Well, the ECF is set and our Wine and Gold Warriors are set to battle the Magic.  Honestly, this is going to be a great series.  I'll blog later this week about this series but after watching Boston's season end on Sunday, something really bothered me.  Every game Boston played in the Playoffs this season, no matter the situation, the camera seemed to favor one player in particular.  He wasn't making jumpers, diving for balls or throwing down sick dunks.  He was in a suit on the sideline scowling, cursing and celebrating with his teammates as if his presence would evoke a "Willis Reed-esque" thought from the opponents that easily accounted for his +/- ratio being +12 by just being in the Arena.  But after the smoke cleared and the finger walking on his hand gesture (by the way, if someone knows what that was, please post it as a comment) had subsided, Kevin Garnett was nowhere to be found for the camera.  All of the verbal and physical antics were absent and the camera was forced to look upon the athletes from Orlando respectfully celebrating on the court of their fallen opponents.  LeBron put KG on his "Dream Team" in a recent interview with Dan Patrick.  My biggest disappointment is that a player, who not only is a future Hall of Famer but revolutionized the way his position is played, acted in a manner that would not even be tolerated by a Rookie in this scenario.  You can cheer.  You can celebrate.  You can even play "mind games" or "talk trash" to the other team, but you can also choose to do it with the class.  And if you are defeated, you can at least choose to lose with dignity and honor rather than quietly walking off, all of a sudden wanting to avoid the same spotlight that you so richly craved only a few moments before.

Boston's season is over, which is unfortunate for their team, city and fans (I hate them just as much as you do but we were in that position and it sucks)...but there is always next season and they can still look back 11 months ago when they celebrated on their home court by hoisting THE trophy.  What is unfortunate is that KG may have completely changed the way fans view him not because of what he did on the court in a uniform but because of how he acted while watching it in a suit from the bench.  He did for this fan...