“IF IT AIN’T ROUGH, IT AIN’T RGHT.” ~ Chauncey Billups, Denver Native

Cs at the Nuggets, of this road trip Game Four,

So much has happened including Smart off the floor.

Rozier-ankle-will play, wouldn’t miss it unless broken;

Larkin out, knee-ugh, he’s important, more than a token!

Elephant in the room, Griffin for Boban M., Harris, AB-

Irony? As (non-builder) Doc’s rookie, no minutes had he.

Seems Clips plan was done-is this a rebuild/tank?

Handled by Steve Ballmer and Lawrence Frank.

I wondered if Doc would stay beyond the ASB,

But I never thought it’d involve Griffin and...AB!

Tatum steak, Tatum, steal! Nuggets, 5-0 run.

KYRIE FOR THREE! Cs Fans everywhere-that’s fun!

HORFORD FOR THREE! Fearless Brown, to the rim!

Rozier, early-taped ankles are unusual for him.

Baynes! KYRIE FOR THREE! MORRIS FOR THREE!

Kyrie, magic...how? 😉 THEIS FOR THREE! MORRIS FOR THREE!

Tatum! TATUM FOR THREE! Cs (threes!), up 11 end Q1!

More Tatum! Cs, D! Cs’ Offense and D involving everyone!

TATUM FOR THREE! OJELEYE FOR THREE! 

WOW! Kyrie! Horford, rebounds! THEIS FOR THREE!

Morris! Baynes, block! Cs, D! Jokic complaining all night-

Seems contagious throughout the League-not alright.

Plumlee, T. Rozier! Double Ts: Morris and Lyles yakkin’ 

(Gotta remember the latter has Markieff’s backin’ 😂).

Six Cs made threes! Cs, great D! Cs up 11 start Q3! 

Cs, slow start. Kyrie! Baynes! Enough Jokic for me.

Fearless Brown! Kyrie ➡️ Baynes! Kyrie, foul three.

Nuggets, 10-0 run. Kyrie took a shot from a Nugget knee.

Nuggets lead. Fearless Brown, hard to the rim!

Rozier! ROZIER FOR THREE! Cs, erratic rhythm.

MORRIS FOR THREE! Tatum, loud! Cs, not much D.

From 20 points up, Cs within 2 end Q3.

Tatum! Cs, 2nd delay of game. Unusual. T.

OJELEYE FOR THREE! THEIS FOR THREE!

Tatum, foul three. Kyrie! Ojeleye, D! Theis, foul four. 

Crazy! Theis, touch pass! Nuggets cryin’ on the floor ;)

Plumlee, hurt (?). Cs, ball movement! ROZIER FOR THREE!

Kyrie! Tatum! Horford! Cs need communication on D.

Kyrie, foul four. Nuggets will be shooting FTs.

Tatum, loud! Horford! Misread the clock, Cs.

Kyrie, wow 😉 Very Chill: HORFORD FOR THREE!

Clock violation, barely. No shot for Kyrie.

43 seconds, tie. Cs passing...FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

CELTICS WON BY ONE! (Nuggets ill-advised three)!

Cs finished this road trip 2 and 2,

Tough teams, and without Smart, best we could do!

CELTICS HOORAH!

🏀 ☘️

KYRIE, CURRY SHOOT...OUT

Cs at the Dubs, Smart (apologized), out for weeks, two-

Mystery: temper, frame, cuts, sling....What exactly did he do?

Horford, in! Dubs have 4 All-Stars second year in a row-

Should there be a limit (3)? Spread the wealth? I don’t know.

Fearless Brown, first score! HORFORD FOR THREE!

(inspired) FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! Magical Kyrie!

Horford, block! Horford! Horford, block! Cs, great D!

Tatum! Cs, 8-0 run!  No complaint (😉), second foul on KD.

Morris! Rozier, hustle! KYRIE FOR THREE! KYRIE FOR THREE!

Fearless Brown, foul two. FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

On 62% shooting, Cs up 10 end Q1!

Slow start, Q2. Larkin, steal! Cs, no offense, no fun.

Dubs, 10-0 run. Tough listening to Jackson and Breen.

Every call on a Dub, that Dub makes a scene.

Taking liberty with paraphrase, Van Grundy said it right:

Refs, better calls...players, better reactions...shorter night!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Horford, rebounds! MORRIS FOR THREE!

Baynes! Kyrie, foul two. Rozier, rebounds! ROZIER FOR THREE!

Cs, TOs. Morris! 19 1st half points, Kyrie!  Cs up 4 start Q3!

7th in the NBA in threes, HORFORD FOR THREE! 

Cs, slow start (again), Dubs, first lead. KYRIE FOR THREE!

Awful that these announcers hardly even mention a C.

Rozier! Kyrie! Morris! Is the trainer looking at Kyrie’s knee?

Who’s got Curry (not funny)? Cs within 7 end Q3.

Finally, Tatum! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

No calls for Tatum (rook). Wow, what did we see?

Horford staring down Livingston! Horford, double double!

THEIS FOR THREE! Tatum, steal! Larkin causin’ trouble!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Morris, steal! Cs lead (all caps), KYRIE!

Fearless Brown! Kyrie poked in the eye, no call-some D ;(

Horford, rebounds! Horford! That Curry kid’s pretty good.

Refs disagreed, went with the Dubs call...knew they would.

Kyrie, coast to coast! ROZIER FOR THREE!

Call: Kyrie didn’t hit the rim on his 2nd FT??

WRONG CALL!  Celtics within 4,

Curry/Kyrie great show on the floor....

Prayers Up for Dre Roberson and DeMarcus Cousins.

CELTICS HOORAH!

🏀☘️

CELTICS’ SLEEP ... OVER AT THE STAPLES CENTER!!

Cs at the Clippers, same building as last night-

No Smart. No Horford, his head’s only sort of alright.

As for Smart-hospital, stitches, laceration on his hand;

Brad, “doing more research.” Hotel, glass...understand??

Clips have been on fire; ARivers, Gallinari , Beverly, out-

Roster overhaul (Lou W.) makin’ ‘em better no doubt.

Deandre, in (ankle). Morris for Smart. KYRIE FOR THREE!

Tatum! Deandre looks bulky. Fearless Brown, FTs! Kyrie!

Clock...MORRIS FOR THREE! Fearless Brown, steal, score!

Kyrie to Baynes, alley-oop! Good two-man combo on the floor!

Fearless Brown and Tatum are Rising Stars this year.

Early Hack-a-Jordan, that’s why Ojeleye-3 fouls-is here.

LARKIN FOR THREE! Choppy game. Cs up 3 start Q2!

THEIS FOR THREE! TATUM FOR THREE! Phew!

Rozier, paint (at last)!  MORRIS FOR THREE! NADER FOR THREE! Cs, 12-2 run! Morris! More Hack-a-Jordan we see.

Refs vs Baynes? vs Cs? Inconsistent calls. Mad Brad-T!

KYRIE FOR THREE! TATUM FOR THREE!

Cs, 6-0 run! Tatum! Morris! Cs up 7 start Q3!

Tatum, paint! Baynes! Clips haven’t made a three! Cs, D!

Terrible, refs vs Baynes, foul 5. Tatum! Clips, 9-0 run.

Kyrie (phew)! Fearless Brown, steal! Theis on the run!

Kyrie’s floaters float! Kyrie to Fearless Brown, alley-oop!

Rozier playing well! More awful calls on our Cs Group.

OJELEYE FOR THREE! Cs, three steals on one play!

Cs, 12-2 run! When Cs are aggressive, more goes our way!

ROZIER FOR THREE! Cs up 14 end Q3!

Crazy shot by Ojeleye against Clips tougher D!

Clips, TOs. Cs, ball movement.  OJELEYE FOR THREE!

Tatum, aggressive; Theis, rebounds! THEIS FOR THREE! 

Kyrie coaching Rozier ;) Ojeleye, hustle! Larkin, great shot!

In tough circumstances, Cs show what we’ve got!

Lou W.’s a problem. Rozier! MORRIS FOR THREE!

Rozier, steal! Griffin whipped the ball at the ref...T ;)

Kyrie to Baynes, alley-oop!

Crowd has a huge Celtics Group!

Losing streak, plus without Horford, without Smart,

CELTICS BEAT THE CLIPS BY 11-we are all Heart!

CELTICS HOORAH!

🏀 ☘️ [three leaf]

TENSE/ILL TOWN

Cs at the Lakers, 6,573-mile trip begins.

Lonzo won’t Ball (knee); Cs need wins!

At the ASG, Horford (5th time) and Kyrie!

Hmm, Rumor: Cs want Randle to become a C.

So athletic, Fearless Brown, first score! Then Kyrie!

There’s a (shooting) Lopez here. HORFORD FOR THREE!

Cs ball movement! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

Baynes! Refs, sigh. Lakers have struggled with the FT.

Kyrie, Horford, rebounds! Deflections should be a stat!

Horford, Smart, Morris, Kyrie-these Cs-all over that ;)

Smart! Kyrie passed on a lay up: (phew) SMART FOR THREE!

Lowest scoring Q, Lakers-last when us they did see!

On 36% shooting (vs 29), Cs up 6 start Q2!

Welcome, Jarell Eddie! Been on Wiz, Suns, D(G)-League, too.

Smart to Theis, alley-oop! MORRIS FOR THREE!

Lakers in the paint-not what Brad wants to see.

Lakers, lead...Morris! Refs, again. Kyrie, D!

Athletic Fearless Brown, so much fun to see!

KYRIE FOR THREE! KYRIE FOR THREE!

Cs, 15-4 run! Refs? Again? On Tatum a T.

Morris, Smart...Bench much better! SMART FOR THREE! 

Cs, great D and ball movement! SMART FOR THREE!

Lakers aggressive. Smart, smart! Cs up 8 start Q3!

Cs, slow Q3 start. Lakers, 10-0 run. Where’s our D?

HORFORD FOR THREE! And the Oscar goes to....

None of the Cs, no matter what we do.

Baynes, foul five. Lead changes. Smart! Kyrie! 

HORFORD FOR THREE! SMART FOR THREE!

Kyrie, smooth! Randle, not pretty-unlike Kyrie!

Lakers continue to be aggressive. Where’s our D?

Lakers in the paint.

Cs ain’t....

Yikes, Cs-21 to 31-within 2 end Q3.

After a long struggle, TATUM FOR THREE!

Morris, block! Morris, physical! Morris, to the hoop!

Rozier, steal! Cs running hard, in the paint, as a Group!

Kyrie! Somehow! Theis! Somehow KYRIE FOR THREE!

Refs, again. Kuzma, quick release. Cs should see.

Lead changes. More Kuzma. Kyrie! Rozier!

Refs, again. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

KYRIE FOR THREE! Smart, smart, finally got a call!

Kyrie! Lakers, physical. Cs need to fight for the ball!

Bodies flyin’. Smart, foul four. ROZIER FOR THREE!

Hart traveled, hit Horford, foul for Hart-how can that be??

Smart, smart, both FTs! Rozier! Cs within 1.

Smart’s shot at the buzzer? Ugh, wrong one 😰

Cs within 1, I feel ill-

Because...Kuzma (??) imposed his will?

(still) CELTICS HOORAH!

🏀 ☘️

FLEW SEASON

Magic at the Gahden, Magic clearly undermanned:

Injured: Vucevic, Ross....Afflalo suspended, unplanned.

Kyrie (shoulder), in! New 10-day guy, Jarell Eddie.

Graduated (!) VA Tech, bounced around, NBA ready!

Last Home Game, four away. Morris wants an Eagles win;

He loves Brady, Pats...but he’s all Philly, with his twin ;)

Jags’ Bouye’s Fearless Brown’s cousin, so he’ll wear

Bouye’s jersey to the Super Bowl even if Pats are there 🏈

Baynes, in (flu)? Maybe. Marcus Morris with the start.

Kyrie first Cs score ➡️ Magic quickly took our D apart.

Horford, steal! Kyrie took a charge! Little slow, each C.

Tatum, block! KYRIE FOR THREE! KYRIE FOR THREE! 

Fournier complained, T. Fearless Brown on wheels!

Coast to coast, dunks! Kyrie (same) knows how he feels-

Cs, two-man show! Quiet Smart. Magic, 8-0 run. 

First time, six games, 48% shooting (vs 50), Cs up 1 end Q1!

Oh, Mo’ Buckets is here. Ugh, Augustin, too.

Refs-surprise-terrible calls, nothing Brad can do!

Kyrie! 28 straight games, less than 20 FTs,

A Franchise ridiculous record for the Cs.

Morris! Tatum! First FTs for Cs halfway through Q2!

Payton is hahd to guahd, can’t see over his hairdo 😂

Kyrie! Morris! BUT WHERE’S OUR D?

Were we jinxed by comments made by IT?

Cs wild ball movement. FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Ouch, 2nd charge taken by Kyrie!

Morris scored on goal tend! Buzzer. Cs up 1 start Q3!

Kyrie 24 first HALF points, second most as a C!

Starters started Q3. KYRIE FOR THREE!

Enough Payton, Fournier. Bodies flyin’. Again...OUR  D?

Seven straight games, 6+ rebounds Kyrie!

Magic winning in the paint, how can that be?

Kyrie, some D! Larkin, in. Kyrie! KYRIE FOR THREE!

Larkin, quick on D! PLEASE GO TO THE HOOP, any C!

Theis, block! block! block! Smart, TOs in a row, three.

Horford! Ugly: Cs 12-32. Cs within 19 end Q3.

Fearless Brown! Rozier, save! Tatum! (phew) Kyrie, score!

Tatum, rebounds...to the hoop! Fearless Brown up the floor!

Cs, 13-3 run! CROWD NOISE! TATUM FOR THREE!

Refs, different calls each end! NO CALLS for Tatum, Kyrie??

HORFORD FOR THREE! Second sad Cs game we’ve seen-

Magic had lost their last sixteen of eighteen.

Kyrie’s second best offensive game as a C,

If other Cs played (BENCH)...remember how great we’d  be?

Celtics lost three Home games (season first) in a row,

As off to the West for four games we go ;(

Oh, our Cs, must be the flu-

Recommend Vitamin “C” for you!

(still) CELTICS HOORAH!

🏀 ☘️ 

DEDICATED TO JOJO WHITE

Pelicans at the Gahden, first, three-game home stand,

Tatum’s knee is ok, Cs won’t be undermanned.

Interesting to see the response to ADavis here

(Don’t tell Crowder, Fans might cheer 😂).

(I missed it), 38% shooting (vs 50), Cs within 7 end Q1.

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

Larkin in for some zip! Cs, long time, no play,

Hard to get rhythm when they’ve been so far away.

Rozier, ball movement! HORFORD FOR THREE!

Tatum, dribbling-magic ;) TATUM FOR THREE!

Horford, block! Horford, foul three. Morris, tough-

Aggressive against Cousins (not in shape enough).

MORRIS FOR THREE! Baynes knocked Cousins down??

Awful calls, refs bored? Reminding us they’re around?

AD, Cs Starters, same score. Cs within 10 start Q3.

Summary, first half: need Kyrie. Make Pelicans play D!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Baynes! Horford! Too much AD.

Cs Ball movement side to side! HORFORD FOR THREE! 

Hmm, I guess Cs offered a tribute Feb. 11 for IT, 

Said thanks but that night should be devoted to PP.

KYRIE FOR THREE! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! 

Cs, 11-0 run! Refs ;(  Bodies Flyin’.  KYRIE FOR THREE!

Tired of AD. TATUM FOR THREE! KYRIE FOR THREE!

At Fearless Brown (flexing), Cousins’ usual jawin’ we see ;)

Cousins, foul four. Surprise, no call for Smart on great D.

Smart, smart, rebound! Smart, pause: SMART FOR THREE!

Kyrie played, Cs hustled, but Cs within 7 start Q4.

Cs 39% shooting (vs 45) making it tough on the floor.

Refs, again? Cs, TOs. SMART FOR THREE!

Rozier, rebounds! Smart, smart, solid with FTs and D!

Crowd’s in it! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! 

Rozier! Theis! Fearless Brown-so athletic is he!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Clock: THEIS FOR THREE!

Ugh, tie. Kyrie, steal! Of two, Kyrie made one FT!

Somehow (4th) jump ball caused by Smart’s smart D!

Kyrie! Tie! 1.5 left, (clever) Rondo in ➡️ OT!

Pels just won OT, Knicks. HORFORD FOR THREE! 

Kyrie! Fearless Brown! What’s happening? HOLY C(s)!

Cs, franchise high, 50 attempts at the three.

Could have done without Cousins, Holiday, in OT.

Cs slow start, maybe London wasn’t great;

So much for our streak (within 3)...Cheerio, Mate.

CELTICS HOORAH!

🏀☘️

TEA, WOLVES?

Wolves at the Gahden. Tatum, Rook of the Month, EC!

No Morris (London’s coming), two days rest he must see.

Karl-Anthony Towns hasn’t missed an NBA game

(lucky for him to Minnesota Butler, Crawford, Gibson came).

February 11th is designated Retirement Night for PP

Who has made it clear no interest in a vid for IT ;)

IT said “no” to last night, wanted to be in the game-

And so to Twitter their crazy convo came 😉

Kyrie, Cs’ first score! Baynes, D! Baynes score!

After very little offense both ends of the floor.

Horford! Baynes, rebounds! KYRIE FOR THREE!

Tatum, loud dunk! Rozier! Becoming a Star is he!

4,000th rebound, Gibson. Smart, smart! Theis, foul 2.

Crawford, 3, (6000th). Cs 39% shooting (vs 35). Tie start Q2.

Theis! Smart, smart! Tatum! Kyrie! Rozier, coast to coast!

Gahden is cold-shots, too. Who will warm up the most?

Cs, great ball movement. ROZIER FOR THREE! 

4:50 left Q2, (0-10 FTs) ONLY 2 FOULS called for a C!

“Dabusele!” Cs’ Bench! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

KAT, dub dub. Kyrie! Cs, 8-3 run! Cs up 3 start Q3!

Baynes, block! Horford ok, sore left (braced) knee.

Fearless Brown, FTs (few threes). Theis, foul three.

Theis, D! Kyrie no rhythm, Wolves smothering D.

Kyrie, foul three. At. Last. THEIS FOR THREE! 

Smart, smart! Refs 😰 HORFORD FOR THREE!

Cs’ Starters, 21% FG. Rozier, most aggressive is he!

Horford! Fearless Brown, foul 4. Refs? What do they see??

Kyrie! On 39% shooting (vs 36)-brr, cold-Cs up 4 end Q3!

Ugh, Crawford (18 years). Kyrie to Baynes, alley-oop!

Kyrie, foul four. Rozier, to the bank (shot)! Great, Bench Group!

Smart, smarter! Theis, foul four. ROZIER FOR THREE!

Kyrie! Rozier, rebounds!! Working on Horford’s knee ;( 

Cs, SEASON HIGH OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS! Baynes! Kyrie! 

Cs went big, for a sec, then small. Crazy dribbling, score, Kyrie!

Kyrie, rebounds! Tatum, hard to the rim!

Cs warmed up a bit, found their rhythm!

Kyrie, steal! Fearless Brown, foul 5. Fearless Brown, score!

CELTICS WON BY 7, tho all night it was freezing on the floor!

CELTICS HOORAH!

🏀☘️

CELTICS BRING “BOMB CYCLONE” TO THE CAVS!

Cavs at the Gahden, Kyrie and Lebaby together,

Outside’s a “Bomb Cyclone,” hurricane/snow weather.

IT, 19 min., 17 points, his Cavs debut last night, 

Says he’ll always love Boston-no B2Bs, so not tonight.

Morris (not Baynes),Tatum, Horford, Fearless Brown, Kyrie,

Ojeleye is available-Baynes (for match up), later we’ll see.

Kyrie, Cs’ first score! Tatum! Athletic Fearless Brown-FTs!

Smart, smart-head up, not just jackin’ up threes....

Oh, wait, SMART FOR THREE! ROZIER FOR THREE!

Baynes, block! Buzzer: ROZIER FOR THREE!

On 46% shooting (vs 29), Cs up 11 start Q2!

Ojeleye, steal! Baynes! Some acting Tristan can do.

Baynes, rolled ankle ;(  Smart! THEIS FOR THREE!

Someone. Stop. Korver. Sweet: THEIS FOR THREE!

Baynes, ankle retaped! SMART FOR THREE!

Morris! Kyrie! Horford! Cavs doubling Kyrie.

Horford, loud! Tatum! Smart, steal! Rozier! Cs, D-

Cavs just 34% FG! Cs’ Bench! Cs up 8 start Q3!

Tatum! Morris! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! 

Refs, really? HORFORD FOR THREE! TATUM FOR THREE!

Fearless Brown, steal! Tatum! Cs, 10-0 run!

Cs, ball movement! Kyrie to Horford, that was fun!

Cs, D! JR’s annoying. Fearless Brown! Smart!

Cavs 11-2 run til Fearless Brown did his part!

Smart, steal! Fearless Brown 360 hoop!

Cs up 13 start Q4. 6 players, dub figs, Our Group!

Q3, Cs 0 for 10, threes. Tatum-fun watching him,

(more than shooting threes) when he goes to the rim!

Great Ball Movement and Great D by the Cs,

Causing the Cavs to jack up threes!

Baynes! Wade’s a bum. Love, ankle sprain.

Baynes is taking a beating, tomorrow-pain.

SMART FOR THREE! First hoop Crowder, in Q4.

ROZIER FOR THREE! Not close, weird vibe Q4?

Cabs, lowest score! Cs, Young Bench Guys playin’,

Kyrie was well-defended, so clever...just sayin’!

BY 14 THE CELTICS WON!

31-10, half the Season’s done!

CELTICS HOORAH!

🏀☘️