tiny 3 Dominated by Guys Named Zaza, Al and Marvin
Aaron Gettings
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After last night's loss I sat in front of my computer, searching for something to write about. I couldn't form quality, coherent sentences in my head, let alone type them out on a blog. So, here I am the following morning... and I'm going through the exact same thing.
You know what it feels like? It feels like I'm a six year-old who just got a shiny new red bike for Christmas... I'm all excited, can't wait to ride it... but before I get a chance to even get on the bike, my older brother grabs the bike from my hands, brings it outside and begins to repeatedly run the bike over with his car, until there is nothing but bent metal and shards of cheap plastic littering the driveway, and there's nothing I can do but to watch in horror.
The worst part of this whole debacle is the fact that the Celtics are actually trying to win. They are giving their full effort out there... this is as good as we're going to be. And that isn't good enough to win anything meaningful. What that translates to is no banner 17 for quite some time. The "Big 3" aren't getting any better, just older and more prone to breaking down. Our salary cap is absolutely shot for the foreseeable future. We're not going to be able to break these guys up, and based on this post season, I don't know that we're going to be able to persuade many quality veteran free-agents to Boston hoping to ride the "Big 3"'s coattails to a championship ring.
Last night's loss was truly a team effort. Doc was terrible last night. Could he have possibly been thinking, "Ray Allen single-covering Joe Johnson worked so well in games 3 & 4, let's try that for a stretch in the 4th quarter!"? The Hawks are literally unable to defend KG in the post, so let's make sure he keeps taking those 20 foot jump shots! Oh, we need a three to tie the game? Let's have Rondo run down the court and stare blankly as his teammates run around like a scene from a poorly made video game. We won game 5 by putting the ball in Pierce's hands and letting him drive? The Hawks will be expecting that, let's make sure Pierce doesn't get many touches, and that Ray Allen takes a bunch of quick, off-balance 3's with hands in his face. Atlanta won't see that coming.
OK, I'm just getting angry, bitter and sarcastic now.... I do apologize, but I refer you back to the second sentence. Much like Boston, I just don't have it in me.
Yes, I'm feeling hopeless and depressed right now. And, yes, once we win Game 7, sweep the Cavs and head into our series against Detroit, I'll deny that I ever wrote any of this.
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