RE:

["Niles, Shawn" <SNiles@vanderweil.com>]

Don't misunderstand. I was not by any means blaming Pierce for the loss. My
point was that with fair officiating, the Celtics will be in every single
game with a chance to win every one of them. If Pippen did not hit 2 buzzer
beating 3's, the Celtics also would have won.



-----Original Message-----
From: RSMALL@clarku.edu [mailto:RSMALL@clarku.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 12:58 PM
To: SNiles@vanderweil.com
Cc: CELTICS@IGTC.COM
Subject: 


>
>This is the first game I can remember this year where the officiating was
>called fairly. It was called right down the line. And the C's had a darn
>good chance to win. They probably would have if not for Pierce's 3 missed
>free throws.

Maybe he was tired.  Doesn't he get the same excuses as others?

Rich,,,