<![CDATA[Deadspin: boston wins]]> http://tags.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: boston wins]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/bostonwins http://deadspin.com/tag/bostonwins <![CDATA[Respect Thy NBA Champion, The Boston Celtics]]> It was only a year ago that the Boston Celtics were the de facto punch line for "bad team." Going 24-58 will do that. But now they're the definitive basketball champions of the continent. Paul Pierce should just retire now, because his basketball stock can't possibly rise.

The game was almost a formality. Hey, it was nice of the Lakers to show up to the arena and wear different-colored jerseys in hopes that the Celtics didn't have to clinch by doing lay-up drills, but that's what it felt like. I mean, seriously? A freakin' 39-point victory to finish the series? This is what it came to. Somebody fiddled with the NBA Jam cheats for the Boston side and enabled everything but large heads.

Where was the drama? Where was the semblance of a comeback by the venerable Phil Jackson, the assassin Kobe Bryant and his now-trusted teammates? Moreover, when do his trade rumors start up again?

So there you have it. Boston is again a championship town. Phew, that was a harrowing couple of months.

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The Rockies did the best they could to make a game, or a series, out of it, but it just wasn't happening: The Boston Red Sox were not to be denied. They have won their second World Series in four years, and their seventh overall. (That actually puts them fourth all time, behind the Yankees, Cardinals and Athletics.) We salute the Red Sox, who, clearly, were the best team in baseball from Spring Training until now. We might recommend avoiding their fans for a few days or so, but on the whole: You can't say they didn't earn it.

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