Ouch!

Going into Game 3, I was thinking the Cs really have a tough road ahead of them against this Miami Heat team. They needed a blowout, and they needed to get inside the Heats' collective head.

So I am watching the game Saturday night, and the Cs are up big, and I am thinking..."ok...they might be all right." Then...the next thing I know I see Rondo -- who by the way is probably the Celtics most important player -- get pulled to the ground and seemingly break his arm.

I mean, this was Joe Theisman-like. It made my stomach turn watching it. And the replay after replay didn't make me feel any better. I immediately think that the end of the season is near.

But what happens a mere 5 to 10 minutes later? Rondo comes back out to finish the game obviously favoring the arm...and the Cs go on to win in convincing fashion.

But was it enough. The Heat did not look dejected and the Cs still have a lot of question marks. Tomorrow night's game will help define the way this series will play out. Can they blow them out again? If so, we got ourselves a series and a real shot. Will Rondo's dislocated elbow become a factor? Will Shaq continue to look like he is 60 years old trying to play basketball? Will PP play the same end-to-end, wire-to-wire defense on King James as he did Saturday night? Will Jeff Green be a spark plug once again? Will KG continue to make Chris Bosh his bitch? We will have to wait and see.

I am hoping so. The window is not only just about shut on this team, the locks are turning as well. The Celtics need to come out with another statement game. If they don't, it will be over soon. Then all I'll have left is to sit an hope Tim Thomas can continue to stand on his head, and the Sox continue to right the ship.

As my brother-in-law Meech says. We only need one championship this year. Two, three or four would be nice. But one is all we need.