If it were any other day, I'd do a write-up. But I'm gonna level with you, my mind is on nothing but the tournament and my bracket today. Here's the Celtics.com preview: <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Last season, the Celtics ended a 17-year drought in San Antonio, making the St. Patrick's Day victory one of the few highlights of an otherwise dismal 24-win season. Tonight, the Celtics look for the luck o' the Irish for two years in a row as they meet the Spurs in the second game of their road trip. And they're catching a Spurs team that's lost three straight games and five of their last six. The Celtics may have to go it without Ray Allen again tonight; Allen injured his left heel in the first half Friday night against the Utah Jazz and sat out Saturday's 99-77 win in Milwaukee. The C's know they can beat the Spurs shorthanded; Kevin Garnett and Spurs point guard Tony Parker each sat out of the Celtics 98-90 win back in February. Allen's status for tonight's game is unknown, but the team will likely err on caution's side as they look to be healthy heading into the spring. "We want to be 100 percent healthy going into the playoffs," Celtics Coach Doc Rivers said. With the Celtics (52-13) coming to town as the NBA's only 50-win team and the Spurs (44-22) presiding over the league as the defending NBA Champions, both teams are expecting a playoff-like atmosphere tonight. "It's always good to play great teams," Parker told the San Antonio Express-News. "To be honest with you, I like that game. It's going to be playoff atmosphere, lots of intensity. It's going to be good." As for the Celtics, Pierce and company know that the Spurs are the gold standard for the rest of the league. "The Spurs are a measuring stick for the league," Pierce said. "They've set the standard of what everyone wants to do and what they've accomplished. It's a great challenge for us, especially since they play well at home. It will be good for us." Despite their recent slump, the Spurs are still one of the best home teams in the NBA. They're 27-5 at the AT&T Center and haven't lost on their home court since a January 26 blowout against New Orleans. The road doesn't get any easier for the Celtics after tonight, as they've got a date with the streaking Houston Rockets (22 straight wins) on Tuesday, then visits with the Mavericks and Hornets to close out the voyage.</div>
Amazing game so far. C's down by 23, come all the way back to lead by three and find themselves down by only two after 3 quarters. However, Doc Rivers is a moron. There's no way Cassell should have sat on the bench all of the 3rd quarter, while Tony Allen is putting us at a disadvantage by playing 4 on 5 basketball. Seriously, the guy hasn't done something positive in the past 10 games. Why is he still playing?!
WOW WHAT A GAME. Celtics showed that they can beat the Spurs in the finals. <span style="font-size:36pt;line-height:100%">GO CELTICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span> <span style="color:#00FF00">HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span>
WOW! What a game! I enjoyed the ending with Mike Gorman going "NO WAY!" when Horry got the ball with time expiring. Haha, that pretty much summarized everyone's thoughts at that moment. Rondo, Cassell and Pierce were amazing, Posey's defense was much appreciated tonight.
Rondo was better than Parker until he got injured. (or did he?) Is it Sam I Am or Clutch I Am? (I think the latter) I say we beat the Rockets tomorrow.
