Rob: Maybe LeBron is the NBA's A-Rod.

Sam Weinman: Despite the vastly increased margin of victory, Game 2 of Celts-Cavs offered quite the pleasant redux of the Celtics' bench's efficacy from Game 1.

Also: TNT is to LeBron James as Fox Sports is to the Yankees. Discuss.

Rob: The Celtics' annihilation of the Hawks in game 7 makes it hard to believe that the series even got to a 7th game.

Also: Here's why Shaughnessy didn't take a buyout: Sheer spite. "Your 2007-2008 Boston Celtics," he writes, because you know he's holding his nose not wanting a single thing to do with them.

The Herald digs up an old photo of Tom Menino flashing the same sort of finger symbol that got Paul Pierce in trouble.

Could Bob Ryan be blogging about this Curse Boy train wreck of a column when he writes the following?

Have we no institutional memory? People are beginning to act as if something odd is going on in the Celtics-Hawks series, as if we've never seen this before.

If so, that would be so cool.

That would make it 2-0.

Supergirl Saves the World: OK, I think I'm officially convinced in the Celtics' superiority.

Better watch out, Fitzy, this kid will have your job some day:

Over on BSMW Full Press, Kevin Henkin is channeling Charles Dickens:

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Part 2.

What is with all this damn happiness, I wondered as I watched the crowds scurry by my street-level office window. Sure, it was Christmas Eve and they were all probably headed home to their loved ones. Regardless, a mug of spiked nog, a pile of colorfully wrapped gifts and the love of family did absolutely nothing to address the many needs of the Boston Celtics. How could people remain so glib when their team remained so obviously flawed? After all, the Celtics were so thin at point guard. And what about the minutes allocation of the Big Three? Did people honestly think that these aging superstars could last into deep spring while shouldering so much of the load during the regular season? It was pure and utter nonsense. ...