Celts Quickie...

In March I was lucky enough to go see the Celtics play the Hornets in "The Hive." The place was absolutely packed and I was the only loud Celtics fan in the place. The Celtics lost the game, and they lost the game because of their second unit. Doc Rivers ran out a lot of the "scrubs" (P.J. Brown, Sam Cassell, Leon Powe, Eddie House, ect...) in the second and fourth quarter, causing the C's to lose the leads in both quarters. The Celtics were booed the entire fourth quarter when they had the ball. It was unreal. The sell-out crowd was loud and excited about their team, Chris Paul hit some massive shots. The Celtics lost control of the game, it became frantic and they couldn't regain control.
Flash forward to last night in Atlanta. The Celtics this weekend were outplayed by a young team who was energized by a bunch of bandwagon jumpers. The Hawks took the Celtics best shots and bounced back. They found themselves down 16-3 to start game 4 and then went on a 32-10 run. This Hawks team is talented, but they should not have forced a second trip to Atlanta once game 5 is played out.
Am I worried about this entire series now? Yes. Tomorrow night, a game I bought tickets for thinking I would see a series clinching win is much more interesting. I am worried about this game because if the Celtics find a way to lose and go back to Atlanta down 2-3 I don't feel like they can pull this out.
The Celtics are back home, where their defense destroyed a Hawks offense that woke up in Atlanta. If the Hawks are allowed to think they can win in Boston they just might. The first five minutes of game 5 will tell us a lot. Can the Celtics keep a venomous crowd in the game? Will the Hawks continue to attack the basket and get to the line? Will the Celtics not let the Hawks keep up their frantic pace, thus throwing off Sam Cassell and making him take bad shot after bad shot. After what happened to the Patriots I am now trying to remain cautiously opptimistic about this Celtics run. I hope the C's dont turn into the Mavericks last year. A one seed who is booted by an eight seed.