Re: The Bottom Line on the Celtics

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

Don't know if it was an off nite. They didn't impress. Didn't they lose 4-5
last road games?

L8ter
DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Ozersky" <jozersky1@nyc.rr.com>
To: "celtics list" <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 10:10 PM
Subject: The Bottom Line on the Celtics


> They're a great defensive team, they hustle and rebound, and
> can stay in close games with anybody.  But they can't play
> offense.  At least not when they're injured the way they are now.
> This game should never have gotten to overtime; we had them
> down, it's an off night for them, and we just couldn't capitalize.
> It's just so frustrating.  I don't think we got one uncontested basket
> all night.  Just straining and straining and straining, and not getting
> anything.
>
> I will say though that this was a particularly cruel bit of scheduling.
> To have to play a team like Toronto in a grudge match on their floor,
> injured, and then to have a home game the next night against a
> top-five opponent.... it's just not right.  Now we are going to be looking
> at LA and Charlotte as must-wins, and that's what they are.  We have
> Sacramento coming in behind them, as close to a sure L as there is
> in the league.  And then hopefully we can regroup.  But somehow we
> have to find a way to get some kind of easy baskets, some flow.  Antoine
> is what he is, and Pierce will give you better production most nights.
But
>  how can we keep going on with a point guard who can't beat anybody?
> We get less penetration than AC Green.  It's just so frustrating.
>
> Josh