“You were always on my mind”

BULLETIN BOARD ALERT

Looking in

The Lakers were among the television viewers of the Pacers-Celtics game, according to the Orange County Register.

“Groans and profanities” were heard from the Staples Center training room after a late call by referee Jim Clark that favored the Celtics.

“Quite honestly, if we’re the best we can be, we’ll beat them,” Derek Fisher said of a possible NBA Finals rematch.

Lakers coach Phil Jackson pointed out the odds are against a Celtics-Lakers final.

“It’s so hard to come back to that same level,” Jackson said. “Having been through a number of these situations and seasons, only one time did repeat teams come back in the championship – that was Utah and the Bulls [in 1996-97 and '97-98]. And, before that, Seattle and Washington came back in the late ’70s.”

From the Celtics notebook in today’s Boston Globe. Looks like Phil is already trying to manage expectations. That’s what you do when you know you can’t win.