PHYSICAL YEAR END ;)

Nets at the Gahden, Cs have had a crazy run:

40 games, 72 nights, then 42 in 99-done!

Fearless Brown, Morris in! Cs’ clothing-it’s clear:

They’re celebrating the New Year right from here!

Nets have Our Zeller. They clobbered the Heat.

Kyrie, first score! Baynes, block-suhweeet!

Fearless Brown! Baynes! Forgot, DeMarre’s here.

Cs Ball movement! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Tatum! Horford! Baynes!

(Ojeleye is still out-not better his back pains).

Baynes, block! Fearless Brown! Smart, smart!

MORRIS FOR THREE! 2 Marcuses doing their part!

Nets bench is tough. MORRIS FOR THREE! 

More Smart, smart! Buzzer: ROZIER FOR THREE!

On 70% shooting (vs 50), Cs up 10 start Q2!

ROZIER FOR THREE! Cs, outrebounding, too!

Horford, block! block! LeVert, we know his name,

Playing well, both ends, changing this game.

Rozier! Ref Workman, former player, on Kyrie, a T?

Kyrie, foul 2. Nets back in, (bench) shooting the three.

KYRIE FOR THREE! No matter, the refs....Kyrie!

Rozier! Kyrie, double digits. KYRIE FOR THREE! 

Theis, 

Very nice!

Ref, sigh. Rozier, foul 2. Cs up (just) 2 start Q3.

Cs, 62% shooting-obviously need more D!

Cs, TOs. Nets, up. Tie. Horford! Refs, again??

Horford! Tie. Fearless Brown, steal! Cs better then.

FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! Steal, Kyrie!

Baynes! Morris! Cs, D! MORRIS FOR THREE! 

Scrappy Baynes! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

Cs, 52% shooting, outrebounding! Cs up 6 end Q3!

Horford, cheesy foul 2. Rozier! Steal by Smart, 

Couldn’t finish. Rozier, foul 3. Refs doing their part ;(

Tatum, few shots. Hustling, MORRIS FOR THREE!

Hah! TATUM FOR THREE! Cs, aggressive D!

Smart, smart! Horford, dub dub! Fun to see!

Tatum! Baynes! Rozier! Nets (bench) getting hot,

KYRIE FOR THREE! Cs-rim,-looking for their shot!

Kyrie! Again, Nets found their three,

KYRIE, A GREAT SAVE MADE HE!

BY 3 THECCELTICS WIN!

Relax! Let the NEW YEAR begin!

CELTICS HOORAH!

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“JUST TRY TO IMPROVE THE TEAM EVERY TIME YOU STEP ON THE FLOOR.” ~Muggsy Bogues, Charlotte Hornets, 1988-1997

Cs in Charlotte; Morris (knee) and (back) Ojeleye

Plus Fearless Brown (knee) will not play.

Tatum , Horford, Baynes, Smart, Kyrie-

Kyrie on Kemba. HORFORD FOR THREE!

Forgot, DH12 is here. HORFORD FOR THREE! 

Cs, D! Cs, 8-1 run! Kyrie! KYRIE FOR THREE!

Baynes! Rozier, steal! “DABUSELE” FOR THREE!

TATUM (earned caps)! Cs, on the glass-D!

Cs up 12 end Q1! Need rebounds every C!

We are 18 and 0 when more rebounds have we!

LARKIN FOR THREE! LARKIN FOR THREE!

HORFORD FOR THREE! ROZIER FOR THREE!

SMART FOR THREE! LARKIN FOR THREE!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Hornets tops in D on three.

Cs (half), 61% shooting threes! Cs up 16 start Q3!

Tatum, foul three. Kyrie! Enough Kemba for me.

Horford! Baynes, D! Hornets, 18-5 run.

DH12, making Tatum’s game a lot less fun. 

Baynes! Cs’ lead went from 20 to 2, then 4.

KYRIE FOR THREE! Baynes! Two Guys score!

Cs, 7-0 run! No more Kemba! Baynes, foul four.

DH12 making free throws, keep him on the floor?

Rozier, steal, Smart, hustle, ROZIER FOR THREE!

Williams? Lead to 2. Rozier! Cs, no FTs Q3!?

YIKES! From up 20, Cs up 1 end Q3!

Ugh, Cs outrebounded. ROZIER FOR THREE!

Horford! Rozier to Tatum, alley-oop! 

DH12 in, Baynes in for our Group! 

Baynes! Larkin, crazy dribbling, to the rim!

Smart, rebound! Tatum! Fun watching him!

Smart, steal! Brad: “Go down and rebound.”

In a long huddle, that was the only sound ;)

Kyrie! Horford, D! Kemba stuffed by Smart:

Passed to a streaking Tatum-bestill my heart!

Smart, steal! Horford! SMART (all caps due)!

Tatum, great FTs! Somehow Kyrie dribbling thru!

HORFORD FOR THREE! What an up and down show-

CELTICS WON BY 11! Off to Houston we go....

CELTICS HOORAH!

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Gee Wiz 😰

Celtics first Christmas Game-EVER-at Home,

As year after year, city to city we did roam.

Wiz at the Gahden, first game Xmas Twins?

That’s adorable as long as our MARCUS wins!

Wiz, 5-0 run. Baynes, block, Fearless Brown, score!

Horford, great passes! Kyrie! Cs running the floor!

Cs’ shooting off (tired?)....HORFORD FOR THREE!

The athletic Fearless Brown we expect to see!

Horford to Kyrie, alley-oop (ish)! More Kyrie!

Gortat’s huge. Morris, in! THEIS FOR THREE!

Love Rozier’s deliberate step: ROZIER FOR THREE!

Cs, 6-0 run. Smart, consec TOs, not his best D.

Rozier, rebounds! Theis!

With his fitted mask, nice!

Cs within 6 start Q2. Cs need D!

Larkin, in. LARKIN FOR THREE!

Rozier! Tatum! Rozier, hustle, dunk, LOUD!

Cs (BENCH!) coming alive, so is the Crowd!

No Ojeleye (back). Horford to Tatum! Cs, 12-4 run!

Horford! Kyrie to Smart! Cs missing FTs-not fun.

HORFORD FOR THREE! Tatum! Smart! Tatum...lead!

Just for a sec, defense on Oubré Cs need.

A C’s two was changed to three, Cs within 2 start Q3.

Wiz, 12-0 run. Twins, jawin’. KYRIE FOR THREE!

Too much Gortat. Kyrie! Kyrie! TATUM FOR THREE!

Rozier, foul three, rightfully angry is he.

Horford, block! steal! Gortat fallen on by Wall-

Somehow on Horford there was call.

Smart! Rozier, rebounds! Morris! Wild game!

Been a while since we heard Fearless Brown’s name ;(

Theis! Morris (tired), foul three. ROZIER FOR THREE!

Cs won the Q by 2, Cs within 4 end Q3!

Fearless Brown, foul three. SMART FOR THREE! 

Smart, D! Tatum! Smart to Theis, alley-oop! Cs, D!

Fearless Brown, foul four? Smart, longest tenured C!

First Xmas Game:Tatum, block! TATUM FOR THREE! 

Theis, block! Theis, score! ROZIER FOR THREE!

Cs’ BENCH! Tatum, foul four. KYRIE FOR THREE!

Tatum, D! Oubré, uncovered. Wiz, 12-0 run.

Never a call for Smart, that’s not fun ;(

Cs, 4 minutes no score-ugh, Oubré, Wall. Finally, Kyrie.

Horford, huge rebound! ROZIER FOR THREE!

Cs missing last minute rebounds, but not FTs ;(

Wiz more aggressive. Within 8 are the Cs.

(still) CELTICS HOORAH!

“SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO GET HIT IN THE HEAD TO REALIZE THAT YOU’RE IN A FIGHT.” ~Michael Jordan

Bulls at the Gahden, they’ve won their last 7 of 8.

Fearless Brown will play tho his achilles isn’t great.

Tatum vs Markkanen! Cs, D! Tatum, first score!

Horford, coast to coast! Kyrie, steal-length of the floor!

Horford! Baynes! Tatum! Lots o’ dazzle from Kyrie! 

Cs in the paint! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! 

OJELEYE FOR THREE! Smart! (fitted mask) Theis! 

Smart, hard to the hoop-instead of threes! Nice (still, Theis).

On 71% shooting (! vs 48), Cs up 2 end Q1!

OJELEYE FOR THREE! Smart,steal! Bulls run.

Rozier! Ojeleye went down hard-welcome to the pros.

Mirotic/Portis play well together; off the court, who knows? 😉

KYRIE FOR THREE!  KYRIE FOR THREE! Kyrie!

Tatum, rebounds. Horford! What game do the refs see??

FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! Fearless Brown, foul 3.

Fearless Brown, loud jam! Baynes! No calls for Kyrie!?

Yikes! Cs, great play in the paint! Cs up 2 start Q3!

FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! ...steal! Cs, better D!

Baynes, nice touch. FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

Cs, 15-4 run! Horford! Tatum, hustle! Fun to see!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Baynes! Tatum! KYRIE FOR THREE!

TATUM FOR THREE! Theis! Terrible calls on too many a C.

Fearless Brown, jam! More Theis! Smart, smart.

(no jinx) Cs’ D taking the Bulls offense apart.

Nader! Buzzer: Grant, from his knees, made the shot did he ;)

Cs found their offense and D! Cs up 22 end Q3!

Cs, steals! Bulls, push. Horford, block! Smart, smart-

5th straight game double figs, and always all Heart!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Kyrie, steal! Rozier! Cs, D!

When there’s a whistle lull, phantom call on Smart we see.

Made FTs, Career rebounds, Theis. Rozier: LOUD DUNK!

Cs haven’t lost three straight-stayed out of a funk.

Good job, Bench! Were you nervous? I was. Game was fun-

Payback! Starters+ double figs....by 25 CELTICS WON!

CELTICS HOORAH!

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KNICK (nack paddy) WHACK

Cs in NY, Fearless Brown (achilles), Larkin (knee) won’t play,

NY is home for Kyrie (Orange, NJ, 20 miles away).

After 0-2, Cs were 16-0, then 10-6;

Their exhausting schedule’s a factor in that mix.

Since December 10th, our third back-to-back-

Rest and practices-for chemistry and fixes-we lack.

Knicks good at home, where they’ve been the most-

February and March, lots of coast to coast.

President of Turkey, not happy with native, Kanter-

Doesn’t appreciate his criticism (scary), constant banter.

Smart, start. Knicks, 6-0 run. Smart, Cs’ first score!

Every night we battle a former C. Courtney Lee on the floor.

KYRIE FOR THREE! Brad, calm-need transition D!

Knicks, 8-0 run. Horford! Tatum! Smart, steal. Cs, D!

Tatum, steal! Kyrie! Cs within 10 start Q2.

Rozier! NADER FOR THREE! You never know who....

Cs, 8-0 run! Beasley, O’Quinn, McDermott are here.

OJELEYE FOR THREE! That the Cs are tired is clear ;(

Smart! Baynes! Knicks, 5 minutes no score-

Neither team lighting it up either end of the floor.

HORFORD FOR THREE! KYRIE FOR THREE!

Smart is tough! Love the chemistry of Horford, Kyrie!

Porzingas, 0-11 (also, been out). Cs within 4 start Q3.

TATUM FOR THREE! KYRIE FOR THREE!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Kyrie to Horford, alley-oop!

Ugh, Kanter. KYRIE FOR THREE, in minutes, three!

Smart, steal! Bodies everywhere! SMART FOR THREE! 

Baynes! Porzingas, foul four (Smart, smart). Horford! Cs, D!

Horford, block! Baynes! TATUM FOR THREE! 

WOW, Tatum to the hoop! Gotta deal with Beasley?

Theis! Knicks, 11-2 run. Theis! Tie, start Q4!

Ojeleye! Rozier’s aggressive, all over the floor!

Lots o’ ties. NADER FOR THREE! It’s Beasley’s Q4.

Tatum! Smart, D on Beasley. More Knicks score. 

Kyrie! Knicks, 12-4 run. KYRIE FOR THREE!

Knicks making threes. Tatum! Tatum, steal! Cs, D!

Even more Beasley, rebounding and scoring.

Smart, steal....No clear path? Smart, refs not adoring.

Cs, hard trap, forced TO! Smart and Allen (?), # 45?

Cs whacked, no fouls, outplayed by Beasley, can’t survive ;(

Celtics within 8, Knicks are loved at home,

Been a long time...no more poem.

(still) CELTICS HOORAH!

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Cs VS OLYNYK-“WAITERS” SLIPPED US A “MICKEY”

Heat at the Gahden, Olynyk “Hero Among Us”-we’ll see,

Not for being a Celtic, but for community work did he.

Heat: Dragic, Whiteside, Winslow, Johnson won’t play.

Heat ended Cs’ 16-game streak, we all remember that day.

Fearless Brown, Tatum, Horford, Baynes, Kyrie-

Horford, first score! Tatum! Ugh, in pain was he,

Someone stepped on his hand. Need focus, each C.

FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! KYRIE FOR THREE! 

Fearless Brown, hustle, D! Jordan Mickey is there.

Kyrie, steal! Fearless Brown is everywhere! 

He’s outscored Heat! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

Tatum, dislocated pinkie (ouch). Back in the game is he.

Buzzer: SMART FOR THREE!  Cs up 9 start Q2!

Horford! Haslem, Miami, literally his whole life-true.

“DAB”-USELE FOR THREE! Tatum, coast to coast, jam,

With two fingers taped, makes it look easy, da...dang ;)

New-Nosed Theis,

(no fitted mask), still nice.

KYRIE FOR THREE! “DAB”-USELE FOR THREE!

Olynyk, still randomly falling on the floor is he ;)

Somehow...buzzer, Kyrie! Cs up 8 start Q3!

Cs look tired. Crowd, too. Tatum, block! Horford, foul three.

FT disparity, again! Olynyk right to the hoop,

With no resistance from our lethargic Group ;(

YIKES! Cs have gone FIRST to LAST, our ranking in D.

Heat, first lead. Waiters, Olynyk. Finally calls for Kyrie.

Heat, 26-8 run. No Cs to the hoop. (phew) SMART FOR THREE! 

We’ll forgive him his TOs (if he stops)! SMART FOR THREE! 

Smart was fouled! Cs vs Olynyk. Cs within 3 end Q3.

Cs 34% shooting (vs 43), Cs kept in the game by the three.

SOMEONE GO TO THE HOOP! Cs, TOs. Horford, foul four.

2 1/2 minutes: Terrible! Horford-heated!-five, six, off the floor.

SMART FOR THREE! KYRIE FOR THREE!

Waiters, Ellington hearing up. Cs need some D!

SMART FOR THREE! Theis, foul four. Tatum, steal!

Career high, Olynyk-now is his bounce is real?

Smart, steal! Olynyk, foul five. Wow, what did we just see?

Smart, D! Rozier, D! Tatum! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

KYRIE (deserves all caps)! Olynyk, hurt, still in. 

Kyrie, miss...ugh, by 1 the Heat (down 5 players) win 😰

“WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO IT, BASKETBALL IS BASKETBALL.” ~Larry Bird, Hoosier

Cs in Indy, Fearless Brown, Tatum, Horford, Baynes, Kyrie;

Horford, first score! Morris still out, prp shot in his knee.

FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! Cs, 7-0 run!

FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! Cs, 10-0 run!

Baynes! Horford! Tatum! KYRIE FOR THREE! 

Six minutes in before the first miss by a C!o

OJELEYE FOR THREE! SMART FOR THREE!

Big Al Jefferson’s here, 2004 drafted as a C. 

(masked)Theis, block-will get his nose broken again,

He’ll get a fitted mask; Friday, Knicks, he’ll be back then.

SMART FOR THREE! On 70+ shooting, Cs up 17 start Q2!

Brad’s mixing vets, Bench-clever thing to do!

Pacers, 7-0 run. Rozier! Tatum, jam (YELL) so loud,

Even drew oohs and ahs from the crowd.

Sabonis, Oladipo tough. KYRIE FOR THREE! 

When refs wanna blow their whistle, Smart is their C ;(

Smart, steal! Pacers keep going hard to the hoop,

Leading to too many calls against our Group.

Pacers, 11-3 run. Cs, ball movement! SMART FOR THREE! 

Fearless Brown, steal! Cs, too much careless play we see.

Offensive foul on Kyrie?? Kyrie, foul three. Smart, foul three.

Cs, 6 TOs. Smart to Horford, alley-oop! SMART FOR THREE!

Cs, 7-0 run. Half, Cs 60% shooting, Cs up 15 start Q3!

Pacers had just one assist, unusual to see.

Fearless Brown is intense, you can see it in his eyes,

Struggling with FTs. Tatum (YELL)-wow-to the hoop he flies!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Tatum, block! Fearless Brown, foul four.

Chemistry: Smart, Horford, Kyrie, all over the floor!

Surprise, Smart foul four. Cheesy way refs let Pacers score.

[Lakers retiring two Kobe shirts-#8 and #24].

Kyrie, foul four. Baynes! Fearless Brown, foul five. 

Pacers 10-1 run. Cs need to clean it up to survive!!

YIKES...phew, ROZIER FOR THREE!

That Smart to Horford is fun to see! 

TATUM FOR THREE! Cs, sloppy. HORFORD FOR THREE!

Smart took a shot in the thigh. Cs up 7 end Q3!

Pacers in it on FTs. HORFORD FOR THREE!

Rozier, rebound from the floor! Locked in is he!

Lance is wild, Qs 4. Larkin! Theis! Ojeleye! Smart, D! 

Ugh, Sabonis, Oladipo. First Tie...Kyrie! 

Oladipo...lead. Pacers, 12-5 run. KYRIE FOR THREE!

Fearless Brown fouled out. Smart! Too much Lance for me.

KYRIE FOR THREE! ROZIER, STEAL! What did we just see?

CELTICS WON BY ONE...exhausting, enough rhyming for me ;)

CELTICS HOORAH! worth a second HOORAH!

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CELTICS “BEAR”ly WIN IN MEMPHIS!

Cs in Memphis, first of road games, two.

In our last 5 games we have won just two.

Grizzlies without Conley (achilles), Parsons (rest).

Theis, broken nose, a non-fitting mask, not the best.

Cs’ Bench is 30th in percentage FG.

We went from 1st to 18th, our rating for D.

Horford, Fearless Brown, Tatum, Baynes, Kyrie,

Horford, first score (no call). Baynes! Cs, nice D!

KYRIE FOR THREE! TATUM FOR THREE!

Cs, 23-3 run! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

Turbo Kyrie! Cs ball movement! TATUM FOR THREE!

Tatum, steal! Rozier, rebounds! Hard for Theis to see.

On 58% shooting (vs 22), Cs up 19 end Q1!

ROZIER FOR THREE! Horford, block! Griz 15-5 run.

Griz, straight line shots at the hoop-WHERE’S OUR D?

Smart, crazy hustle ;) FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

Griz, 25-11 run. KYRIE FOR THREE! HORFORD FOR THREE!

From up 21-Bench awful Q2-Cs up 8 start Q3!

Griz, 9-2 run. SMART FOR THREE! Again, WHERE’S OUR D?

Overall Griz, 47-27 run. (answered by Gasol) KYRIE FOR THREE!

Smart! Fearless Brown, steal! Tatum! SMART FOR THREE!

Baynes! Gasol? By himself? Again? WHERE’S OUR D?

Gasol and Evans for 46. Cs within 2 start Q4.

Thru 3 Qs: Cs FG edge, rebounds close, so’s the score ;(

Larkin! HORFORD! Ball movement! ROZIER FOR THREE!

Cs, 16-0 run! Theis, block! (masked) THEIS FOR THREE!

Rozier! Evans is tough. Smart to Baynes, alley-oop!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Glad more of Baynes with our Group!

Tatum! Horford! Kyrie! CELTICS WON BY 9!

Scary Q2, some shaky offense and D...ok, fine!

CELTICS HOORAH!

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