By: Jess Lander, YawkeyTalkies Editor

Not again.

Boston fans might be a little uneasy after the Celtics failed to sweep the Magic last night. This looks a little too much like the Bruins playoff series against the Flyers, and that didn’t end well. In fact, the similarity of the paths of our two Boston teams is downright scary.

How they compare:

• Both took a three game lead with advancement looking like a sure thing.
• Both had a blowout in game three, the Bruins winning 4-1, the Celtics 94-71.
• Both teams fell short of a sweep in game four, losing in overtime.

The rest of the Celtics story remains unwritten as Boston fans tuck their Beat LA shirts away momentarily and pray they don’t await the same fate as their Garden counterparts.

And while nobody saw the Bruins fall from glory coming, a repeat for the Celtics is unlikely. They are not the Bruins. And here are a few reasons why they won’t let this series slip away.

Why:

• The Celtics are a championship team. The memories of the last time the B’s won a Stanley Cup are foggy at best, but this Celtics team has already proven they can bring home a trophy. They’re a little bit older, but the core three are still going strong, and we have an unstoppable Rondo and an out-of-nowhere on fire Big Baby to get us back there. When was the last time the Magic won the NBA finals? Exactly.

• The Bruins spent most of the playoffs coming from behind, even in games they won. But with the exception from last night, the Celtics have held a lead for most of the minutes in this series. And even last night, they never fell too far back to the point where we were worried they couldn’t still pull out a win. The difference is, with the Bruins, it felt like plain luck that they were holding on, while the Celtics actually look like the better team.

• Having to go for game five in Orlando is no sweat. They already did it twice and are killer on the road this playoffs.

• The thought of the look on KG’s face and the veins that will undoubtedly pop out of his forehead if they don’t win this is too scary to even be a possibility.

• They know what’s at stake. They know Boston can’t survive this twice in one month. The city will go into an uproar, and the people will be rioting for the heads of our fallen heroes for dinner. Again, simply not an option.

So, don’t get your flaming torches out yet. Your brooms might be back in the closet, but this season is not over. A month ago, we likely didn’t expect them to make it this far, but they’ve shown us one thing in the post season, and that’s that our 2008 Championship Team is very much still alive. It’s not fair to let the Bruins give us reason to doubt them when they themselves haven’t given us any at all.

In Green We Trust.

Popularity: 4% [?]