November 10th: Utah Jazz

Final Score: Jazz 107 Celtics 100

I had a good feeling about tonight's game. I was really optimistic. I left the house around seven saying: this will be a good game, I can feel it.

I still felt the same when I got to the Garden. The crowd was in a pretty good mood. I was surrounded by people who had a blast. They had bought tons of souvenirs. They were dressed up and just enjoyed being there. Among those dressed up Celtics fans was one lonely Jazz fan wearing a Kirilenko jersey. I couldn't stop starring at him because he totally looked like Kirilenko himself.

At that point I didn't know that this lonely Jazz fan would annoy me like crazy at the end of the game.

The first quarter was not bad actually. The Celtics managed to finally reduce the amount of turnovers. They managed to not get into foul trouble and they just kept the game close. I was pretty optimistic. But then something happened in the third quarter, something I will call the European invasion. The European players on the Jazz ( and Boozer who is not European but I still have to mention him ) just shot the ball from pretty much everywhere and the funny thing was the ball ALWAYS made it INTO the basket. They were hitting the shots like there was no tomorrow. Okur for three..and for three..and for three. The Celtics??? Well they didn't really score and that is why the Jazz were suddenly leading by 17.
The game however got really exciting again in the fourth quarter and after some amazing plays by Rondo, Pierce and West everyone in the Garden was on their feet. IT WAS SO UNBELIEVABLY LOUD!!!! The Celtics had a shot. They had a chance to tie or even win this game but if you can't shoot the ball INTO the basket and can't make the free throws then you can't win the game either.
They lost!!!!
Now what????


They actually played well tonight. I really enjoyed the game and saw a lot of positive things tonight. I also saw one thing I don't want to see anymore right now.
TONY ALLEN??? Oh come on Doc!! His attempt to dunk the ball at the end of the third not only made me laugh out loud but also made me yell: GOSH, HE SHOULDN'T BE PLAYING. And when Delonte finally replaced Allen I caught myself yelling: ABOUT F****** time. But why oh why would you want to bring Allen back into the game at the end of the fourth?? WHY???
It will be a very long season. We need to make the easy baskets and the free throws. Maybe we should start looking for European players.

note:
*Whoever picks the songs for the Dance team should be fired!! The songs are horrible. Bad quality and well the Dance team still annoys me.