RE: Vitaly: Partially torn ACL

["Ravi Singh" <kelticsfan@attbi.com>]

Mark, 

The really sad part about this is that V went down with the injury
earlier in the game and actually returned to the court.  What was the
coaching staff thinking when they reinserted him into the game?  While
it probably was the first injury that did him in, to actually put him
back into a meaningless game was absolutely ridiculous.  Yet no
discussion of this in the morning's coverage.

Ravi

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com] On Behalf
Of Berry, Mark S
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:30 AM
To: 'celtics@igtc.com'
Subject: Re: Vitaly: Partially torn ACL


Thanks, Obie. Gee, you don't think VP's offensive rebounding or face-up
jumper (to draw Mutombo away from the basket) would have come in handy
in this series, do you? Stupid. I feel pretty much the same way about
Rick Carlisle, although I'm sure the league said something about the
"integrity" of the playoff race, since the Pistons were playing
Milwaukee last night. The Celtics' game last night was meaningless in
every sense of the word. No impact on playoff seeding and matchups.
Nothing. And now the team's best offensive rebounder is out for the
Sixers' series. But hey, we won the game, right Obie?

Mark



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Just heard John Holt on WWZN report that Vitaly Potapenko suffered a
partial tear of his ACL during last night's game and will be be
unavailable to plays against the Sixers.