Sports Redux: Wait, What??

All right, we get it. Now we know that even if we check the Celtics score and see that they're up 14 on the Wizards with six minutes to go, we can't just take that for granted, switch back to the Lost Season 3 DVD and go to bed untroubled. We have to check again and make sure they sealed the deal.

That will avoid surprises like last night, when we were troubled to hear that said 14-point lead vanished as fast as the C's' sense of invulnerability, in a flurry of Caron Butler baskets and sputtering Green offense. It was a night of first for the Celtics: first losing streak, first home losing streak, first time losing twice to the same team. In a row, no less. That can't be good for business.

Peter May isn't breaking out the sky -is-falling column yet (thank goodness Shaughnessy only checks in on the Celtics twice a year), but clearly there are issues to be addressed. The offense hasn't been clicking lately, in large part because so much of it is in the hands of Rajon Rondo, who's had brilliant stretches, but is currently ailing. It might be time for Danny to think about making that call to that mystery veteran PG to back Rondo up, and not put the offense in the hands of Tony Allen if we can help it.

The silver lining is that the first challenging stretch of the season isn't fracturing the team. As Paul Pierce was telling reporters that he had defensively broken down on Butler, Kevin Garnett rushed over to make sure Paul changed "I" to "we". "We come out of this and figure out a lot about ourselves and fly high", added Ray Allen. The other silver lining is that the Celtics, win or lose, never take the court in anything as ugly as those gold and black Washington uniforms.

Congratulations to Marc Savard, who will join Zdeno Chara as Bruins All-Star representatives on the 27th. And good luck to Bud Selig, as the MLB steroid mess goes in front of Congress today. Here's a really good breakdown of what to expect.