The cowboys cry. Ki-yip-pie-yi. Deep in the heart of Texas. -George Strait
Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! Three big games in Texas. Three big playoff contenders in Texas. Three big wins in Texas. Big Three wins in Texas. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The Celtics massacred the World Champeen Spurs. The Celtics massacred the red hot Rockets. And last night, the Celtics massacred the Dallas Mavericks. What a game, what a game! Down to the Wire. Omar Little style. Omar: “I’ll do what I can to help y’all. But, the game’s out there, and it’s play or get played. That simple.” The Celtics did the playing last night. Put on a displaying last night. Won going awaying last night. That simple.
It was anyone’s game to win. Ultimately, it was Sugar Ray Allen’s game to win. Threecola! No soup for you! No soup for anyone. After this Texas Three Step, the Boston Celtics are, without a doubt, the favorites to win the NBA Championship. You can King James me. You can Kobe Bean me. Heck, you can even try to San Antonio Spurs me. I ain’t biting. The Celtics just beat the defending champs. The Celtics just stopped the second longest winning streak in NBA history. The Celtics just shut down the offensive juggernaut Mavs. The Celtics just shut down the offensive sluggernaut Mavs. The Celtics just shut down the offensive punch you in the muggernaut Mavs. The Boston Celtics are the best team in the free world. Like Neil Young, they keep on rockin’ in the free world.
Rockin’ with defense. Tracy McGrady called them the best defense he’s ever seen in his eleven years in the NBA. The best defense there’s ever been in his eleven years in the NBA. The best defense since James Dean in his eleven years in the NBA. This is a team that last year went on stretches playing worse defense than Michael Redd. Worse defense than Antawn Jamison. Worse defense than Troy Hudson. This year, the Celtics are ranked number one in the National Basketball Association in points allowed. This year, the Celtics are ranked number one in the National Basketball Association in opponents field goal percentage. This year, the Celtics are ranked number one in the National Basketball Association in opponents three-point field goal percentage. This year, the Celtics are ranked number one in the National Basketball Association in point differential. What does it take to be number one? Two is not a winner and three nobody remembers.
What does it take to be number one? Tom Thibodeau. That’s what. Tom Thibedeau, Celtics assistant coach. Tom Thibedeau, defensive guru. Defensive maharishi. Defensive swami. In his seventeen seasons as an assistant, Thibodeau has helped his teams finish in the NBA’s top ten in team defense fourteen times. Yowza! He helped the Rockets rank in the top five in the NBA in scoring defense and field goal percentage defense in all four years he was with the team. Holy cow! In his first year with Houston, Thibodeau helped the Rockets set franchise records in scoring defense and field goal percentage defense. Whoa Nelly! During his tenure with the Knicks, New York set a then-NBA record by holding thirty-three consecutive opponents under 100 points in the 2000-01 season. How about that!
Now, the Celtics under Thibodeau, are suddenly playing defense. Suddenly Susan. Like that boy from INXS, they are playing suffocating defense. Smothering defense. Asphyxiating defense. They are cutting off the penetration. They are contesting every shot. They are trapping in the corners. They are crashing the boards. Rebounding, helping, switching, basically everything that you expect your team to do on defense. Crushing opponents on a nightly basis. Crushing opponents in a town near you. Is New Orleans a town near you? They got next. Lucky them.
Public Spectacle:
Peace out homies. Six two and Even!
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