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From: djvh@drutx.UUCP (VanHandelDJ)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops
Subject: RE: Green Smugness
Message-ID: <193@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 10:22:01 EST
Article-I.D.: drutx.193
Posted: Thu Mar  6 10:22:01 1986
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>                        The Celts played without Mchale and Walton 
>     (sprained ankle), featured 25 minutes from Greg Kite, and had 
>     Scot Wedman just back from a trip to his chiropracter in Kansas City. 
>     This was the Celtics' 4th game in 5 days and the end of a west coast 
>     road trip.  What I remember most about the game was the expression of 
>     JOY on the faces of the crowd at the end of the game, and 
>     I wondered: what on earth are these people excited about?  
> 
>     I don't mean to sound green and smug at all.  I only WISH
>     the league were more competitive.  I think what comes across
>     as "green smugness" here on the net is just a reflection
>     of the vacuum the Celts are playing in.  Aside from the
>     Lakers and "key injuries" I don't think any Celtic fan
>     really worries about anything stopping the Celtics.  
>     And it's unfortunate: while it's true the Celts with 
>     Bird and Walton et al are exciting, I miss the days
>     of Havlicek and Silas and Cowens against Debuscherre
>     and Frazier and Monroe in regular season, back-to-back
>     home and away 2 game weekend series.  Not to mention
>     playoffs against the Sixers in the mid-sixties, or even
>     playoffs against the Sixers 4 and 5 years ago.  
> 
>     To me,  when I hear people say "DON'T FORGET THE SIXERS!"
>     or "DON'T FORGET THE BUCKS!"  they might as well be saying
>     "DON'T FORGET THE PACERS! THEY BEAT THE CELTICS EARLIER
>     IN THE YEAR AND NOW THEY HAVE CLARK KELLOGG BACK!", or
>     some such nonsense.  In my opinion, nobody aside from the 
>     Lakers today matches up against the Celts as well as Buffalo 
>     did in the early '70's.  And how many people remember Garfield
>     Heard?
> 
>     If only the Bucks could merge with the Knicks!  Or the
>     Rockets with the Nuggets!  Then maybe we Celts fans
>     wouldn't feel so green and SMUG!
> 
> 
>     Tom Gross
>     Apollo Computer, INC.
>     Chelmsford, MA.


	Whew!!!  Can I go throw up now?

		Dave van Handel
		drutx!djvh