Celtics Blow Out Bulls, Take 2-1 Lead

Ok, so he didn't get 30, but he would have if they needed him to. He was a man on a mission tonight and took the Chicago crowd right out of it. I love it. Thank you Paul.

The Chicago Bulls were looking to throw a dagger tonight, but instead they took one right in the heart. Blame it on the Bulls marketing department, who decided to cover the courtside seats with rose petals (to honor Rose's Rookie of the Year award), they thought they were marketing geniuses. Instead, it had the reverse effect, as Rose was covered like a blanket the entire night.

I did not expect anything like this, a complete a**-kicking with the largest margin being 34 points and the entire 4th quarter made irrelevant. Nearly everyone was awful, but I was really dissapointed in Tyrus and Noah. They looked so overmatched physically tonight it's enough to question their long term viability as a tandem. It was that bad. So many times they fumbled passes, or got stripped, or were pushed out of the paint. By a decimated Celtics front line. And Brad Miller...I swear, it was like he forgot there was a game tonight.

Some of yall may have seen me jump out of the Red Bull car before game 1. That car was crazy! I am officially the first NBA player to sign with them, so I'm pretty excited about it. I've been drinking it a lot since I signed, and I will have to say that it does give you wiings!

"Oh, I lobby all the time. I just don't do it publically,'' he said. "I lobby for all my guys. Any guy that has your team at heart, I'm lobbying for him. It's good to have soldiers in your locker room. "Forget the basketball. For me that's a huge loss,'' said Rivers. "I look at the big picture sometimes, and forget the basketball – he's going to be a free agent this year. He's going to have reconstructive surgery, there's a chance he's not going to get a contract. He's done everything right for his coach, and everything right for his team. This kid was homeless, so that hurts. He's everything that's right about our league.''

As the target of a death threat by a Chicago man, Boston Celtics guard Tony Allen was under intensive watch by an increased force of NBA security officers Thursday night at the United Center, multiple sources told Yahoo! Sports.