Get Me Back to Boston

Posted by Mike Giardi June 16, 2008 at 10:20 pm

A travel nightmare today may prove costly to the Celtics tomorrow. If you’ve been watching us at all this evening, you know that the C’s charter had mechanical issues out in Los Angeles. So instead of being in the comforts of their own homes early this afternoon, the Green Team was still stuck on the West Coast. Word is they weren’t leaving until after 5:30…and that was on a 757 that had to be flown to them! That’s a shot somewhere south of the equator.

Now I know what you’re thinking. These guys don’t travel the same way we do. They don’t have to go through long security lines and sit in uncomfortable seats in some over-packed terminal. I agree. What they do and what we do are not even comparable. But a long day of waiting, especially a long day of waiting when you know what lies ahead - and what you have left to accomplishment - makes this a potentially harmful day for the C’s.

Making matters even worse, everything I can garner from this Kendrick Perkins injury situation is that even if he does play in Game 6, he won’t be able to play like Perk can; which is to say, physical. The job he had done defensively really came to light last night in his absence. The big fella may not look like he’s a force, but on that end of the floor, he really is. Just ask Kevin Garnett how much he missed Perk.