CLEVELAND STEAMER

The Celtics lost a heartbreaker tonight at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Truth be told, chest deification is a little harsh to describe the Celtics loss tonight. The Celtics put up great fight. With KG still resting his abs and Paul fighting off flu-like symptoms, the Celtics were at best 64% tonight. To make matters worse, the Cavs played out of their mind. El B.J. (my new nick name for LeBron) led the way as he went one rebound shy of a trip-dub. As a team, the Cavs shot 51%, scored 114 points, and forced 10 turnovers. What can you do, the Cavs were at home and were hot as hell. Every time it looked like the Cavs would pull away however, the Celtics scratched, slapped, and clawed their way back into the game. After a long-distance three by Pierce and 3 point play by Perk down the stretch, it even looked like they might even steal this game. In the end, with the Celtics attention focused on El B.J., the Cavs lost track of Ira Newble of all people, who flushed home a jam to put the game away for good.

This was a dissapointing loss for the Celts, but overall you have to feel good about the effort this team is making without Garrnett. With a huge win over Dallas and their effort tonight, the Celtics have proven that they are an elite team even without number 5. The Celtics still have the best record in the NBA, and are undefeated against the West. Almost every Celtics loss this year has also come down the the final minute of the game. KG is doubtful for his reunion in Minnesota, but my guess is that not even Scal sitting on him in the locker room will stop him from playing Sunday against the Spurs.

MVP: Ira Newble. Congrats on your 15 points and game-winning jam. But just remember when you wake up in the morning you will still be Ira Newble and suck at basketball.

LVP: Daniel "Boobies" Gibson. Normally I automatically give Pavlovic this award for having his first name be Sasha (being foreign is not an excuse for having a girls name), but tonight it goes to Gibson. His 11 points tonight were not enough to justify his nickname being "Boobie." The only way that nickname is acceptable is if it was given to you for reasons having to do with touching boobs. " Check his blog. Daniel got it from his mother, he says. That either means that his mother gave him the name or that he got it because of his mother has huge cans. We can only assume the latter.Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2008/02/cleveland-steamer.html
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