GAME SUR-5?? ...KNOT 😰

Olynyk starts again. Thompson booed here,
For injuring the shoulder of the maybe out Amir.
Cs' first score (after Love): SMART FOR THREE!
Not Love-ing Love. Shooting too early each C.

Cavs a 14-5 run. Fearless Brown's hip pointer's sore,
Says he's good to go if Brad needs him on the floor.
Crowder's in, but hurt, too. OK to play is Amir.
Kyrie is scary. JEREBKO FOR THREE! Lucky he's here!

Surprise! Whining LeBaby! Rozier, in early for Smart:
Cs: TOs, missing shots, Kyrie on the loose, tough start.
Fearless Brown! Rozier! Could do without Korver's three.
Brad said play offense with authority, with purpose on D!

SMART FOR THREE! Rozier! Cs, 6-0 run!
Enough Kyrie. Cs within 16, end Q1.
Cavs franchise record Q (great). Green in. Rozier, steal!
Smart, two quick fouls. LeBaby, Love cryin'--for real?

LeBaby lost the ball. Waaah. Foul on Green??? T??
Crowder! Horford! Rozier! AB FOR THREE!
Fearless Brown! That's our Rook! AB FOR THREE!
Vintage DWill. Travelin' LeBaby. Aggressive AB!

Crowder, foul three. AB FOR THREE! Dunkin' AB!
Cavs franchise record, half. Cs within 18 start Q3.
Ugh, Kyrie! Crowder, foul four?? Brad: MORE D!
AB FOR THREE! Horford! Huh? Horford, foul three?

Olynyk! At last! Starting to get ugly. Need some...D?
Cs TOs. Kyrie is scary-er. OLYNYK FOR THREE!
In case we weren't ill enough, now I feel poorer,
LeBaby beat out MJ as all-time playoff scorer.

Fearless Brown taken down--dirty? Hmm, JR.
Rozier, coast-to-coast! Cs, TOs. Cs game, sub-par ;(
(Great, LeBaby flexing). Cs within 35 end Q3.
Zeller, in. Not a poor sport, but Marv's annoying me ;)

We have seen enough halfway through Q4,
Everyone shake hands, and get off the floor.
Rozier! Green! Mickey. Young. Cs never led at home.
That's a hard line to write--in prose or poem.

GREEN FOR THREE! YOUNG FOR THREE!
YOUNG FOR THREE! Always, HEART WE SEE.

There is hope! We saw great growth of these Cs.
Brad is the Best! Ainge will get help, answering our pleas.
LOVE OUR CELTICS. For me, there are no other clubs.
Tip O' Our Hats to our Season...Let's Go Dubs.

CROWD?
STILL LOUD!
WHAT A RIDE.
CELTICS PRIDE!

CELTICS HOORAH!
🏀 ☘️

Cs, GAME EFF4T VS. KYRIE

Smart, Olynyk will start; injured shoulder (doubtful), Amir.
Jerebko' energy, edge, spark--Bench--is very clear!
Not Love-ing Love already. Olynyk, hoop. Phew, first one!
CROWDER FOR THREE! Cs an 11-0 run!

21 minutes, counting last game, til LeBaby shot we see.
Crowder, Horford, fouls two. CROWDER FOR THREE!
Cs, great ball movement! CROWDER FOR THREE!
Athletic Fearless Brown! Dunk missed, but loud--AB ;)

On 46% shooting Cs up 9 start Q2!
Jerebko hard to the hoop! Who knew?
Fumble, fumble, Rozier, steal! Fearless Brown, score!
Lebaby, foul three (Smart, three), flipping out on the floor!

ROZIER FOR THREE! First time, 1st half, LeBaby, foul four:
Brilliant move by Rozier--he's all over the floor!
FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! AB FOR THREE!
Cs, pace, 8-0 run! Kyrie, 10-2 run. Wow, AB!

Horford (not three)! Smart, steal! Two-Way AB!
Cs vs Kyrie. 47% shooting, Cs up 10 start Q3!
Whining LeBaby. More Kyrie. AB, foul three.
AB, steal! Cs, TOs. Olynyk (on Love), foul three.

Cavs, 11-2 run. Glass! SMART FOR THREE!
Jerebko, steal (really)! Horford, active is he!
Smart, steal from LeBaby (huge missed dunk had he)!
Olynyk hard to the hoop! Passing, Cutting, every C!

More Kyrie. Cavs, lead. Crowder slipped, wet spot.
Zeller, in. Yikes, Kyrie never misses a shot.
Kyrie rolled his left ankle--adrenaline--still on the floor.
Cs have slowed their pace, struggling to score.

More Cs vs Kyrie. Cs within 7 end Q3.
HORFORD FOR THREE! CROWDER FOR THREE!
Fearless Brown, steal! Crowder fouled, no call.
Made up on Smart when he had the ball.

Announcers are so happy when the Cavs have the lead--
Not blaming anyone. Just aggravation we don't need.
LeBaby more crying. Not Love-ing Love again.
AB! JEREBKO FOR THREE! LeBaby's playing again ;(

Cs, TOs. LeBaby tossed Jerebko, LeBaby said No Call;
Ugh, so how into the cameramen did Jerebko fall?
Olynyk (always booed)! Love pulled up kinda lame.
Cs had trouble connecting second half of the game ;(

Homeward Bound, LET'S GO CELTICS! LET'S GO CELTICS!  ☘️🏀

“A HERO IS NO BRAVER THAN AN ORDINARY MAN, BUT HE IS BRAVER FIVE MINUTES LONGER." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Isaiah Thomas is our hero. ☘️🏀

Out with a torn hip labrum--surgery?--is IT.
(devastated) Ailing since March, he let no one see.
Prayers Up as he faces his new reality.
Our thoughts are with him, Our Heroic C.

Changes: Brad is back to Amir, at the start.
Green could bring a Bench spark. Also starting, Smart.
Cs should be loose, with house money we're playin',
Fearless Brown, Horford, AB, Smart, Olynyk...just sayin'.

Horford, first score! Cs first lead! AB FOR THREE!
Crowder, STRIP FROM LEBABY! Highlight for me ;)
Def not Love-ing Love. Amir (!)...holding his shoulder. Tangled up with Thompson. Cs shots went colder.

SMART FOR THREE! Zeller, in. Cs ball movement! AB! Crowder! LeBaby, whining. HORFORD FOR THREE!
Rozier, Fearless Brown! Cs within 11 start Q2.
Love missed Antoine W's 3s record for a Q by 1, boo hoo.

No paint points, LeBaby. Green! CROWDER FOR THREE!
Olynyk, Rebound! Cavs not missing. Crowder, foul three.
GREEN FOR THREE! Til Kyrie...Cs a 7-0 run! Cs gritty!
Crowder steal! AB flyin'--score!--behind his back, pretty!

Smart, Strip! Cs, D! Horford! Back in is Amir.
Love-ing Love even less. "Three Reasons" are clear ;)
Crowd booing: OLYNYK FOR THREE! SMART FOR THREE! How many times Love's pass to LeBaby must we see?

Aggressive Smart! Not awful, Cs with 16 start Q3.
Cs shooting too quickly. Marv is annoying me:
LeBaby, unselfish, blah, blah... no word about our D!
Aggressive Horford! Jerebko, in. SMART FOR THREE!

CROWDER FOR THREE! Getting into it, Kyrie/AB.
SMART FOR THREE! Jerebko, foul? Few calls for a C.
Jerebko called Love a flopper, nerve he doesn't lack ;)
Of course, refs missed Love's first shove in his back.

AB FOR THREE! Surprise (hah), now Olynyk, foul three.
JEREBKO FOR THREE! Cs, 26-10 run! Cs, crazy D!
Smart, smart! From 21 down, Cs within 5 end Q3!
JEREBKO FOR THREE! Thompson making his FT.

Jerebko vs Korver, Williams, Thompson...love the Swede!
Providing D, scoring, grit, attitude the Celtics need!
Olynyk, hip, he's ok. Kyrie's scary. SMART FOR THREE!
AB, steal! Smart, silly foul one. TIE! SMART FOR THREE!

Olynyk! Cs, LEAD! Olynyk, Crowder, fouls four.
HORFORD FOR THREE! Cs playing hard all over the floor!
JEREBKO FOR THREE! Kyrie...tie. AB FOR THREE!!
HOLY 🏀! CELTICS PRIDE WON BY THREE!

CELTICS: HEROES ONE AND ALL
CELTICS PRIDE! CELTICS BALL ☘️

JUST RHYME--NO REASON 😰

All-NBA Second Team, CELTICS HOORAH! Pride! IT!
Hmm, neither Hayward's nor George's name did we see.
Fultz's high school coach says he's unique, great here.
For tonight: Green with the start, to the Bench Amir.

Horford, D! First score, Kyrie. Early foul, AB.
Rolling around the rim (out), every shot by a C.
Crowder! GREEN FOR THREE! GREEN FOR THREE!
"Gang Rebounding," said Reggie, led by AB's D!

Cavs, 9-2 run. Cs, 8-2 run! Cavs, 12-0 run.
Still not Love-ing Love. Crowd's too quiet. Not fun.
Smart! Fearless Brown! Back Door Beauty, AB!
Cs within 14 start Q2--it's our offense, not Cavs D ;(

LeBaby tore into the refs--surprise, no T!
Fearless Brown, foul three. (5th) T on IT.
Wow,  mad BRAD! No idea why, got a T!
Steals. Blocks. Threes. Rebounds. None by a C.

Jerebko, in. Upside down records broken:
Few Q/half points, TOs, misses...on my tears I'm chokin'.
Have you ever heard the Celtics Crowd BOOING?
NEVER OK. Cavs unbelievable play, the Cs' undoing.

AB FOR THREE! Looking gimpy (hip? ankle?) is IT.
JR, buzzer, NBA record deficit. Cs within 41 start Q3.
Commentators' mocking doesn't make good TV.
(This game is rough enough). Kind of sickening to me....

CROWDER FOR THREE! Strained right hip--out--IT.
Cs, some grit: Horford, Smart! HORFORD FOR THREE!
Smart, foul four. Aggressive AB! HORFORD FOR THREE!
Fearless Brown! Still, Cs, worse: Cs within 46 end Q3.

ROZIER FOR THREE! Mickey, Zeller, Jerebko in.
Fearless Brown's playing like he thinks we can win ;)
ROZIER FOR THREE! Zeller! These Guys showing fight!
Crowd's cheering. These are Pros having a terrible night.

Fearless Brown, loud dunk! Love these Kids, no quit!
Overpowered like this, how do you get over it?
One game at a time, so will say Brad;
Toughest night he, Cs and we Fans have had....

ECF: THE SERIES HAS BEGUN ;(

AB on Kyrie...starting again is Amir.
Draft Pick One, ECF, crowd's crazy here!
Crowder, first Cs score! AB FOR THREE!
AB "kisses" the sky so his late mom can see.

Olynyk in. Cavs, 6-0 run. Back cut, AB!
IT, steal! Cs missing threes. Mid-Q rest for IT.
Cavs, 14-2 run. Horford, steal! All AB, IT, too!
Fearless Brown! IT! Cs within 11 start Q2.

Smart, two quick fouls. Smart elbowed in the face??
Surprise, Love--not well-Loved in our place ;)
Athletic Fearless Brown! Smart, steal! HOLY ATO!
Rozier, in. Ugh, refs, letting Lebaby run the show ;(

Zeller, in (bigger), one-time Cav. Cs TOs.
Cavs a 12-0 run. Cs' exhaustion shows.
Tough time, Horford, first score near end Q2.
Tough half, IT. Missing field goals, FTs, too.

Buzzer, IT FOR THREE! Cs within 22 start Q3.
Horford, four fouls. Cs' main scorer AB!
Thompson, rebounding. CROWDER FOR THREE!
Not Love-ing Love. CROWDER FOR THREE!

Cs ball movement! AB FOR THREE!
Crowder? I mean, AB? Well...IT FOR THREE!
Trying to posterize LeBaby (foul, LeBaby)--I LOVE AB!
Thompson/Smart jawin', double fouls. Also in it, IT!

Horford! Fearless Brown! Physical, mad play, Smart,
Doing all he can to take Thompson's rim play apart.
Green, in. Horford! Cs--energy--15-4 run!
HORFORD FOR THREE! Crowd's having more fun!

With Spirit and Heart, Cs within 17 end Q3!
LeBaby pulled up lame, after fouled by IT.
Lue wanted refs to check, if a flagrant they see?
Smart, fouled out. Checked his own replay. Need his D!

Why must LeBaby whine at refs after every call?
He should have confidence in the way he plays ball ;)
GREEN FOR THREE! Great back door cut, AB!
CROWDER FOR THREE! GREEN FOR THREE!

Over and back? Yes! Refs asked LeBaby, he said "no."
(These complaints don't tell how this game did go). 😉
Cs ball movement! CROWDER FOR THREE!
Cavs led by 28, Cs fought hard starting mid-Q3.

Don't laugh: Marv can't tell Zeller and Olynyk apart. 😂
GREEN FOR THREE! Every C plays with Heart!
Cavs had more energy, focus, but some hope we did see:
Cs within 13. We'll sharpen our shots (threes) and D....

CELTICS WIN, WITH A "CAPITOL" W! ☘️

W...as in Worry
W...as in WILL

Celtics at HOME,
Easy POEM!
Need our CROWD
To be extra LOUD!

Amir, start. Amir, block! IT, fouled on a three:
Cs, first score! Amir, block! Playmaker, IT!
AB FOR THREE! Cs, 7-0 run! Cs, early TOs, three.
Amir, two fouls. Wiz, 10-0 run. HORFORD FOR THREE!

IT, "over" Gortat! AB, block! Back door beauty, AB!
Aggressive Olynyk! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!
Horford, block! Smart, two fouls. Mahinmi shoved IT!
No call?? Foul, Amir? Hard to the rim, Olynyk we see!

Olynyk's bounce is...something ;) Cs up 4 end Q1!
Crowder, cut! Terrible calls on Olynyk, almost every one ;(
More Olynyk! Rozier, in. Rozier, steal! Crowder, score!
Horford 10 years in the League, in 8 playoffs before.

IT tripped, got it to AB, who was tossed to the floor!
Cs, D! Hurts my soul when Morris does score.
IT, TOs. Then amazing body control, IT!
Could do without Beal--tie-- and his three.

Cs ball movement! Olynyk, Playmaker, IT!
Smart, block! Morris, flop, Olynyk, foul three.
Foul on Smart?? Three. Cs within 2 start Q3.
A thing of beauty: back door Horford to AB!

AB, steal! Horford, more involved. Morris, foul three.
Beal, problem. Crowder, steal! HORFORD FOR THREE!
Cs look odd. Taking off are Beal and Wall....
Once again, against the Cs (Smart), a terrible call ;(

Cs (AB), D! Horford! Gortat, foul three.
Athletic Fearless Brown! Tie! SMART FOR THREE!
Fearless Brown (3 fouls), pass, from sitting on the floor!
IT FOR THREE! IT FOR THREE! Mahinmi, foul four!

SMART FOR THREE! Cs a 13-3 run!
Aggressive Cs up 6 when Q3 was done!
Fun Fearless Brown! Cs setting intensity, pace!
Cs Bench! Olynyk! Cs, D! Lightin' up our place!

IT FOR THREE! Wiz, 7-0 run. Olynyk! Smart! Cs, D!
Smart! Olynyk! Playmaker, IT! OLYNYK FOR THREE!
Silly, Morris, Olynyk jawin'-- each got a T.
Flew by the Wiz, snaked to the rim, IT!

Beal, playoff career high (ugh). Olynyk to the hoop--
OLYNYK FOR THREE! So goes our Cs group?
Olynyk, block! AB, foul three. LOVE SMART'S D!
Olynyk, rebounding; foul five. Olynyk: 26 points had he!

AB, steal! Smart--energy, effort, crazy D!
Things on the stat sheet we don't see!
CELTICS WON BY 10! I LOVE THIS TEAM!
ECF, first in 5 years! LIVIN' THE DREAM ☘️

CELTICS HOORAH!
🏀

SERIES DOESN'T START TIL THE HOME TEAM LOSES....

Neither Team has lost at Home--Cs in DC.
To win? Drive into the paint if you're a C!!
Cs are in all black, coincidence says AB,
(No Jinx) Tho his wry smile we did see ;)

Wall and IT, both drafted 2010--
We all know IT's "Pick me last again!"
Amir start. Horford, first score! Hustle, Amir!
CROWDER FOR THREE! Cs need rebounds here.

Wiz all over IT. (ouch) Morris toppled over IT!
IT FOR THREE! Gortat's still big. Steal, AB!
Cs, early TOs. Steal, coast-to-coast, AB!
Cs need all their FTs. Terrible call on AB's D.

Too early in the clock Cs shooting threes.
Wall is scary, blows by all Wiz and Cs.
Smart, D! Olynyk, block! IT, pounded, not fun.
Lowest scoring playoff Q, Cs within 5 end Q1.

Despite the score, Brad was pleased with our D;
Wants to use back cuts, stop forcing the three.
AB hard to the rim (again). Cs long time, no shot--
Olynyk, whom we need, early fouls he's got ;(

Oubre, interference, NO CALL?? Rozier, great D!
Ripped from Bogdanovic, great shot AB!
AB FOR THREE! Clever Horford! Gortat, fouls three.
Cs, Bench?? Wiz 11-2 run. Olynyk, foul three.

Fearless Brown, by Morris, hit hard in the face.
Hmm, common foul because we're in the Wiz place?
IT, hit twice, one foul ;) IT FOR THREE!
IT, playmaker, length of the court (wow), to AB!

Cs 12-1 run, end half, HORFORD FOR THREE!
Fearless Brown! Hustling, unselfish, every C!
Worth a line of its own: ALLEY-OOP, SMART TO AB!
Cs--first lead since 2-0--up 1 start Q3!

Morris keeps running over IT! Crazy foul three, IT?
Amir, block! Cs run, from the first half, 18-3!
IT, playmaker, length of the floor--again--to AB!
Amir! Hustle, AB! Gortat, foul four. Mighty IT!

HORFORD FOR THREE! Olynyk, rebound! Smart, D!
AB FOR THREE! Olynyk, foul four, all the Bench score.
Cs great ball movement! IT FOR THREE!
Yikes, 360, Wall. Wall on IT. Cs up 3 end Q3!

Throwing his body all over, playing D, IT!
Cs, lower TOs. Beal...lead. Foul four, IT.
AB FOR THREE! Olynyk, steal! More from Wall.
Wiz showing energy, protecting the ball.

Horford, so wise! IT FOR THREE!
Once a game a Crowder somersault we see ;)
IT, Nothin' But Net! It's TIME: IT FOR THREE!
Blocking call, Smart?? Review: Charge refs did see.

IT, clean block! Foul called? Amir in for D.
AB, crunch time, ATO. Beal's answer we see ;(
HORFORD...OFF GLASS! Wiz folded in on IT!
Speaking of Horford, vocal in huddles is he!

Wall, three, 3.5 left. Wiz lead by one.
IT, way back court. Game 7...Cs within 1.

GAME...POOR

2nd Game, DC. Kelly Oubré won't be here.
In another starting change, Brad'll go with Amir.
Cs amused at the thought of Olynyk enforcing ;)
Hawks tag as "Wiz...MMA," Wiz are endorsing!

Cs no rebounds, Wiz missing, still an 8-0 run.
Cs, tentative, on their heels, won't get it done.
First score, Cs--Horford after Crowder FTs!
Horford to Amir! IT FOR THREE! LET'S GO Cs!

Cs a 9-2 run. Amir, foul, number two.
IT FOR THREE! Cs first (brief) lead before Q2!
IT FOR THREE! Horford steal! Cs, small.
AB FOR THREE! Cs' Goal? Contain John Wall!

Cs, rebounding, ball movement. SMART FOR THREE!
Crowder, steal! Cs aggressive. Olynyk booed ;) Cs, D!
Cs, engaged, a different Q1! Cs up 4 end Q1.
Jerebko, in. Olynyk, steal! Wiz, TOs. (no jinx) More fun!

Active Cs! IT FOR THREE! IT FOR THREE!
Cs a 12-2 run. TWICE: Olynyk's bounce is real ;) See?
IT, steal! HORFORD FOR THREE! Horford, great D!
"Be us. No shortcuts!" Love Brad, he's a great C!

Quiet AB. Active Crowder! Pretty jam, AB!
Morris tackled Smart--restrained, mature Smart we see.
Slow start (0-9) Wall, now a problem. Wiz a 20-8 run.
AB, D! Wall, fancy play. Cs too many one and done.

Wiz lead. IT, Horford! Game is tied start Q3.
Amir, block! AMIR FOR THREE! Crowder, foul three.
Amir, foul three. Wiz lead. Wiz a 26-0 run.
Even after Amor sat (not getting much done).

IT, what a steal, the only good thing Cs, Q3.
Green, in. Thought Q1 was good, NOT down 23 ;(
Cs, TOs. Finally, Horford! Green, steal! IT!
SMART FOR THREE! Hard to rhyme, worse to see....

ROZIER FOR THREE! Jammed finger. Smart!
Cs didn't bring a game the Wiz could tear apart.
Cs spurt? Wall, fouled at the buzzer, by AB.
Ugh, painful (Wiz, 42), Cs within 22 end Q3.

Smart, four fouls. Rozier! Crowder, foul five.
In the paint, no resistance, the Wiz can thrive.
IT, foul three. Crowder, steal! Where's the Cs' grit?
IT, foul four. Second half, Cs haven't been in it.

IT, T. Fearless Brown. IT, no FTs! IT out mid-Q4.
FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! Cs, 19 TOs--poor.
Smart, steal! Rozier, all alone! Zeller able to score.
Young, in. GREEN FOR THREE! Too late on the floor.

(GREEN FOR THREE! FREE GREEN! Let's go home!
Cs got within under twenty--the end of this poem.

GEE WIZ

Kobe's helping the guy he calls "The Mighty IT!"

Paraphrase: IT likes the name. Kobe gave it to me!

Green with the start, Brad gave up on (early) Amir.

Beal, first score, then AB. Wiz (Beal), 7-2 start here.

CROWDER FOR THREE! CROWDER FOR THREE! 

Wiz a 22-0 run. Cs, without IT, 9 tries, no FG.

Cs TOs. Fearless Brown, in early. Beal, foul two.

Rozier, in early. Creative rotations Brad does do.

Mahinmi is back (calf). Jerebko. Where is each C??

Not pretty! Cs FINALLY scored on one of two FTs, IT! 

That was frightening. Cs within 22 (really!) start Q2.

Brad: "...have to wake up before we can come back." True.

Jerebko, the Sweet Swede/Mahinmi--yikes. Double T.

Olynyk fouled Oubré. Oubré shoved Olynyk. HOLY T!

Oubré mad at the hard pick(s). Flagrant Foul 2, Goodbye--

Offensive, unnecessary, excessive, escalating, Oh My.

Crowd's nuts. Wiz not missing. Horford, Q1, no stat.

Cs more TOs. HORFORD FOR THREE! Start with that....

It's Cs vs Porter. "Win the next possession," said Brad.

Be. More. Physical. Bench. The plans the Wiz had.

Smart/Crowder, steal, steal! AB FOR THREE!

Cs better ball movement! HORFORD  FOR THREE! 

Ugh, Cs, missing more FTs. Cs within 23 start Q3.

Some dental repair. IT late to the floor start Q3.

IT, in. Aggressive Crowder. Gortat is still big. 

Cs need to be calm (says Brad) or up is the jig.

Beal's all over IT. Wiz over Cs. GREEN FOR THREE!

Beal, major flop--wish that was the only problem we see.

HORFORD FOR THREE! Cs over the limit...all night!

Cs, very few glimmers, but nothing went right.

HORFORD FOR THREE! Taking a pounding is IT!

Feels like every Wiz has made every three.

Zeller, Jerebko, in. Wiz nearly tripled us in the paint.

Smart, tons o' TOs, then 4 point play--quitting he ain't.

Let's say, "one of those nights," Cs within 26 end Q3.

Jennings taunted Rozier, no foul--tho the refs did see!

Brooks mad, Rozier  fouled Jennings, twice, double T!

In a rare loss of composure, ANIMATED BRAD--T!

Jennings still carrying on, major glare from Smart.

Wiz played well. Silly REFS LET THIS GAME FALL APART.

But, wait, there's more: Rozier, Jennings ejected, 2nd Ts!

Good distraction for this forgettable game by the Cs.

Young, in. Bench. Green. Out of the rotation, but in, Amir.

Who, with Fearless Brown, had a "successful" night here.

YOUNG FOR THREE! Brooks, T. To himself, Brad's true. 

It's about growth. "Play the right way all the way through."

Wiz starters have owned the Cs in every game--

Cs need to make changes, Sunday can't be the same.

Cs within 27, they'll own this loss like grown men!

But have a heart, think of Us Fans--

DON'T PLAY LIKE THIS AGAIN!

(still) CELTICS HOORAH

🏀

GAME TWO, TOO (PHEW)

Fearless Brown "working out" with Jaiden, son of IT ;)

IT had dental surgery, his swollen cheek we can see.

His Sister, Chyna's, Birthday would have been today.

She was coming to Boston to watch her Big Bro play....

Morris says definitely playing; not so fast said Brooks,

Even if Kieff punches him in the face...worth a few looks ;)

Word is Kieff is playing; for size, Brad will start Amir.

Wiz start fast. We know John Wall is here.

IT FOR THREE! Horford by Kieff was tossed--

Chippiness from Kieff on the Cs not lost.

IT, 2 early fouls. IT, AB aggressive! IT FOR THREE!

Amir, block! Cs, TOs. Olynyk, in. OLYNYK FOR THREE! 

Olynyk, 2 fouls, cheesy calls.  Kieff looks fine. 

Cs more TOs. Playoff Olynyk. Only IT to the line.

Crowder! Wow! Consecutive fouls Oubré.

IT drew them both--that's how he does play ;)

Cs--TOs, discombobulated--within 13 start Q2.

Horford, Block! Block! Creative IT! (no jinx) yahoo!

Rozier messes up then--steal--does something great!

IT-Horford, alley-oop! Playing at Cs pace, never too late.

Cs an 11-4 run. Wall, two fouls. Physical, every C!

Angry, no call, random foul on Beal by The New AB!

Cs, D on Beal. Cs ball movement! ROZIER FOR THREE!

More Rozier (rebounds)! Smart! Wow! AB FOR THREE!

Patience! Cs ball movement! HORFORD FOR THREE!

Oubré tripped over Horford, foul on Horford, the C??

AB took himself out, Porter bumped his hip--

Hopes to get treatment--an early halftime trip?

Crowder blocked Porter who crashed, grabbing his arm--

Playoff foul, Crowder, ball...reviewed, meant no harm.

Porter seems ok. Kieff, few minutes, fouls three.

IT, 20 points! 61% shooting (vs 54.3), Cs within 3 start Q3.

AB, hip pointer, in. Smart, start. SMART FOR THREE!

Wall's a problem. We heard Smart's head hit. Scary. 

Wiz a 14-0 run. IT, D! Hit his tooth on the floor, IT.

Porter, bloody nose. Kieff, 4th foul...double T with IT.

IT, steal, Cs TO, Fearless Brown to Crowder, rim!

Wall, double double. Fearless Brown--we need him!

Where's Green? OLYNYK FOR THREE! Cs need more D!

Crowder, the non-stat things! More energetic is he!

Cs a 9-0 run! Yikes! Cs within 5 end Q3.

Hope he'll return--is he icing his hip?--AB?

Fearless Brown! Smart, steal! Cs struggling, FT.

Terrible call on Smart. Fearless Brown, lots o' great D!

Rozier, fumble...Horford pass...IT FOR THREE!

AB's in! Fearless Brown, Horford, each foul three.

Cs foul trouble. Horford, screen! IT FOR THREE! 

Kieff, fifth foul. TIE! AB, steal! AB FOR THREE!

IT! Smart, Crowder, D! Ugh, Kieff. Beal. Wiz, 9-0 run.

IT FOR THREE! ROZIER FOR THREE! TIE! Cs, 6-0 run!

Horford, block! Refs tough on Smart. Terrible call. 

If the ball don't lie, why did one FT fall?

Ugh, Porter. IT! TIE! 14.4. Wall, no, Beal, no...OVERTIME!

Smart, D! Gortat fouled out! Ugh, Oubré--cheap rhyme.

AB, STEAL! SCORE! ALL CAPS! STARTS WITH HIS D!

Cs a 10-2 run. Kieff fouled out! CRACKING 50, IT!

No tooth, fake tooth...beautiful, dimpled smile, IT!

IT, 53 points,  Wall 40--what a game we did see!

Where do we begin? These Cs are made of some stuff!

From down 14, to up 10...their Grit and Heart was enough!

Exhaustion (for us, not the Cs)!

Hope for easier games (on us)--please ;)

CELTICS HOORAH!

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