Re: 31 Wins?

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

Maybe I look at this team from a sober point of view. I could see a bad
performance trend at the end of December. Like looking at a stock chart,
you can see possible trouble ahead and sure enough after playing 500 from
Jan 3rd till the 14th all hell broke loose. The shallowness of the team
surfaced. I don't see 7 more wins.

At 07:19 AM 3/8/00 PST, you wrote:
>>From: Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
>>
>>I picked 31 wins for the Celts at the beginning of the season. Are there 7 
>>more wins in the final 23 games?
>
>Of course, that prediction was superseded by your bold statement on January 
>14th, the day after a humiliating 103-85 loss to Minnesota, that the Celtics 
>would win no more than 10 games for the rest of the season.  You didn't 
>think we'd let you forget that, did you?  That was 9 wins ago, despite their 
>horrible play of late.  Do you think there are 2 wins in the final 23 games?
>
>But, to answer your question, yes, I do think there are at least 7 wins left 
>in the season.  I'd be hard pressed to predict any more than 12, though, 
>even being generously optimistic, which would give them 36 wins to match 
>their '97-'98 mark.  How depressing is that?  Objectively the talent on this 
>team is far superior to two years ago.  The only two negatives, that I can 
>think of, are that in '98 Walker was playing like an unstopable stud, 
>getting 20/10 night in and night out. And Pitino was in the running for many 
>people's coach of the year honors (and deservedly so, looking back on it), 
>while this year many are questioning if he can even coach in the NBA.
>
>Jim
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