CELTICS losing

77smbg9177 · 02-11-2007, 11:52 PM

18 in a row now how many you think they will get until they either win one or a team feels so bad that they let them win one

Zen653 · 04-01-2007, 08:08 PM

We just beat the Cavaliers for our third win in the last four games. This recent spate of victories is throwing a wrench into our plans to secure the second worst record in the league (and more importantly, the second highest number of ping pong balls for lottery night.)

We beat playoff-bound Toronto. We defeated Orlando in double-OT. Now we sneak past the Cavaliers on a phantom foul called on behalf of Delonte West (he simply fell down and the referee blew the whistle with just 1.9 seconds remaining in a tied game. He hit the two shots and then Damon Jones missed a wide-open three at the other end.)

We never get calls like that when we're trying to win the game. Now we're getting them whenever we try to lose. In the double-OT game against Orlando the other night, we got all the calls during the last couple minutes of the game. There were two consecutive offensive fouls on Hedo Turkoglu and the referee ruled that they were blocking fouls. We hit all four free throw shots and sent the game into OT.

With the "win" against the LeBron-less Cavs, the Celtics are now just 2.5 games "behind" the Bucks with 9 to play. We play Milwaukee head-to-head two more times this year. We're already 2-0 against the Bucks this season, so if we win just one of two against them, they'll get the tie-breaker for worst record in the Eastern Conference. That will also give them an extra 80 ping pong balls. So expect Wednesday night's must-lose Boston/Milwaukee game to be a tank job of epic proportions. Maybe we'll see Sebastian Telfair make his debut as a starting center.

To all you Clevelanders out there (if any of you are even stopping by), why did you let us win an eminently loseable game? Why were Ilgauskas and Gooden sitting on the bench for a long stretch in the 4th quarter? Why couldn't you have played LeBron James for even just 15 minutes? Didn't you guys want to win this game so that you could catch Chicago for playoff positioning and homecourt advantage?

And to Doc Rivers, where’s the Powe/Gomes/Telfair/Rondo/Ray lineup when you need it? Why is it that we suddenly can’t lose a close game? Are you intentionally trying to set the franchise back another 10 years, or are you just setting us up to fall short of OJ Mayo in next year's draft?

Durant, we hardly knew ye.

02-11-2007, 11:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
77smbg9177 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NEW YORK Posts: 670	CELTICS losing 18 in a row now how many you think they will get until they either win one or a team feels so bad that they let them win one __________________ METS 07 WS CHAMPS i like how that just rolls of the tongue cant wait until that comes true

04-01-2007, 08:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Zen653 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 6,902	We just beat the Cavaliers for our third win in the last four games. This recent spate of victories is throwing a wrench into our plans to secure the second worst record in the league (and more importantly, the second highest number of ping pong balls for lottery night.) We beat playoff-bound Toronto. We defeated Orlando in double-OT. Now we sneak past the Cavaliers on a phantom foul called on behalf of Delonte West (he simply fell down and the referee blew the whistle with just 1.9 seconds remaining in a tied game. He hit the two shots and then Damon Jones missed a wide-open three at the other end.) We never get calls like that when we're trying to win the game. Now we're getting them whenever we try to lose. In the double-OT game against Orlando the other night, we got all the calls during the last couple minutes of the game. There were two consecutive offensive fouls on Hedo Turkoglu and the referee ruled that they were blocking fouls. We hit all four free throw shots and sent the game into OT. With the "win" against the LeBron-less Cavs, the Celtics are now just 2.5 games "behind" the Bucks with 9 to play. We play Milwaukee head-to-head two more times this year. We're already 2-0 against the Bucks this season, so if we win just one of two against them, they'll get the tie-breaker for worst record in the Eastern Conference. That will also give them an extra 80 ping pong balls. So expect Wednesday night's must-lose Boston/Milwaukee game to be a tank job of epic proportions. Maybe we'll see Sebastian Telfair make his debut as a starting center. To all you Clevelanders out there (if any of you are even stopping by), why did you let us win an eminently loseable game? Why were Ilgauskas and Gooden sitting on the bench for a long stretch in the 4th quarter? Why couldn't you have played LeBron James for even just 15 minutes? Didn't you guys want to win this game so that you could catch Chicago for playoff positioning and homecourt advantage? And to Doc Rivers, where’s the Powe/Gomes/Telfair/Rondo/Ray lineup when you need it? Why is it that we suddenly can’t lose a close game? Are you intentionally trying to set the franchise back another 10 years, or are you just setting us up to fall short of OJ Mayo in next year's draft? Durant, we hardly knew ye.