The Celtics came into todays game with the best record in the NBA and undefeated against the much superior western conference. Despite these credentials, every Celtics' fan knew that the season barometer was todays game against the San Antonio Spurs. As the defending champs, the Spurs remain the top-dog in the NBA. Well, today the Celtics went Ron Artest on that dog. They man-handled San Antonio 98-90. The Spurs looked like a bunch of old women as the Celtic's youth and athleticism pounded the them all night. On paper it looked like the Celtics were in trouble as they had neither Garnett nor Perkins to match up with Tim Duncan. Afer Leon Powe picked up two quick fouls in the opening minutes of the game things looked bleak for the home team. Enter Big Baby. Despite being shorter, slower, and fatter than Duncan, BBGD out-hustled him, holding him to a quiet 22 points, and a quiet fourth quarter.
Pierce was clearly the hero of the game. He scored 35 points with Bruce Bowen guarding him. With Posey and Big Baby setting high screens on Bowen, they knocked him around all game giving Pierce the freedom to dominate. Equally important was the Celtics bench-play. With the strongest bench in the NBA, the energy of Eddie House, Posey, Tony Allen, and Big Baby, was too much for the elderly Spurs. Rondo had another great game as he had a career high 12 assists and grabbed 11 boards.
Tonight was the biggest game of the season. They beat San Antonio without KG and they beat them badly. The Celtics are hands down the best team in the NBA. Let the Lakers have Gasol. Let the Spurs have Stoudemire. Let the Suns have Shaq. RIght now Glenn Davis and Leon Powe sound more appealing to me and the Celtics happen to have them coming off their bench.
MVP: Bill Walton. Ironically, the best part of this game had nothing to do with the game itself. While calling the game, Jeff Van Gundy, opened his weird mouth and said 3 of the dumbest things ever. 1. He said Pierce is not garenteed to get his number retired. 2. Cedric Maxwell didnt deserve to have his number retired. 3. Suggested it is easy to have your number retired when you play for the Celtics. While we all winced at these remarks, Bill Walton decided to do something about it. At half time he called Van Gundy out for the lousy New York piece of crap he is. He pointed out that Max has two rings, one finals MVP, and kept Kevin McKale on the bench for 4 years. He went on to point out that of the thirty- something Celtics that are in the Hall of Fame, only twenty-some of them have their numbers retired. Ive never seen Walton so fired up. Im pretty sure Stu Scott crapped his pants.
LVP: Jeff Van Gundy. He's as dumb as he is ugly.
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