Monthly Archives: May 2017

Isaiah Thomas: A- To think that he scored 50+ points with a partially-torn labrum in his hip while mourning the death of his kid sister was far beyond surreal. On offense, he was an A+ all season long, especially in … Continue reading →

Mercifully, this season is over and unfortunately it ended on a very sour note. The Celtics came out with that deer-in-the-headlights look, with zero defensive energy and intensity, and proceeded to allow the Cavaliers to score 14 points in the … Continue reading →

The Cs answered the bell, came out with great defensive energy and intensity and, despite two really bad foul calls, led by 10, at 29-19, at the end of the first quarter. Not quite as solid in the second period, … Continue reading →

Yet another substandard defensive first half during which they allowed the Cavaliers to score 35 and 31 points consecutively for a 16-point lead. The Cs never played a complete game this entire season with defensive energy and intensity and Game … Continue reading →

First came intimidation, then came domination, and finally, humiliation and embarrassment. This was a game for exactly 6 minutes and 35 seconds at which time the score was Cavaliers 11 and Celtics 10. The Cavs dominated the final 5 minutes … Continue reading →

The first half was a complete and utter beatdown. The Cs came out with zero energy both offensively and defensively, and were totally lifeless for the entire 24 minutes. Their defense was more than passive, more like totally absent. Offensively, … Continue reading →

They had me worried when they gave up the dreaded 30-point quarter, 32 in fact, in the second, to trail by 2 at the half. But after a shaky start in the second half, they began to increase their defensive … Continue reading →

This was clearly a game the Cs should have won but failure to execute in the final minutes left room for a long distance trey by John Wall, who dominated the game in the second half, and the Cs got … Continue reading →

It took a while but the Celtics finally began a game with an intensely energetic defensive effort and sustained it for the entire first half, building a 67-51 lead in the process. Their D was somewhat less intense in the … Continue reading →

Well, if your’e a Celtics’ fan looking for something positive to say, follwing their horrendous performance in game 3, you could say that they played very solidly on both ends of the floor for 21 minutes. Unfortunately, NBA games last … Continue reading →