I love a lot of things about this team, but what impresses me the most this year is Rondo's leadership and big games, and, first and foremost, the team's mental toughness. The article on the frontpage sums it up for me, I'm really impressed by the confidence and the "killer mentality" of this team, especially after a disappointing season full of late game collapses.
To get such a winning streak in the playoffs and to win 3 straight road games in two of the toughest buildings of the NBA, and to win these games convincingly, often in ugly fashion, but managing to pull out the wins at the end... wow. Just impressive, I feel like this team is even more focused and confident than the '08 team. It's easy to say "we don't care where we play, we want to win every game" but it's quite another thing to actually do it and take life out of the opponent's crowd time and time again!
