Quick Thursday NBA Link No. 1: Celtics '09, Celtics '76

With the way the '09 series is going, are we going to see a barnburner among the final two games? Probably.

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Another person whose head could explode? Kevin Harlan. "Paul Pierce just sucked the air out of TD Bank North!!!"

Four of the first five games of Celtics vs. Bulls '09 have gone to OT. That's filthy. At this point, if Game 7 of this series was head-to-head with the final American Idol results show and you had severe allegiances to hoops and amateur musicians, your head would explode. Begs this question: these teams both want it bad, so among the final two games (starting tonight), can we get something that approaches Game 5 in '76? Aside from the Finals vs. first-round difference, we think it's possible.

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