It’s late and I don’t feel like recapping the Celtics’ blowout of the Lakers for championship No.17 at this moment. I’ll certainly give them their due later on.

However, that performance or lack there of by Kobe and the rest of his teammates was truly pathetic. They should be embarrassed by how they performed. In fact, even their two wins weren’t much to speak of. The Celtics easily could’ve swept them because that’s how much superior and more determined they were in these NBA Finals making history for the greatest turnaround.

While Finals MVP Paul Pierce who was really “The Truth” like his nickname along with Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and super shooting subs James Posey and Eddie House were so intense on both ends of the floor playing a great brand of basketball, Kobe and his teammates were soft and at times looked uninterested. Have you ever seen softer options than Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom?

Clearly last night in from the middle of the second quarter on, one team wanted it while the other went through the motions and tossed in the towel. Never before had there been such a telling difference between the NBA’s two elite franchises during the Finals. You would never have seen a Larry Bird or Magic Johnson-led roster quit.

That’s what was most disappointing about this series. When you saw Phil Jackson basically speechless in the locker room begging and pleading for his team to “give themselves a chance,” it told you all you needed to know.

It was a sad sight and an even more pathetic second half by the Lakers who apparently forgot that they nearly erased a 24-point fourth quarter deficit in Game Two.

Kudos to the Boston Celtics for having the killer instinct to make history winning their first NBA title in 22 years. A huge thumbs down to Los Angeles for not even bothering to show!