Re: Celtics tumble late: Fail to seal the deal in loss to Bucks

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pierce has more excuses than a Political Anal-yst.......Paul in case you're
listening, make the free throws in crunch time.....how bout taking some
blame instead of spreading it around........

DanF




> Celtics tumble late: Fail to seal the deal in loss to Bucks
> By Mark Murphy
> Sunday, November 30, 2003
>
> MILWAUKEE - Nowhere does the season come to bear more than on the tail end
of
> back-to-back games against the same opponent.
>
>      That grind, plus some inopportune unraveling in the fourth quarter,
laid
> out the Celtics last night in a 100-94 loss to the Bucks.
>
>      It was the first game this season in which the C's have allowed 100
or
> more points. As usual, the late-game collapse can be traced to not taking
care
> of business on the defensive end of the floor.
>
>      ``It's just our defense,'' Paul Pierce [news] said. ``It'll be our
> defense all year long. We need to stop teams at crucial moments. When we
do
> that, we'll be able to close teams out.''
>
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