Re: OH BABY!

["Jim Meninno" <jim_meninno@hotmail.com>]

More likely his sore back kept him from giving it the full treatment. I 
was wondering if that was how he hurt himself!  I don't want to start 
another wiggle debate, but I've gotta say I love the way you can see him 
jumping up, waving his towel on the bench.  I mean, this is not ML.  
Antoine plays 40 minutes a game at a frantic pace and still goes nuts on 
the bench when a teammate scores a big basket.  I love that.

Along these lines, did everyone notice in the fourth quarter, Paul 
Pierce faked a three and drove to the middle.  The fake not only got his 
man in the air, but the entire Celtics bench jumped up thinking he was 
going to drain another one.  They've already got that kind of confidence 
in him.  Now if we can tell him it's OK to score in the first half!

Whoever said they were unhappy with Pierce's early foul trouble, try 
looking at it like this.  How many rookies have the poise to come back 
into the game and trap and press without picking up more fouls. He could 
have easily been fouled out with 10 minutes left, but he is a much more 
mature player than most rookies.

I think I'm going to start watching every other game.  Toronto and 
Orlando were excruciating, but Cleveland and Miami had me jumping off 
the sofa.

Some observations of the last week from my wife, a complete basketball 
novice who lived in England her whole life until 18 months ago...

Shawn Kemp:  "He's Chunky!"
Free Throws:  "How come we never make those?"
Pat Riley:  "What does he use in his hair, Vaseline?" (OK, that might 
have been because I was yelling "Greaseball" at the tv everytime he was 
shown.
Opposition:  "How come they always get such easy shots?"
Favorite C:  Ron Mercer

Jim

>Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 08:20:59 -0500
>To: <celtics@igtc.com>
>From: William Lee <leew@wadsworth.org>
>Subject: Re: OH BABY!
>
>Did anybody else think that Walker wanted to wiggle several times but
>intentionally clamped himself down?  I was thinking that he was trying 
to
>display the new, improved, *restrained* 'Toine.
>
>Bill 


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