Old Celtics Looking Spry Again; Magic Stay Alive
A couple weeks ago before the NBA Playoffs started… wait, make that a couple months ago – I lamented the Boston Celtics for looking old and their time having run out.
They were losing home games and generally didn’t look like they had it all together to get anywhere in the playoffs. To be honest, I expected them to get knocked out in round 1 or 2 at the latest. Yet, here we are at the end of May and the Celtics have (& had) a chance to move on to the NBA Finals w/ another win over the Orlando Magic. Sure, the Magic played well in Game 4 last night to save their season, but Rajon Rondo was virtually a “no show” and I don’t expect Boston to give up another game.
This Celtics team, made up of some old veterans and few younger players, are on the cusp of reaching the Finals to face either the Lakers or the Suns – Lakers are favored, but only have a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference Finals. With KG, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Rasheed Wallace and Michael Finley in tow, this would appear to be a dying team, but they’ve really stepped it up vs. tough competition (Cleveland & Orland0).
Give these old timers some credit for getting this far and continuing to push their bodies to the next level. In all seriousness, I love these guys – I love watching them play the game. No disrespect for calling them old, but at the same time I remember them on other teams from way back – Allen w/ “Big Dog” Robinson and Sam Cassell on the Bucks, Garnett as a rookie w/ the T-Wolves, Rasheed ballin’ Â w/ Isiah Rider while Jermaine O’Neal rode the pine and Michael Finley making the highlight real w/ his dunks in Phoenix. I don’t go back terribly far, but far enough to have seen all of these guys come full circle.
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