Re: Celtics Beat Seattle

[Vinny Natale <vnatale@map.com>]

Dee who?

Chauncey who?

Vinny



At 10:19 AM 2/21/98 -0500, D Parker wrote:
>Hokay, maybe this Anderson guy won't be so hard to root for after all.
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>You could really see a difference when he was on the floor.  I was
>surprised he was playing at all since I read somewhere he wasn't expected
>to play Friday or Sunday.  I'm glad he was there, since he displayed some
>skills the Celtics have been sorely lacking.
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>It's clear Anderson can create his own shot.  There was one particular
>sequence when no play was developing, so he did a little shake and bake
>and got himself wide open for a 15-foot jumper, which he hit.  He also was
>very aggressive at driving to the basket - in fact, the very first play of
>the game he swooped in for a layup, which unfortunately was blocked.  But
>it was a hint of things to come, as Anderson drove to the basket
>aggressively throughout the game.
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>He pushed the ball up the floor very well, and he always looks confident
>with his dribble.  He made a fantastic pass to a cutting Bruce Bowen at
>the end of the game that led to a dunk and helped keep the game out of
>Seattle's reach.  In fact, one of the most impressive things about last
>night's win was how rock-solid the Celtics were down the stretch - they
>made play after play, apparently oblivious of the pressure of beating
>Seattle in its own building.  Cousy and Heinson were just going *nuts* at
>the end.
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>Bowen did some great work on Payton, drawing two charges from him.  I was
>impressed by the refs - given Payton's star power and Bowen's obscurity, I
>would have thought the calls would have gone the other way (although the
>replay did show they were correct calls).  Mercer was knocking down
>jumpers like layups.  Barros was fantastic - he was knocking down the
>outside shot regularly, and mixing it up with some drives to the hoop.
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>Can't wait for Sunday to see if they can keep it going.
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>Dan
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