just how loose and jovial the team seemed last night? The joking around and the camaraderie between not only the players that had been there before but also the new guys amazed me. It really appeared that everyone there truly liked each other and was pulling for every guy right down to the 16th man.

A couple of points stuck out

Daniels sitting down and joking with the little kid.

Baby being ragged silly for going down the tunnel after the first quarter thinking it was the half.

The bench going nuts after several plays including the Williams slam, the Scal hook, and the Perk dribble drive to the basket from half court.

The goofing around Rasheed was doing with Ray, Rondo, and KG almost constantly during timeouts.

BALL DON"T LIE!!!

It's this type of personal commitment to each other that carried this team two years ago. last year they seemed a lot more pressured and tight, I like what I saw...even if it was just game 1 of the preseason.