Mama LeBron just wanted to have some fun the day after.

I’ve never been the biggest fan of KG, and this highlight is the perfect argument for why the guy didn’t deserve the NBA Defensive Player of the Year. And if you’re one of those people that say he did deserve it, at least admit it should be taken back now. To give him credit, he at least threw his arms up like a woman protecting herself from a punch, and probably should’ve been whistled for a foul.

Boston Celtics 77, Cleveland Cavaliers 88: It’s hard to say Boston’s the best team in the NBA when they’re now 0-5 on the road in the playoffs, and three of those losses were against the Hawks, but at the same time, it seems that everyone who plays on the road is incapable of putting together some sort of winning effort. Take away Detroit’s win — a win in which they had to come back from 15 down against a team that pretty much choked it away — and the second round home teams would be 16-0 (as of now, they’re 15-1).

LeBron James scored 21 points, but was only 7-20 from the line, and continues to struggle with his jump shot and three. He did have a nasty dunk on KG, and his mom did get involved when Paul Pierce decided it best to grab his entire body and bring him into the crowd to prevent him from an open dunk.

Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Rajon Rando led the Celtics with 15 points, and Paul Pierce put in 13 on a bad shooting night. The Celtics are now winless on the road, and you have to wonder how many series they can really win without taking one away from home. If Cleveland can win Game 5, you may be able to wrap this thing up.

The Spurs visit the Hornets tonight, and the Jazz head back to LA. I’ve got a hunch — just a hunch — that the home teams will probably be 2-0 tonight.

Cleveland Cavaliers 73, Boston Celtics 89: Don’t let this score fool you. The Cavs jumped out to a 21-11 lead, and never did anything after that. At one point, the lead for the Celtics was as high as 26 points, and there was no one holding their breath in this one.

And one thing that has to be going through every Cavs fan’s head right now: What in the hell is going on with LeBron James? I’ve always been “that guy” who’s said he’s a bit overrated — I’m not saying he’s not great; that said, I don’t think he’s the second coming of Michael Jordan — and even I’m perplexed right now with what’s going on. LeBron did play better than his first game, but that’s like getting drunk, hooking up with a girl that’s a three, then bragging that you bagged one the next night that’s a five. He scored 21 points, a dramatic increase from Game 1, but was only 6-24 from the field, couldn’t hit a three to save his life, and had more turnovers than he had field goals. Boston used an all-around arsenal to kill the Cavs, who are now down 0-2 and look like the Atlanta team before them — incapable of making this thing even close on the road.

New Orleans Hornets 99, San Antonio Spurs 110: Something tells me you’re going to see a lot of home winning in this one, which doesn’t bode well for the Spurs, given they have less home games. Chris Paul had 35 points and 9 assists in the losing effort. Tony Parker and Manu Ginobli showed that you don’t have to be American to win this game, going for 31 a piece, also combining for 17 assists. Tim Duncan had 16 points and 13 rebounds, helping the Spurs make this thing competitive again. The next game will be Sunday, giving the two teams three days of rest before they tangle again.

Cleveland Cavaliers 72, Boston Celtics 76: If this was an indication of what the rest of the series will look like, there won’t be many viewers. I watched this game — while thankfully playing online poker, or I’d've fallen asleep — through and through, and it was hardly any type of basketball spectacle. When you think “greatest athletes in the world,” you don’t think it if this is your first time checking out the NBA. King James, who will have to play a large role if his team wants to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, was 2-18 from the field, and missed what would have been a game tying layup in the final 20 seconds. “This was two heavyweights, just body-punching,” said Kevin Garnett, who scored 28 points to make up for an off night for the rest of Boston’s Big Three. “There was no finesse, no jabs, just an all-out, beat-down, defensive fight.”

Let’s hope we see some body punches that start to land. I understand it was a defensive struggle with two solid defensive teams, but goodness: LeBron made two baskets, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen combined for two baskets, and other than Zydrunas Ilgauskas’ 22 points, there wasn’t a roleplayer out there that really stepped into the spotlight and shined.

Cleveland has to feel great that it came this close in Boston with LeBron playing one of the worst games of his career. On the flip side, Boston also has to feel pretty solid knowing they won a game when Ray Allen and Paul Pierce combined for 4 points.

Game 2 takes place tomorrow, and let’s hope there’s some more scoring, less body punches, and lots and lots of haymakers. Anything would be more entertaining than last night.

Today marked the end of the Hawks season, which started tragically and nearly ended triumphantly. I told myself if we won a single game against Boston, I’d be happy. Here I sit, after losing by more than 30 points and managing just over 60, and I’m upset. We went to Game 7. We almost did it. We came just short (only after watching today’s game, it feels almost as if we were never in this series).

There’s a lot of people that feel Boston’s going to be in trouble against the Cavs, but I feel it’s a similar matchup as the Hawks, who they absolutely destroyed at home. You’re going to see a lot of double teams on LeBron, and it’s going to be up to the rest of the Cleveland players to step up and try and win one. The Hawks did just that at home, and just the opposite on the road.

Congrats, Atlanta. I can truly say for the first time in nine years that I’m proud to be a Hawk. Our main focus now is re-signing Josh Smith, and then hopefully getting Childress as well, though I think it’s unlikely; he’ll probably want way too much, and you can only justify giving so many dollars to a guy that’s gonna be your sixth man.

Cleveland Cavaliers 100, Washington Wizards 97: I wasn’t able to watch the game because I was busy, but it sounded like it was a good one. Delonte West, not LeBron James, hit a three pointer with time winding down, helping the Cavs to a 3-1 series lead, and the series now shifts back to Cleveland. LeBron James had 34 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, proving that he’s the most overrated player in the league and isn’t good at all. Gilbert Arenas played 32 minutes and managed only 10 points on 3-8 shooting.

San Antonio Spurs 86, Phoenix Suns 105: The series isn’t over yet. Though it’ll probably end in a couple of days in San Antonio, Phoenix fended off elimination and lives to see another day. The Suns shot just 42 percent from the field, but were able to hold San Antonio to 39 percent. Raja Bell led all Suns players with 27 points.

In Progress: Detroit Pistons @ Philadelphia 76′ers. Those pesky Sixers are hanging around. If this thing goes to 3-1, then you may want to stop saying, “Well, Detroit’s going to win the series,” and start saying, “Well, Detroit may be fucked.”

Utah Jazz 90, Houston Rockets 84: About every April is time for us to get ready to depart with T-Mac, and the April of 2008 appears to be no different. The Rockets lost 90-84 last night, dropping their second in a row to the Jazz, and now have to take at least one of two from Utah in Utah. The good news for the Rockets is that they don’t need to win both; the bad news is that Utah is 37-4 at home this year, pretty much clinching the Jazz’s chances of making it to the second round. Tracy McGrady had 23 points, nine assists and 13 rebounds, but managed zero points in the fourth quarter, giving him a total of one point in both final quarters played thus far. You hate to put it on the guy’s shoulders, but my God: He’s cursed in first round playoff games.

Washington Wizards 86, Cleveland Cavaliers 116: So much for this thing being a rivalry. Because to be a rivalry, Washington, you have to actually put up a fight. And even if you’re not putting up a fight, at least put your arms over your head to ball up and deflect some of the punches and kicks that are coming your way. LeBron James had 30 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds, leading the Cavs to a 2-0 victory, and showing that his stats, just barely better than T-Mac’s stats, are way better in victory. Gilbert Arenas was 2-10 for seven points; beyond that, is it just me, or is the guy starting to look fat? I know he’s been hurt, but goodness: He looks about a hundred cupcakes too heavy right now.

Phoenix Suns 115, San Antonio Spurs 117: I didn’t realize this game was on until there was about 0:15 left in regulation. I turned it on just in time to see Phoenix miss a potential game winning shot, and then watched one of the better overtime sessions I’ve ever seen. Tim Duncan finished the game with 40 points and 15 rebounds, but the remarkable stat for him was his three-point shot with three seconds left to tie the game. Manu Ginobli drove to the basket, was double teamed, whipped it out to Duncan, standing all by himself, and there was a hush as he shot it — the crowd, myself, everyone watching on TV, couldn’t quite believe it was Duncan who chucked it up. He made the shot, sent it to a second overtime, where Phoenix had a chance to tie or win it at the end, but the shot didn’t go down. My prediction is the winner of this series will win the Finals, and after a game like this, you have to wonder if Phoenix can rebound and get back in the series.

Washington Wizards 86, Cleveland Cavaliers 86: You’d think a team would be able to stop Cleveland, given that all they’ve got is LeBron James, but Washington hasn’t quite figured that out in the three straight years they’ve played the Cavs in the opening round. LeBron James had 32 points, backing up some of the talk that Cleveland’s had over the last couple of days with Washington, a team quickly turning into a rival. Gilbert Arenas did not start but finished the game with 24 points, leading all Washington scorers.

Dallas Mavericks 92, New Orleans Hornets 104: The Mavs had a 12 point lead at halftime, looking completely dominant for two quarters, but came out flat in the third and never found that first half rhythm again. Dirk Nowitzki had 31 points and 10 rebounds for the Mavs, but it wasn’t enough to match the effort of Chris Paul, who had 35 points and 10 assists, seemingly blowing by Jason Kidd whenever he wanted. When it’s all said and done, and the Mavs are stuck with Kidd and his massive contract for another two years, this will be considered one of the worst trades in the history of the NBA. Devin George, was a good defensive player and spark off the bench, probably would’ve held Paul under 35 points. Kidd finished the game with 11 points and nine assists, but also had four costly turnovers.

Utah Jazz 93, Houston Rockets 82: If Houston wants to win this series, it really, really needs to win the home games. Utah is rough on the road, unstoppable in Utah, and managed to win the first one held in Houston. Tracy McGrady had 20 points on 7-21 shooting, and Shane Battier led the team with 22. Andrei Kirilenko, Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams combined for 61 points for the Jazz.

San Antonio Spurs 85, LA Lakers 106: Well, they didn’t really win the West, but they put themselves in damn good position to do so. The Lakers defense was downright nasty, holding the Spurs to 33-79 shooting from the floor, but take something into consideration: The Spurs didn’t have Manu Ginobli and, as crazy as the guy is, he completely changes that offense. The Lakers put in an all-together team effort, getting 20 from Kobe, 17 from Odom, 14 from Gasol and Fisher, and a combined 21 points from Jordan Farmar and Ronny Turiaf.

Miami Heat 76, Cleveland Cavaliers 84: The Cavs avoided being embarrased. The Heat increased their chances of getting the first pick.

Toronto Raptors 84, Detroit Pistons 91: My feeling here was that the Pistons would actually throw the game, assuring that they would play Philadelphia in the first round and not the Raptors. If you think about it as a coach, who would you rather play? A Raptors team that has some playoff experience as well as a marketable player (Chris Bosh), or the 76′ers, who don’t have any experience, and whose best player’s name you can’t spell (Iguodala)? Chris Bosh scored 30 points and grabbed 10 boards for the Raptors, and Rodney Stuckey led the way for the Pistons with 18 points off the bench.

Houston Rockets 94, Denver Nuggets 111: With this win, the Nuggets are one win away from assuring their spot in the playoffs. The Rockets came out flat, and the Nuggets scored triple digits for the 21st straight game, led by Allen Iverson’s 33 point performance. A Nuggets win or Warriors loss will clinch their bid to the playoffs.