Re: Celtics Barely Win: Celtics 100-Rockets 96

[Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

I thought it was a very good assessment of what happened. I saw the game,
haven't missed one yet. He did forget to ad one thing, the team isn't
losing large leads, the coach is. There is no chemistry between the first
and second unit. It's like the 2nd unit is another team. Yet Pitino puts
the chickens out there alone for the foxes to have at will. 

Hypothetical: Your a heart surgeon, doing a heart bypass, half way through
your doing great and decide to take a break and bring in an assistant, you
come back to finish and it's PANIC time, all your hard work ruined in a
short time. Now you have to get your act back together again. 

At 11:49 AM 12/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>Joshua Ozersky wrote:
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>> When Bill Cooper asked me to write the review of last night's game, it
>> naturally appeared that I
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>> had been handed a dreamy, hoop-o-licious assignment. What could be
>> more satisfying than to
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>> chronicle the second blowout in a row? But of course, a reservoir of
>> horror lies behind all celtics
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>> games, and it very nearly turned into the most discouraging loss of
>> the season
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>Hey Josh, how about a review of the game next time.  You know this is a
>young team.  Immature teams get big leads and blow them because they
>can't keep the intensity.  In 1986 the Celtics blew a game on
>Thanksgiving day, I think, and it was the catalyst that put them over
>the top.  One of their main inside players is out hurt.  But the team is
>2 games above .500.  They are improved from last year and might make a
>quantum leap later this year if they can understand how to play
>consistently with pressure.  You negative nabobs really need to get a
>life and a realistic perception.
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>You act like the Celtics are supposed to be some much better than the
>Rockets.  Well, in fact, they are not that much better than the
>Rockets.  And if Hakeem comes back healthy, they probably are better
>than the Celtics as they would have the experience and center
>advantage.  Shandon Anderson is no slouch.
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>The reality is that two young, talented teams played and we won because
>we had home court advantage.  When we go to Houston, they probably will
>win unless we have a great game.
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>You know, I think that this team would be playing a lot better, but the
>negative vibes, overcoaching and impractical gms on this list are really
>screwing up the teams karma.  Get with the positive flow.
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>And if you're going to do a game report, do a game report, not this
>opinionated negative stuff.  The facts can be told, even the negative
>ones, without such a negative spin.  And you left out the most important
>positive fact.  That is that last year, or even earlier this year, this
>team would have lost this game.  The truth is that it showed improvement
>tonight in that it won a game after a "big" game and while not playing
>well for a half.  That indeed is positive progress that you seem to
>ignore.  Maybe it is all in how you look at it.
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>For you and Dan, the glass is half empty.  For me, it is half full.
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>Bentz Kirby
>bocelts@usit.net
>http://www.public.usit.net/bocelts/
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