“BASKETBALL’S A GAME OF MISTAKES.” ~Gregg Popovich

Spurs at the Gahden; Brad loves Pop, we’ve seen.

Last Time Cs beat the Spurs, Tatum was thirteen ;)

No Kawhi, no Parker, for Cs, no Morris tonight—

Only team Brad hasn’t beaten, here’s to a great fight!

Early foul, Horford, guarding Aldridge is tough.

Baynes on Gasol. Fearless Brown’s start, better stuff.

Kyrie! Baynes, block! Solid Spurs, Green and Murray.

Cs, Pace and Space-both teams in a hurry.

Smart, Ojeleye in. Horford, rebound-coast to coast!

Cs, ball movement! Fearless Brown loves Home most.

Horford, spin, jam! Cs, hustle! KYRIE FOR THREE!

Chemistry between Horford, Kyrie, fun to see!

On 50% shooting (vs 48), Cs up 4 end Q1.

Gay can score. Spurs lead. Cs, early Q2, not fun.

Spurs 11-0 run. Tatum to Theis, sweet alley-oop.

Kyrie, steal! Bench woes. Theis great with our group.

Tatum! Block! Block! Horford, alley-oop from Kyrie!

Tatum, rebounding! Cs, by committee, great D!

WOW, KYRIE (repetitive)! Smart! Cs up 5 start Q3!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Tatum, more shots let’s see.

Silky Smooth, KYRIE FOR THREE! 

Horford, rebounding! Cs, great D!

Baynes (love his accent): hook! rebound! score!

Heads up play, Smart! Theis, running the floor.

Mills, Gay, score. FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! 

SMART FOR THREE, buzzer! Cs up 13 end Q3!

Rozier, score (phew)! TATUM FOR THREE!

(yay) ROZIER FOR THREE! ROZIER FOR THREE!

Theis,

Again, nice!

Rozier, steal! Smart to Horford, alley-oop.

Horford, double double! Cs, rebounds! Love this group!

WOW! THESE Cs! OJELEYE FOR THREE!

Smart, steal! TATUM FOR THREE!

Cs last outrebounded the Spurs in 2004!

YABUSELE FOR THREE! Bench time on the floor!

Brad has now beaten every NBA Team!

CELTICS WON BY 14, played like a Dream!

Cs 0-11 vs Spurs is broken-one game at a time!

Cs, only Team, FIVE STRAIGHT WINS-end of rhyme ;)

CELTICS HOORAH!

🏀

“GREAT EFFORT SPRINGS NATURALLY FROM GREAT ATTITUDE.” ~Pat Riley

Cs in Miami, Whiteside’s still out (knee),

A thinner Olynyk-no longer in Green-we’ll see.

Horford, Kyrie, Tatum, Baynes, Fearless Brown-

Depending on match ups, Brad shifts Guys aroun’.

Beal/Draymond waltzin’ “fight”was insane.

How scary was the smashed front of OKC’s plane?

Ugh, Dragic, Waiters. Horford, Cs first score! 

KYRIE FOR THREE! TATUM FOR THREE! Need more!

Cs, a 10-0 run. Waiters being distracted by Smart ;)

KO for...never mind. Cs, he misses the chemistry part.

Heat making threes, 12-4 run. Cs within 5 start Q2.

Smart, steal! Dribble. Elevation. Score. Phew!

SMART FOR THREE! SMART FOR THREE!

Cs, an 8-0 run-ALL Smart, plus excellent D!

More Theis, 

Again, nice.

Unsung Rozier, steal. Larkin can handle the ball.

Kyrie, late clock, spin, spin, score-did he kinda fall?

Baynes, loud block! Cs, about once per game zone. 

Baynes keeps finding Kyrie all alone.

Horford, Flagrant One, not his usual play-

Banged into a guard so it looked that way.

Heat, a 9-0 run. Smart, length of the floor to Kyrie;

More Cs need to shoot/score. Cs up 2 start Q3.

Tatum! Kyrie! Cs all over the glass! Horford, IQ!

Let’s not underestimate all that he can do.

Cs, a 7-0 run. Baynes, loud block! More Kyrie!

Horford! Tatum, both ends, impressive is he.

Smart.

Heart.

Smart to Theis, alley-oop! Heat have that corner three.

Cs, three-guard play. TATUM FOR THREE!

Cs, more zone. Baynes block! Cs up 11 end Q3!

Both teams, droughts. Only care if you’re a C.

Heat in the bonus early. Taking over is KO (?).

Very physical game; Cs need more O.

Baynes, D! Rozier rebounding, hard to the hoop.

Fearless Brown came alive. T? Energized Heat group.

No panic, Cs huddle. Brad’s wise words:”Let’s go.”

Kyrie, faked three, spin, spin...wait, what did he do?

HOLY IRVING! KYRIE FOR THREE!

HOLY JAYSON! TATUM FOR THREE!

I’m exhausted, game was an emotional mix-

What counts? CELTICS WON (4th in a row) BY 6!

CELTICS HOORAH!

🏀

...FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE MECCA 🏀

TBT, Cs in Milwaukee, Bucks’ old floor tonight.

Fearless Brown & Tatum? “Kid & Play” sounds right!

Kyrie’s worried about the court surface-and new paint,

Maybe he’s kidding, and maybe he ain’t ;)

Theis, start, Baynes, bench. Kyrie first score! 

TATUM FOR THREE! Awkward angle hit the floor.

Flagrant One on Snell, left Tatum no space to land-

Reggie and Harlan yak kin’ like they don’t understand.

Poster: Kyrie blocked Middleton (4” taller is he)!

Tatum, block! Cs 11-0 run, KYRIE FOR THREE! 

(briefly) SMART IS BACK, steal! Bucks a 6-0 run.

Tatum, steal! Baynes just gets his work done.

Baynes on the Greek Freak (ow), what D works? None!

Horford, D and O! Kyrie spinning! Cs up 5 end of Q1.

Cs missing shots, five minutes-Horford, phew!

Fearless Brown looks old...kidding. 😂 He’ll come thru.

Kyrie, wow! Love Fearless Brown clapping like KG.

Brogdon was rook of the year-oh, now I see.

KYRIE FOR THREE! Greek Freak is unstoppable,

Smart’s trying hard; wish he were un-flop-able ;)

Reggie, Harlan say nothing nice about any C.

Struggling, in general, Cs within 1 start Q3.

Kyrie! HORFORD FOR THREE! Kyrie, foul three.

Bucks, 10-2 run. FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

HORFORD FOR THREE! HORFORD FOR THREE!

Kyrie, crazy crossover! Middleton, a problem is he.

Oh, Monroe is a Buck. Bucks a 6-0 run.

FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! Baynes...fun!

Point 5 left, Kyrie pass, Horford score!

Cs a 19-8 run (8-0). Cs up 3 start Q4!

Rozier! Intense Smart! SMART FOR THREE!

Love to hear, “Baynes. Rebound,” Ojeleye, great D! 

AMAZING KYRIE ➡️ HORFORD FOR THREE!

Tatum! Fearless Brown! Cs, great chemistry we see.

Cs a 6-0 run. Smart to Baynes, what a play!

(Horford, Kyrie, Smart) CELTICS BY 7 WON THE DAY!

CELTICS HOORAH!

🏀 ☘️

KID AND PLAY (with apologies....) 🎵

For Fearless Brown, Tatum-The PERFECT NICKNAME;

Made a "name" for themselves in the Birthday Game!

Sing "Ho-la, ho-la, ho-la, hey...."

We are rollin’ with the Cs, including our Kid and Play!

"It is a bonus that there are two of them and an even bigger bonus that they seem to have developed a friendship and chemistry on and off the court." ~Jeff Clark

CELTICS HOORAH!

🏀 ☘️ 🎶

KNICK AT NITE

Happy 21st Birthday, Fearless Brown! I think

That tonight you’ll earn your first legal drink!

Knicks at the Gahden, no MarcusES playin’,

More rotation challenges for Brad-just sayin’.

Kyrie, Fearless Brown, Tatum, Horford, Baynes;

Tatum! Jam! He’ll be making huge Rookie gains!

Kyrie, steal! Ugh, I remember (good kid) Courtney Lee,

Horford and the BDay Boy playing excellent D!

Oh, Kantor’s now a Knick...he’s always rebounding. 

Fearless Brown, steal, a (BDay) reverse, astounding!

FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! Having a game!

FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! Foul 2? Lame.

Theis.

Nice.

Cs a 17-4 run. Cs up 13 end Q1–

(What the BDay Boy scored when the Q was done)!

Larkin (looks like Pressey), in. TATUM FOR THREE!

Tatum! Block! Score! Score! TATUM FOR THREE!

LARKIN FOR THREE! ROZIER FOR THREE!

Fascinating? Baynes wears 46-he’s the first C ;)

FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! Horford, high IQ!

BDay Boy 18-point first half! Cs up 21 end Q2!

Porzingis struggling (Cs, D). TATUM FOR THREE!

Tatum, steal! Wow, Kanter. Ouch, Tatum, foul 3.

Ouch, Tatum, foul 4. Horford’s a Great C!

KYRIE FOR THREE! THEIS FOR THREE!

Fearless Brown, foul 4. Horford, block! Cs, D!

Cs, great ball movement! HORFORD FOR THREE!

Cs up 17 to start Q4!

TATUM FOR THREE! All Cs running the floor!

ROZIER FOR THREE! HORFORD FOR THREE!

Enjoy our front row seats to Kyrie becoming a C!

Knicks full of journeymen, it would seem:

Beasley, Lee, Jack, Sessions...been on many a team.

Nader, Ojeleye (sounds like “Beaujolais), Yabusele, in!

BDay Boy, Tatum combined for 45-their careers begin!

Feels like Celtics Ball (no jinx) has begun!

BY 21 THE CELTICS WON!

Fearless Brown’s game matured, now that he’s 21 😂

“C US RISE,” ad! Sad for Hayward, Season will be fun!

CELTICS HOORAH!

🏀

FIVE MINUTES IN - PRAYERS UP, GORDON HAYWARD

League changes: Pre-Season, plus-no easy chore,

No more 4 games, 5 nights-but Cs have 3 in nights, 4!

Signs: “Cry-rie Irving.” Craziness in the air....

Hurts to hear Crowder announced a starter there ;(

KI-booed-first score! Tatum with the start,

Horford, Hayward, Fearless Brown-Cs all heart!

Cavs a 9-0 run, Fearless Brown, nervous miss—

Every KI touch, you can hear the crowd hiss.

Fearless Brown, JAM (wow)!

...

There are no words. 

Horrible injury. Prayers up for Gordon Hayward.

Celtics crying, praying- Refs, Cavs players, fans, too.

There are no words. 

...

Cavs a 14-2 run. Hard to watch this game.

Cs’ concentration can’t possibly be the same.

Rozier briefly stopped their run. Punks: DRose, DWade. 

Cs within 10 end Q1-don’t know how they played ;(

KI steal! Cs, after ten misses-ROZIER FOR THREE!

Refs changed a call because of what Lebaby did see.

Cs upset, shaky. FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

Crowder’s shooting lights out. He learned as a C.

Ojeleye getting minutes, learn to spell his name!

Baynes, block! KI helping Tatum focus on his game.

Smart, hustle (at last)! Fireworks, Baynes and Jae,

Baynes was hit in the neck, call went Cavs way (?).

Cs within 16 end Q2-don’t we all still feel sick?

Hope Gordon Hayward’s recovery (ankle) is quick....

Lebaby hip-checked Fearless Brown; that’s okay?

KI to Tatum, alley-oop! In the NBA, Tatum’s first play!

Jawin’ between Crowder and every C ;)

Seriously: Horford answered back, and got a T!

Smart, hustle! Fearless Brown coast to coast, to coast!

Times like these show a Team’s Heart, Soul most.

Cs a 9-0 run! Struggling Smart. KYRIE FOR THREE! 

Cs better rhythm. Cs 20-6 run. TATUM FOR THREE!

Rozier, steal! Well, hello scoring, Marcus Smart-

He may struggle early on, but he’s still all Heart!

From 18 back, Smart. Tie. Lead. Buzzer-Rose, three.

Cs a 28-11 run, Cs within 1 end Q3.

Jeff Green? Really? Where were you? Smart, great D!

Smart’s posting up everyone! KYRIE FOR THREE!

Baynes all over Lebaby, lots o’ fun to see.

Cs brief lead, crowd quiet, KYRIE FOR THREE!

“...[Lebaby] is grimacing,”words Harlan did say ;)

Huh? He missed the next Celtics/Baynes play.

KYRIE FOR THREE! Rozier, steal, steal.

FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE. This. Game. Is. Real.

Tatum, coast to coast! Trading shots, a Cav, then a C.

Kyrie and Smart, voices we thought they’d be.

Lebaby’s shirt is torn! Shouldn’t that be a T? 😉

Emotional game. Cavs 7-1 run. Cs within 3....

RESPECT. CELTICS PRIDE.

🏀☘️