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FW: [Celtics' Stuff FW: vs. Nets
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From: "Mike Griffin" <mgriffin@rillc.com>
Reply-To: Celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 15:50:53 -0800
To: <Celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: RE: [Celtics' Stuff FW: vs. Nets
I wrote the following email w/ no responses back on 3/7 but I project
the rest of the season. I did say they would have to win the next five
in a row (Detroit,Wash(2x),NJ and Memphis) and tonight is the critical.
We can't even guess about Memphis. Memphis has played teams tough
recently but you are right in that there aren't many (any?) gimmes left.
Even Chicago is more of a challenge now. And the Celtics seem to have
difficulty with good teams at home (Sacramento,Philly). Will Rodney and
Delk make the difference. I'm guessing 46 wins.
Written on 3/7 (with no response from the entire mail list - (perhaps
none was needed)
Took at a peak at the schedule and the Celtics have a realistic shot at
winning the next five games.
My Prediction
Detroit W
Washington W
@Washington W
New Jersey W
@Memphis W
38-27
After that:
There are only a few gimmes and the Celtics have shown the innate
ability to play down to the level of competition with losses to Miami
twice when they were horrible, atlanta twice, chicago, gs, etc....
The next five games are the easiest remaining and the only tough game
(granted Detroit will not be a push-over but Boston needs to win that
one) is home to NJ.
After that it gets more difficult the rest of the way so they need to
build the cushion now because its not like they are a shoo-in for the
playoffs yet.
@SA L
Portland L
Cleveland W
Philly L
@Detroit L
@Miami L
GS W
Dallas W
Milwaukee W
@Indy L
Lakers L
@NJ L
@Chicago W
Miami W
NY W
@Minn L
Atlanta W
46-36
I hope that this is pretty conservative.....if....they can utilize
rogers and delk like the last few games. Whether they win or lose,
those guys need to get their 20 minutes per game. Walter playing for
his next contract, still would start Kedrick just to get him his 8
min/game. Anyway, back to the schedule, they'll lose one I think they
should win (home to Milwaukee or Dallas or @Chicago) but will win one on
the road I have them losing - perhaps @ indy or @detroit. It would be
awesome if they get that confidence and get on a roll like Portland -
the next five games will be the litmus - if they go 3-2 or worse than
the Cs will not get home court and it will be a 6-8 seed as Miami,
Philly, and/or Indy pass us by. This game was an outlier and should not
be used as a basis for what they will do the rest of the way. Still,
the new guys have been involved and I love the distribution of shots -
look at how Portland is doing it, one night its Patterson, then Pip,
then Wallace, Wells - they are scary right now and they have chemistry
and no one is complaining about stats (that is huge given Wallace is
there). Can Boston become the Portland of the East. Right now it is
Miami. But if we can pull off 7 in a row then just maybe the confidence
will be there to pull off one those next two (@SA or home to Portland).
It will be interesting.
-----Original Message-----
From: JB [mailto:JBMetzEA@Yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 3:40 PM
To: Celtics Stuff
Subject: [Celtics' Stuff FW: vs. Nets
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> From: "Josh Ozersky" <jozersky1@nyc.rr.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 02:43:02 -0500
> To: "celtics list" <celtics@igtc.com>
> Subject: vs. Nets
>
> This game is obviously a big one for the team; their first
> chance to measure themselves against the only team that
> has consistently been better than them for the entire season.
> Philly was bigger, because its the Sixers and they are also
> defending finalists, but it seems to me they have more to prove
> against the nets. They needed a career-type game from Pierce
> to beat them last time, and it was a close-run thing. The Nets
> are like a lullaby to the lottery. The team is loaded up with
> blue-chip young talent, injury-free at last, and cohered by the
> rarest of all NBA qualities, passing genius. This is what frequent
> lottery trips will get you, even without much in the way of talent
> evalutation. Their power forward is a top overall pick, a guy who is
> shaping up as an elite rebounding / shotblocking forward; a third pick
> overall in Kidd, an elite talent with throwback toughness AND a
> true uptempo mentality -- both things rare today, and unheard of in
> all-stars. They have a guard in Kittles who, in any other draft,
would
> have been a top-five player; and they have a corps of talented young
big men
> in Richard Jefferson, Jason Collins, and the Gminski-esque Todd
> McCulloch.
>
> The Celtics should come in with a lot of fire and score some points
against
> the Nets, who aren't the toughest team in the league, other than Kidd
> and Martin. They'll put Martin on Antoine, but he can't cover him
when
> he's facing the basket, and he can't get back to close down the lane
against
> Pierce. Jefferson might present Paul with some problems, but Paul can
and
> will get him in foul trouble at this stage of their careers. He can't
handle
> the Truth.
>
> So we should be OK. But will we turn around and beat Memphis? And
Memphis
> is pretty much the last gimme we have. The schedule gets very tough
from here
> on
> out, and the Celtics haven't played well in either of the last two
games. I
> believed
> that they deserved to lose both; their defense in particular has been
> half-hearted.
> The last 18 games run a lot of elite teams at us, and a number of them
are
> teams
> we have stolen a win from already this year. Do you see us beating
Philly
> twice?
> Or Los Angeles? How about Portland? We play Dallas, San Antonio, a
lot of
> good teams. If we go .500 from here on in it will be all anybody
could ask.
> Certainly all I can ask; I predicted 43 wins, and that still sounds
about
> right to me.
>
> Josh
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