Re: our captains

["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW, I think it is the rarest thing,in a winning 
context, to get two young guys with "shooters amnesia" to 
play this well off each other.

And not that it matters a great deal to me, but I think 
Pierce has shown a ton of respect for Antoine. To his 
credit, he's been standing up for Walker from day one. He 
didn't have to. He was Saint Paul.

Antoine's play and attitude speak for themselves too.

I thought one the best parts of the weekend was Antoine's 
postgame interview on Friday. He sounds like he could 
step in and coach an NBA team, and his praise of his 
teammates and awareness of what they were doing on the 
court is tremendous. 

It is one thing that they are both fairly talented, but 
they are also extremely competitive and durable. 

Obviously this is partly a case of "green-colored 
glasses" syndrome, but name me a basketball team you feel 
more relaxed about when they are down by double digits? 
This is the most diligent comeback team I've seen in 
Boston, and its not just because they all can shoot 
threes, and can raise their team defense to another 
level, but also because the captains stay composed enough 
to pass it to the open three. 

Maybe I was just in the right frame of mind, but I knew 
they were going to win on Friday night when they were 
down 12 points in the fourth, or whatever. And the closer 
the score got, the more obvious it seemed to me which 
side would run out of steam.

They are the opposite of Sacramento's stars. Not only do 
they have nearly the same passing acumen to be a 100 ppg 
ballclub, but in crunchtime they go to the captains and 
you don't see a hint of worry on either of them. This 
inspires me, as a fan, to calm down and enjoy the 
excitement of late game situations. 

The only thing that got us last year IMO today was 
fatigue. And the fact that Delk, EWill, Kenny and co. 
couldn't hit even open three-pointers.

Joe H.






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