Antoine

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

My wife and I had a good laugh last night at Antoine and 
his studly little wink at the tv cameras. Toine 
definitely knew he was looking fine in that business suit.

And since he already looked the part, next thing you know 
Toine's prowling the sidelines shouting encouragement and 
instructions like he's the head coach. 

It reminds me of Leo DiCaprio in "Catch me if you can": 
teaching French class for the first week after he enrolls 
in his new high school.

That's the thing with Toine...he was half player-coach 
and half super fan last night. If a prerequisite for 
stardom is loving the game, Antoine has that one covered.

He got so caught up in last night's game he couldn't sit 
still for long. I won't be surprised if out of nowhere he 
grabs a clipboard and draws up a play against Denver. Or 
worse, gets a technical foul for running clear across the 
court to debate a call. 

Joe H.

In the Philly comeback, after the buzzer sounded and I 
hugged my wife etc., I suddenly felt this wave of a kind 
of melancholy/pity. Watching scenes all week of loyal 
Eagles fans, I thought of how we'd feel if our favorite 
team (the Celtics) disgraced themselves and blew a 23-
point halftime lead like that. Its devastating, because 
that stuff can happen in the course of any 82-game 
season, and it doesn't ALWAYS have to point to 
a "character" flaw (the Sixers are sissies etc.).

I'm glad I snapped out of that one fast! The Walker 
injury was announced and I realized not a soul is pitying 
our Celtics when we have to play without Battie, and then 
Delk, and now Walker. They just see a chance to crush our 
team. Denver plans to crush us. Orlando does too. 

A win is a win. And here's the thing. Injury excuses 
after a loss (Grant Hill etc.) are for freaking WUSSIES. 

I haven't read the Milwaukee papers, but I'm sure the 
team and its reporters feel they won without any caveats 
attached whatsoever (the Tim Thomas' injury helps cancel 
out missing Antoine). 

They beat us fair and square on the road, even though we 
had red hot replacements for Antoine stepping up.

The next time we play Philly, I hope we beat them 
senseless. Same with Ray Allen and co., whom I actually 
hope we will meet in the playoffs. The Bucks are so soft. 
We'll wail on them when it counts. If they think for a 
second that that was "Celtics defense" last night, they 
won't know what hit them once the real games start.


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