Stealing a page from Take-Two’s play book, the Boston Celtics have flipped EA the proverbial avian critter and let them know exactly where they can shove their fancy predictions. In open defiance of an NBA LIVE ‘09 prediction that the LA Lakers would triumph in 7 games, the Celtics unceremoniously tossed the Lakers out of the 2008 NBA finals. It may well be the gaming EA’s biggest setback since SimPresident1870 predicted Samuel Tilden would obliterate Rutherford B. Hayes in the second overtime of the 1876 elections.

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Kevin Garnett, the recently announced cover boy of NBA 2K9, demands that you play his game. His famous ferocity is being brought to the campaign trail, and everyone better be prepared. Do you really want to disobey someone who gets as intense as this?

Considered by most analysts to be the best basketball game on the market, NBA 2K8 was a hit with the addition of the slam-dunk contest and improved signature animations. Still, even though 2K Sports was considered to be the better game, its main rival, EA’s NBA Live, was able to outsell it with a larger marketing budget. Additionally, it didn’t hurt that the cover person for NBA Live was Gilbert Arenas, who is a bit more of a showboat, and therefore better at getting attention than 2K8 cover boy, Chris Paul. This year, it looks like that will be reversed.
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