91 Celtics, 83 Magic

Who says, UBUNTU is dead?

I have been saying for a while that the Celtics still have a punchers chance and you can't count these guys out ever. And that's what the Celtics proved last night. Doc Rivers may be only 8-9 on the season, but the past 2 wins are certainly statements that the Celtics are regaining form.

The Celtics have already been bitten hard by the injury bug and the 3 out of their 5 starters were out with O'Neal, Rondo and Ray. But they did get Mickael Pietrus, Chris Wilcox and Keyon Dooling back.

What do you think hurts more for the Magic, losing by 31 points or blowing a 27 point lead?

I'm so excited writing this post I don't even know where to begin. Well, OK, the first half was shitty. The Celtics looked unenthusiastic, uninspired and were playing shitty offense and defense. The only good thing that came in the first half was that Dwight Howard got in early foul trouble.

But then Doc Rivers must have had one hell of a halftime speech because the Celtics were able to come back from a 58 to 37 deficit.

The Celtics went on a 17-7 run in the last 5 minutes of the 3rd to cut the lead to 11. The defensive intensity was picked up significantly from Avery Bradley, Brandon Bass and KG. Also the ball movement was impeccable.

In the 4th, the Boston run was still going on as they went on a 32-8 run. Their 15 -3 run in the fourth quarter has highlighted their defense, with Orlando unable to make their first basket until 5:56 left in the quarter, a whole 6:02 without a made field goal. Amazing.

Now onto the players, if I had to criticize Doc about his coaching style it would be to play rookies more. Although we still haven't got a lot of JuJuan Johnson, we saw that 2nd round pick E'Twaun Moore has some giant balls as he went 5-6 from the floor, 4 for 4 from beyond the arc and finished with 16 points. This kid can shoot, and as the season goes on I expect a lot more of him and a lot less of Keyon Dooling.

Paul Pierce is finally getting in basketball shape and it has shown for the past week, he had 24 points and 10 assists in the game.

Tonight will be against the Pacers to even up the record at 9.

Also, good call with the score BMack.