Yay! Basketball is Finally Over!

We're happy the NBA season is over, too, Kevin Garnett.

Oh.

You're celebrating winning the NBA title?

Cool. We'd be happy, too. After all, you've been working toward this moment since the season began four years ago.

Here are some quick-hit thoughts on the end of the NBA championship:

• We've made no secret of our disdain for all things Boston. Still, we're happy to see the Celtics win the title. (After all, if they didn't, it would mean Los Angeles would have.) Kevin Garnett didn't have a great series, but it was wonderful to see him have a big game in the clincher. A selfless man in a league that's been known for selfish guys.


• We're equally happy to see Ray Allen, Doc Rivers and Finals MVP Paul Pierce succeed. The embattled Rivers's triumph after losing his dad was a special story.


• When the playoffs started (I think it was back in the 90s), remember how all the buzz was about how great the Western Conference Playoffs would be? Except for a pretty sweet series between the Spurs and Hornets, what happened? Almost everybody played dead while the Lakers steamrolled the conference before falling to the Celtics.


• Meanwhile, the Eastern Conference was filled with a number of great series from the first round on.


• It's time for the Kobe Bryant-Michael Jordan comparisons to stop. I can't imagine MJ getting spanked by 40 as his team bowed out of the finals.


• It's undoubtedly been a great year for Boston sports. But you've got to think in the months and years ahead they'll wonder what might have been. A miracle David Tyree catch away from holding the titles in all three major team sports, including a perfect Patriots team. It wasn't to be. Make no mistake: this will be looked back upon as a major blemish on a very special year.


• Phil Jackson, a retirement community in Palm Beach is waiting for you.