Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Players

[Eric Albert]

>Mark Piotrowski <mark at 10thumbs.org> wrote:
> 
>can anyone tell me why in god's name the folks (hesitate to call them 
>fans) were booing at the end of the game?

Boy, wasn't that crass?  It wasn't just that the Celts were
missing three of their starters; it was that they played a
good, tough game anyway, with a legitimate chance to win.
Best of all, they played really tough in the fourth quarter,
forcing turnover after turnover.  They never came close to
quitting.  How can you watch a game like that and not cheer?

I've posted a bunch of times this season after the Celtics
lost a "close" game, explaining why it wasn't that close,
and the Celts never really had a chance.  This was not
one of those games.  They had a very good chance, and
if the 76ers hadn't hit difficult shot after difficult shot,
I think we would have won.

The 76ers sure weren't hitting all those shots in their 12-game
losing streak; tonight was just bad luck, not a bad game.

-- Eric