What a Comeback!!

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The Celtics had their own 24 point deficit to overcome last night. Unlike the Lakers on Sunday night, the Celtics were able to overcome that deficit and win the game 97-91.

Big bench play from Eddie House who chipped in 11 points in 25 minutes.


Championship veteran James Posey had 18 points in his 25 minutes off the bench. He also added his trademark defense to the mix.


The Celtics comeback was fueled by defense. The defense is what has made us the best team in the NBA and it is what will win this series. They held Kobe to only 17 points (on 6 of 19 shooting and 5 of 6 free throws). I believe he had only 3 points in the first half.


Kobe this firmly cements you as NOT Michael Jordan and I don't think you are capable of ever being close to him. He is just incapable of being a teammate or leader. He has all the talent in the world. He can't get over the fact that Jordan was a jerk to teammates (a lot) but he was able to mold it so that he could motivate them. Kobe just doesn't have that skill. Maybe he should take some lessons from his player wrangler (he's no coach) Phil Jackson. This is the only real skill Phil has is motivating players and keeping the teams from falling apart. I may have to reconsider this as he has had a lot of help keeping teams in line when you have Jordan and Shaq as team leaders.

Looks like whiny Phil will have to wait another year to pass Red in championships.


Check out the Game flow, look at the gap of the two scores. Its a beautiful thing.

Game flow is from espn.com
- posted by Doug @ 10:59:00 AM