I often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and
bloggers
are saying about the Celtics after playing the Celtics. Here's a dose
of 'enemy chatter' from Orlando.
It is the civic scent of uncertainty; the atmosphere of asphyxiation; the helpless feeling, that any minute, the local sports team might start choking and gagging like a Boston terrier with a splintered pork chop bone lodged in its throat.
The Boston Celtics lead the Orlando Magic 2-0 in the Eastern Conference Finals and the general consensus is this series is over. Of course, that's what the Boston Bruins thought a couple of weeks ago when they were up 3-0 on the Philadelphia Flyers in the Stanley Cup playoffs and proceeded to pull off the biggest choke job we've seen in sports since Latrell Sprewell tried to strangle P.J. Carlesimo.
Orlando Sentinel - Don't stop believin', Celtics could fold
The Sentinel's Mike Bianchi is one helluva writer. I've really enjoyed reading his stuff during this series.
But... to compare the Celtics to the Bruins is the biggest stretch imaginable. My 5-year old and his gang of imaginary friends (Kiki and Jackson) couldn't dream up something so ridiculous.
The Celtics are a team with championship pedigree, a veteran team with physical and mental toughness. The Bruins had none of those qualities.
Bianchi has balls to throw around words like 'choke' and 'gag' after watching Vince Carter and J.J. Redick perform both tasks so admirably in the closing moments of Game 2.
