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Thursday, April 30, 2009

A Celtics Call to Arms

By Brendan Hall
Fan Fanatic Sports


Tonight, the Celtics need to put things away once and for all, and quell this Bulls onslaught tonight before it starts.

You know Ben Gordon, hamstring and groin be damned, is going to pull another rabbit out of his hat, catch second wind and rally his team.

You know Brad Miller is going to get caught out of position, make up for it with a hack on Kendrick Perkins, and smile at the no-call while John Salmons gets yet another put-back.

You know Derrick Rose is going to go through a stretch where he picks apart the defense with some precision passing.

Messrs. Pierce, Rondo, Allen, Perkins and Davis, I ask you...squash this thing before it starts. Come out of the gates flying tonight, and take the opening run of the game. I'm talking six to eight minutes of hard, ole-time Celtics we know. And then don't let off the gas.

The Celtics desperately need to close this one out tonight. Because if this goes to a Game 7, they're ripe for the picking.

A few more thoughts:

-- Have to agree with Shaughnessy's column today that the fatigue factor in this series is getting too much of a look into. These guys are world-class athletes in peak physical shape. That's why you train so hard in the offseason -- so that when these moments come, you're equipped.

And when you're in a groove like this, minutes shouldn't matter. You think Paul Pierce was winded after that game? Maybe sore, but certainly not short of breath. I look for him to build on that momentum from the overtime period.

-- Glad to see the NBA actually has some backbone by letting the foul on Rondo stand as is, with no additional suspensions or fines. Just as Donald Brashear was deserving of his suspension, Dwight Howard had to know a suspension for his foul was coming, because it was so blatant.

Just imagine if McHale's clothesline on Rambis happened in 2009. You might actually see a "NBA is full of thugs" column or two!

And "respected journalist" or not, those who wrote columns on ESPN putting Rondo's foul and Howard's foul in the same basket are just clowns. Did you see what Howard did? Jeez.

Sorry to go on ad nauseum about these kind of things, but the officiating is driving me nuts. My patience is wearing thin.

Now, I'm off to Sunset Grille, on Comm. Ave, to help celebrate with a buddy of mine, who leaves tomorrow morning for Florida. Matt Porter, a dear colleague of mine and even dearer friend, is going to be the new online sports producer at the Palm Beach Post. He's 25 years young, and he's going to knock 'em dead.

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