<div align="center"> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">16-48</span> <span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%">@</span> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">50-12</span> Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 7:30 pm ET TD BankNorth Garden (Boston, MA) Game aired on CSN</div> The Celtics will attempt to complete their first 10-game winning streak of the season tonight, as they will host the young and athletic Seattle Sonics. The keys to Boston’s recent success are their tenacious defense, timely rotations, a high energy level, excellent ball movement, Kevin Garnett returning to form, and quite simply – Kendrick Perkins. Through five games in March thus far, the big fella’ has held averages of 11 points, 12.8 rebounds, and 3.6 blocks per game. The C’s couldn’t be happier with his performance of late, especially after he posted stinkers all throughout the last Western Conference road trip. Nothing has gone right for the Sonics or the fans of Seattle, however, since coming away with young phenom Kevin Durant this past June. Their beloved Sonics currently stand at 16-48, good for the fourth-worst record in the NBA, and have won just one of their last 10 outings. As rough as that may sound, that isn’t even close to the most unfortunate aspect of it all. It looks as though the franchise that has been supported by a loyal fan base for 41 years is on its way out of town, Oklahoma City-bound. David Stern’s plan of potentially expanding the league to Europe is frustrating enough, but this is just a shame. Furthermore, it’s a disgrace to the city of Seattle and the game of basketball in general. In the meantime, they are still located in Seattle and they’ve still got games to play. Sympathy is due to the fans of Seattle off the court, but for these two and a half hours of play, let’s make sure they don’t stop weeping. Projected Starters C Johan Petro / Kendrick Perkins PF Chris Wilcox / Kevin Garnett SF Jeff Green / Paul Pierce SG Kevin Durant / Ray Allen PG Earl Watson / Rajon Rondo Key Matchup: Kevin Durant vs. Ray Allen This is a very interesting matchup for Allen. Durant is long, lanky, athletic, and about 6’10’’. Granted, he rarely puts any of that on display, as he prefers to take a plethora of effortless and contested jumpers, but he can do some damage when he has that attack mindset. At the same time, however, Durant will have to cover Ray Allen. Defense is not Durant’s forte, and Allen could really do some damage against him off the dribble and running him ragged off screens. Celtics X-Factor: Run Your Stuff While no NBA team can be underestimated, the Celtics should be fine if they play their game at their pace and take care of the ball. Seattle is not the world’s greatest defensive team, let alone an adequate one, and the C’s should have their way with them if they attack and don’t settle. Injury Report SEA – Robert Swift (torn meniscus – out for season) BOS – Scot Pollard (torn tendon in left ankle – out for season) Celtics Keys to the Game • Close Out On Shooters • Own the Boards • Attack
I must say its an easy win tonight. At home, first time the Celtics fan see Cassell live (playing). I predict Perk will go for 10 blks.
I was at the game, my friend and I were the only ones yelling "FIRE DOC!" It was kinda boring, somewhat expensive (he paid for the tickets, I paid for everything else, guess who got the better end of it after 6 beers, 4 pizzas and 2 nachos'...lol). Funny part, we were sitting the first quarter in the wrong seats, the seats that we were assigned by one of the Celtics seat guys. Then some dudes came in and said "uh, those are our seats." We're like "uh, no man, we're 12 and 13." We look at our tickets and the guys like "Yeah, I guess you are, but THE NEXT SECTION, BUDDY!" Which sucked, because we were close to the action (not the game, ).
I was at the game too, aquatious. Where did you sit? I was way up in section 326. You guys can check the brief recap here.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Mar 13 2008, 12:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I was at the game too, aquatious. Where did you sit? I was way up in section 326. You guys can check the brief recap here.</div> I was in section 320, 2nd row. Did you get your KG bobblehead doll? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticKing @ Mar 13 2008, 08:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Glad you guys enjoyed the game live. The Celtics are kicking ass. lol</div> Yeah, it was a nice scrimmage.
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