Boston Celtics – Kevin Garnett buzzing with victory
June 18, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, NBA Playoffs, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen
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Kevin Garnett – anything is possible
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It seems like yesterday that my Piston won the world title, the Larry something trophy, in the NBA.
My friends were on a high that lasted a week.
Boston fans feel like that right now. You could sell little kid sippy cups with Boston Celtic logos on them and the fans would scoop them up by the hundreds.
They sound just like we did. Our team is great. We will win next year and maybe the year after that! Forgetting, of course, that they barely got past the Atlanta Hawks. Yeah, the Atlanta Hawks.
Maybe it was better expressed by Kevin Garnett. He was on such a high that he could hardly speak, screaming “anything is possible, anything is posssssiiiibbblllee!” Man, you have to love Garnett, for it was a long wait. Nobody wants to be the next Charles Barkley and go out with no title.
Paul Pierce had a great playoffs and towards the end there was no stopping him. It was fun to watch. The Celtics Danny Ainge brought back the old stars and solid defense and taught us all what Joe Dumars has been telling us. These old guys know how to win and how to play D. Hats off to Ainge and crew.
Doc Rivers, truly a nice guy, proved us all wrong. He really is a great coach, not just because he won, but because he made a lot of subtle adjustments throughout the playoffs and they all seemed to work.
When the Boston Celtics built a new practice facility, they surrounded the court with their 16 NBA championship banners and left a blank space for No. 17.
The message was a bit too subtle for Doc Rivers.
The Celtics coach turned a spotlight on the empty spot on the wall at the beginning of this season so there would be no doubt about the team’s goal.
“They can turn that thing off now,” guard Ray Allen said early Wednesday morning, his left eye still red from the first-half face-raking and the postgame champagne spraying that accompanied Boston’s title-clinching, 131-92 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
With the core group of Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Kendrick Perkins, and Rajon Rondo, anything is possible and you have to think that next year could be another Lakers with Kobe Bryant and Boston Celtics with the Boston three party back at the NBA title game.
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Yeah, I for one thought LA would win no problem.
I underestimated Pierce and Rivers, but blame should be put on PHIL JACKSON…
WTF was he thinking playing Radmanovic all the time and not coming up with better D schemes.
But maybe his players were just outclassed and Boston just wanted it more, like Pierce said at the end of the 1st half of gm 6.
Something tells me it will be Detroit and Boston back the the ECF next year, with LA waiting again in the west
I’m here to say—you’re right, Boston fans are on a high right now! (But did you have to bring up Atlanta?)
It’s a great time to be a sports fan in New England.
atlanta still has to make the playoffs next year. and they still have to play that douche josh smith if they want to get back. he was drunk game 7. or maybe he just sucks.
lol at bibby as their point guard next year!
celtics btw blew the lakers twice this season before the playoffs. why the soft as lakers were favoured i don’t know. the best part of them going to 7 for two straight series – all the money they gained!
lakers just took advantage of a lazy nuggets team and an old spurs team. they were never all that impressive.
but the pistons will be back. go detroit!!!!
Soon we will have to take a look at what will happen next year. Keep in mind, as good as Boston is, they escaped serious injury at the end of the year. If Paul Pierce had really been hurt, who knows. Also, the Lakers were without Bynum.