Monthly Archives: December 2013

Although the final score was 92-91 Atlanta, as the Cs Jordan Crawford missed a shot to win the game at the buzzer, the score did not begin to tell the story of the game. This was a game of extremes … Continue reading →

After playing a defensively solid game for the first three quarters, the Celtics fell soundly asleep, allowing the Cavaliers to score 34 points in the final period, and barely escaping with a 103-100 win in a rare Saturday matinee game. … Continue reading →

This game, in Indianapolis, was the second of a back-to-back following yesterday’s loss to the Washington Wizards at home. The Pacers are one of the NBAs’ top teams and, because of their great size and bulk, present tremendous match-up problems … Continue reading →

As has become their recent custom, the Celtics bolted out to a 30-14 first quarter lead, before cooling and allowing the Wizards to score 30, 30, and 32 points respectively in the final three quarters and cruise to a 106-99 … Continue reading →

The Celtics came storming out the gate to have their biggest offensive quarter of the season and moved to what should have been a dominating lead at 42-23. However, the first quarter turned out to be the only one they … Continue reading →

Tonight’s game was a unique experience for me since the game was only telecast on NBA-TV and, since that is not part of my NBA League Pass package, I was forced to follow the game on play-by-play from Comcast Sportsnet. … Continue reading →

Although this game was clearly a step backwards for the Celtics, they managed to overcome their generally poor play when the game was on the line to outscore the Knicks, 22-13, in the fourth quarter to grab an ugly 90-86 … Continue reading →

In the finale of the “reunion games,” the Celtics put forth a solid, sustained effort throughout the game before the Clippers pulled away in the last two minutes on the 3-point shooting of Jamaal Crawford, the premier fourth period scorer … Continue reading →

As they have done recently, the Celtics jumped out to a quick lead, but then had a lull during which they made some defensive mistakes and shot poorly which allowed the Nets to embark on an 18-6 run to close … Continue reading →

Ladies and gentlemen, we have us a basketball coach!! Now admittedly, the Knicks are not a good team and are without their only legitimately good big man, Tyson Chandler, but, they had won two in a row and were playing … Continue reading →