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The Celtics sweep was masterful. All of the credit goes to the lockdown defense crafted by the brilliant Nigerian-American head coach Ime Udoka, deployed effectively by the law firm of Smart, Tatum, Brown, and Williams. As an assistant coach for the Nets last season, Udoka gained intimate knowledge of how to defend Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. As an assistant coach for Team USA during the 2019 FIBA World Cup and Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2021, Udoka was able to forge a relationship with Marcus Smart, Jayson Tatum, and Jaylen Brown who ended up advocating for Udoka’s hire as the head coach in Boston. It’s a good thing that they did because he was the perfect coach to guide them through a tough first round matchup that many were picking the Nets to win. Udoka’s hire was criticized based on the uneven and inconsistent way his team started the campaign in November and December, but since January his squad has flipped a switch that made them arguably the best team in basketball and statistically the best defensive team in the NBA. This dichotomy of improvement shows exactly why Udoka was the right man for the job.

The Lakers snapped a four-game losing streak on Saturday night. LeBron James showed up and showed out. The last few games of the season are “must win” games for the Lakers if they hope to get into the playoff mix. Even then, winning out the season might not be enough. Despite that, Labron James remains undaunted and committed to finishing the season strong.

So they just won the Gold medal! So what? It was expected of them frankly. Call it hubris, call it arrogance- I call it what