--F Kevin Garnett's recovery from right knee surgery must be going well. Celtic co-owner Wyc Grousbeck said he had an encouraging conversation with Garnett.
"I talked to him and he guaranteed the championship in 2010 and in 2011," Grousbeck said. "He was as fired up as he's ever been." --Assistant coach Tom Thibodeau pulled himself out of the running for the head coaching job in Sacramento before the Kings decided on Paul Westphal.
It was probably an unnecessary move in that Sacramento had Kurt Rambis and Westphal ahead of Thibodeau on their list.
--Celtic legend Bill Russell was at the NBA Finals to present the series MVP award, which is now named for him.
"To me, one of the most gratifying things that has happened in my term as commissioner is bringing back Bill Russell to the league," said NBA commissioner David Stern. "People seem to forget there was a time when Bill was considerably less appreciative of how people were appreciative of him and his contributions. And to see sort of the reciprocal admiration reestablished is great.
"And to really have somebody whose achievements, I think, won't ever be matched back in our game to present the MVP in a series that he owned, and you have more rings than fingers, you've earned it. It's an extraordinary thing."
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I don't go to games that my team isn't a part of." -- Doc Rivers, explaining why he didn't go to the NBA Finals when the games were in Orlando near his home.
