Re: Blow out!

["Jim Meninno" <jam@london.com>]

----- Original Message ----- From: "JB" <jbmetzea@yahoo.com>

>    Walker did some nice things, hit a few threes, a few inside moves, but
I
> couldn't help feeling that he is still the skunk at the TEAM garden party.
> Heinsohn blasted him a few times for stupid plays; shots and passes that
> were ill advised. O'Brien is sitting him more than Pitino did. This is
good
> for the team and as fans we can get a better idea of what this team can
do,
> with a different focus.

I thought Antoine was playing well and was a big part of the TEAM building
the 20+ point lead they had in the third quarter.  He absolutely did slip
into hotdog mode way too early, though, and Obie sat him down because of it.
It was nice to see Obie take control like that.  He put Antoine back in for
the fourth and ran enough plays to really lock up the game.  Then Randy,
Kedrick, Blount, etc. got to run around a little bit.  Just like the good
old days.

I won't argue that Antoine couldn't have shown a little more maturity and
just focused on building as big a lead as possible so that he could head to
the bench as soon as possible.  That's what Bird would have done, right?
Funny thing is, it seems like these guys don't want to sit down.  It was
like 'Toine and Paul were thinking "finally, a chance to have a little bit
of fun!"  And, can you blame them?  How many games have they had in hand
before the end of the third quarter?  Not many.  This winning stuff is still
kind of new to them.  Hopefully they'll get a chance to get used to it.

Jim