Celtics Laying Waste to the League
The Celtics are hot. Although their last two wins have come against some fairly terrible competition, they have put together some impressive games of late. Last Thursday, the boys from Boston took the Knicks–who are making a name for themselves as the biggest jokes in professional sports–behind the woodshed for a 104-59 smackdown. The Celtics reserves got some serious minutes in the game, as nearly the whole team logged heavy PT, and everyone except James Posey scored. Rookie Glen “Big Baby” Davis scored 13 points and 6 rebounds in 31 minutes, while Ray Allen and Paul Pierce scored 21 each. The only Knick to score in double digits was Nate Robinson, whose 3-pointer as time expired gave him 11 points in the game, and kept it from being the lowest scoring total for the team since the shot clock was invented.
On Sunday, the team topped off it’s week by dispatching the Cavs 80-70, to run the Celtics record to 14-2–best in the league. The victory was revenge for the Celtics who, while playing listlessly and rather poorly, made up for a loss to the Cavs earlier in the week. This time, Cleveland was without its star, LeBron James, and certainly missed him. Davis had another good game for Boston, giving them a spark and some needed energy, on his way to scoring 9 points and 7 rebounds in 21 minutes. Ray Allen led the team with 20 points.
The Celtics are on fire at the moment, and are sporting the best record in the league, but several players mentioned that they were exhausted after the game against the Cavs. Although Boston may be the best team in the league, they are certainly not the youngest. Whether they can keep up the intensity and their health will have to be determined in the coming months.
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