Hawks Take Flight

Posted by Mike Giardi April 27, 2008 at 11:55 am

First, let me admit that I have a problem, one that may not be fixable by any means of modern medicine. I am a Banana Chocolate Chip muffin addict. I got my fix this AM, pounding 3 of those bad boys with a couple of cups of joe. Not the mammer jammer muffins that are like a thousand calories per, but the little cupcake ones that are simply tremendous. And hey, its got fruit in it, so its gotta be good for you, right? Yeah, I’ll keep telling myself that as I balloon to 250. Only 90 pounds to go!

On a more serious note, what a dreadful outing for the Celtics last night. A team that has prided itself on defense played absolutely zero in the A-T-L. Josh Smith and the rest of the gang seemed to be dunking every time down the floor. How about knocking one of those clowns down? How about impeding progress to the goal? It just didn’t happen with any kind of frequency, and now the Hawks have some life. That’s a dangerous thing. The kids get confident, and who knows what happens? Now Monday becomes must-see TV.

The second notable thing from last night’s loss: Mike Bibby finally played like a seasoned pro. In fact, he outplayed Rajon Rondo. I didn’t expect Bibby to go down without a fight, but I didn’t expect Rondo to do what the rest of his team did - stop playing “D”. He may be most responsible for what happened in Game 3. Control the point guard, control the opposition. Didn’t happen. Rondo will need to be considerably better in Game 4, because defensively, slow Sam Cassell is not the answer.

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