Early Garnett foul problem made this a close one

[dforant1]

according to reports I've read the Pistons are trying to come across as 
nerveless, sort of laid back. They have been criticized for that by their 
own news outlets for not having enough juice during past playoff games. They 
did not come across that way to me in the first game, nor this one. They 
showed plenty of personality especially on defense.

I think their bubble has burst in the East. The Celtics are not going to 
fold and they don't have an answer to the Big Three. Davis came out of 
nowhere and stunned them. How could a short stocky rookie score all those 
points in limited minutes in one quarter? Many at the creation of none other 
than Paul Pierce. How dare he pass off. How could these lottery Celtics win 
this game in crunch time and almost win the last one also. Billups is 
devastated. Let him sulk till March.

Garnett is correct in his assumption we still need improvement. I think 
especially at the point spot we are presently weak for long periods during 
some games.

No chance for a date with Billups, heard he goes nowhere without his 
inflatable doll.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Malo" <kmalo17 at verizon.net>
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Subject: Re: Early Garnett foul problem made this a close one


> At 09:33 AM 1/6/2008, dforant1 wrote:
>> >From Yahoo Sports: When Garnett was in the game, Boston outscored
>> Detroit by 23. When the superstar was on the bench, the Pistons
>> outscored the Celtics by 16.
>>
>>Pierce the team Horse played 46min and had plenty left at the end.
>>Can't say enough about the conditioning of the Celts.
>
> You know what, that's a legit point, although in fairness to Pierce I
> think he gets most of the credit for his own conditioning. Other than
> last year after the injury, he's always come into camp in fabulous
> shape and stayed that way. And other players get some of their own
> credit too, because you can tell and guide them but they still have
> to be the ones to do (something I think Big Baby is still learning,
> although he's in better shape than he was) but you look at things
> from the sculpting of Perk's body and increased quickness and
> building up of Al's surprisingly non muscular body when he was here
> to the fact that you're right, we rarely see Celtics players clearly
> run out of gas and that's a fair point.
>
>>Billups played down the loss as just another season game. He's
>>wrong, it's huge. We now have a decent rotation and 2nd squad whose
>>point guard could be several different players because of Rondo's
>>lack of leadership at times.
>
> Did he turn you down when you asked him for a date or something? Just 
> curious.
>
> Kim
>
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