Bill Simmons, who predicted the Celtics would lose in the first
round to the Miami Heat, said this before the playoffs:  "I once
wrote that Miami's 2006 title run was like a group of guys in
Vegas spending crazy money at dinner, having a great time,
ordering dozens of dishes and drinks and never once worrying
about the check...and the 2007 Miami season was like the 10
sobering minutes when the check arrives and nobody can believe
the bill.  The check just gets passed around so everyone can
stare it in horror, then the one dude with an MBA grabs it and
figures out what everyone owes, and you limp out of the
restaurant saying, 'I can't believe we just spent $250 apiece on
dinner, I gotta hit an ATM,' but it takes an extra 10 minutes to
leave because somebody has to take a dump and somebody else
thinks they have a chance with the waitress, so the rest of the
guys are just clustered in the lobby, totally full, a little bit
drunk, a little bit tired, trying to rally for a big gambling
night but knowing they're abo