Paul Pierce's Better Is Better Than The Lakers' Better Tonite

It's just one game. I know. But this one game was a big one, in the minds of everyone who played in it and everyone that saw it.

We all know who every fan and analyst and prognosticator and expert in the world is pulling for or predicting is going to win.

We all know Kobe is supposed to be Jordan and supposed to be able to singlehandedly will his team to a Lakers championship in 4 or 5.

But if Barack Obama can win the Democratic Nomination in a calendar year against the machine that was Hillary Rodham Clinton in the face of adversity and skepticism and deliver a miracle to the people who believed in him when experts thought it foolish to, than Paul Pierce and the Celtics can win this series to.

1 game down. 3 to go. Another small step towards the team goal, another step towards Paul Pierce proving he is the criminally underrated elite superstar who I've publicly proclaimed he was for so many years to people who didn't want to hear it and most importantly another step towards showing that even a God-King can bleed, word to Leonidas from 300.

Amazing.