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[Ryan.Lee@parexel.com (Ryan Lee)]

     Boy did the Celts rot!  They lost to the worst team in the league in a 
     big blowout.  For the first time all season the Celts lost to a team 
     they really should have beat.  When the press is broken almost every 
     time and the team FG % is 32% then a loss is almost bound to happen 
     even if they're playing the Nuggets.  The Celts were comparable to the 
     Scrap Heap.  Walker let his All Star status get to his head and he 
     thought he could dominate inside.  He must've got blocked 10 times by 
     the Denver interior.  Also Billups was useless except for the 4th 
     quarter.  I think because it was a homecoming for Chauncey, he tried 
     to do too much to please his home state.  The best players of the 
     night for the C's was Declerq and Mr. Trade Bait Dee Brown.  One could 
     say the Celts were rusty due to the All Star break but all the other 
     teams had the break off too.  This 7 game road trip is very important 
     for the Celts because they can pad their record big time if they beat 
     the teams they should beat.  I think 5 of the teams they play on the 
     road trip are all under .500 (Kings, Clippers, Nuggets, Grizzlies, 
     Blazers) and have a worse record than the Celts.  It doesn't help to 
     lose to the worst team in the league especially since two  of the 
     teams they will play on this road trip are the Sonics and Lakers.  The 
     Celts better wake up and pick up someone big before the trade or the 
     playoffs will be out of their reach.    
     
     R