Sunday, May 17, 2009

Quick Thoughts

Some quick thoughts before trying to sleep...trying is the optimal word...

This C's season was great. The playoffs were epic, and I don't think epic is an understatement.

This Magic team is good, not that good but good. The C's were worn out. There were so many moments in this game that proved that. They could not get anything going. Plays that would have catapulted them in the past did not tonight...

The Magic did not beat the C's, the Bulls beat the C's, it just took 2 weeks for it to set in. That series took a lot out of them.

Ray Allen showed up tonight. Too little too late?

So did Ugly Turkogu, especially in the fourth quarter.

Growing up playing soccer my dad always preached that the first and last five minutes of each half were so important. This game was a perfect lesson in that. The C's lost this game in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter. They finished the third quarter very strong, with Rondo's buzzer beater over Gortat being a seeming harbinger for the fourth quarter. The Magic came out and hit shots and made a 4 point lead a 14 point lead in the blink of an eye.

The Magic hit 13 of 21 three pointers. That is unreal... I said a while back the Magic didnt scare me because they took too many three... whoops. Live and die by the three. The Magic lived.

Watching the game, anyone who left should be ashamed of themselves. There should not have been an empty seat at the end of that game. If you be there last June 17 for a championship you can be there for a game seven loss. That ticked me off, especially when so many fans would give an appendage to sit in those seats.

This season was fun. Suddenly, in the span of 3 nights we have lost 2 teams to game seven loses in the Garden. We now move our thoughts to the Red Sox, we now move our thoughts to David Ortiz. He sat this weekend, will be be back on Tuesday against Toronto? If he is, he better be down in the lineup. Papi does not have the luxury of two playoff teams in this city taking the spotlight away.

David Ortiz, a lonely city turns its eyes to you...

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