Heating up!!!

If only the Boston Celtics played like the Villa Villians. Multiple times throughout the NBA Finals, I have screamed at my television, "IF YOU ARE GOING TO FOUL THEM, THEN FU%#&NG FOUL THEM!!" Instead, the Celtics have racked up fouls and their star (I use that term lightly) players have been sent to the bench early for light touch fouls on the perimeter that have not even made the Lakers think twice about driving the lane. Me thinks it's time for the Celtics to take a page out of the Phil Gatchell playbook. Page One of the playbook states, "If the other team is going to score then some muthafucka is gonna have to suffer a broken face." Pretty straight forward: Gatchell wants it to be known that sure, you might score a goal and all, but you better have 911 on speed dial and Acton residents better pay their taxes, cuz you're gonna need the police, firefighters, and an ambulance to take care of the collateral damage. Since Villa only let up one goal versus the lowly last-place Wanderers, Gatchell only had to break one face (or two cheek bones, but who's counting?) on the way to a 4-1 victory. Actaully, Gatchell may not have done anything to break anyone's face. After all, as Cam so eloquently stated, "That dude just ran into Gatchell's aura." Amen. If only KG, Paul Pierce and the boys still had that aura. As for the rest of the Acton squad, the offense clicked throughout the game, stringing together a series of beautiful plays where the ball started in the defensive end, and Villa players worked it through the mid-field, and up to the forward line, where Juice took care of business and put the ball in the net like Kobe Bryant puts himself into trashy white chicks he's not married to. In fact, if it weren't for a certain breaking of one's face, Juice would be a shoe-in for "Player of the Week" honors, as his efforts yielded Villa's first hat trick in recent memory. Instead, Juice has to battle it out with Gatchell. Also, Garv is deserving of consideration, as he continues a Rajon Rondo-like metamorphasis from solid defensive role player to high-scoring "force-to-be-reckoned-with". As usual, the Villian defense was solid anchored by goal-keeper Flynnie and Connor, with Joe, Guy, and Kav providing their typical steady play. The outside mids ran their asses off and contributed to the goals and other scoring chances. Eric set up Garv nicely for a goal, Brett provided a great work rate and some real nice crosses, and Cam's two-way play was steady as always. Rayn, Tom, and the afore-mentioned face-breaker controlled the center medfield well as always. Up front, Rabbit had a bunch of great posessions to go with Garv and Juice's stellar play. As for me (Nick), well... There are two things in life that are certain to happen annually: One, LA laker coach Phil Jackson will bitch and moan about the officiating in the NBA Finals. Two, Nick will blow out his back. Well they both happened Sunday. I blew it out bad. Like, tonight (Wed) was the first time since Sunday I have even been able to lift my daughter (Villa's #1 fan) into her bed. Pretty sad. Sucks gettin old. But at least I'm on Gatchell's team, as a hurt back is better than a broken face.