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This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio.

Talking some NBA playoff basketball.

LeBron, it's all about the Eastern Conference here.

The Celtics who are feeling pretty good.

They would have to lose four out of the next five to not advance to the NBA finals.

But LeBron James, a one-man band.

Now, if you watch the game, you know what I'm talking about.

Maybe you weren't watching it because you either hate basketball,

and if that's the case, you're probably not listening.

Or if you like basketball and you didn't watch it because you have a job

or you were sleeping, taking a nap before the third shift, whatever it might have been. LeBron James, a one-man band early on for the Cavaliers,

and that worked for about a half.

That worked for about a half.

It turned out, as you might suspect, it was unsustainable over the final 24 minutes,

Jalen Brown, Terry Rozier, and a gaggle of Celtics,

overwhelming Cleveland in the second half of game to Eastern Conference finals.

So the Celtics win going away.

They take a 2-0 series lead, outscoring the Cavaliers in this series.

Two games in by 38 points plus 38 in the point column for the Celtics after two games.

What I did there is I used Mallor Math.

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