Being mortal is OK</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <span class="articleBegin">S</span>urprise, surprise.</p> The Celtics are mortal.</p> “We are a team that is going to fight - we are not perfect,” Kevin Garnett said. “We are a team of character. We will learn from this.”</p> “This” was Sunday’s 104-102 loss to Orlando, the 8-1 Celtics’ first of the season.</p> No undefeated teams remain in the NBA, as Amway Arena’s hyperbolic public address announcer informed the roaring Orlando crowd.</p> So like San Antonio, Phoenix, Detroit, Dallas and, yes, Orlando before them, the Celtics have come down to earth.</p> There will be nights when their vaunted trio is a step slow, like Garnett in his failed attempt to guard the Magic’s Rashard Lewis Sunday.</p> Ray Allen, for all of his perimeter skill, is going to feel the chill at times. The Celtics guard was an unsightly 7-for-17 from the field against the Magic. Indeed, Allen hasn’t been his typically pure-shooter self for a week now.</p> “It seemed like the last two or three nights haven’t felt right, but I’ll get that back,” he said.</p> Celtics fans have seen Paul Pierce make the wrong choice on late-game shots in the past, and there are sure to be more times this season, as well. Sunday’s evidence was the captain’s attempt at a game-winner with 1.9 seconds left. He opted for a 27-foot, 3-point attempt when a drive would have made much more sense. But Pierce, a little ticked off that his judgment was questioned, shrugged. He was feeling it. He was wrong.</p> This also won’t stop him the next time.</p> Five minutes after the buzzer, the Celtics already had moved on. Their 8-0 start may have been great for the fans, but it really was little more than a number for them.</p> “Nothing,” Allen said of the early streak’s significance. “There’s nothing to reflect on. We have a lot of competitors in this locker room, and we know that we could have won this game.</p> “We had (two 3-pointers) and a (missed) layup at the end, and you think, whoa, if I had one of those shots over again I’d still take it.”</p> </div></p>
Love that one loss is the talk of the town.Last season we'd win a game and THAT would be the talk of the town.How the expectations have changed!</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Causeway)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> Love that one loss is the talk of the town.Last season we'd win a game and THAT would be the talk of the town.How the expectations have changed!</p> </div></p> Haha. Hell, even if we would have lost a game last year by just two points, it'd be the talk of the town and people would be saying "the kids are growing up fast!"</p> </p>
