It was a decisive game-winner when the Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers with the score of 131-92 in the Game 6 of NBA Finals 08 last Wednesday(Philippines). The Celtics grabbed its 17th title in the NBA and first since 1986. It is still fresh to the NBA fans the rivalry between these two teams which made this series very exciting and entertaining to watch. The defense of Boston Celtics prevailed in the series and LA Lakers has just not solved the puzzle. The turning point of the series was the Game 4 when the Celtics recorded one of the greatest comeback in NBA history, Celtics cutting the lead and winning the game in LA when the Lakers led 24 points in the 2nd half.

    In the trophy presentation, "the Truth" Paul Pierce was awarded as the Finals MVP and during his postgame press conference he said "It means everything. I’m not living under the shadows of the other greats now. If I was going to be one of the best Celtics to ever play, I had to put up a banner, and today we did that." Celtics trully proven that it is team effort and team basketball, as Garnett, Allen and Pierce said that they don’t want to be called as the BIG 3 because its a team effort, its BIG 15.