Re: Mercer's Nite

["Jim Meyer" <jimmeyer@azstarnet.com>]

Yeah, Howard said Mercer looked like he was in "mid season form."  Maxwell
was impressed with Schintzius' play and his 10 rebounds.  Against a rusty
Toronto team, but it sounds like they did the job.

Jimbo
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Forant Sr <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
To: celtics@igtc.com <celtics@igtc.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 7:33 PM
Subject: Mercer's Nite


>Nice game. Fairly well played for 1st exhibition game since last season. I
>think everyone healthy played. I listened on WEEI. NBA League Pass is
>getting ready for net broadcasts of all NBA games. You can sign on now,
>from NBA.com site. $10 bucks for all games. There are going to be up to 3
>free games broadcasted weekly I believe.
>
>1st shot of season made by the franchise, Walker. Although it was Mercer's
>nite, he had 25 when I stopped counting. He's ready. Great news for the
>Celts. Pierce also played impressively. Battie was active early, eventually
>getting into foul trouble.
>
>Dwayne Schintzius got some minutes and filled the hole.
>
>Howard and Maxwell good combination on radio. Informative, knowledgeable,
>entertaining, wonder how the Snoooooze Cooz will do this season. Tommy H,
>will keep him awake spilling coffee in his lap.
>
>Toronto may be soft, but were off to a good start. This is what your
>supposed to do to soft teams. If KA keeps his wheels we definitely move up
>a notch or two. Seems like we have out share of injuries already though.
>
>What a difference from a few years ago.
>