Re: Steve Beauregard come on down, and other amusements from an ugly loss

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You guys are addicted to the refs and foul situations. Jordan certainly
deserves star status. Teams shoot more f/t's because our defense sucks. We
have no one with athleticism to stop anyone. I wouldn't mind if we knocked a
few guys down but the tooth fairy would foul harder.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Malo" <kimmalo@mindspring.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:55 PM
Subject: Steve Beauregard come on down, and other amusements from an ugly
loss


> Yes folks, our own listmate Mr. Stephen Beauregard of Maine was part of
the
> half time show at tonight's Cs game. Unfortunately Mr Beauregard -being an
> extremely loyal Celtics fan- showed how in tune with the current bunch he
> was by missing the layup. But hope he heard and appreciated the cheers
from
> the balcony when they announced his name and I realized why he had asked
if
> anyone from the list would be at the game tonight.
>
> As for the game? *shrug*, an ugly way to lose a game but it happens.
> Leaving aside the last few bonehead plays, you could make an argument that
> this game was won at the line. Unobtrusively to me until it was pointed
out
> that the Wiz were getting 4 times the number of FT attempts as the Cs. It
> eventually 'evened' out to only twice as many, but most of the other stats
> were remarkably close so that the FT difference weighed heavily. Some of
it
> was the Cs own fault with the usual settling for outside shots, but a fair
> degree of it wasn't, including MJ still getting some superstar of
> superstars treatment. There were other ways they could have and should
have
> overcome this to win but didn't, obviously, but in a fairly even game the
> FTs mattered.
>
> Pregame shoot around was not without amusement as our newest acquisition
> took the floor. I can't tell you how relieved I was to see him NOT taking
a
> bunch of 3s. Mostly 15 footers and layups. The layups actually got amusing
> as his slamming one home seemed to inspire emulation by his new teammates
> with a run of attempted power dunks (as much power as they could generate)
> starting with JR and working it's way through a bunch of guys. I had hopes
> the might consider playing with their new toy during the game itself, but
> alas and alack...
>
> Anyway, cheers to Steve for providing the list with a celebrity for the
> night. As to the actual finalists - Steve, there were clearly ringers out
> there tonight : )
>
> Kim