Re: Speaking of death rattles...

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Your post is right on. Now maybe game 6-7 will be different, only time will
tell. Just look at the facts. The Celts are basically a 2 man team. Pierce
and Walker. Rogers is the cream of the rest. Anderson is a relic. The rest
did some overachieving and the chickens are now home to roost.

This team has done extremely well. New Jersey is a fine basketball team. Our
defense was picked apart like chicken wings. Excellent ball movement. We
didn't lose our momentum, NJ took it away from us. We could have won game 4
but didn't. Just 2 foul shots by Pierce or a make by Battie, get us into
overtime. Both choked big time.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Davies" <rich@daviesdesign.com>
To: "Celtics IGTC POST" <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 11:55 PM
Subject: Speaking of death rattles...


> It sure looks to me like the C's have lost their will to play--either
> offense or defense. Stinks because I still believe they're the better
team,
> just somewhere along the way they've picked up some sort of mental block
and
> can't clear it. Ah well, it's been a nice run--more than I ever thought at
> the beginning of this year.
>
> I do like how Antoine's staying tough with it; bodes well for the future.
I
> don't like how Paul, Kenny and Williams all seem to have wilted. I hope
it's
> just the jitters and emotional drain of playing so far into the playoffs.
> Hopefully we'll be able to compare with next year.
>
> At least we'll have the satisfaction of watching Sacramento wallop NJ.
> Be nice if it's sweep, too.
>
> Sorry, I know there'll be some of you annoyed with my fatalistic attitude,
> but it just seems like they've lost 'it'--that swagger, that confidence,
> that attitude they had. It will be back; just probably next year.
>
> Rich D.