Doc Must Really Like the Pizza in Chicago

"We'll come back to Chicago, the pizza's good." - Doc Rivers

Yesterday's game was absolutely insane, it wasn't the blow out or back breaker Celtics nation had been hoping and praying for!  With KG and Powe out its been a lot of overtime play for 3 three Big guys and the Celtics still had quite a few chances to pull off the win in this game.  To agree with my colleague; Mr. Denizen of Titletown (hell yeah! Title-town) Big Baby left a lot to be desired in Game 4.  Nearly all of us here in Bean-town had a heart attack watching this game.  

Bearing in mind we were playing in Chi Town, 28--13 at home you know, (regular season).  From the first second of the game I was sweating bullets, I couldn't sit down.  Celtics up by one (19 - 18) in the first quarter was too close for my comfort.  Celtics defense needs to step it back up to the level of game three.  Again, mentioning our missing big men on the court, Baby and Perkins have to carry the load of four players.  Perkins stepped it up today, scoring 15 points, and scowling his way to 9 rebounds and 3 blocks.  Big baby's performance was pretty drab today not living up to his previous record.  However, his attempt to get Miller ejected, was Oscar worthy, although not effective. (I say take it where you can get it. Great try). The Celtics held onto their one point lead coming out of the first half.  But the "Truth" be told, that lead should have been larger.  The C's just kept battling forward in this one playing almost mechanically in the third quarter to bring the lead up to five. The fourth quarter was full of ups and downs, rapid change of possession, and an average of 4.7 points scored per minute.

Imagine this: 30 seconds left in regulation, Celtics down by 2 and Big Baby takes a shot, from under the rim.  The ball jumps itself out of the hoop,(it was in) where Tyrus Thomas gets the rebound and the Celts are forced to foul.  The Bulls being the Bulls, Thomas misses one of two,(Thank you) from the free throw line.  C's call a time out and navigate the ball to our man Ray Ray, once again draining a three with about ten seconds left, sending us out of regulation and into overtime.  I was thinking I can't believe Ray hit it again-- its over now!!! Honorable mention!  A great pick by Big Baby, I want to see more of this!  In the interest of not losing my temper I'm going to keep the OT wrap up short.  Celtics, I need to tell you something, from the bottom of my heart, You Cannot Play Sloppy Ball in The Play Offs.  This is out of love, because I believe you can repeat.  The last two minutes of the first overtime, were out of control, we were up by FIVE points!  The game should have been ours. Sooooo they were able to make it a 3 point game with possession there is less then 10 second's, I was celebrating, believing it was already over, thats my bad! Then what I am used to seeing from Ray,Ray and the C's happened to us.  The inbound to Solomon's with nine seconds left in OT should have ended quickly with Ray Ray fouling him, and sending him to the line.  Leaving fate in our hands, max two points, 7 seconds of keep away.  INSTEAD, fate's in their hands, the Bulls get the ball to the main man Gordon and he makes us pay with hitting the huge three and that shouldn't have been able to happen, especially since we do it all the time.(Doc you have to foul Solomon's especially when he was in the paint) So tied up once again in this crazy rivalry, which I believe will happen for the playoffs for the next couple of years.  Our man Rondo got off the last shot in OT, but it was a jump shot, not what the Doc wanted, so double overtime it is.  Knowing Perkin's was out I was now scared this was slipping through our fingers and Straight from the jump, Bulls have possession, and throughout double OT they got the lead and kept it.  The Celtics continued to battle back but couldn't make up the difference.  They had a chance with Pierce's wing and a prayer three point attempt, but Solomon's' block shut it down.  So it is over and the final score in the game 121 - 118. So now it's time to move past this, and get ready for Tuesday.   This is the perfect time to go up 3 -2 and keep the Bulls on their toes.  (Keep in mind the longer we string this out, the longer KG will have to heal).  

With the C's in the Garden, the Bulls will have to face up to Celtics Nation. This is one of those games we need to have so take a breath, forget about today and lets move on tomorrow like we should do any, Tuesday Night 7 Lets go Cs. I Believe!!!!