20 feet from the home bench ? I would have needed a portable ECG with me had I been there in Boston. No, I resolved never to be in live nailbiters on my team's games.
I have seen some old regular season Cavs C's game. Their present matchups gives the C's fit. Dual PGs. Dual tall towers, and some unheralded stars who can kill you with their jobs. Boston plays an early blow out game, for the last few years. Unicorn was added to keep them up big even in the first half, but injuries called. Now they have the same lineup as last year plus coach, except for Smart became Holiday.
FWIW, Stephen A proclaimed that IME Udoka is his coach to propel the Celtics to the banner. And he even said he believes that with Ime, Boston would have won the chip last year. I agree.
You can't even predict what these refs do anymore. Very contrarian to common calls. Hell broke loose long ago when these refs allowed 4-8 steps traveling, carrying the ball and all sorts of Euro step bunny hop that became normal. For many times I had to pick up a ball and demo to my son what was vintage and authentic dribbling and what is traveling. One hilarious clip was a lady ref asking Luka, what foul after Luka claimed there was a foul. They both just smiled at each other. Next I know they'll be sending postcards too.
And this has really started even with Udoka. Game 1 Finals vs the Warriors, the C's rained it a ton of 3s to make Curry and Thompson plain shooters. It probably is a master design from the top brass. It's not they they have not heart to compete down the end. Their end games does not, or is not , designed for them to have heart.
Like you I call the underdogs my Cinderella teams. I love the Thunder as they are the youngest team in the league and finished first. They play with speed and finesse. Wolves were my other Cinderella team and after last night's loss, the thought of Sir Charles calling a sweep is over as Denver was back doing what they do best. Stilll this next game will be the biggest pivotal game of the series. Id love to see a Wolves Thunder WC final but Denver is always IMO the team to beet. If Wolves get by Denver I see them beating the Thunder in a WC final
Good to hear that you remain so well involved in the affairs of your country.A better person to do the job doesn't exist IMO Jack.You make miracles happen. As always kudos to you and best regards to Margie. We would have loved to meet up with her in Tokyo last month but we were already in Kyoto by thenGlad to peek in more Stevie. I've been swamped at work as I am chairing an Ad Hoc Committee tasked with doing something not done before to my knowledge. I'm loving the challenge though
In the Green fan social media pages , each loss by the Celtics will bring out the bashers who have always complained about Tatum and Brown. That's because they lose very few games this season specifically and the arrival of the Unicorn upped the ante to bring in the banner even more. Well Jack, for me Tatum's mysterious dilemma is not about his height, lol. To me, it's about his placement in the lineup, a 3 who's used as a 4. I recall you said when Hayward arrived, it made his position redundant due to the drafting of Tatum. That's very true. Both of them are 3. But Boston has not found a true 4 and 5 to this day. Al was the 5 last year, and with Porzingis arrival, Al became a 6th man as Unicorn took the 5. They have no Aaron Gordon or Gobert so that Tatum will be playing more naturally at the 3 spot. I truly wonder why and how a Brunson can weave around anybody and throw in and make shots that much better than Tatum, who is now more known in his 6 years as a long bomb shooter, and missing perimeter pop shots . That's what boggles me.
