Post By Drew “Great” Scott, a WEEI.com intern

As I started thinking about the Celtics going for their 13th consecutive win tonight against the Los Angeles Lakers at the TD Banknorth Garden, somehow my mind shifted to commercials. Is any commercial really more nauseating than the newest Guitar Hero commercial that features Kobe Bryant? Could they have amassed a more obnoxious group of individuals to dance around a living room in Risky Business-influenced attire?

Once Mr. March (a.k.a. Alex Rodriguez) slides onto the screen holding down the lead guitar spot, you know you are in for a heck of a show. He is then joined on the drums by a man whose only claim to fame these days is the video game that shares his name, Tony Hawk. The third member of the band has certainly enjoyed some unwanted publicity recently, the 14-time gold medalist and one-time pot smoker, Michael Phelps.

Then who walks out on to the screen as the lead singer of this outfit? None other than Kobe Bryant himself. I’m sure that Kobe refused to do the commercial unless he was the front man of the group.  Because after all, no matter what team or band Kobe is a member of, it is always the Kobe Bryant show.

Kobe could probably take some advice from Kevin Garnett, first on how to put the team first and, more importantly, on how to make decent commercials. K.G.’s “Brotherhood” ad for Adidas still gives me chills every time I watch it.

In the advertisement, Garnett talks about how Boston is a brotherhood. If that is the case, it is pretty clear that Los Angeles is a monarchy with Kobe as king. Yet even in the category of royalty, it would appear that The Big Ticket can eat Kobe for lunch, as evidenced by the Celtic’s recent quest for the Holy G! (Disclaimer: Obviously, this undermines the theory of Garnett’s selective approach to commercials…but no matter.)

Now that we have established that at least in the battle of TV spots, Kevin Garnett reigns supreme, here is some suggested reading before the game tonight:

Here is a good ole’ fashion game preview.

Paul Flannery wrote about the lessons learned from the last meeting between the Celtics and Lakers on Christmas Day.

Jeff Goodman let us know that the Lakers are not yet the better team.

Steve Buckley informs us that Larry Bird and Magic Johnson still care about the rivalry.

Lenny Megliola hopes that the game tonight will be a preview for the NBA Finals.

And Mark Heisler from the LA Times doesn’t like the Lakers’ chances without Bynum.

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