Tonight marks the first game of the NBA Finals — finally — and even though it feels as if it’s been a month, we can all sit down tonight and watch a good game of 3 on 2, with an occasional white guy from the Lakers chiming in and dropping some threes.

Everyone’s saying Lakers, Lakers, Lakers, just like everyone was saying Pistons, Pistons, Pistons. I know the Celtics struggled against Atlanta and Cleveland; that said, with their backs against the wall, and possibly as an underdog against Detroit, they showed up and took two games in MoTown.

I don’t think they’ll take two games in LA, but a part of me also doesn’t think they’ll lose a home game. This one, I’m guessing, is bound to go seven.

At any rate, Vegas has this game at 3 points (favored for the Celtics, of course), but I’m feeling a first round blowout. Like, 20 points. If I were a betting man — oh, wait, I am. . . and I’ve got money loaded in my Sportsbook account — I take the Celtics to cover the three, and I take it hard. Of course, for me hard is about 50 bucks. But that means on Saturday hard can mean a hundred. Celtics win, enjoy the game.