Re: Losing streak

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

Teams just realizing that the Celts can be dangerous if not attended to. Our
biggest problem is it looks like Indy wants to make the playoffs also.

Dan F
----- Original Message -----
From: "OzerskyJA" <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>
To: "'Hironaka'" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 10:27 AM
Subject: RE: Losing streak


> Yes, but what caused these losses?  Are teams just figuring out how to
play
> the new Celts, or are we wavering in our commitment to defense and
> rebounding?  Or is it just Kenny's fault?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hironaka [SMTP:j.hironaka@unesco.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 10:07 AM
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Losing streak
>
>     Boston are on their first 2-game losing streak since the
> beginning
> of the Obie era, having rebounded from a loss on five straight "gut
> check" occasions. In both the Utah and Houston games we were down
> double
> digits at the end of the first period and at halftime, and that is
> something Obie needs to try to address and figure out what's going
> on.
>
>     I actually "predicted" the Portland win, but it is beyond my
> imagination that we can win at San Antonio (Walker has been eaten
> alive
> by Duncan in the past).  Dallas (33-21) is playing just .500 ball
> lately
> (9-8) and may offer an upset opportunity, but they've already opened
> a
> can of whupass on us once this season (shooting .514 from the field
> with
> 26 assists and just 12 turnovers, behind Sprockets Nowitzki's hot
> shooting).
>
>     A 2-7 trip would drop us back to 8 games under .500, and that's
> a
> tough hole to dig out of given how hard the March and April schedule
> is.
> The important thing is to not panic. The Celts are doing as well as
> expected on this trip at 2-3, and who in the world anticipated that
> our
> only two beatable opponents Houston (6 of their last 7) and
> Vancouver (a
> 5 game winning streak) would be smack in the middle of their hottest
> winning streaks of the year? Obie needs to refocus the troops after
> these two straight blowouts.
>
>     I don't want to lose all three games in Dubya country, that's
> for
> sure, but this trip has always been a killer for the Boston Celtics.
> I
> remember when we got off to a 4-0 start in Bird's rookie year, they
> went
> to Texas (or maybe it was a home and away) and got whupped twice in
> a
> row (to Houston and San Antonio I believe). But rather than revert
> to
> the previous year's form, they went on to have one of the best
> records
> by the All Star break and Cowens and Tiny made All Star along with
> the
> Bird.
>
>     Personally I link this losing streak to bad karma from the
> unwanted
> return of Michael Holley to the Celtics beat. I felt that Shira
> Springer
> had improved really dramatically in her daily Celts coverage game by
> game, and I thought it was ironic and fitting that all these
> overrated,
> self-absorbed old dooshes would abandon the Celts to her just before
> the
> team started this turnaround. But now Springer has seemingly been
> demoted and Holley has jumped right back on the Celtics bandwagon. I
> must say I really didn't miss reading him, although I'll give him
> another chance. I'm telling you though, Springer was getting really
> good
> recently at presenting useful information about our Celtics (she was
> a
> basket case last year, though). I hope she's just on holiday and
> Holley
> is only temping because maybe he has relatives/friends in Texas or
> something.
>
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