C's/Pacers - 11/16/06

- Winning always helps. Whether it’s Wally imitating Olowokandi trying to handle a Rondo pass, Telfair celebrating a dunk from the bench, Pierce joking with Telfair or The Truth wearing his patented towel/turban – winning smoothes over everything. Especially winning big.

- Speaking of winning big. This Celtics team has so many young guys looking for minutes that they have to be one of the worst teams to get blown out by. They’re going to gun for stats and try to dunk whenever possible.

- I think we all can agree that Rondo has to get minutes. And to say he’s an upgrade from Orien Greene is an understatement of epic proportions.

- The C’s big men have mastered the mini hook. It’s time to enhance the repertoire.

- If you give a person under 12 access to a soda fountain there’s a great chance they’ll come away with a Lemonade/Fruit Punch/Diet Coke/Sprite/Orange Crush concoction. And sometimes it will be good. Other times it will tank. You never know. That’s how I felt about the C’s substitution pattern and lineups in the third quarter. And it worked. So what do I know? As usual not much.

- It was a good win especially since they turned it on in the third and closed it out in the fourth. That is something we have not see all year. At the same time the real test will be Friday as the C’s play another young team, the Trailblazers. Boston needs to use this as a building block.

- I’ve come to grips with Bob Cousy announcing. Maybe he doesn’t know a lot of players. And he’s always good for a "Jamar Nelson". But when Cousy gives a compliment you know the player earned it. I appreciate that.

- It was fascinating to watch Greg Dickerson tweak Pierce when their interviewed started after the game. Pierce was a professional and said all the right things but you know he was not pleased. Especially since Dickerson was repeating a Pierce comment that was not caught on camera, “Come on I need to get out of here.”

- I was happy to see the C's win one and they did some great things. But following the NBA I've noticed that at times blowout victorys have more to do with the team that lost. I believe the Pacers are better than that. However, it was desperately needed.