Anything can happen in a Game 7 – including a nearly John-Starks-level shooting meltdown from Kobe Bryant. Fortunately for the Lakers, they did enough to win their second straight NBA title anyway.

It sure has been a busy day for NBA coaching news. Find out why!

If there was a theme (besides “Celtics-Lakers again!”) going into the NBA Finals, it was that the Celtics would be tough and physical, and the Lakers’ ability to win would depend whether they could match that intensity. Last night, they could, did, and won 102-89.

There’s controversial journalism, there’s irresponsible journalism, and then there’s this, the column written by Ron Borges in today’s Boston Herald that advocates “for Dwight Howard to be Rambis-ed” by the Celtics in tonight’s Game 6 in Boston.

Many now consider Rajon Rondo to be the league’s top point guard, leaving casual fans to wonder when that transformation occurred, and how it happened so fast. Here, on the day Boston can clinch its Eastern Conference series, a look back at Rondo’s progression over the past two seasons.