Most of the words written from the TD Garden on Thursday night will be about LeBron James, his performance in this series, his health, and his future. A full contingent of New York media made their way up to Boston for this game, and they got the story they came for: James, the free-agent-to-be, falling well short of a championship

And you know what? The Boston Celtics don't care.

They don't care if James' elbow was bothering him. They don't care if he's frustrated with his teammates, head coach or front office. And they don't care if he's played his last game as a Cav.

From the start of this conference semifinals series to the finish, the Celtics knew that if they just took care of their own business, played hard and played together, they'd be in good shape.

In the end, the Cavs didn't lose this series. The Celtics won it.

"I thought our guys' effort, our focus was phenomenal," coach Doc Rivers said. "Everybody was on the same page."

This was a team that looked mediocre at best throughout the second half of the season, a team that lost to the Nets and Wizards at home after the All-Star break. But when the postseason began, they became the team that won a championship two seasons ago, or at least a close facsimile.

"Playoffs come around, it's time to ste

Playoffs come around, it's time to step it up another notch," Kevin Garnett said.

Along with improved mental focus came the improved health of Garnett. It was as if his right knee knew it was the playoffs too. Though Rajon Rondo put up huge numbers at times in this series, he knew that it was Garnett who the Celtics had to run their offense through early and often.

"Every time something went down [Rondo] looked at me and you know our punch play -- kept throwing the fist for that play," Rivers said. "Everyone knew, everyone knew what they had to do in that way. Get him space, get him room."

When Garnett wasn't hitting jumpers over Antawn Jamison (or Shaquille O'Neal at the start of Game 6), he was finding open shooters or hitting cutters to the basket.

When Garnett wasn't hitting jumpers over Antawn Jamison (or Shaquille O'Neal at the start of Game 6), he was finding open shooters or hitting cutters to the basket.

It didn't matter who took the shots, because every Celtic player had confidence in the next guy. And why not? They all contributed (Rasheed Wallace included) with big shots at one point or another in this series.

"That's what makes us so strong," Paul Pierce said. "When you do your scouting report on us, you have to worry about four, five, six different guys, night in and night out.

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