arrgh. i apologize. this is'nt a scal thread. my prediction for tonight is that there will be a brawl. they'll be fired up. they'll want to prove they're better than the champs(love typing that) the c's will wanna prve they're still the best.they know if they drop this one they'll never hear the end of it.i really don't think motivation should be any problem this year. i could'nt guess a victor in this one.hopefully the refs will keep control of this one. i think it all depends on how much they let the little body checks,grabbing, holding and cracking down on not impeding progress cutting thru the lane.if they let stuff go i think it could snowball into an ugly scene. i hate that artest is almost given credit for physically intimidating other players. like an nba player is actually scared of another. what guys are afraid of is a nutcase snapping and potentially ending their career. i hate when it's portrayed that artest scares players like he's gonna beat them up. yeah, i hate artest. almost as much as bruce bowen who should have been kicked out of the nba already.