Everybody thought the Lakers would win, with the exception of 90% of Celticsblog posters (who picked the C's to win due more to their undying loyalty than their objective assessment - sorry, it's true).
I disagree that you couldn't objectively pick the Celtics. As I said before the series started, we have one of the best defenses in league history, literally. We won 66 games in the regular season. We had a top ten scoring offense, and three legitimately great players. There was absolutely no reason to objectively think that the Lakers would run away with this, especially after how we played in Detroit.
Personally,i have been aboard with the Celtics winning since the "Texas Swing",after seeing how they played on the road aganist the west late in the season,i saw that good defense was much better than racehorse-type offense,with little defense like most of the west coast teams play.Asi stated in a previous thread,when you see 2 west coast teams matched up,you get the impression,that they are the better teams,because of the high scoring,and easy offense going on,but once they faced some teams in the east,it was a different story.So, ive always had faith in our team,especially once they passed Cleveland.I knew once they defeated Lebron,they could handle Detroit,as long as we had homecourt advantage.At home,we have been awesome all season,so why wouldn't we win the east.Now back to the defenseless west,who is not as good as the Green machine.
