Once the Celtics took down Toronto last night and locked themselves into a first-round series against the Cavaliers, the play began rolling through my mind on a continuous loop.
LeBron James isn’t in it, nor are any basketball players, for that matter. Still, nothing may offer a visual preview of this playoff better than a certain scene from “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
In it, a skilled swordsman, talented and ready to rumble, brandishes his scimitar in a manner that would make most sane opponents quake. But Indiana Jones simply pulls out his gun and blasts the guy into an early offseason.