BUCK-IT LIST

Milwaukee Bucks at the Gahden, we'll get a peek

At a possible playoff opponent, and The Greek Freak.

Bucks have height. Middleton first score.

Horford, swat (new stat?), Crowder running the floor.

Bucks a 14-4 start, making those threes.

A little slow, too many turnovers, sloppy Cs.

IT, D! Seriously! AB hard to the rim! 

Cs, ball movement. Smart brought D, rhythm.

Cs, more ball movement! HORFORD FOR THREE!

IT FOR THREE!  Cs, assists. SMART FOR THREE!

Zeller/Smart, block! Almost funny, Giannis, IT jump ball ;)

Zeller, hustle, good hands, always answering the call.

IT FOR THREE! Crowder, backwards somersault!

T on IT (how many this season?)--was it his fault?

Zeller, two quick fouls. Cs, hard work they did do

To get to...a tie, to start Q2.

Bucks 10-0 run. Five + minutes, Cs no score.

YOUNG FOR THREE! Long time no see on the floor.

IT FOR THREE! Crowder! No look pass from IT!

Review, called on Middleton, Smart--bleeding--still a T?!

Hawes, JET are Bucks. Smart--still bleeding--D!

How does Monroe shove our guys? Refs don't see?

League leaders FT percentage, tied, Curry and IT!

Horford, second swat! Running, IT, AB! Horford, D!

Cs, from 14 down, within 6, start Q3.

Larranaga never blinks--there's nothin' he doesn't see ;)

Bucks Brogdon can shoot. Crowder hard to the hoop!

AB FOR THREE! Amazing ball movement, Cs Group!

Smart, so smart! Cs flyin'!  IT FOR THREE!

Amir, two-hand dunk! Great Energy, every C!

Yabusele, The Dancing Bear, in that League with a D.

Beat the clock: FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

Delly's still a punk. Cs within 3 end Q3.

Not much Olynyk. HORFORD FOR THREE!

6th on the Cs list, 2,000 season points, IT!

Smart, AB, rebounding! Inbound steal, AB.

Bucks winning the paint. AB, IT, D!

Zeller--always--running the floor is he!

Smart/Giannis tussle. Foul called on The Greek Freak.

Security? Smart, on the floor, flagrant. Refs had to peek.

Double-teamed, couldn't see the rim, IT FOR THREE! 

IT, steal, Crowder save! Smart, to the hoop went he!

Tie! Smart, double double, of his career number two.

Snell tossed Crowder--surprise, no review.

Cs forced Giannis to his left, Cs great D!

Brogdon, first career winner. Celtics came within 3 ;(

This home stand Cs are now 4 and 1.

So intense...done.

"IF YOU SAW A HEAT WAVE, WOULD YOU WAVE BACK?" ~Steven Wright

(spoiler alert: Celtics Did)

Miami at the Gahden, out of the hospital, playing, AB!

Slow start, both teams. Cs have to make Dragic play D!

Sloppy Cs. Heat a 10-3 run. Heat more intense.

Brad wants the Guys to set up IT for more offense.

Crowder, steal! Lots o' lefties on the Heat.

IT split the D! (no jinx) Cs not interested in defeat.

Three Johnsons (jokes?) on the floor, ours a hustling Amir.

Buzzer: SMART FOR THREE! Cs within 5 end Q1...cheer!!

Smart, block--foul ;(  Heat's Tyler Johnson went splat--

Refs, flagrant review? C'mon, what's with that?

More has to go through Horford, it's worked before;

Green plays best after his own first score.

Cs TOs galore, (being kind) Cs' porous D--

Crowder, AB back in--long break--so is IT.

Horford, steal! Finally Horford involved in the play,

Terrible call on AB as Whiteside shoved him away.

Fearless Brown, steal! Crowder, steal! Smart, near rip--

Enough to ruin Heat's wide-open offensive trip!

Amir, Smart, crazy hustle! Great passing, IT!

Dragic, unorthodox shots. Pause: AMIR FOR THREE! 

CROWDER FOR THREE! 122 games, double figs, IT!

Crowder, loud dunk! Cs within 5 start Q3!

Amir, hustle! Block! Tie, on CROWDER FOR THREE!

IT FOR THREE! Crowder, wild block! Cs, D!

Horford...to a streaking Amir! Crowder! More Amir!

IT FOR THREE! Crowder is the toughest one here!

Amir, steal! Jerebko--intermittent minutes--score! 

Amir, 6 for 6, (from 15 down early) Cs up 10 start Q4!

Cs have lost the last five Qs 4. Tyler Johnson is tough.

Fearless Brown, athletic, dunk! Can't see that enough ;)

Terrible calls on Olynyk. Cs, D! OLYNYK FOR THREE!

Horford, strip! Long time, no IT--problem with his knee?

Heat, a 13-3 run. Dragic fouls, four. Smart, usual D!

Need more shots from Horford. Mid-Q4, odd/quiet IT.

"Rebound, Isaiah," love it! CROWDER FOR THREE!

Crowder, mad D! Cs a 7-0 run. Dimples showin', IT!

Smart, rebound! What happened! Could hardly see;

Capitalizing on the opportunity, to the hoop, IT!

Have you ever seen goal-tending on an (Smart's) FT?

Crowder, Season High! Horford, block! 

No rhyme here: CELTICS WON BY 4!!

HOMESTAND IS AT 4 AND 0

To a virtual tie with the Cavs--# ONE SEED--we go....

CELTICS HOORAH!

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SUNS OF ANARCHY!

Suns at the Gahden; ill tonight is AB ;(

In his starting spot Fearless Brown we'll see.

Amir, Horford, give and go--Cs first score!

Fearless Brown, block! Horford running the floor!

Amir, steal, steal! Horford, steal! Cs, D!

Cs a 12-3 start! Amir, block! Smooth IT!

Amir (!?), Fearless Brown, DUNKS! CROWDER FOR THREE!

Suns have the youngest lineup League ever did see.

FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! IT FOR THREE!

Suns, 11-2 run. Disappearing 25-5 lead we see.

On 46% shooting (vs 23), Cs up 13 start Q2!

SMART FOR THREE! ROZIER FOR THREE, too!

Smart, steal! Cs ball movement! OLYNYK FOR THREE!

GREEN FOR THREE! Loves beating his old team does he.

Booker can score. 4 point play, on GREEN FOR THREE!

Amir, fumble, fumble...block! GREEN FOR THREE! 

(Inspired) GREEN FOR THREE! Amir, Smart, great D!

Cs rebounding! 121 straight games, double figs, IT!

IT FOR THREE! Cs up 23 start Q3!

Love Horford's 1-on-1 play. CROWDER FOR THREE! 

Crowder's tough! Amir, rip steal--learned from Smart!

Refs whistlin', Cs sloppy play--let's go back to the start.

Horford! Amir, hustle! Crowder, steal! Smart, steal!

Booker getting Harden-like calls. What's the deal?

Angry Crowder, scary ;) Booker, career high score.

Olynyk! Crowder! Cs up 17 start Q4!

Tough shooting night, Smart. He does so much more--

Not on the stat sheet, but all over the floor.

Brad says attack early Q4, don't let 'em in.

Barbosa's a problem. Jerebko is in.

Last three games Cs have had terrible Qs 4.

IT FOR THREE! Happy to see Jerebko (play) score!

Booker, highest scorer against the Cs. Ugh, great.

Last time, 52 points, Michael Jordan 1988.

IT, fake pass, score! Dimples showed on his face--

Brought a smile to every Fan in our place!

Booker bangs players, gets every call--

Do our guys have to start to fall?

Jerebko, D! JEREBKO FOR THREE!

The Booker Show! Suns--losing--such glee.

Suns were 0-13 to start this game.

Booker, most points here--ever--70! Claim to fame;

Scored more than his team (no AB!), Booker won the night!

CELTICS WON BY 10, so good for the Suns, that's all right!

PAY, SIRS

Indiana at the Gahden, need that rebounding tonight,

Like we had vs Wiz! Cs Playoff berth (no game) last night!

Teague complaining to the refs, less than one minute in.

IT FOR THREE! Except Q1, George has the most FTs go in.

Amir, two early, cheesy fouls. Zeller, in, Smart, too...D!

Tough finding angles to the hoop for double-teamed IT.

Lavoy Allen rebounding--alone! Fearless Brown, hoop!

OLYNYK FOR THREE! Zeller, block!? Energetic Cs group!

On 47%  shooting (vs 33), Cs up 2 start Q2!

SMART FOR THREE! Love what Horford can do!

SMART FOR THREE! AB, steal, coast to coast--

Ripped away steals--AB, Smart have the most.

Here: Yabusele, "Dancing Bear," D-League, 16th picked C!

Smart, fumbled steal,  Smart, aggravated! Smart, crazy D!

Horford! More touches! CROWDER FOR THREE! 

Cs, ball movement! Rebounding! IT FOR THREE!

120 consecutive games, double figures, IT.

Cs, TOs (STOP)! Smart, D! Buzzer: AB FOR THREE!

Physical play on IT. Cs up 7 start Q3!

IT FOR THREE! Crowder, D! Three fouls on IT.

Fumble, dribble, fumble...IT FOR THREE!

D! Offensive rebounding! More D, all AB!

AB, three fouls. Horford, great one-on-one!

Zeller: steal, coast-to-coast, DUNK! What Fun!

Crowder--Cs!--in the paint! Terrible call on Smart!

HORFORD FOR THREE! Zeller, quiet, does his part!

Inspired (annoyed) Smart! Cs up 14 start Q4!

Cs best Q3! 39 points they did score!

Olynyk, AB, great D! AB FOR THREE!

Fearless Brown, what an athlete is he!

Cs, still silly TOs. Pacers back in the game

(Tonight George and Teague), vs Wiz was the same.

Pacers a 10-0 run. Cs lost their rebounding lead.

Amir, career highs, stats we can't see but need!

Olynyk, Offense! Crowder, D! On IT--huh?--a T??

Pacers flopping. Lavoy still rebounding, 4th foul on IT. 

Cs, 6 guys double figs; Pacers have two, not great. 

Cs swept the Pacers series, first time since '08!

CELTICS WON BY 9! 2 and 0 this stand at home--

On that cheery note, that's the end of this poem ;)

CELTICS' STAPLES...CLIPPED

Cs road trip continues, Clippers tonight.
AB is back! Horford's elbow's not right.
Jerebko is ill. Who starts? Usual Suspects, Four--
Brad's deciding on the 5th just minutes before!

Pierce's last game against the Cs, will he play?
Says it'll be just a game, not like that Boston Sunday ☘🏈
Start: Fearless Brown, Crowder, Amir, AB, IT.
First play AB furious, no help on Redick's three.

IT FOR THREE! Two way-too-quick fouls, IT.
IT, D! Amir, hustle! Special tribute to The Truth, PP!
Fearless Brown, from Redick, DJ, two shots took he.
Long, long review: nothin' there. IT FOR THREE!

Amir, steal! Amir, D! CP3 shooting over every C.
IT FOR THREE! Cs rebounding! SMART FOR THREE!
Cs communicating, ball movement; Amir, block, D, too!
On 43% shooting (vs 50), Cs up 3 start Q2!

Young, in. Olynyk, hustle (at last)!  Smart...smart!
He is 23 today! Count on Rozier always doing his part!
Felton--stayed in the game--his head hit the floor.
AB, D! Rozier, explosive, rebounds like he's 7'4 ;)

Olynyk, rebounding! ROZIER FOR THREE!
DJ shoving Crowder, calls on Crowder we see.
Cs ball movement (pattern 😉)! CROWDER FOR THREE!
Hack-a-DJ. Olynyk, rebounding! Coast-to-coast, IT!

On 36% shooting, good D, Cs up 3 start Q3!
Amir! AB! Why--for a foul, DJ manhandled AB!
More hack-a-DJ. Hard to the hoop, loud dunk, AB!
IT FOR THREE! Fearless Brown, Amir (more) D!

Crowd's yellin' "MVP!" ...for IT!
Olynyk, score! Aggressive, every C!
Griffin flopped, Brad's mad! Crawford. Clips lead.
Cs slowed way down, sloppy, not what we need.

Not pretty. Clips 22-5 run. Cs within 4 start Q4.
Young, Smart, steal! YOUNG FOR THREE! His 1st score.
Awful calls on Olynyk. Ugh, Crawford. Where's our D??
Bold Brad, ATO: FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

Scalabrine: when you're small,
You have to move the ball.
T on IT. CP3 hurting? Hack-a-DJ. IT FOR THREE!
Griffin goes nuts every foul--just give him a T!

AB gets thrown, no foul. That's not our problem, tho--
We stopped moving the ball, where did our offense go?
IT, steal! Fearless Brown, so athletic! What a shot!
Make a case for the Rookie of the Year we've got!

Crowd's calling for PP, but I'd rather not see
Any more shots against us after his Gahden Three.
Fearless Brown, steal! Crawford alone really won.
Cs within 14 when this game was done ;(

SUNS-RISE, SUNSET

Cs Road Trip continues, in Phoenix tonight:
AB/Horford out--hamstring/elbow not right ;(
Start: Crowder, Fearless Brown, Jerebko, Amir, IT.
IT's return to Phoenix; eternally grateful is he, are we!

Amir! Fearless Brown, steal! Hard to the rim, IT!
IT FOR THREE! Pause: AMIR FOR THREE!
Pass from Amir lying on the floor: IT FOR THREE!
Amir, D! Amir, rebounding! CROWDER FOR THREE!

Zeller, ill, in, rebounding! Suns' Chriss is tough.
Green's better (heel)! Cs making shots? Not enough!
On 27% (vs 36) shooting (yikes), Cs up 3 start Q2.
Olynyk, block! Rozier rebounds like he's 7'2!

Barbosa' here. Smart, floater! ROZIER FOR THREE!
Jump ball 5'9s, Ulis-IT--IT! CROWDER FOR THREE!
Suns a 10-0 run, lead. Cs need to move the ball.
What does IT (4 fouls) have to do to get a call?

Ulis, career high--already--by the end of Q2.
ROZIER FOR THREE! Cs (from up 11) within 7 end Q2.
Jerebko, reblounding! Fearless Brown to the hoop!
Somersaulting Crowder (he's ok)! Poor FTs, Cs group.

IT FOR THREE! Crowder, save! I'm tired of these Suns,
Their bench's tougher than starters--athletic young 'uns.
Cs, TOs, listless. Mickey, in. Fearless Brown, alive!
The only Rook playing of 2016's top five!

Smart vs Warren, physical. ROZIER FOR THREE!
Mickey, D, block, pass! ROZIER FOR THREE!
Cs a 13-2 run. Cs within 4 start Q4.
Mickey, rebounding! Smart, at the line lots, score!

Rozier, wow, steal, pass...IT FOR THREE!
Smart! Steal! IT! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!
IT FOR THREE! Cs a 29-12 run! Amir!
Suns' Williams' mom is the Chief of Police here.

Crowder! Refs reviewing a play, there was no call--
Involving Smart, of course. Can they do that at all??
Long time, no Jerebko, D! Very sad to see:
Ulis, game of his life, on the lost handle, IT ;(
OUCH!

"THAT CLEVELAND WIN WOULD BE A BIGGER WIN IF WE...BEAT THE LAKERS TONGHT." ~Isaiah Thomas

[Spoiler Alert: DONE 😉]

5 games, 8 nights, Cs have a long haul.
Kinda winnable games, need Celtics Basketball!
Jim Buss, bro Johnny (in court!), trying to oust their Sis--
Coup? Magic's in charge. Phil, does anyone miss?

Lakers an early 7-2 run. Zeller, sick (again) is he.
AB FOR THREE! CROWDER FOR THREE!
Pause: AMIR FOR THREE! IT FOR THREE!
Pause: AMIR FOR THREE! Amir, great D!

IT-Amir, Alley-oop; Amir, Offense and D!
Cs a 7-0 run. CROWDER FOR THREE!
Fearless Brown vs Ingram, I'll take Fearless Brown!
Always--fouls for IT?? Like a pinball, "boinged" around!

Every C scoring! Cs up 9 start Q2!
Horford's passes out of the post are hard to do!
Fearless Brown, loud dunk! Silky Smooth is AB!
HORFORD FOR THREE! Amir, steal, inspired is he!

Cs missing FTs. AB, IT, combo D: Swaggy P...T!
A thing of beauty, those back door moves by AB!
Cs ball movement, patience! JEREBKO FOR THREE!
Cs highest scoring half this year, Cs up 25 start Q3!

IT, coast-to-coast! Hard to the hoop--Amir!
Amir, block! Happy for him, he grew up here!
Fearless Brown dunk, pass off the glass by IT ;)
Cs getting cute, Lakers still not much D

Lakers bench, 20-4 run, Cs need to stay strong!
Hard to focus; blowout games can seem long.
Cs, snoozin', little D ;(  Cs up 15 end Q3.
Rozier, in (late). Smart/Rozier, steal! D!

Huddle: Brad said to play Celtics Ball!
Cs had forgotten, but answered the call.
AB-Fearless Brown, alley-oop! WHAT. A. SHOT.
Every night we learn new skills Fearless Brown's got!

Fearless Brown, amazing! 4+ minutes Lakers no score.
Cs, 12-2 run. IT, Horford, Crowder resting Q4.
Rozier-AB, alley-oop! Rozier brought the funk ;)
Smart brought...Smart! Fearless Brown, the dunk!

AB FOR THREE! Jerebko, hook! Lakers, no D!
Mckey, in. (Maskless all night) JEREBKO FOR THREE!
Celtics' biggest season win against Lakers since '76--
Brad could have done without Cs' snoozin' in the mix.

CELTICS WON by 20, on erratic (bored?) play!
Same old theme: GOTTA BEAT LA!