Re: Game Three Ending

[David A Wickerham <aw623@bfn.org>]

Kidd has said taht his two idols were Cousy and Magic Johnson.  Maybe we
should have the Cous talk to him about coming to the Cs after he opts out
of New Jersey after next year.  Kidd, Toine, and Paul might be enough to
overcome the lack of a real center and the Celtics would average 110
points.


On Sun, 26 May 2002, james meninno wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "bird" <birdwl@earthlink.net>
> 
> > Say, did you happen to catch the fourth quarter of game three vs. the
> Nets?
> >
> > I'm all over the map, mainly because I figured they had a chance at the
> > half, then lost faith during the third, then regained it minutes into the
> > fourth.  You probably know how it is.  Count these guys out at your own
> > peril, because if they smell even a *chance* at a victory, they will go
> > all out to get it.  Plus, you've got to love a team where they can not
> > only weather a between-quarter tirade but even use it to help get them a
> > win.  And kudos to Walker, for ranting to begin with.  he was right on
> > with what ailed Pierce and let him know it, and whaddaya know?
> 
> All it took was for the Celtics to stop worrying about winning the game and
> start playing.  Just what Antoine supposedly told them in that huddle.  "I
> don't know if we're going to win, but we are going to show them we are no
> pushovers."  I've always backed Antoine, even when he made it difficult.
> But I never thought he would mature so much so quickly.  He's deferred as a
> player when he should, stepped up when they needed it and challenged or
> encouraged his players when they've needed it.  Yesterday he was the one who
> kept them from throwing in the towel.  He was in Pierce's face, on Battie's
> case for not rotating and, for most of the game, the only player who looked
> like he wanted to win this game.  He played like a Captain should.  One
> thing no one has ever questioned about Antoine is his competitiveness and
> desire to win.  Now we're seeing how important that is.
> 
> One thing about this series.  The Nets ARE a mediocre team and Jason Kidd IS
> overrated.  Oh, he's very good.  He's made some passes that I haven't seen
> for a long time.  But MVP?  No way.  He just allowed a team to steal a
> playoff game by scoring 41 points and holding his team to 16 in the final
> quarter.  Where was his all-NBA defense then?  Why did he resort to chucking
> up threes himself when they needed points at the end?  Where was HIS
> leadership to keep the Nets from falling apart?  You think a team with
> Duncan or Shaq or Iverson would let that happen?  The Celtics are better
> than this team and will win this series.  I have no idea how they match up
> against the California teams, because I don't watch enough of their games.
> Obviously it would be very improbable for them to go all the way, but I'm
> certainly not going to assume they can't.  Not anymore.
> 
> Jim
> 

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