Re: Miracle Milt

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

I know it's hard, but just for once, can't we dispense with the anti-anybody
notes and enjoy a hard-earned victory?  Did you see the players after Milt
hit the shot?  It was as if they had just won the NBA championship.  This
team is coming together slowly but surely.

Cecil




----- Original Message -----
From: "David A Wickerham" <aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu>
To: "Michael Gooen" <callmebogie@yahoo.com>
Cc: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: Miracle Milt


>
> On another anti-Pitino note, how did the Cs end up without a timeout in
> the last minute.  If Walker hits his 3 with 9 seconds on the clock, we
> have a legitimate shot to win without the miracle play.
>
> ****dave
>
> On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Michael Gooen wrote:
>
> > I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT!
> >
> > I'm still completely fried from screaming my lungs out while jumping up
> > and down with my daughter.
> >
> > There are no words for that play.  Even Bird's steal/DJ's layup, which
> > meant more in context, wasn't this improbable.  I told my daughter that
we
> > could watch every game for the next 50 years and still not see anything
> > like this.
> >
> > After watching that team last night, the only one I'd be quick to get
rid
> > of is Pitino.  Substitution patterns made no sense.  So many defensive
> > lapses (Battie on the point guard?  Anderson on a 6'8" forward?).
Double
> > teaming CBA players and rookies in the post.  Get a real NBA coach who
can
> > teach these guys real defense and the C's will be fine.
> >
> > Above all, do NOT trade Walker or Pierce.  They are special players.
> >
> > Michael Gooen
> >
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> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>   Dave Wickerham
>   aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu
>   Saratoga Springs, NY
>