A Thank You to the Readers
June 20, 2008 celtics.bostonsportsmedia.com
By Kevin Henkin
Quite a ride, wasn’t it? When I took over as editor of the FCP last July, the Ray Allen trade had already been made but Kevin Garnett was still in Minnesota, James Posey was stil...Paid in Full: Celtics Clinch Banner 17
June 18, 2008 celtics.bostonsportsmedia.com
By Kevin Henkin
With a systematic dismantling and destruction of the Lakers in Game 6, the Boston Celtics clinched their 17th NBA title. The final score was 131-92 but the game was essentially over af...Boston Falls Just Short and Loses Game of Inches
June 16, 2008 celtics.bostonsportsmedia.com
By Kevin Henkin
Lakers 105, Celtics 98. What a damned shame of a heart-breaking loss. And a damned shame of a wasted headline opportunity (”Who’s Your Daddy? Celtics Slam Lakers for Series...Can Your Smell That Cigar Smoke From Up Above? Celtics Storm to Win in Game 4
June 13, 2008 celtics.bostonsportsmedia.com
By Kevin Henkin
Wow. Let me write that again, just for the sheer pleasure of it, and because of what it represents. Wow. In short, it was a historic (and frankly embarrassing from an LA perspective) c...Celtics Give Themselves Permission to Lose, and Do So in Game 3
June 11, 2008 celtics.bostonsportsmedia.com
By Kevin Henkin
“Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss” - Pat Riley
Honestly, I’m not quoting Pat Riley to provide a cute tie-in to the prior incarnation of the Celtics-Lakers rivalry. ...That’s Right, Iceman…The Celtics Are Dangerous
June 9, 2008 celtics.bostonsportsmedia.com
By Matt Richardson
Some further reflections on Game 2 of the Finals…
Shades of Game 5 in the Eastern Conference Finals, anyone? With the Celtics up by twenty-something with 7 minutes left to go, I wa...Always Be Closing: The Lakers Provide Refresher Before Falling in Game 2
June 9, 2008 celtics.bostonsportsmedia.com
By Kevin Henkin
Forget the X’s and O’s. For the Celtics and the Lakers in Game 2 of the Finals, it was all about the A-B-C’s. As in: A-Always. B-Be. C-Closing. Always be closing, the mantra by w...Save the Eraser, Phil: Boston Takes Game One
June 6, 2008 celtics.bostonsportsmedia.com
By Kevin Henkin
When it comes right down to it, the Celtics won this game. I mean that in the sense that they won it more than the Lakers lost it. The final score was 98-88 but it felt much closer.
Af...The Glory of the Past Meets Us in the Present
June 2, 2008 celtics.bostonsportsmedia.com
By Kevin Henkin
Have I repeatedly strolled down memory lane since the Celtics clinched their invite to face the Lakers in the NBA finals? To paraphrase Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men:
YOU’RE GODDAMN...Pinch Me: The Celtics Advance to Finals Against Lakers
May 31, 2008 celtics.bostonsportsmedia.com
By Matt Richardson
We’re going to the Finals!! The Celtics beat Detroit 89-81 in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in 21 years. Awaiting the C’s i...