Re: The Bottom Line on the Celtics

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
To: "Josh Ozersky" <jozersky1@nyc.rr.com>; "celtics list" <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: The Bottom Line on the Celtics


 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