Hank Hill's Boston Celtics fan blog

"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.

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Well, we'll find out today at 1:00 pm (on Channel 5 in Boston if you're watching it on the tube) whether or not the C's can put the hammer down!!!  I believe if the Celtics can take this game, they take the series. A 3-1 lead is hard for anyone to come back from, plus the Bulls have to come to Bean Town and nobody outside of Title-town wants that!It's definitely not over yet, even though Vegas made the call that the Celtics are supposed to lose by 3. Wow. I didn't see that spread coming after the massive beat down the Cs gave them last game. Having one day off and one day of practice hopefully helped the Celts, and if they get the same start like they did at the beginning of last game, I believe the red sea will be departing early again. If the "Truth" Pa

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When it comes to sports in Boston, we're title-town! The Boston Celtics' last game was exactly what Boston was waiting for and hopefully, the C's can put down the back-breaker on Sunday at 1:00!!! I firmly believe it's going to be the last nail in the Bulls' coffin, even though the Cs would still have to come home and win one more and then head to the second round. Time will tell if we'll be playing Orlando (2 seed)...they're down 2-1 against Philly. 

Usually I only talk about the Cs, but when you live in title-town, even the most ardent basketball fan pays attention to the "other" sports. First, we have the mighty Bruins who are not only the number 1 seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs and the Bs just swept our biggest rivals, the Montreal Canadians, and they looked amazing doing it!!! So now the Bs wait to see who wins the Rangers vs Washington series which the Rangers lead 3-2. I think we not only can beat who ever wins that series, but I think the Bs have a great chance at the cup, and that would be sweeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!

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The Boston Celtics came out last night in a sea of red like they were at the Garden, and they played like Celtics' Nation is used to. Up by 22 at the half, the Chicago Bulls' fans booed their team as they walked to the locker room --something that Cs' Nation would never do (and that's what makes us a Nation, by the way).

Cs defense showed up big time holding Gordon and Rose 3-15 in total in the first half and holding the Bulls to 37 points in total. Pierce was on fire scoring 18 (7-9) points in the first half; he came out with determination in his eyes telling us that the Truth was about to be told. Finishing the half with great energy on the floor, we saw  Rondo score 16 points and snatch 8 rebounds, keeping up the pace that Cs' Nation is now used to.

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So we have a tied series with game 3 tonight in Chicago where the Bulls have a home record of 28-13 this year and the Cs lost to them 127-121 in our only visit to their house this season. While that may not bode well for tonight's game, I think there were extenuating circumstances we need to consider: it was St. Patty's Day and the Bulls(wanting to be us) wore the Celts' green. I believe that messed with our heads. It was not cool.

Also, in that loss, Doc Rivers was ejected, and he said it was the worst Tech he ever got and the referees were horrible during that game!! Just so you know, we won both meetings during the regular season at our house, and you saw how much that really meant, so hopefully the refs will be fine and fair tonight because the Cs are looking to take back their home court advantage. This is the playoffs -- a whole new beast!!

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Ray Ray had ice in his veins last night and hit game winner putting the Cs right back in it!! This was a game the Celts needed to have not only to tie the series, but to get the momentum and our confidence back. Ray Allen scored only two points in the first half, and I thought it was going to be a replay of the last game, but he came out on fire in the second half. It was just what the Doc ordered especially with Ben Gordon scoring 42 points, but that wasn't enough. Ray scored 28 points in the second half but none bigger than the last shot of the game, with the game tied at 115 each the Cs had the ball with 12 seconds left and a chance for the last shot of the game. So Doc drew up a play for Ray Ray, and Rondo got him the ball with 2 seconds and Ray buried a 3 for the game winner and the Cs tied the series with this win 118-115!!

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Okay, everyone knows by now what happened last game and that's over and done with. The Cs' loss is all everyone's talking about and frankly, we're acting like this series is already over. Well, I say it's a new day. The Celts tasted losing and you know they don't want to feel that again, so I believe that the loss was a major eye-opener as well as a major motivator and now see how badly every team wants to beat the defending champs!!

Celts Nation, we need our players to come out with that determination in all their eyes and bring the energy we as fans know the Cs have, and C'Nation needs to support all the way, so rock your green today!!! Remember last year every series went 7 (except the finals) so, as my homegirl Ro said, "It's not really even started yet so what are you so worried about?" She is right. If the Cs play some Defense they will be fine. My guess is that Pierce is going to put on a show next game.  After that free throw the other day, The Truth will have something to prove, he always does, and that's why he's the Man, either way cause you always know you get 120% from him, and Pierce wants to win as much as we do!!! So if Pierce steps up, it will bring the team together, and if Rondo and Big Baby keep up what they're doing, and Ray Ray can  We come to life, it will energize the bench and we'll see the team that we know are the world champions! So get ready -- Game Tonight is at 7:30 pm at the Garden. Let's go Boston!

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A lot can be said about yesterday's game against the Bulls.  D. Rose and the Bulls showed up in our house, and they played like the defending champs while the Cs fought from behind all game. The Celts were off from the tip off; Ray Allen was 1-12 shooting in a game where the Cs really needed him to step up. Rondo played an amazing offensive game scoring 29 points but, as my boy, the Professor, who went to the game said, not even Rondo or the bench could contain D. Rose. He was on fire and scored 36 points (a career high) and 11 assists and led the Bulls to the overtime win 105-103 over the defending champs.

Even with Rose playing the game of his life and Gordon hitting his threes, the Celtics still had this win in their hands at the end of regulation when the Cs were down by 1 with 12 seconds, and we got the ball into Captain Paul "the Truth" Pierce's hands, he drives, steps back for the last shot, and gets fouled by Noah.

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Hello Celtics fans, it's game day! Everyone get ready for a 12:30 start, and let's support our Celts with as much love as possible. Especially after the horrible couple of days we have had. But now it's time to put that behind us and win!!! The Celtics are favored by 8.5 and the over/under is 196; hope Vegas is right -- they usually are!! Anyway after that bad news the other day we found out Danny Ainge is making a good recovery and with Doc knowing KG is a no go, he has a plan. Doc said we are going with Big Baby to start and made it sound as if he is going to use the bench a lot. I believe if the Celts just take this game by game they can beat anyone (even scary Cleveland)! Especially if Big Baby Davis or, as he calls himself, "Ticket Stub," (

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Yesterday was a sad day for the Boston Celtics and Celtic Nation. We found out that Kevin Garnett could be out for the whole entire playoffs and then, our main man, Danny Ainge, the Celtics' GM and the person responsible for getting KG and Ray Ray to Boston, had a mild heart attack. The good news is that Mr. Ainge is supposed to be fine and make a full recovery -- my blessings go out to him and his family. Meanwhile Doc made a comment yesterday morning that Garnett would likely not be available at all in the postseason that begins Saturday.

"Yes, he's out," Rivers told The Boston Globe. "I feel [he's out] for the season, but we just don't know yet." So with all this bad news, all my family (MIT, Matty, G, Rach, Ro, B, JR, Dato, Bobafet, Jon, KC, Neil, and even Murray) now believe that the Celts cannot repeat if we are not healthy, but I am going to keep on listening to my mother Doris on this one "If you believe enough in something, anything is possible." I also think that if Pierce, Ray Allen, and Rondo are on point and Perkins and Baby step it up and the bench does what they are capable of, the Celts can beat anyone. I think the Celts can handle the Bulls without KG no problem. Just to let my boy Jay know, because he thinks the Bulls got us no problem, I had to laugh and say, see you this Saturday 12:30 at the Garden!!! Lets go Celts and let's get passed this downer of a day. The C's rule either way!!!!!! Hank Hill here, bleeding green.

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