Barring some unforeseen Danny Ainge magic, the Boston Celtics championship window for the KG, RA, PP era closed tonight with a 83-79 loss to the Lakers in Game 7.
I'll have plenty more to say in the coming days, but this wasn't a shocker. The Cs played mediocre basketball all season long -- mainly due to injuries and age. However, when the playoffs came, they turned it on. For that, I am thankful.
When Ainge put the nucleus of this team together a few years ago -- the main consensus was that they had three years to pull off a ring. Well lo-and-behold they went and did it in their first year together, made a great run last year but were sidelined by a key injury, and then battled hard to within five points of making it two rings in three years.
Shit. I'll trade Al Jefferson for that any day of the week.
The Celts this year were like that old family dog you had forever that everyone kept expecting to die. However, in it's last months, the dog starts acting like a puppy again. While it is fun, and exciting to play with the dog again, everyone knows it isn't going to last.
They almost did it. And I am thankful for the run. Let's be honest -- when the playoffs started no one expected this team to win a ring.
It just hurts a bit, because they got so close...and it really hurts because the lost to the Lakers.
Not sure where it goes from here, though. Looks like it is time to rebuild. Don't be fooled. This was their final chance with this core group. Let's hope Danny has a few tricks up his sleeve to make the process a little shorter.
1 comments:
I am very curious as to who will return. You are correct, they need to start rebuilding NOW. Hopefully we find out some answers sooner rather than later.
Matt G.
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