The NBA

Yesterday, I was complaining about how the 82 game NBA regular season was far too long. I felt that there was a lack of excitement during the first 60 games, that the players didn't give it "their all", and that there was no sense of urgency. In other words, I felt like the NBA regular season was a very, very elongated "pre-season". However, my opinion quickly changed after watching the Celtics game last night. What a great game. It had everything - Drama, stemming from the seven game playoff series last year, excitement, because of how close the game was throughout (with the largest lead being a mere 4 points), great teams, great individual stars, and for obvious reason, Paul Pierce's final 2 points (2 of a game-high 34, as Pierce went 8-15 from the field and 15-16 from the charity stripe) which came on a buzzer-beating fade-away jumper. Simply beautiful. No, this game did not completely change my belief that the NBA season is too long, or that the majority of games are more boring than watching Olympic Curling, but it did spark a bit of interest. Who knows? Maybe I will be lucky enough to see another game as exciting as that before the play-offs.

Edit: Thanks to an anonymous poster, I was informed that the largest lead was actually 16 points, not a mere 4 points. Sorry. Well, doesn't the fact that the Celts came back from this 16 point deficit make it an even better game?