last night

[Eric Albert]

>Joe raises a good point about whether the Wiz have our
>number.

Maybe, maybe not. We don't need to worry about it till
the second round anyway, a place the Wizards haven't
been able to get to for a while. And a seven-game series
is different from a game here and a game there.

>Here's another concern: last night, Detroit
>lost a game in which none of their stahtahs played
>more than 29 minutes and one, Hamilton, didn't play at
>all. Boston lost a game in which Pierce and Allen, the
>latter especially no spring chicken, played 37 minutes
>and Garnett played 31. Granted, the bench was probably
>a bit gassed after going into OT against Milwaukee,
>but I worry about the Big Three heading into the
>playoffs at less than 100%.

The Celtics won the game before the Wizards (against the
Bucks) with none of our starters playing more than 22
minutes.

How much rest do you think the Celtics starters need?
Doc has done a great job of keeping their minutes low all
year -- KG hasn't played so few minutes since he was a
rookie.

The starters played last night because they asked to.
Other than the risk of injury, I see no reason to sit
them for the rest of the season. Especially when I'm
flying to Atlanta tomorrow to see Saturday's game
against the Hawks!

-- Eric