earlier post because Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen have come up extremely small on the road this postseason.

Garnett, Allen and Pierce were a combined 3-for-10 for six points in the fourth quarter last night in the Celtics fifth consecutive playoff road loss. Pierce was only one of the three to actually score in the final period. Garnett had two points in the second half.

It ain't easy being in green. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

It would be easy to toss that aside as a one-game blip - if it hasn't become a solid trend for the three players who restored Celtic pride in the regular season but have brought back the return of Boston sports angst this postseason with their inability to produce when it matters most: In the Fourth Quarter, On The Road.

I know Garnett was stellar in Game 1 of this series, when he had 28 points and delivered the decisive bucket, but he cannot allow Anderson Varejao to shut him down - and he cannot lead the Celtics to victory by settling for fadeaway jump shots on the road with the game on the line as he did in Game 4. The shots that worked for him at home - in the low block, with his back to the basket - are there if he's willing to take them. He looked like he didn't want to bang last night.

I know K.G. has a reputation for shrinking in the clutch, but that wasn't necessarily the case in the playoffs - until last night. Pierce and Allen have hit big shots in their careers, but they have yet to put a stamp on any of the Celtics' road games. Why both of those guys have vanished on the road in these playoffs is beyond me. Pierce put up several questionable shots last night, while Allen only took one panicked shot. That's not going to get it done.

In their five road losses this postseason, the Celtics' three all-stars have scored a combined 42 fourth-quarter points for an average of 8.4 points (or 2.8 points per player). They are shooting a combined 19-for-50 (38 percent) in that critical period.

Have you seen me in the fourth quarter?(AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

At least Garnett is keeping up his end of the bargain. He has been the most productive of the trio, scoring 21 of those points on 10 for 17 shooting. He actually didn't get a road fourth-quarter donut until last night. Pierce went scoreless in the fourth quarter of the Celtics' blowout loss against Cleveland in Game 3, but he has scored a total of 10 points on 5 of 13 shooting. Allen has had two fourth-quarter zeros, and has scored 11 points total in the fourth quarter for Boston. He has shot just 4 for 20.

For a more in depth breakdown, here goes:

Game 3 at Philips Arena (Atlanta): Garnett, 6 points, 3-for-3; Pierce, 3 points, 1-for-1; Allen, 0 points, 0-for-4

Game 4 at Philips Arena (Atlanta): Garnett, 5 points, 2-for-4; Pierce, 1 point, 0-for-3; Allen, 5 points, 2-for-3.

Game 6 Philips Arena (Atlanta): Garnett, 4 points, 2-for-3; Pierce, 2 points, 1-for-2; Allen, 2 points, 1-for-7.

Game 3 at Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland): Garnett, 6 points, 3-for-4; Pierce, 0 points, No shot attempts; Allen, 4 points, 1-for-4.

Game 4 at Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland): Garnett, 0 points, 0-for-2; Pierce, 6 points, 3-for-7; Allen, 0 points, 0-for-1.

Back in November, I wrote that the Celtics had the potential to be a great disappointment in the playoffs, and I broke down several reasons why they could falter. Boston silenced many of my criticisms in the regular season. But one of my primary concerns was that the Celtics hadn't been through any adversity as a team; that it is difficult to become a contender on the fly, in just one season.

You could see it in the first round against Atlanta, and it was even more glaring last night in Cleveland, but this team still hasn't figured out who is going to be their fourth quarter closer.

Pierce was the primary closer in the regular season, and Allen hit a few game-winners, but in these playoffs, they constantly look like they are searching in tight games on the road. Pierce is laboring down the stretch after expending so much energy making life difficult for LeBron James (and to Pierce's credit, he has been great on James this series. So good that James's mother, Gloria, jumped out of her seat and tried to protect her baby after Pierce grabbed him on the break last night). Allen is struggling because teams are focusing so much on him and forcing Rajon Rondo to beat them.

Sit yo' [butt] down! I got this, mama! These guys won't show up here in the fourth quarter! (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

The Cavaliers, on the other hand, don't have a problem understanding who gets the ball with the game on the line. It's James. It's up to him to decide who gets the shots or if he'll take them.

And you have to give James props, because even though he has struggled with his shot this series (his 7-for-20 performance on Monday raised his shooting percentage to 25.6 through the first four games), he still hit a critical three-pointer with 3 minutes, 16 seconds remaining and punctuated the victory by posterizing Garnett.

(Side note: I'm still scratching my head trying to figure out why the Wizards didn't focus more on making James more of a jump-shooter instead of just letting him drive to the hoop so they could inflict hard fouls. I think we are "witnessing" a defensive scheme - already implemented by San Antonio in the Finals last season - that's working.)

Celtics Coach Doc Rivers has to devise a more creative plan to get easier shots for his team - and especially his three all-stars - in the fourth quarter.

You have to give credit to the Cavaliers' defense and the disruptive strategies of Coach Mike Brown, who is sharpening his reputation on defense while he appears deadset on punishing us with that eyesore offense.

Even still, it's unacceptable for all three guys, Pierce and Allen in particular, to fail to deliver on the road. This could be all part of the growth process, the inevitable pains that come from learning about each other in hard times. They didn't have many close road games in the regular season (the Celtics went 5-5 in games decided by five points or less on the road in the regular season). And it cannot be stated enough, that neither Garnett, Pierce nor Allen was in the postseason the past two years. They'd also won a combined nine playoff series before this season.

The 2000 Lakers struggled closing out teams during their first Shaq-Kobe-Phil Jackson championship run, and even had to come back from 17-down in the fourth quarter deficit against Portland just to reach the NBA Finals. That team was pushed to the brink of elimination in the first round before eventually beating the eighth-seeded Sacramento Kings. The Lakers lost their first three road games that postseason, but they went on to win four road games before eventually hoisting the Larry O'Brien trophy.

Ah! We're at home. This is more like it! (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)

In theory, the Celtics earned the right to never have to win a road game in the playoffs, but despite the success of most home teams this postseason, there is always the opportunity to drop one at home. And where would that leave them?

More frightening thought for the Celtics: Let's say they win Game 5 at home, then lose Game 6 in Cleveland. You think they would feel good about having it come down to one game to advance to the conference finals - with LeBron James on the other side, and possibly ready to break out of his funk?

Garnett, Pierce and Allen have to start living up to their preseason billing - especially on the road - if Boston has any chance of getting out of this series, let alone winning a championship with them leading the way.

For some reason, the Washington Wizards, Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets and Denver Nuggets didn't get the memo, but this is the postseason of Homecourt Advantage.

It hit me last night, right about the time LeBron James jackhammered that powerful and stupendous dunk over Kevin Garnett and then later when Anderson Varejao hit back-to-back jump shots during a painful-to-watch, 88-77 victory that allowed the Cleveland Cavaliers even their series with Boston at two games apiece.

Don't worry, K.G. I'll sign a copy of this for you! (Photo by David Liam Kyle/NBAE via Getty Images)

Road teams just haven't been getting it done in the playoffs. Through the first two rounds, home teams have won 75 percent of their games (45-15), which the Elias Sports Bureau says would be the first time home teams have had such a high winning percentage since 1990, when the home teams went 54-18 (.750).

The Wizards, Sixers, Rockets and Nuggets are still the only teams to suffer two home losses this postseason, while Boston, the Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans Hornets and San Antonio Spurs have yet to lose at home. Home teams are a staggering 15-1 in the conference semifinals, with the Orlando Magic the only team unable to hold serve at home.

The biggest offender of poor postseason road outings has been the Celtics, who dropped to 0-5 away from home this season after last night's loss in Cleveland. The most staggering part about the Celtics' dismal play on the road is that they had an NBA-best 31 road wins this season. They became the first team since Sacramento in 2001 to sweep the Texas Triangle of Dallas, San Antonio and Houston last March. They've won in Detroit, Los Angeles and Utah. But somehow, they couldn't win in three tries in Atlanta (???) and they have lost all four games in Cleveland this season (including two in the regular season).

I can hit this shot in New Orleans. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

This is the first time in NBA history that the team with the league's best road record failed to win any of its first five road playoff games. And for those Celtics fans hoping for Banner No. 17, no team has ever won an NBA title after starting the playoffs 0-5 on the road - and no NBA champion has ever won fewer than three road playoff games.

The woes are understandable with terrible road teams like Utah, but it is a bit odd that the four best road teams in the regular season - Boston, the Lakers (27 road wins), Orlando (27) and New Orleans (26) - are winless on the road in the conference finals.

You know there is something to this homecourt advantage thing when Varejao outscored K.G. in the fourth quarter, 4-0, while Daniel "Boobie" Gibson outscored Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, 8-6.

My point? It was not necessarily just a knock on the Celtics' so-called Big Three - more on them later - I'm really just trying to point at that the reason homecourt advantage is huge, especially in the postseason, especially now, where parity is more prevalent than ever in the NBA. These teams are so close in talent and ability, and you cannot discount the importance of role players because they generally step up at home, when they get inspired by the home crowd, home cooking and home pillows.

Chauncey, I know everybody else is struggling on the road right now. But we're so good, we didn't even need you to win in Orlando. Go figure. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Star players are generally consistent no matter where they play, but the role players provide the difference at home, which explains why Varejao, Gibson, Wally Szczerbiak, Joe Smith and Delonte West (in Game 3) came up big for the Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena - and players like Sam Cassell, Leon Powe and James Posey delivered for the C's at TD Banknorth Garden. Those players were nowhere to be found away from the comforts of home.

You can look at the same scenario playing out in the New Orleans-San Antonio series (where Chris Paul has been superb on every floor while Peja Stojakovic played like an all-star at New Orleans Arena and couldn't make a layup at AT&T Center) and the Lakers-Jazz series (where the Lakers bench was huge in the first two games, but almost non-existent in Salt Lake).

At some point, you sort of expect this to change, since it's said so often that a playoff series doesn't really begin until somebody wins on the road. Does that mean the only series that has begun is Detroit-Orlando, which could come to an end tonight?

One of the most interesting things to come out of Ernie Grunfeld's annual postseason presser yesterday was the answer he gave to a question I asked about how he would respond to passionate fans of this franchise who are frustrated over three straight first round exits and want him to do something drastic.

The answer is long but I felt that it was informative.

Ernie: "I love the reaction because that means there is an interest. That means there is a following, a passion which I think is great. That's what makes fans so great. They want to see you succeed, they want to see you move on. I like all of those things. At the end of the day, I'm responsible for the organization and making the decisions I feel are in the best short term and long term interests of the ball club. And, I have a little bit of experience in the NBA of watching a team and trying to rebuild teams and I'm going to try to do the best job I can to put the best product I can out there."

"I feel that these players (referencing Antawn Jamison and Gilbert Arenas) are the best product that we can have but at the same time, I've said that if there is an opportunity out there for us to make our team better, to package a pick and some player to make us better, then that is something I'll look at. But I love the passion of our fans and I love the fact that we've become a significant team in this marketplace because we weren't like that four or five years ago. People didn't pay attention, people didn't really care about us and now they do and that's an important thing and we do feel bad about losing in the playoffs. I wish I could give our fans a win in it but's it good that they have that kind of passion and that kind of emotion and an attachment to the team."

- When I asked Ernie if he ever thought about making a coaching change his answer was a direct "No."

-Andray Blatche is going to play in summer league with the three rookies and any players the team adds in the draft. Also, forward Vladimir Veremeenko, the team's second-round pick in the 2006 draft, may come over to play in summer league as well. However, Vladimir has a pretty nice contract with his team in Europe and it has a hefty buyout. (Here we go again with that).
Blatche needs a strong summer but putting him in Las Vegas for a week may or may not be a good thing. We'll see. We all know that the kid has real talent though and he flashed it at times this season. Next year, we should see a real leap.

-Ernie twice said that he is open to the idea of moving the 18th pick if a deal comes along. Translation: Ernie wants to move that pick because that may be his best chance of doing something substantial to this roster.
Basically, the team already has four young players and given the long odds of adding a true impact player at 18, the team may be better served to deal it.
This reminds of what a sports agent recently told me about Ernie: "Grunfeld is one of the most aggressive gm's in the business. When he wants something, he will keep calling you and calling you until he gets what he wants."

Just wanted to put something up letting folks know that Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld will address the media today in a press conference at the VC. I'll be writing on it for tomorrow's paper.

In his latest blog, posted yesterday, Gilbert Arenas said he wants Antawn Jamison here next year or he won't come back. Nothing really new there - he said very much the same thing in Los Angeles back in March. However, he also said that night that he hadn't been medically cleared to play when in fact he had been cleared the previous night. Then, one night before he made his dramatic return, he flat told me that he wasn't going to play. Oh, and he's gone back-and-forth between a willingess to take less money and his desire to get a max deal.

So, as with everything involving Arenas, take his latest words with caution.

And I don't see Gilbert's stance impacting Ernie's approach to these negotiations. The bottom line is that both players will be back if the deals works for all sides. Disclaimer: that is, unless Ernie has something up his sleeve that none of us know about.

And a word on the blog: the posts won't be as frequent in the next week or so as I plan on taking a few days to get away and unwind but things will pick up as we get into summer. The pre-draft camp, individual workouts, the draft, summer league, free agency, etc. It's a year-round deal now folks.

The players held their exit meetings with Coach Eddie Jordan and his staff and are in the process of doing the same with President Ernie Grunfeld today and tomorrow. Ernie is expected to address the media on Wednsday which is typical.

He likes to meet with each player indivdually, meet with Jordan and the coaches and let the emotions surrounding the season's final game flow a little before discussing what' s next with us.

A few housekeeping issues:

-Antonio Daniels said he will meet with a hand specialist and then decide whether to undergo surgery on his left wrist. He played through a pretty painful injury the last two months of the season.

-Caron Butler said that he simply needs some rest and won't require any surgery on his left hip or left wrist, which had a chipped bone in it for the last few weeks of the season.

-As I reported in my story today, Coach Eddie Jordan would like to retain his staff. Mike O'Koren, Phil Hubbard and Wes Unseld Jr. have deals that expire at the end of June. I believe that Randy Ayers signed a two-year deal last summer but don't know the contract status of Dave Hopla. I'll do my best to find out but I'd assume that he'll be back given the impact he had on Brendan Haywood's free throw shooting. That alone made this a better team.

Before the series began, I said my two X-factors would be Wally Szczerbiak for the Cavs and Roger Mason Jr. for the Wizards.

Last night, as the Cavs closed the Wizards out for the third straight year at Verizon Center, Wally World came through in a big way by making six three-pointers and putting up a series-high 26 points. I've been baffled at his shooting struggles since the trade. Normally, when he gets his feet set, the guy is money. During the 2001-2002 season with the T-Wolves for example, the guy made 50.8 percent of his shots and 45.5 percent of his 3's.

-Roger had a solid series, averaging 8 points on 40 percent shooting and helped get that Game 3 butt kicking underway by making some key shots in the second quarter but wasn't a huge factor last night as he finished with 7 points on 3 of 11 shooting. He was 1 of 7 on 3's and the only way the Wizards were going to hang in that game in the second quarter last night was to knock some of those down.

-Cleveland's reserves outscored Washington's depleted bench 32-16.

-Mike Brown catches a ton of heat in Cleveland (if you go through any of the blogs in that city or listen to sports talk radio, the guy just gets killed) but the man can coach defense. Last night, the Cavs really put the clamps on the Wizards after a 31-point first quarter. The rotations were tight, they swarmed Caron Butler any time he tried to put the ball on the floor and took Antawn Jamison of of his sweet spots in the post and on the wing. Just a great defensive effort by that team.

-Mike, you're a good coach so stop debasing yourself with the over-the-top flattery of your star. We get it: "he's terrific" but did you have to say it 12 times? And please refrain from calling him a "special human being" and sprinting on the court to defend his honor every time he gets a love tap. It's just uncomfortable to watch a good coach and a grown man do that stuff.

-A key stat from the series: the Cavs finished with a 138-94 edge in assists. Last night, it was a 29-11 advantage.

-No way Darius Songaila should have been suspended last night. Even the Cavs said so. Just a bad decision by the league and one of those things that makes people wonder about the integrity of the game. That said, the Wiz can't chalk that up to the loss. The Cavs earned it.

-Folks are asking about Coach Eddie Jordan's status. Here's my read: unless Ernie Grunfeld experienced a major change of heart the last few days, I think he's safe. He's under contract and folks all over the league feel that he and his staff did a great job with an injury-ravaged team this season. I know folks are emotional about this whole thing and want major changes now but take a deep breath and ask yourself a serious question: are any of these coaches who are out there better than Jordan? Another: did any other playoff coach go through what Jordan did this season with the injuries and an ownership that refused to budge on the luxury tax, thus forcing him to consistently practice with seven or eight bodies? I've covered this team for three full seasons now and feel that Eddie did his best work this season. That said, folks are free to disagree.

-As for the series, I'll put it like this: Mike Brown had LeBron James and Eddie Jordan did not.
He didn't have a healthy Gilbert Arenas or a fully healthy Caron Butler. One thing here: I can't speak for Ernie on this. So far, he has not come out and said anything on the record one way or the other. Fact: Ernie has fired a coach only once in his career as a GM and that happened in New York where Don Nelson was trying to make Patrick Ewing into a point guard.

-There was no access to the team today as everyone got a day to get away from it (well, except for me but hey, summer's here baby!) but the team will have exit meetings tomorrow and Ernie will address the media either tomorrow or Monday.

-It's a huge summer for the young guys. Nick Young, Dominic McGuire, O Pesh and Andray Blatche have to get better. The three rookies will play in summer league and Blatche told me that he wants to play as well. One question for Andray: Do you want to be a great player or just a player? I have no idea.

-From a beat writer's perspective, this was very strange season. I was reflecting on this last night from a stool on the deck at Marvin (great music on a nightly basis). It began with me driving to Richmond for the first day of training camp and hearing that Etan Thomas had a heart issue and ended with the mysterious suspension of Songaila.
Throw in Gilbert's on-again, off-again goofiness, Caron's strange battle with a hip injury, Stevenson's "overrated" claim, a ton of late season travel that made it feel like I was never home (my dog was thrilled about that) and a wacky playoff series and I'm not sure what to make of it all. I need a few days at the beach to sort it all out.

Then again, we've all got it pretty good. Late last night, as I was downing a few Stellas and listening to a good dj spin some James Brown funky stuff while pondering the season's end, my buddy (Sven "Ole" Olson pride of St. Olaf College football) in Iraq dropped me an e-mail.

"I'm hanging in there. I've reached this point now where I don't think about the days and months I have left to endure. Do you remember the movie "Platoon" where Charlie Sheen's character is talking to the blonde haired surfer type who advises him "to just count backwards oor something man..Keep it positive?" It's hillarious to me now but I know the feeling. Anyway, I've resolved to simply battle each individual day now and forget about the rest although I can't help thinking about the day when I can slide on down to a local pub that's showing the Vikings game, sip on a cold foamer, relax, and enjoy watching the Vikes defense feast on helpless qbs with some fellow Vikings faithful. Take care and tell LeBron to stop traveling. I can see that from here."

- So there it is, everyone should grab a cold one and watch a sporting event tonight for Sven and all the other men and women who are in dangerous places wishing like hell they could trade places with us if only for a night.

Another year, another Wizards playoff exit thanks to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Game 6 went the same as Games 2 and 3 with one team dominating for the better part of the night and strolling to victory.

So now the Wizards head into the offseason with a laundry list of issues:
What's to be done with Arenas?
What about Jamison?
Can this team take the next step as presently constructed?

So we open it up to you, any predictions for this summer and next season?

Cleveland is moving the ball well and knocking down shots and that the Cavs were able to use a 15-0 second quarter run to take this lead. The key is Daniel Gibson, who has 15 points on 6 of 10 shooting. The Cavs are shooting 53.5 percent. If the Wizards don't start getting some hands in faces, this one is over.

To the delight of the sold-out crowd here the VC, LeBron James was hit with a technical by Steve Javie just before halftime.