Thursday, April 30, 2009
'I still think KG ...'
After a glorious spring run by Boston sports teams (sweep of the Habs, Yanks, etc.), Reader No. 1 assesses the KG-less Celts going into tonight's game:
After a glorious spring run by Boston sports teams (sweep of the Habs, Yanks, etc.), Reader No. 1 assesses the KG-less Celts going into tonight's game:
This Celtic postseason evokes mixed feelings.Agreed: KG's absence is definitely key. Same with Leon's. But everyone I talk to likes this team a lot precisely because they're playing their hearts out despite the crippling injuries. Reader No. 1's prediction of Boston in 7, by a Rondo fingernail, sounds right.
First, these are intense and exhausting games to watch. Great when you win, deadly when you lose. And every game has been won and lost 10 or 12 different ways, play by play, and shot by shot.
Second, I remember saying a year ago to anyone who would listen that - no disrespect to Pierce or even Ray Allen, but KG was the most important player on the team and Rondo #2 - as Bob Ryan probably has said, our point guard is a bona-fide-basket-ball-player.
Third - I still think KG is the most important player on the team and... no disrespect to Big Baby or Perk, who have busted their asses Above and Beyond the Call, Garnett ain't walkin' through that door any time soon. It is more than a bit alarming that all of the ESPN Experts pick the Celts. It will be a moral victory just to win this series.
Having said all of that... Boston in 7, by a fingernail (Rondo's of course :->) over the new generation's McFilthy and McNasty.
