celtics afterthoughts: what is this, a scrimmage?
Celtics @ Bulls 121-127
Doing my best Chandler Bing impression, I ask you, “Could this game be any more annoying?” First of all, whose bright idea was it to market all that St. Patrick’s Day NBA swag? It’s stupid. The Lakers and Pistons gear in particular just look all WRONG in green. Not to mention, their fans hate it, so who exactly is buying it? Every year we play some team that trots out in our colors and everyone (especially me) exclaims, “Oh this is so weird!” and is distracted the entire game by it.
Anyway, on to the game. Sucked. We lost Leon. Paul had a sore throat before the game, Rondo got hurt (again), Ray got hurt. We even lost Doc. Dudes were dropping like flies. To their credit, most of them just played through it, but I was half expecting Pruitt to be sent in to play center. The team looked tired, out of sorts, discombobulated, disoriented and just generally un-Celtics-like. Frankly, they resembled the pre-trade team that I used to watch piss away close games in the not so distant past. Where’s the defense? That’s what bothers me the most. I understand that the team has been hit with a ridiculous number of injuries and the guys that aren’t injured are tired as hell… but I just can’t stand to see guys give up on defense. There’s no excuse for it. We really need KG back. Like yesterday, if not sooner.
Oh well. We’re the dark horse now. Maybe it will be a blessing in disguise. We might be bloody, exhausted and dragging our bloody stumps up the hill, but it’s not over till it’s over. It will be a whole different story come playoff time. Bank on that.

I’m late with this, but I’m still compelled to discuss it. I’m definitely in the minority, but I’m a little turned off by Paul Pierce blowing off that little kid in the Cavs jersey. If you missed it, during the Celtics/Cavs game, Paul Pierce game out of the game to loud fanfare and was
Awesome game. Paul Pierce put the team on his back, but everyone played an important part in the win. It was great to see such a fantastic all-around game from Leon Powe. Reminded me of how well he played last year against the Lakers in the finals. It was also a nice win because I had some Cavs fan talking trash to me about how Lebron was going to come all up in my house and wipe the floor with my boys. Not this time, my friend.