Monthly Archives: February 2018

After a sluggish start, early in the first quarter, the Cs closed with a rush to lead by 9 at 33-24. They continued their offensive barrage throughout the second quarter to lead by 26 at the half, at 67-41, and … Continue reading →

A defensive gem, this clearly was not. These Knicks are a group of journeyman NBA players with a few D-League players sprinkled in. In fact, the Cs were terrorized by Trey Burk, with 26 points and 8 assists, and Troy … Continue reading →

This one was hardly a work of art but parts of this game were reminiscent of some of the defensive efforts the Cs put forth earlier in the season before they lapsed into their pre-all-star-break slumber. After a slow start … Continue reading →

Watching the Celtics play basketball has sadly become a waste of time. Until a few weeks ago they were a defensive-minded group who were in nearly every game. For the past several weeks, they have totally forgotten how they got … Continue reading →

The Celtics have lost their way! This was their worst defensive effort of the season into which they sprinkled a smattering of bad box-outs on the boards and silly and stupid turnovers to make matter worse. For awhile now, I … Continue reading →

After nearly throwing the game away in regulation, when Kyrie Irving could not close the game out, he came through big time at the free throw line, first making 3 free throws to tie at the end of regulation and … Continue reading →

Not much to be said about this game. The Celtics started by playing no defense and falling behind early but they followed that up with the only effort they made in the entire game, shutting down the Raptors and closing … Continue reading →

Al Horford, who did it all throughout the game, hit a turnaround jump shot with time expiring to give the Celtics an extremely hard-earned win. Their second-half effort was sensational after a series of turnovers just before the half led … Continue reading →

Normally when a player goes down with an injury, it’s not a postive thing for the team; especially when 3 point guards all go down with injury at the same time. However, for Terry Rozier, it was just what the … Continue reading →