Celtics-76ers

[Kestas <Kestutis.Kveraga@Dartmouth.EDU>]

This was a beautiful win. The Celts are finally playing the way some of us
thought they are capable of, and should've been, playing all along. If
they'd had this attitude from the beginning of the season, we'd be angling
for the homecourt advantage, not scraping to make the playoffs. I guess,
better later than never. 
The impressive part was that they did it with their starting C and PG
having a bad day. That's what playing tough D will do for you. I thought
Pitino did a good job of giving minutes to players who were gettting it
done, and sitting those who weren't (aside from Overton's 19-minute, 1-11,
0 assist contribution, but he was more or less forced to play Doug by
Kenny's foul situation and Barros's own unimpressive performance at PG).
The Tony Battie that was signed to a $25M contract showed up today, as did
Calbert Cheaney. I thought Antoine played  a lot better before his
departure than after his return, and I don't think it was because of the
tender ankle: he was forcing a lot of one-on-one stuff in the second half.
Still, he submitted a gutsy performance - hope that ankle doesn't blow up
on him overnight. 
Tomorrow night the outlook is less optimism-inspiring, but then again, I
thought they'd drop today's game for sure. Maybe they'll have another
surprise win for us against the odds.