Re: [Celtics' Stuff FANTASTIC!!!

[JB <JBMetzEA@yahoo.com>]

   Dorine, I've got a few years on you. My first C's game was 1952 and I
agree, this is a benchmark win, no doubt. Now if only I can find that, long
since, stale cigar, I kept for the victory smoke in 1987.
   The defense was intense and active, like the first part of the season,
but we generally got good possessions and quality shots.
   Interestingly, we won without much help from Delk or Rogers. It was V.
Kenny, Paul, Antoine and Williams down the stretch and for most of the
fourth quarter. When the game was on the line, it was Anderson's incredible
steal from Kidd, his clutch jumper,  Vitaly's rebounds and Williams' huge
three from the corner, that kept us in the lead, when New Jersey (mostly
Jason Kidd) roared back from an eight point deficit.
   As someone pointed out, N.J. may not be a great playoff team. They showed
very little half court game, while we milked Pierce in the post, on
isolations, when we needed a sure score, with a basket or a rip to the line.
If we made a decent % of our fouls shots, the game wouldn't have been close.
       JB

Link to current standings:
http://archive.sportserver.com/newsroom/sports/bkb/1995/nba/nba/stat/2000-01
confstands_lo.html



                Unchain My Heart !



on 3/13/02 10:15 PM, Dorine Pratt at norine@pshift.com wrote:

    This was a great win.  Sitting on the edge of my chair, sometimes
walking the floor - wonderful excitement, great tension - that's what it's
all about, and it been a long, long time coming.  I'm making no predictions,
but this team has surprised us all season long.  They have the heart to
win - and they're winning.  I think we're believing in them again - now
isn't that amazing?  The most important thing, though, is they believe in
themselves.  We became so mired in the losing, we find it  hard to believe -
but I do - and I'll continue to, until they prove me wrong.
   I haven't felt this way about the Celtics since 1986, and I'm going to
enjoy every minute of it.  I've been watching the Celtics since 1955.  I
know the feeling when it hits me.

Dorine


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