Creepiness is in the eye of the beholder. Laughter is often the best medicine IMO... makes ridiculously nerve wracking situations like tonight's game much more bearable.
I was thinking pretty much the same thing. I suppose Farrell going with the worst case/best case scenario in his mind... worst: lose tonight, we've still got Lester in for game 5; best: win tonight and we've still got Lester in for game 5.