Monday, January 30, 2017

"ABILITY MAY GET YOU TO THE TOP, BUT IT TAKES CHARACTER TO KEEP YOU THERE."

~Stevie Wonder, Detroit Native

Pistons at the Gahden; with the start, Horford's back!
CROWDER FOR THREE! AB's services we still lack.
"...tip of the spear," McHale called IT,
McHale loves Crowder (so do I)--scrappy D!

Pistons a 6-0 run. Fearless Brown got the start.
Cs an 8-0 run! Horford: TOs, dunk...Heart!
"I'm the 5'9 Kevin Garnett. That's who I want to be."
How can you not love that sentiment expressed by IT!

Smart off the Bench. CROWDER FOR THREE!
Last 21 games Cs 14th in D--6 games no AB.
SMART FOR THREE! Cs up 1 start Q2!
Gerald Green! Elevating! Forgot what he can do!

Olynyk, rebounding! Rozier, steal--to the hoop!
Looking to our Bench to energize this Group!
Cs' length-of-the-court passes, up Olynyk gets fired!
23 years ago today McHale's number was retired.

IT, steal! Drummond's big. ROZIER FOR THREE!
Brad loves the Cs' chemistry! SMART FOR THREE!
Crowder, protective somersault ;) Dazzling dribbling, IT!
IT FOR THREE! Crowder, Smart hit the floor--great D!

Horford, block! HORFORD FOR THREE!
Double figs, Crowder, IT. Cs up 8 start Q3!
Cs' Bench outscored the Pistons' (22-9), great fight!
A sergeant surprised his family! Seats for Soldiers Night!

Jerebko, steal! Drummond took a hard fall, he's okay.
Crowder, what a save! JEREBKO FOR THREE! Nice play!
Horford finding his rhythm. Drummond, double double.
Furious Brad: Caldwell-Pope, unchallenged, is trouble.

Pistons struggling with the three. CROWDER FOR THREE!
Green, steal! Smart, football pass, to Crowder--timely ;)
CROWDER FOR THREE! 43% shooting, Cs up 9 end Q3.
Green! Amir! Pistons a 7-0 run, on better D.

This Morris Brother, ugh. Ish Smith, ugh. Tie.
Olynyk--no D--on the floor too long. Why?
Pistons a 19-5 run. 5 second violation--Cs!
IT FOR THREE! IT FOR THREE! Tie. Geez.

IT called for a foul? Caldwell-Pope shooting three.
Pistons a 24-13 run, cheap call, made for an angry IT!
The NBA's top Q4 scorer, IT FOR THREE!
Cheesy foul 4 on IT. MORE SCORING, IT!

IT's 4th Q4 with 20+ points this season!
Bloody Leuer. Jerebko's inadvertent elbow the reason.
Horford, block! IT, FTs! 4th career 40+ points, IT!
Celtics have WON four in a row, Pistons have lost three.

CELTICS WON BY 4!
Mostly on IT's Q4!

































Friday, January 27, 2017

MAGIC IN THE AIR

Magic at the Gahden. CONGRATS TO OUR ALL STAR, IT!
(First time after 12 years Dwyane Wade we won't see).
Horford is out, groin strain; AB is close to return--
From our Rockets WIN, what did we learn?

Fearless Brown, Crowder, Jerebko, Amir and IT:
Tonight's starters--minutes played together? Three!
Cs Ball movement, Fearless Brown to the hoop!
Jerebko, hustle, block! IT-Fearless Brown alley-oop!

Jerebko, rebounding! Many dishes to Amir!
CROWDER FOR THREE! No selfish play here!
Crowder, IT, steals! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!
Fearless Brown! Zeller's in, no more sinus issues has he.

Zeller, steal! Olynyk, huh? Sorry: OLYNYK FOR THREE!
Jeff Green: married, expecting...happy in Orlando is he.
Heads up plays Zeller. Forgot what he can do.
Highest scoring Q, 71% shooting, Cs up 15 start Q2!

Smart, block! Rozier! Cutting Olynyk, from Smart
Who hasn't balked, or punched a wall, without the Start ;)
Scoring 35+ last six straight Home games--IT!
Longest streak for the Cs! Last time was Kobe, '03.

OLYNYK FOR THREE!--smacked in the mouth next trip.
Did he learn from Jerebko how to block with his lip?
IT-Amir alley-oop. Smart, strip! CROWDER FOR THREE!
IT FOR THREE! Highest first half! Cs up 20 start Q3!

FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! CROWDER FOR THREE!
JEREBKO FOR THREE! IT, steal! Some Magic life we see.
Crowder, hustle! IT FOR THREE! CROWDER FOR THREE!
IT FOR THREE! IT-Amir alley-oop! CROWDER FOR THREE!

Zeller, block! 20+, thirty straight games, ties McHale, IT!
Rozier, steal! Cs up 39 (wow!) end Q3!
SMART FOR THREE! Smart-Olynyk (!!) alley-oop!
SMART FOR THREE! Tons o' paint points Cs Group!

Mickey, score, score! Love to see our Bench cheer!
Celtics Pride! Celtics Heart! Celtics Grit! All clear!
YOUNG FOR THREE! BY 30 CELTICS WON!
Season High Score. Every C played well--my idea of FUN!

An Aside:
Wade, Butler dissed teammates, benched tonight--
Rondo responded RE: KG, Pierce (LEADERS)! He's right!




















Tuesday, January 24, 2017

"DON'T CHASE YOUR DREAMS, CATCH 'EM" ~Wiz Khalifa

Cs in DC, Wizards are all wearing black--
Suddenly a simmering rivalry, I'm taken aback.
Green is sick, Jackson, too--still no AB.
Small attendance early, mostly green we see!

Love Smart's once-a-game (minimum) strip;
CROWDER FOR THREE! Olynyk hustle, good trip.
Wiz look hungrier. CROWDER FOR THREE!
Olynyk, block! How-Does-He-Do-It, IT?

Jerebko, hustle! Rozier, steal! Young sighting!
Cs within 9 end Q1, on play not too exciting.
Wiz a 9-2 run. More Young....YOUNG FOR THREE!
Phantom fouls on Smart because of how he plays D?

Jerebko, D! Clock running down, IT FOR THREE!
Fearless Brown, coast-to-coast! More of that let's see.
FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! HORFORD FOR THREE!
Olynyk, hustle! A Wall miss would be nice to see!

Leading the League, in scoring, in January, is IT!
Cs great ball movement; SMART FOR THREE!
4 Wiz starters double figs, Cs within 7 start Q3.
Twice, at the buzzer: Crowder! CROWDER FOR THREE!

Crowder, Morris collide, "hostile act" review?
Replay, with no call on the floor--something new?
On Morris a T. Crowder will do nothing funny;
He paid $25,000, wants to lose no more money!

Horford, block! Tonight Wall just won't miss,
Didn't like IT-King-of-the-4th-Quarter diss.
Cs fumbling, TOs. Love Crowder hard to the hoop!
Someone has to energize this erratic Cs group.

Smart to the hoop! Smart, steal! Cs a 7-2 run.
I could do without Wall kissing his own "gun."
Rozier, hang time! Ugh, Cs within 11 end Q3.
Rozier, steal! Smart, steal! Jerebko, NOT JUST D!

SMART FOR THREE! Cs ball movement, thru IT!
Smart to Jerebko, alley-oop! Fouls on every C!
HORFORD FOR THREE! Cs TOs. Cs need more fight.
Rozier, steal! Not enough. This was John Wall's night.

Cs within 15, doesn't really matter--
We did nothing to stop the Wiz chatter ;(
Wiz have won 14 home games in a row;
There's a stat I'd rather not know.
























Saturday, January 21, 2017

CELTICS AND BLAZERS ABLAZE (hint: 😰)

Portland at The Gahden, Evan Turner's back;
McCollum, Lillard (Turner, too), talent do not lack.
Second highest scorer in the League is IT--
Disappointed (not surprised) All Star starter he won't be ;(

Cs--flu--without Jerebko, Zeller, Jackson, plus AB.
For Dec., NBA Cares award (community service), IT!
Aggressive Horford (phew)! CROWDER FOR THREE!
Wow! Leading the League in scoring, in Q1, is he.

On cue, CROWDER FOR THREE! Horford! Hoop!
CROWDER FOR THREE! Smart, steal! D, Cs group!
Seven NBA players, Boston area up they grew--
Four on the Blazers, each other as kids they knew.

Horford, block! Horford, hustle, coast-to-coast--
Seems that awful Knicks loss bothered him most.
Mickey! Olynyk's flyin' (really)! Smart, steal! D!
Cs up 2 start Q2 (grateful for Crowder and his three)!

Three quick fouls Lillard. Olynyk, hustle, good D!
Blazers' Leonard, 7'1. Jerky muscle flexing does he.
Bad calls on Olynyk. Rozier on McCollum, tough D!
Dribbling, fumbling, dribbling...how does he do it, IT!

Fearless Brown! Rozier! Dimples are showing, IT!
His love of the game a thing of beauty to see ;)
Third foul on Plumlee. SMART FOR THREE!
An inspired IT! HORFORD FOR THREE!

"What's that?" when decked by Leonard, asked IT ;)
In spite of McCollum, Cs up 9 start Q3!
Ugh, Lillard (fouls) is back. Haven't mentioned Amir.
Crowder, steal! Now I remember when Turner was here.

Blazers, 11-2 run. Tie. Olynyk! IT FOR THREE!
Cs, TOs. Blazers lead. Adorable, the Dad of IT!
Blazers 22-5 run. Crowder! Rozier! Smart! More D!
ROZIER FOR THREE! Cs within 2, rough Q3.

Mickey, rebound, leap, dunk! Tie! Olynyk, foul four??
NBA needs at least one Canadian ref on the floor ;)
Turner's on IT. Leonard hasn't missed a three.
Missed 6 of 7 games, walking boot for AB.

ROZIER FOR THREE! Vonleh fouled out. Amir, score!
Been a factor but first points came mid-Q4!
Turner--yikes--(Crowder foul) hit Crowder in the face!
Turner: "I'm not that kind of guy." Crazy place!

IT FOR THREE! How-Does-He-Do-It, IT?
Cs frantic ball movement! HORFORD FOR THREE!
Amir! Amir! Tie! Blazers, steals. Cs, rebounding.
Boos from the crowd on terrible calls, resounding.

McCollum, ouch! Steal? No...cheesy foul on Smart.
BOLD! ROZIER FOR THREE! Tie! Cs all Heart!
Smart, D! OVERTIME! 2 quick fouls on Amir. Really?
"What time is it?" asked IT's Dad ;) ...IT FOR THREE!

Cs TO, ouch. On Lillard, McCollum Cs need D!
Horford fouled out. Fans filed out. IT FOR THREE!
Cs within 4. Sad overtime.
Sick to my stomach. Out of rhyme....





























Saturday, January 7, 2017

PELI-CAN'T

Pels at the Gahden, B2B, Home (!), second night.
AB's out, sore achilles, it's not terrible, but not right.
Smart, start. Jrue Holiday is back, vs. IT
Bad call on Horford. Pels an 8-0 run, mostly AD.

Amir, block! Ball movement! CROWDER FOR THREE!
Two early fouls on Amir. Amir, D! IT FOR THREE!
Smart, steal! Smart (PG) coast-to-coast, score!
IT, steal! Jrue can shoot, Hield even more.

Ugh, Cs TOs! Rozier, steal, hard to the rim!
OLYNYK FOR THREE! Smart, steal--gotta love him!
Fearless Brown! SMART FOR THREE! Cs a 10-0 run!
From down double-digit twice, Cs within 3 end Q1.

Aggressive Green! Jerebko, hustle! GREEN FOR THREE!
GREEN FOR THREE (not a typo)! So athletic is AD.
Smart, hustle! Jerebko rebounding! SMART FOR THREE!
Amir, hook! (every game!) How-Does-He-Do-It? IT!

HORFORD FOR THREE! IT, steal! Love his FT!
Smart, crazy D!! SMART FOR THREE! Cs up 4 start Q3!
Amir, D! Horford, block! IT FOR THREE!
Amir, foul four--on Davis playing great D!

SMART FOR THREE! Crowder, steal. Hustle, Amir,
Ran hard down the court, Davis was nowhere near.
IT, steal! It's a four point play, SMART FOR THREE!
Amir, D! IT FOR THREE! CROWDER FOR THREE!

Smart's highest scoring Home game (20+). Rozier, D!
Phantom foul on Green. Jerebko, great D!
Rebounding Rozier! Cs up 20 end Q3!
Cs early Q4 TOs. OLYNYK FOR THREE!

IT FOR THREE! Rozier, hustle! Cs good D!
Ugh, Galloway coming to life. Rozier's fun to see!
Tenth time this year more than 30 points, IT!
Olynyk did well. IT FOR THREE! IT FOR THREE!

Horford block, Cs swept the Homestand, games three.
Horford, in assists, leading the Team is he!
CELTICS WON by 9, played well to a man!
CELTICS HOORAH! Peli-Can't...CELTICS CAN!






























Friday, January 6, 2017

"WHEN YOU ARE NOT PRACTICING, SOMEONE ELSE IS GETTING BETTER." ~Allen Iverson, Sixers Guard, 1996-2006

Sixers at the Gahden (A.I.'s an idol to IT).
Aside: ugh, Korver, Cavs, never thought he'd be a C.
First consecutive back-to-back, Home--kinda great!
Happened lockout year '99, not really since 1978.

Zeller, sinus, Mickey ill, Young, ankle, all out.
Crowder upset: Fans/Hayward; loves Boston no doubt! Heinsohn praises Embiid. As for Crowder, #I'MWITHHIM!
Cs 4 plays, 4 turnovers, not great opening rhythm.

Phew, a floater over Embiid, How-Does-He-Do-It? IT!
Embiid watched the Jumbotron, even he wanted to see ;)
AB FOR THREE! AB FOR THREE! AB FOR THREE!
Nerlens sighting. AB FOR THREE! IT FOR THREE!

JEREBKO FOR THREE! Cs great D!
Aggressive Smart! AB FOR THREE!
Embiid has more 20+ games than all rookies combined.
A rookie in his "third" year--for the Sixers a true find.

AB, 14 points! Cs up 2 end Q1.
Smart to Olynyk, alley-oop...ish. Fun?
Smart, D! Bad call on Olynyk. SMART FOR THREE!
Sixers all shooting lights out. GREEN FOR THREE!

Smart, tough charge (ouch)! Amir, block, D!
Sixers have good moving parts. AMIR FOR THREE!
Where the Cs ain't??
In the paint!

Horford rebounding! Sixers stealin'. Shoe fell off IT!
Free throw streak ended at 44 for IT.
Rozier, D! Cs ball movement. SMART FOR THREE!
Henderson flew over Smart, 2 FTs, not three?

Sixers highest Q2, vs Cs. Cs within 11 start Q3.
Brad, 47 seconds in, earliest timeout called he.
Amir, block! Amir, D! Pause...AMIR FOR THREE!
McConnell length of the court, blew past every C.

Cs ball movement! AB FOR THREE!
Horford, four fouls, Crowder has three.
Cs clobbered in the paint,
Where they still ain't....

Cs, TOs. Amir! Beauty: backdoor cut AB!
Olynyk, real bounce? Rozier aggressive D!
Love the Celtics Bench cheering! AB FOR THREE!
Career high rebounding already, excellent, AB!

5th foul Embiid. From 14 down, Cs within 2 end Q3.
OLYNYK FOR THREE! Lead! Smart (great passes), PG!
Amir! Smart, steal! Hard to the hoop, (of course) IT!
Career assists McConnell. HORFORD FOR THREE!

5th foul Noel. Smart, steal! HORFORD FOR THREE!
Cs third team ever to make 16+ threes, games 3.
Smart, great D, PGing! HORFORD FOR THREE!
HORFORD, double, double! Terrible foul called, IT.

Smart, smart PG! IT FOR THREE!
20th straight game, 20+ points, IT!
YIKES! Sixers D. Cs misses. On Horford, foul five.
ATO! HORFORD FOR THREE! Cs still alive!

Cs Home Three record (19)! Smart, smart PG!
Amir, rebound! 6th foul Embiid. Amir, (one) FT!
Ilyasova miss! IT loves this game! IT, FT, score!
Cs came back Q4 (!!), CELTICS WON BY 4!









































Tuesday, January 3, 2017

"YOU WORK FOR WHATEVER YOU GET IN LIFE." ~Karl Malone, Power Forward, Utah Jazz: 1985-2003

Jazz at The Gahden, Smart's out of the hospital, he'll play!
GI issue like AB, also in! No Hill (concussion), Exum today. JWall named Player of the Week, Month, not IT??
Play with another chip on his shoulder will he!

We'll get a look at Hayward, in Utah wants to stay.
It'll take more than Brad and $$ to lure him away.
Rodney Hood's a Utah Jazz hero unsung;
Cs could have had him instead of James Young....

Jazz average holding opponents to 14 in Q4
Hmm, we all know about when IT likes to score!
IT! CROWDER FOR THREE! CROWDER FOR THREE!
Crowder, Horford, D! Butler guys Mack, Hayward we see.

IT FOR THREE! Cs a 9-2 run, Smart off his I.V.
Two quick fouls, Smart. SMART FOR THREE!
Joe Johnson's here? Neto, buzzer. Cs within 1 start Q2.
Fearless Brown to the rim, old-time shorts, too ;)

Diaw's here. How-does-he-do-it? IT!
IT, steal! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!
Both teams, dramatic TOs. Horford, great D!
Cs, D! Amir, hook! IT, foul? IT FOR THREE!

Gobert shoving Crowder. CROWDER FOR THREE!
Cs 22 points in the paint! Cs up 9 start Q3!
Double double, career high assists, for IT!
HORFORD FOR THREE! CROWDER FOR THREE!

Amir, block, hook! (How...?) IT FOR THREE!
HORFORD FOR THREE! Around 7'1 Gobert, IT!
Smart! Olynyk, D! (taunting?) CROWDER FOR THREE!
Most scored against Jazz thru 3, Cs up 11 end Q3.

Aggressive Olynyk! Dunk! IT FOR THREE!
Fearless Brown/Rim! Run from the Jazz we see.
Ugh, Joe Johnson. (How...?) IT FOR THREE!
Amir, D! Cs ball movement! HORFORD FOR THREE!

5th foul--cheesy--on Horford. AB FOR THREE!
19th consecutive game, 20+ points, IT.
Cs 17 threes, franchise tie! AB FOR THREE!
Crowder, career high, five for five, shooting three!

No free throws, IT til near the end of Q4.
Amir, block! Jazz usually holds team to 14, Q4.
Most points scored against the Jazz this year!
CELTICS WON BY 11! Home! Glad they're here!