Just to update this ESPN thing, today on Around the Horn two of the three panelists changed their pick for the Finals (Plaschke of the LA Times now likes the Celtics in the series, see also here:
http://www.celticsblog.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=64&topic=19460.msg304019#msg304019)
(Paige grinned and claimed to be "undecided now"), while Colishaw (sp?) has had the Celtics all along. Jay Marioti of the Chicago Sun Times has always had the Lakers in 7 (strange in my book; you think THESE Lakers can pull out a 7th Game in Boston?)
And on Pardon the Interruption Tony Kornheiser again admitted to having been wrong about how good the Cs are.
So even after the loss, the Cs are getting some love. Now if they can only get to Stuart Scott...
Good point, vinnie. For whatever reason, I've always cared what the national media says about my teams, perhaps because I often feel they don't know my teams as well as I do...