This series must end Friday night in Cleveland. For one, I can't stand another second of the why-can't-they-win-on-the-road analysis. And please, no more Dick Stockton. At the very least get the old man some glasses. The Big 3 (KG, Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo - Ray Allen has been permanently demoted) delivered big-time last night. Let's start with Rondo. Drilled two 3s to spark a late second quarter run. Drove to the hoop consistently and scored on floaters or dished (13 -1 asst/turnover ratio) to KG. Harassed the shit out of Delonte West. And most importantly - he played 42 minutes which meant Sam Cassell was off the court for 42 minutes. Pierce clamped down on a red-hot Lebron James in the second half and nailed 8 free throws in the final 1:30 to secure the win. (Note that I am conveniently ignoring the Celtics horseshit play during that stretch which nearly cost them the game) KG (26 pts, 16 reb) gets credit for taking 19 shots. We need him to be aggressive, but please keep it up in Cleveland. And speaking of aggressive, P.J. Brown was a monster during his 8 minutes. These pics prove he got his money's worth out of his four fouls. I also want to give credit to Cavs coach Mike Brown for not playing Zydrunas Ilgauskas much (26 minutes). All he does is nail 20-footers and prevent Rondo for finishing in the paint. Thanks, Mike.

Chuck - Red's Army

PS - I'm trying to cut back on my Ray Allen bashing. It's not going to do me or anybody any good pointing out how painfully slow and off-target he is.