Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V8 #284

[D Parker <drparker@monet2.bestweb.net>]

On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest wrote:

> Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 13:35:37 +0200
> From: "j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>
> Subject: Re: Trying to make up my mind...

> At 13:26 07/08/01 -0400, Berry, Mark  S wrote:
> >I can see both sides of it, but I refuse to be blind to the negative about
> >this team anymore. I used to be, but reality hit hard in a tank job at home
> >against the Sixers last year.
> 
> Mark, a lot of teams "tanked" against the Sixers defense last season. If 
> there was a clear pattern of tanking by our two stars, I'd have highlighted 
> it to demonstrate that our players were in fact acting rationally (and thus 
> doing fans a favor). I'd be pleased to demonstrate this trend.

Did you see the game?  "Tanked" is definitely the right word.  And if you
think it can be justified because the Sixers were a good team then look at
the similar mail-in job the team did against Chicago, which was something
like a 19 point blowout in the Fleet.

Dan