POEM SWEET HOME!

Pistons at the Gahden, second in a row...we’ll see.

No Theis. Hayward, Cs first score! KYRIE FOR THREE!

Tatum! Who’s got Drummond? Cs, nice D! Kyrie!

Horford, foul 2. KYRIE FOR THREE (3 for 3)!

Drummond like playing the Cs. Baynes is back:

BAYNES FOR THREE! Energy he does not lack!

Kyrie! Brown! Steals! Baynes took a knee in his knee.

Smart, smart! Silky Smooth, MORRIS SR FOR THREE! 

MORRIS SR FOR THREE! Cs up 3 start Q2!

Cs, 50% shooting vs Pistons, 42.

Rozier! Horford! Morris! LOVE OUR B.W.A.

Hayward to Horford alley-oop! Pistons won’t go away.

Kyrie! Smart! Morris! Horford! but Pistons, lead.

TATUM FOR THREE! Brad says it’s Effort we need.

Brown, first hoop! Ugh, Pachulia-Horford, foul 3.

Morris, foul 3. Pistons, luck. Cs within 2 start Q3.

(pause) Brown! Pistons, under a minute, fouls, 3.

Griffin’s making his spin moves. Brown! Kyrie! 

Cs, lead! Brown, hustle! Horford, Serious Dunk!

Cs, 10-0 run! Horford, foul 4. Brown, extra spunk!

Tatum, coast to coast! (cheesy) Baynes, foul 4. 

KYRIE FOR THREE! Smart won’t let Griffin score!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Smart, steal! KYRIE FOR THREE!

Griffin, foul 4. Dabusele, in. Smart, relentless D!

Smart, foul 3. Rozier! Dabusele, block...loud!

Cs up 10 start Q4, enthusiastic is Our Crowd!

Celtics, best in The League defending the three.

Hayward! Horford! Smart, Season High assists has he!

Horford, D! Pistons still hanging around.

Tatum! Cs, five + minutes, no Cs’ FGs found.

Pistons goal tend, no call. Mad Brad-T.

Double digit lead gone. Brown-rim he couldn’t see!

Morris! Cs, 6-0 run! Pistons, 5-0 run. Need D!

Kyrie! FEARLESS (yes, Fearless) BROWN FOR THREE!

Ugh, Griffin, spins. Pistons making threes. 

15 seconds, Pistons within 2, Morris FTs!

11 seconds, Pistons within 1, Tatum, FTs!

HOLY SMART, D! Pistons TO. Kyrie, FTs!

Down to the wire, Road Team winning is done!

(Kyrie, 31) BY THREE POINTS THE CELTICS WON!

[Shave and a Haircut...for Kyrie!

Is that why a different Kyrie we see? 😂]

🎶 A-WEEMA-WEH...THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT **

Celtics in Detroit, Baynes is out, Theis will play

(ugh, sore ankle, he was listed as day-to-day).

Hayward, first Cs score! Brown on Blake.

KYRIE FOR THREE! Cs, solid shots must make.

Horford, block. Brown drew Drummond’s foul 2!

BROWN FOR THREE (fearless?)! Aggressive Cs, too!

HAYWARD FOR THREE! Brown! Glad to say his name! 

Smart, smart! Cs, 14-5 run! Loving the Cs’ game!

MORRIS FOR THREE! Tatum, block! Theis!

Cs energized, aggressive. “Have fun,” Brad’s advice.

Cs, 44% shooting (vs 36), Cs up 9 start Q2!

Cs outrebounding! Rozier! Morris! Theis, too!

ROZIER FOR THREE! THEIS FOR THREE!

Mor-Morris ;) Ish fouled Rozier, three-Ish, T.

BROWN FOR THREE! Theis running the floor!

Kyrie, steal! Under three left Q2, Blake first score.

(pause) BROWN FOR THREE! MORRIS FOR THREE!

Drummond stepped out, stepped in-silly to see.

Cs, excellent ball movement! Cs up 22 start Q3!

Hayward! Drummond, better FTs. Horford, D!

HAYWARD FOR THREE! Brown! Horford, foul 2.

(yay) Brown-attacking-reminding us what he can do!

Chippiness! Blame the refs! Tatum! Hayward, foul 3.

Drummond got hit in the nose, Horford, foul 3.

With Drummond on him, TATUM FOR THREE!

Cs slowed down a bit. Drummond, foul 3.

Ugh, Pachulia. Smart, smart. THEIS FOR THREE!

Pistons, faster. Solid Morris! Cs, nice D!

 On 44% shooting (vs 39), Cs up 17 end Q3!

Cs, outrebounding! MORRIS FOR THREE!

Theis, foul 4 (?). Smart, smart! ROZIER FOR THREE!

Celtics-very precise-taking apart Pistons’ D!

Fewer rebounds Pistons starters than Bench, Cs!

Cs doing so much more than living by our threes!

Williams, in. (stunning) Smart to Williams, alley-oop!

Way to make our Rook feel like part of our Group.

Smart, smart (every stanza) when not jacking up 3s ;)

Gotta be impressed by tonight’s performance-All Cs!

Rozier, optical illusion jam! Hayward! Williams, D! 

Ojeleye, Dabusele. Wanamaker. Williams, good is he! 

**Griffin: fabled monster, head and wings, eagle/body of a lion.

Buzzer to Buzzer, well-oiled machine Celtics, all over the floor were flyin’!

Pistons win streak is over, BY 20 CELTICS WIN!

At last Our 2018-2019 Season did begin!

CELTICS HOORAH!

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OK...C US RISE!

Celtics at Thunder, we won’t see Aron Baynes,

He’s still racin’ guys off the bus, that’s how he trains ;)

Kyrie, Cs first score! Brown, block. OKC not missin’-

Cs too nice to each other; the rim the ball’s kissing’.

Tatum! Horford, jump hook! Morris, quick foul 2.

That kind of night: three tries for what Horford can do.

Smart, smart! Horford! Others sloppy. Morris, foul 3.

Rozier, Theis, Smart energy-SOMEONE play like a C!

Tatum, jam! Cs, 10-3 run, Cs within 6 end Q1.

Smart to Theis! Smart, scoop? How’s that done? 😉

Some Kyrie-still seems out of bball shape, slow.

Tatum worked out with (idol) Kobe, it does show.

Horford, block! Cs struggling with the three and the FT.

On 32% shooting (vs 40), Cs within 16 start Q3.

0-11 for the game, HAYWARD FOR THREE!

Tatum, jam! Brown, D! 2nd: KYRIE FOR THREE!

1st: Brown! KYRIE FOR THREE! Westbrook, foul 4.

Horford! Hayward needs rhythm. TATUM FOR THREE! 

Brown, gettin’ FEARLESS back! Cs, better D!

Brad says we’ll feel better when shots fall for each C.

HORFORD FOR THREE! HORFORD FOR THREE!

WOW! HORFORD FOR THREE! MORRIS FOR THREE!

MORRIS FOR THREE! Rozier, steal...TIE!

Cs, 19-5 run! Smart called trainer-WHY?

Morris! First Lead! NINE THREES! Cs up 1 start Q4!

Tatum! Smart, jammed thumb, can return to the floor.

Morris, block! Rozier, block! MORRIS FOR THREE!

Ojeleye! Foul calls? Brad more angry than we see! T ;)

Teams shooting woes, trying. Cs, 4 + min. no score.

OKC 15-6 run. Cs, zone. Bodies all over the floor.

Morris! Kyrie! Tatum! Westbrook, foul 5. Tatum, FTs!

Kyrie! Tie! Tough night, Westbrook-some D, Cs!

Double Double, Morris! MORRIS FOR THREE!

Q3, 4, Cs exposed the shooting weaknesses of OKC.

Cs, 16-1 run! Cs-largest lead, 12.5 left Q4!

CELTICS WON BY 6! Eventually we had to score!

CELTICS HOORAH!

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"WHEN EVERYTHING IS SAID AND DONE THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO DO OR SAY.” ~Darryl Dawkins (Orlando, FL Native)

Magic at the Gahden, no Baynes tonight-

Brad hopes short term-his hammie is not right ;(

Horford, first score-FTs! Can’t make a shot, every C

(til) HAYWARD FOR THREE! HAYWARD FOR THREE!

Fearless Brown to Horford, alley-oop!

Horford! Morris! No rhythm in our Cs Group.

Kyrie seems out of shape, not quite basketball ready.

Smart, smart, steal! Cs chemistry’s off, still unsteady.

Putting the D in Dabusele 😂...ROZIER FOR THREE!

Cs within 7 end Q1, nothing pretty to see.

Rozier (phew)! Theis, Smart (of course) D! 

Tatum to Theis, alley-oop! Ojeleye, hustle, Big D!

Theis,

Nice!

Kyrie! Tatum! Odd calls-Hayward, foul three.

Fearless Brown, cutting!  Horford, block! Smart, D!

KYRIE FOR THREE! Tatum! Cs within 3 start Q3.

Morris! KYRIE FOR THREE! HORFORD FOR THREE!

Kyrie! Ugh, Magic(al) threes. Morris (with a sore knee)!

Williams, in. Cs, ball movement! SMART FOR THREE!

Kyrie-in better shape ;) HAYWARD FOR THREE!

Still not pretty, (somehow) Cs within 5 end Q3.

Smart! Theis, Smart, D! Magic, quick fouls, four.

Love. Theis. Tatum! Cs everywhere-cannot score ;(

Kyrie! Horford! Many Cs’ names this poem does lack.

(Brown will have to earn his “Fearless” moniker back).

Kyrie! Ok...FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE!

Horford! Kyrie! Two three attempts...Cs within 3.

My eyeballs hurt, so does my heart.

Cs had no magic from the start....

CELTICS HOORAH!

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“EVERYONE NEEDS A CHANCE TO EVOLVE” ~Jay Z (Native New Yorker)

Cs at Knicks, starters: Baynes, Horford, Kyrie,

Brown, Tatum. No Hayward, not ready for a B2B.

Cs arrived at 3am. Kyrie grew up (NJ) 12 miles away. Knicks’ Porzingis, Mudiay and Lee won’t play.

Baynes! New rule: can’t use hands to create space.

Kyrie, Steal! Steal! Baynes again! Cs, great pace!

BAYNES FOR THREE! Kyrie, D! TATUM FOR THREE!

HORFORD FOR THREE! HORFORD FOR THREE!

Horford, Tatum rebounds! Knox, rook, hurt shin-

Foul on Rozier? New Headband when he came in!

TATUM FOR THREE! Smart, steal! Cs up 13 end Q1!

Knicks-Trier, Vonleh, Hezonja- 10-0 run. 

H’banded Rozier coast to coast! ...coast to coast!

Talk about Tatum-love Kobe comparisons the most!

Tatum! ROZIER FOR THREE! Baynes pulled up lame,

Grabbed his hammie, right off the court he came.

Knicks 7-0 run. MORRIS SR FOR THREE!

Fearless Brown cutting! Tatum, calm as can be.

Cs passive, Knicks, no quit. Cs (still) up 2 end Q2!

Baynes, out ;(  Horford, foul 4. Smart all over the floor!

Dabusele! Smart, smart D! Tie after tie....

Aggressive Kyrie (better)? Morris, T-sigh.

Morris! Smart! Tatum! Block, Theis!

Cs up 7 start Q4-better energy would be nice!

Morris! Theis! MORRIS FOR THREE! 

Knicks, 10-1 run. Active (triple-teamed) Kyrie!

Cs, 7-0 run! Kanter fouled out (iffy). 

Cs grab a lead, Knicks catch up in a jiffy.

Cs, fumble, fumble...Tatum! +Chill Tatum, fallaway!

1.9 left, Tatum fouled Burke, shooting 3-Ks, go away!

BY TWO CELTICS WON,

Glad this game is done!

CELTICS HOORAH!

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OH IT’S KAWHI-IN’ TIME AGAIN...(sorry, Ray Charles) 😰

Celtics at Rapts, starting: Brown, Horford, Kyrie,

Tatum, Hayward (managed minutes we’ll see).

HORFORD FOR THREE! Crazy pace. Rapts tough D.

Horford, foul two. Hayward-more comfy is he.

Kyrie, steal! Tatum! My eyeballs are sore,

Watching both Teams flyin’ all over the floor ;)

Rozier! Kyrie! Athletic Fearless Brown, foul two.

ROZIER FOR THREE! Amped up Horford...phew!

Refs, tight (and new) calls. Baynes! Cs, D!

Tatum, pick and roll groove! TATUM FOR THREE!

Intense game. Cs, 9-1 run, Cs up 7 start Q2!

Baynes, hook! Smart-love what he can do!

Hayward! Tatum, block! KYRIE FOR THREE!

Impressive Kawhi, Lowry. Morris! Horford, D!

Rozier, foul two. FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! 

ROZIER FOR THREE! FEARLESS BROWN-THREE!!

Controlled chaos, both Teams! Cs up 4 start Q3! 

TATUM FOR THREE! MORRIS FOR THREE!

Fearless Brown! Smart, smart! Aggressive Kyrie!

Tatum! Ugh, Danny Green. Kawhi bustin’ our D.

HORFORD FOR THREE! Cs, TOs. Kyrie, foul three. Hayward pull up jumpers! HAYWARD FOR THREE! 

Rapts 46% FG, Cs 43; Cs within 3 start Q4.

Cs, FT woes. Vintage Kyrie! Cs running the floor!

Hayward! FEARLESS BROWN FOR THREE! 

Vanvleet, Ibaka yikes. Too much Kawhi for me.

MORRIS FOR THREE! Kyrie! Cs, physical D! HORFORD FOR THREE! Too much Kyle Lowry.

Rapts 12-2 run broken up by Kyrie.

Horford near trip dub. We have a Rivalry! 

Upside? Last year Cs lost here by average, 18;

In a while within 12 is the best showing we’ve seen.

Cs are WON and one.

CELTICS HOORAH!

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