The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time. -Abraham Lincoln
Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! You say they haven’t played anybody yet. You say they’re beating up the sisters of the poor. You say they’re not as good as their record. Well here we are. Put up or shut up time. Tonight’s the night. Tonight’s the night we’re gonna make it happen. Tonight we’ll put all other things aside.
Tonight the Boston Celtics play the Deetroit Pistons. And I can’t wait. Like my main man Jack London always says: “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” The number one team in the East has to go after the number two team in the East with a club. Make no mistake, this is a test. A real test. For the next forty-eight minutes this team will conduct a test of the National Basketball Association.
The Deetroit Pistons have won 50 or more games in six straight seasons. The Deetroit Pistons have made five straight trips to the conference finals. The Deetroit Pistons may just have the best starting five in the league. A win tonight would give the Celtics the best start in franchise history and the third-best in NBA history. Yes, sports fans, tonight’s the night. It’s gonna be all right. Ain’t nobody gonna stop us now.
Not in our house. Not in the middle of the street. Not in our castle and our keep. Not where the Celtics are undefeated. But tonight is just the beginning. Tonight is just the start. Tonight starts a stretch in which the Celtics play seven of ten games against teams that can be called contenders. You don’t understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. Which is what they were. The times they are a changing.
So, it will be Deetroit. It will be Thunder Dwight Howard and the Magic. Thunder, putting up thirty-point, fifteen-rebound games seemingly every night. Then the C’s hit the road. Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more. On the road they will face the Utah Jazz. Then they will face the reborn Lakers. Forcing themselves into the Western Conference elite. They will face Yao and the Rockets. Then its drizzle, drazzle, dradle, drone. Time for this one to come home. Time to come back home for another match-up with the Deetroit Pistons. Then we’ll see what’s what. Then we’ll see where this team stands. This is make or break time. This is the stuff legends are made. The time is here. The time is now!
Public Acknowledgements: Pointer Sisters, Emergency Broadcast System, Rod Stewart, Madness, On the Waterfront, Bob Dylan, Tooter the Turtle and Ray Charles
Public Spectacle:
Peace out homies. Six Two and Even!
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