Re: [Celtics' Stuff Hail to the Conquered Heros

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Excellent wrap up. I would however give NJ the right to party after the
game. I thought they exposed our weaknesses that any basic grammar school
coach could match. I don't want Rodney back. Everyone except Pierce and
Walker should be sent to the flea market to see what we can get. A lot went
our way in the East this season, a lot of luck. We're still at this point an
8-7 playoff team.

DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: "stephen beauregard" <sb@maine.rr.com>
To: <Celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Celtics' Stuff Hail to the Conquered Heros


> Great season and interesting reads here. Thanks everyone! I am a relative
> newcomer here and so I don't know if people still post/keep in touch
during
> the offseason but I am hooked on my daily fix of C's.
>
> Some things I will never forget about this series:
>
> J Kidd and the whole family thing. I don't want to get into whose position
is
> right but I believe like the Rambis clotheslining in '84 that it was the
> lighning rod that turned the momentum of this series. You also don't
> infurtate the team's best player, as the fans also tried to do with
Iverson.
>
> Byron Scott simply outcoached Obie. Sad, but true. It seemed like every
time
> NJ came down the floor they ran a play and knew in advance where they
wanted
> to go. Boston brought the ball down and it was just kick it to the open
man
> for the open shot, regardless of who it was and how bad their shooting %
was.
>
> The officials: I can't believe the numerous calls (and non-calls) that
killed
> the Celtics! Too many to list! Nets got unbelievable calls (and at the
Fleet,
> no less!). Not going to shelter the team from that, however. Even though
> things seemed to be against them, they still had chances to win eveyr game
> (except #1) and NJ seemed to want it more.
>
> Some thoughts on last night: The captains did not come through, as you
(may)
> have seen Kobe and Shaq do last night. Seemed like Paul was afraid to
shoot
> from the outside and Kenny had no problem with it (wish he had). Our
captains
> did not come through and on a two man (essentially) offensive team, that
> spells loss. It seemed every time the Celtics had 3 or 4 guys in the paint
on
> defensive the Nets could do nothing. When they chose to backpedal on
defense
> (more on that in a second) we were toast. I don't know if it was laziness,
> the players were burned or it was Obie trying to set up some plays but it
was
> inexcusable that no one is guarding Van Horn, etc and no one is there for
the
> rebound. Where wa Battie? One play in particular that stands out was when
> someone (at a crucial point) shot it and BAttie was backpedaling at the 3
> point line on defense. There was a long rebound and had Battie been
charging
> the ball and not been backpedalling he would have bhad it. Instead, I
think,
> Kidd came out and got and fast breaked a layup. These things hurt. The
other
> thing that makes me mad about Obie is how about htis play? Kenyon Martin
lost
> his sneaker and the mother of all obvious calls was to go to his guy for
the
> easy layup. Ever try to play basketball with one sneaker? Instead, I think
it
> went to the corner for a missed 3 (by EW?) The point is that was where the
> ball should have gone. NOt to sound bitter, but I STILL can't believe the
> refs. Kenyon Martin was actaully KICKING Twoine when he had the ball. Once
in
> the presense of a ref and again NO CALL. No respect for the C's, but still
> they were in shouting distance but again Van Horn shot (and drilled) the 3
> point dagger with a minute to go (ala game 4). Again, don't like the
reffing
> this series, don't like the way the C's apparently gave up and I really
don't
> like the way Nets celebrated on our floor, especailly Byron and
plastic-face.
> Well, I guess I will have to root for Shaq to smoke these Nets.
>
> Next season? Thoughts? Who wants Rodney back? Will Strick stay (or be
> wanted)? How about the salary cap and will finally Josip Sesar in green?
Will
> ther be a trade? These will be great upcoming threads this summer.
>
> Sorry for the long winded post but I need to get a lot of that out. Thanks
> everyone (and the Boston Celtics) for a great unexpected season!
>
> Peace!
>
> pscottman99 wrote:
>
> > Good season. Yep. That about sums it up. I had such low expectations
> > and this team surpassed them in every way. I saw a playoff game in
> > which we defeated the hated Sixers live at the Fleet. How much better
> > can it get then that in my first season back in New England?
> >
> > Sure, this is a flawed team. I'm a flawed fan (I turned off Game 5 to
> > paint my basement). Guess that's an even trade. Maybe it was all
> > Pitino's fault huh? They say teams are often reflections of their
> > coaches. In this case I'd have to say that was true.
> >
> > As critical as I could be about this series, I just can't pull the
> > trigger. I can't berate Twan or Paul or look for Battie anywhere. I
> > can't draw Xs and Os on cocktail napkins. There's no point right now,
> > cuz I'll bet these kids (and they are kids) feel pretty crappy
> > themselves this morning. No better motivator then self doubt.
> >
> > Thanks to the Celtics and their fans for a great season. I can't wait
> > for the Shaw's to start up already. Omar to Kedrick for the alley-oop
> > dunk...it'll be fun.
> >
> >
> >
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