</p> Sports Illustrated Jinx?</p> <span class="articleBegin">E</span>AST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Sports Illustrated’s NBA preview issue hit the stands yesterday with the Celtics'<font color="#888888"> </font> New Three of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce<font color="#888888"> </font>and Ray Allen on the cover.</p> The magazine’s choice, however, was a head-scratcher to coach Doc Rivers.</p> “They honored our guys on the cover, but shouldn’t San Antonio be on the cover?” he said of the defending NBA champs. “We’re not San Antonio. We haven’t done anything yet.”</p> The Celtics certainly weren’t cover material during their 82-71 loss to the Nets last night, with the New Three sitting this one out after logging heavy minutes Monday against the Knicks in New York.</p> Yet despite his team’s .329 shooting percentage, including a combined 3-for-23 night from the field for the starting backcourt of Tony Allen and Rajon Rondo, Rivers actually saw merit.</p> “He was great - he played more of a 2-point - and he attacked the hoop,” Rivers said of Allen, who is recovering from left knee surgery and showed the effects with a 2-for-15 shooting performance that included a missed dunk.</p> But Allen also finished with nine assists, including eight in the second half.</p> “I have to get over that,” he said of his hesitancy to explode with the ball. “It’s more strength and confidence, that’s what I have to keep thinking - more strength and confidence.”</p> Rookie Glen Davis, matched up against the best of the Nets’ frontcourt players, pivoted and muscled his way to 21 points (6-of-10 shooting), six rebounds and three blocks.</p> “Glen Davis had a tremendous impact defensively - off the charts,” Rivers said.</p>
These guys are pasted the point of being jixed, at least I hope so. I understand the point that Doc is trying to make and I agree with him but I don't think because of this the Celtics are doomed.</p> Damn you guys from Boston sure like a good jinx to blame things on eh?</p> So is Glen Davis the new Big Al?</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Rookie Glen Davis, matched up against the best of the Nets’ frontcourt players, pivoted and muscled his way to 21 points (6-of-10 shooting), six rebounds and three blocks.</div></p> Ha! They let him score all that. They WANTED Glen to score all that. Just for fun.</p>
Hopefully Glend Davis is not like bynum... tremendous this tremendous that, but in the long run, the guy dont do ish consistently. Pierce Ray and Garnett need consistent background noise to keep this team sounding like a contender.</p>
