Cleveland Cavaliers 89, Boston Celtics 96: You know, eventually, I’m going to stop watching these games. As I watched bits and pieces of this one last night, I kinda tuned it out. Don’t get me wrong, it was a good game. For the most part, it was incredibly competitve, and the average fan at one point in the game may have actually thought the Cavs were going to win this.

But me? I’ve seen this too much in this year’s playoffs, and I knew when I turned the TV off to go to bed that two things were going to happen: The Celtics were going to pull away from the Cavs, and the Lakers, who hadn’t even begun to play yet, were going to beat the Jazz.

I just knew it.

We’ll get to the second game in a minute, but the first game I was right on board with. Boston used a 29-17 third quarter to get past Cleveland, who got their best effort out of LeBron James yet. BronBron was 12-25 from the field with 35 points, and made 11-13 free throws. The one night he really shines, Zydrunas Ilgauskas decided to completely disappear, playing 26 minutes for a measley 6 points and 7 rebounds.

The Big Three were almost in full swing — that Ray Allen sometimes has a hard time scoring now — getting 29 points from Paul Pierce, 26 from KG, and 11 points on 4-11 shooting from Ray Ray. The series is now 3-2 heading back to Cleveland, and you can count on the rest of these series to go seven.

Utah Jazz 104, LA Lakers 111: With this victory, the home teams are now 19-1 in the second round. The game was tied going into the fourth quarter, but the away team did what the away team has done best, blowing any hope of an actual upset in this thing.

Kobe Bryant played with a sore back, but still managed 26 points, and was often seen distributing the ball in the fourth rather than shooting it. Lamar Odom had 22 points, Pau Gasol had 21 points, Vladmir Ranmanovic 15 points, and Derek Fischer finished with 14, assuring all Lakers starters finished in double figures.

I heard on the radio that Game 7 will be on Monday “if necessary,” and I’ve gotta ask: If necessary? Have you been watching this? You’ve got a better chance landing on Zero in Roullette than you do guessing which away team might actually win a game. So, in other words, this next one isn’t important, and Game 7 is sometime Monday night.