Re: Its over

[Vinny Natale <vnatale@map.com>]

After the glorious first two wins and we all felt exultant I wanted to put 
out some caution but I did not.  What I was going to say was that as a 
Yankee/Celtic fan, I quite well remembered last year where the Yankees were 
down 0-2 in a 5 game series and then came back to win three straight.  The 
parallel would be that the 76ers as the Yankees were the more experienced 
post season team while the Celtics like the A's were the less experienced 
post season team.

When the Celtics were so close to sweeping on Sunday but did not I asked 
myself, was that the equivalent of the Jeter miracle throw and the 
splendidly pitched game by Mussina to keep the Yankees alive?

But after tonight's game and listening to one of the guys on the stool 
lament about how he did not think the Celtics could win because the 76ers 
had played better in the 4th two quarters, I said to myself, he has no 
faith.  Two games don't portend a trend, particularly two games which were 
on the road.  I told myself that the Celtics were within winning both of 
these two games in the final minute of the game.  ROAD GAMES.  It is going 
to be a completely different story on Friday.  It is a HOME GAME!

GO CELTICS!!!!!!

Vinny

p.s. One great benefit of being a combination Yankee/Celtic fan rather than 
the more traditional Red Sox/Celtic fan is that
instead of carrying the Red Sox fan baggage of expecting your team to lose, 
I expect my team to win!



At 10:42 PM 5/1/02, Shawn Niles wrote:
>Forget it folks. There is no way the Celts win a game 5 now that Philly 
>has all the momentum. A lot of blame for this one, mostly on that bum 
>Erick Strickland. I don't know how many posters said that the celts would 
>easily close out the series in Philly. My post at the time said don't 
>underestimate the Sixers or think that a 2-0 series meant victory. The sad 
>thing is they needed to win one of the games in philly. The C's are back 
>on their heels now. Sad to say, but philly is moving on.