Bill Simmons

This article. Ughhhhhhhhh. How does Bill Simmons know what crowd is better? Well, he just knows. He really can't cite anything. For instance what's the Celtics home playoff record in the 1980s versus other teams? What was the decibel level in those games in the "lunchbox" versus those in the United Center or Chicago Stadium versus the Bulls? Does he give examples of what other players said about those arenas? Nope. For instance, last summer ESPN.com ran a huge preview of each big power basketball conference. They listed the toughest home courts. In the Big East, they polled coaches and found Pittsburgh to be a tough place to play with UConn citing Marquette has a hard place to play. Back it up with some facts Bill.