May

3

Hawks Swoop In And Take Game Six Beat Celtics 103-100

Posted by Jeff Sack under NBA PLAYOFFS 

The Celtics mystique is packed back up in mothballs, where it had been for 22 years along with some old “I Hate L.A.” bumper stickers and a bolt of cloth they used to make the Championship banners with. The Leprechaun is beaten and bloody, he has a black eye, and a missing front tooth, his derby lay at his feet in tatters. The series that most NBA observers looked at as an easy tuneup as the Boston Celtics cut a swath through the Eastern Conference on their way to the NBA Finals, is now one of desperation! The Atlanta Hawks and the Boston Celtics will face off Sunday at the “New Garden” for all the marbles. The series that this reporter predicted would end with a Boston victory in game five is reaching game seven. The Atlanta Hawks shocked the NBA Friday night and beat the Boston Celtics 103-100 in game six in Phillips Arena in Atlanta.

A loss Sunday would make last year’s first series win by the Golden State Warriors over the Dallas Mavericks seem mundane in comparison. This would be tantamount to the New England Patriots losing in the first round last season, instead of being defeated in??the Super Bowl. This would go down as one of the biggest upsets of all times, Buster Douglas beating?Mike Tyson would probably be the most recent example that comes to mind. And even if Boston survives and wins Sunday, could they be considered the favorite against the Cavaliers? Yes Boston will have home court advantage, but Cleveland just won their last two games on the road. The Celtics are hurting right now, and they have no one to blame but themselves.

The Boston Celtics played 24 great minutes of basketball Friday night. Of course?even the most casual fan knows a NBA game is 48 minutes long. Boston scored 32 points, in the first quarter,?and they scored 32 points in the third quarter. They scored 18 points in the second quarter, and 18 points, in the fourth quarter which cost them the game. Former Celtic put the dagger?in their chest with a trey to make it a 100-95 Hawks lead, Boston could?not rally to win the game. Marvin Williams led the Hawks with 18 points in the victory. Kevin Garnett led all scorers with 22 for Boston, Paul Pierce fouled out late in the fourth quarter.

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