Bostonist considers today's Celtics-Lakers game to be appointment basketball. We don't buy that there's a revenge factor for Boston after losing in the 2010 NBA Finals. But, losing that game forced the team to add to their bench - Shaquille O'Neal - and that is a factor today.
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So, if the Bruins need to win nine more games to capture the Stanley Cup, and lose a player for the season every game and a half...can Chara, Satan and Rask beat San Jose 3-on-6?
Maybe this will be the one that gets to them. The collapses against Orlando and Cleveland didn't do it. The close loss to LA didn't do it. The having to struggle just to get by Detroit and Washington didn't do it. And the loss to New Jersey didn't do it.
The Boston Celtics needed a 24-14 surge in the fourth quarter to beat the New Jersey Nets, 96-87, on Friday night. The Nets led the game 73-72 after three quarters, which necessitated the furious comeback in the first place. Color us underwhelmed at this victory.
Yes, the 4-45 Nets who sit 27.5 games out of first place in the Atlantic division and have won one road game on the 2009-2010 schedule forced the Celtics into a fourth-quarter rally to improve to 32-16. With Paul Pierce sitting out a second-straight game, scoring in the stretch fell to Eddie House, who scored all 10 of his points in the fourth quarter to spark the comeback.
Show of hands: who teared up at the top of the second inning last night? This Bostonist feels no shame in owning up to a pair of misty eyes. The sight of Nomar Garciaparra getting choked up as the Fenway crowd welcomed him home on Monday night was one of those goosebump moments that felt by those inside the ballpark, in the broadcast booths (as noted by Dennis Eckersley) and all of us tuned to radio or television feeds. That wasn't just a standing ovation - that was a moment that had been in the making since July 31, 2004, when Red Sox fans were shocked at the sight of the freshly-traded Nomar walking down a hallway within the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
Daisuke Matsuzaka is a very rich man because he is an elite pitcher. He was, or should be. We think. His 1-5 mark and 8.23 ERA, made worse by an 8-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Friday, isn't good enough. What Tony Massarotti termed "The Dice-K Dilemma" is now at hand. Theo and Terry Francona are now faced with baseball's version of the Kobayashi Maru.
You'd think that a day on which we learned that the Pope would rather celebrate mass at Yankee Stadium than anywhere near Boston would be a grim one. Let's face it, that's kind of like George Steinbrenner holding a press conference to announce that Yankees fans are guaranteed eternal salvation, but Red Sox fans will be hitting the highway to hell when their times come. But hey - let the Pope do what he will....
Nomar Garciaparra, former sox shortstop and local sports icon, was reported to have saved two women from drowning after they fell into Boston Harbor late last week. Without bringing an entourage with him for the rescue (like some people we know) the story is only breaking now, thank you Inside Track ladies.
If you're a moderate to die-hard Red Sox fan you no doubt visit BostonDirtDogs.com on a regular basis. If you've been paying attention to the site through this still-young spring training you've read the comment from Nomar Garciaparra, after being asked about the championship ring he would getting for his participation last season, supposedly said "I don't want it. They can keep it." Ouch, Nomah! It gets a little more messy — the folks...
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