Celtics snap the streak
The Boston Celtics got their revenge on Sunday night beating the Pistons 92-85. The win snaps the 11 game streak of dominance the the boys from Mo Town exhibited over their competition. The game was intense, but certainly not free of mistakes. On this night the Pistons just made too many.
Ok I know what you’re gonna say. “C’mon Gary give the Celtics some credit.” My response of course would be “NO AND YOU CANT MAKE ME!!!”
Just kidding.
Of course the Boston Celtics deserve credit for the win. The Pistons jumped on them early with a 22 to 12 lead after the first quarter. But the Celtics kept fighting and kept it close enough in the fourth quarter to earn the victory. The sign of a good team is one that capitalizes on the mistakes of the other team. The Celtics did just that and deserve praise for it. With that said however, the Pistons did make critical errors that no doubt impacted the outcome of the game.
Chauncey Billups, who has the reputation of being a clutch player, and a excellent free throw shooter, missed three critical free throws down the stretch, and took a hasty three pointer that got nothing but air in the final 30 seconds. The Pistons were also outscored in the paint by a inexcusable 26 points in the second half. Many of these baskets were scored by first year forward Glen “Big Baby,” Davis who had 16 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter. None of these things should have EVER happened, and I highly doubt they will again. Perhaps the only silver lining here is that the Pistons got beat because of boneheaded moves that shouldn’t repeat themselves, not because of being clearly outperformed by a superior team.
After two games the budding rivalry between the Pistons and the Celtics is all tied up. The two Eastern powers meet up for the final time in the regular season on March 26. One thing is for sure, the Pistons need to perform far better then they did Sunday night.
Hey Gary,
I enjoy your blog. This was a big game and this is becoming
the rivalry of the year, I think. The Pistons continue to
be a great team with one glaring problem. That being this; they
have no go to guy down the streach and their offense turns
to stand and shoot or one guy to the hole. If you look at
their playoff losses over the recent years since winning the title
you’ll find the same thing over and over. The game coming
to a close and the Pistons offense turning to nothing.
The Celtics, as with Cleveland last year, have no such problem.
Our team is better but when the game is ending, and all NBA games
are purely last two min games, against the better teams we are
at a disatvantage. (Especially if R. Wallace is throwing a tantrum)
Keep up the good work Gary
Comment by Bob — January 7, 2008 @ 8:29 am