Re: Almost Beating LA

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

If Pierce and other would have made some free throws we would have. What is
up with Paul's free throw inconsistency ?



----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Gooen" <callmebogie@yahoo.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 10:24 AM
Subject: Almost Beating LA


> I am very proud of the Cs' effort last night -- clearly it was one of
> those nights when nothing was going right, yet they perservered and almost
> came all the way back from oblivion.  It was especially great to see the
> end of the bench getting it done.  Kudos to Griffin for starting the
> rally, to Herren for his hard-nosed play at both ends and especially to
> Walter McCarty for finally making productive use of that athletic ability
> of his.  Raining 3s?  Pushing Shaq out of the paint?  Who WAS that guy?
>
> And did anyone else notice that Blount actually did a pretty decent job of
> disrupting Shaq for a good chunk of the time he was guarding him?  Once he
> learns (or is instructed) to avoid the stupid double teams and simply stay
> with his man, he's going to be very helpful.
>
> Even if they don't make the playoffs, I'm happy with the way this year has
> turned out.  I hope they keep O'Brien and don't make any rash player
> moves, ESPECIALLY involving Pierce or Walker.  If they can find a way to
> jettison Kenny, turn Randy Brown into a coach and draft wisely, next
> year's Celtics could turn out like the Mavs did this year.
>
> Michael Gooen
>
> P.S.  Has anyone kept track of Ray's Bizarro World Celtics roster?  I've
> forgotten -- is the starting center Michael Olowokandi or Ernest Brown?
> Can anyone lay their hands on the 1980 mailing list archive in which Ray
> touted Joe Barry Carroll as the next Wilt Chamberlain?
>
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