Pretty, Pretty Good

The Boston Celtics absolutely smoked the Denver Nuggets last night at the TD Banknorth Garden, final score was 119-93 but it wasn't even that close. Boston was up 77-38 at halftime. The Green and White scored 38 in the first quarter and 39 in the second quarter to ice this one. Kevin Garnett (23 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals), Paul Pierce (26 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals) and Ray Allen (22 points, 6 assists) completely dominated the Nuggets trio of Carmelo Anthony, Allen Iverson and Marcus Camby.

Weren't the Nuggets suppose to be good or something? While their chemistry looks shot, the C's are making people look stupid who thought this wouldn't work. Sure this will not be easy and yes they'll lose some games but when you have three guys on the top of their games like this, what can go wrong? They're looking unselfish and the role players are even stepping up. Rondo had 14 points, 4 assists and 4 steals while Eddie House had 11 points and Kendrick Perkins had 7. Boston played some great defense last night, forcing 24 Denver turnovers. That's a great sign of things to come since total lack of defense has been the Celtic's biggest problem over the last few seasons. The scoring will be there but if this team can consistently get stops, look out NBA. The Celtics are for real. Boston next hosts Atlanta on Friday night.