It's in the Air

I have this weird feeling that something special is going to happen in tonight's game.

Part of it is stemming from the loss of Dennis Johnson: A Celtic great, a respected Laker rival, and one of Compton's finest. His presence will be felt by both sides tonight.

But mostly it's from the irony I am feeling after reading what I wrote last week about how I hope the Celtic's losing streak had ended by tonight's game because, if it hadn't, a karmic presence would make sure that such an epic losing streak would end by beating the Lakers. Well, that logic applies here. Just in reverse. I mean, 6 games is not as epic as the 18 games in a row that the Celtics lost, but it ain't trivial either.

Or, it could be just like any other night. Hopefully it'll be like one of those nights when the Lakers used to play defense.