I was away on vacation in the Outer Banks for the last week so I missed the Celtics games (but I did read about them online and check the scores on the bottom line).
To catch us up to speed, the Celtics (52-13) had four comfortable wins, stretching its win streak to 10 in a row before falling to the Utah Jazz on Friday at the Garden (110-92). Ray Allen hurt his heel in the loss and as a consequence, sat out last night at the Bucks.
It didn't really matter though as the Celtics dominated, 99-77. The Bucks (23-43) completely rolled over and gave a pathetic performance for an NBA team. With March Madness almost upon us, this being Selection Sunday and all, it made you wonder why the NBA even bothers playing games in March? Maybe the league could take a vacation or something because nobody will be paying attention for the next few weeks.
With that said, the Celts have their toughest road trip of the season (not including last night) this week which should make for some great games. They play the Spurs Monday, Houston on Tuesday (who will hopefully be looking for their 23rd straight win), Dallas on Thursday and finally the Hornets on Saturday. 2-2 is a realistic expectation as Boston is going up against four of the best in the West (records not withstanding). They can win every game or they could lose each one.
A little more about the Bucks game. Kevin Garnett led the way with 19 points while Eddie House of all people had 17 points. Paul Pierce had 13 points and seven boards while Rajon Rondo added 13 points, four boards and four assists. The newest members of the team looked good: Sam Cassell had 10 points, five assists and three steals while P.J. Brown had four points, nine boards (six offensive) and four assists.
The outcome was never in doubt as Boston led 25-19 after the first quarter and 53-35 at the half. Nothing changed in the second half with the Celtics taking a 75-52 lead into the fourth.
The Bucks received 16 points from Charlie Bell (one of the Flintstones!), 15 from Michael Redd and 10 from Charlie Villanueva. Speaking of the Flintstones, where do you think Mateen Cleeves is these days? My first two gueses would be working at McDonald's or at Tom Izzo's house, cleaning his toilet and waxing his car.
Milwaukee's season is down the tubes (even in the East which is saying something) with Andrew Bogut and the immortal Yi currently sidelined. This forced Dan Gadzuric (0 points, 4 rebounds in 16 minutes) into the starting lineup while Michael Ruffin and Jake Voskuhl came off the bench. Three of the great stiffs of the last ten years, on the same team, simply amazing.
Boston shot 51.9% while the one-shot and out Bucks were 34.1%. The Celts had 13 more assists (28-15).
In the grand scheme of things, last night meant nothing. It was one of those useless NBA games that dot each team's schedule. Oh well, the real fun starts tomorrow night in San Antonio.
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