Celtics (34-18) at Trailblazers (32-24) 2/19

[snively]

Last night's win at LA after the trade deadline may be the turning point of this season.

We'll see, but it may have been an important emotional threshold after all the blown leads to good teams.  

We survived 2 collapses in a row.  Let's make this one an authentic 48-minute victory.

[Larry for 3]

Best half i ve seen maybe all year

[MattG12]

now that it's half time lets take the time to spread the love and celebrate the great playfrom our team and shower one anutha with tp's!!..

I'm with you, I just TP'd everybody back to page 11 I think...

Let me know if I missed you!

[Who]

Great first half ... somebody promise me it will continue after the break ... please???

Nobody? Is it all just a dream??

The Celtics are back and here to stay

[Bahku]

Great first half ... somebody promise me it will continue after the break ... please???

Nobody? Is it all just a dream??

We are all dreaming with you, we're just being careful not to wake up yet. 

Ahhhh ... thank you! TP's for all ... just waiting for confirmation that not everyone was ignoring me. Awesome first half ... I'm in a giving mood.

[Neurotic Guy]

On another topic -- if I have to see that beer commercial again with the guy who can't say love (old and not too funny sitcom gag), I may just scream.

[PosImpos]

I guess all this team needed was a guarantee that nobody in the starting lineup would be traded.  Or maybe they just needed to beat the Lakers in LA.

Either way, I'm praying to Jesus that this is the start of something great.

[Bahku]

On another topic -- if I have to see that beer commercial again with the guy who can't say love (old and not too funny sitcom gag), I may just scream.

That was stolen from a "Cheers" episode ... great idea for a laugh, though.

[PosImpos]

On another topic -- if I have to see that beer commercial again with the guy who can't say love (old and not too funny sitcom gag), I may just scream.

That was stolen from a "Cheers" episode ... great idea for a laugh, though.

I really do like the beer commercial that's a parody of the online dating service commercials.  "I finally found the one"  Hahaha.

[jadams5214]

It's only one half of basketball, a great half definitely but the C's need to play 48 minutes tonight to keep this lead.

Once again the ball movement has been so much better.  Rondo seems to be much more aggressive and dishes the ball better when he doesn't have to just dump it to Pierce and watch.  The entire team gets more involved and I keep hoping they can integrate this style with Pierce instead of reverting back to isolations so often.

Hopefully not overstating this but this second half may be the most important half the C's have played in this regular season so far.  Getting a sizable win on the 2nd night of a back to back would be huge for the C's confidence.  The first 5 minutes of the 3rd quarter will show whether the C's will stay aggressive and blow this game open or beging to wilt and get fatigued.

Conversely if they blow yet another big lead and squander this game it may be too much to overcome down the road.  Blowing big leads consistently has to sink into the players heads and they begin to expect it.

Tonight can be a huge step to changing that --- Let's go CELTICS close this game out!!!

[Bahku]

I guess all this team needed was a guarantee that nobody in the starting lineup would be traded.  Or maybe they just needed to beat the Lakers in LA.

Either way, I'm praying to Jesus that this is the start of something great.

It started in the Summer of 2007.

[MattG12]

I guess all this team needed was a guarantee that nobody in the starting lineup would be traded.  Or maybe they just needed to beat the Lakers in LA.

Either way, I'm praying to Jesus that this is the start of something great.

Worst commercial I've ever seen...

other than the godaddy.com ads.

[fairweatherfan]

Just caught up on TiVo...all I can say is WOW.  That was an '08 worthy half of basketball.  Love Rondo's aggression, KG and Perk's intensity, and everyone's defensive effort.  

The question, of course, is can we keep it up.  Portland's gonna make a run or two no matter what - they're too good not to.  The question is will we stop the run after they cut it to 7 or after they lead by 5?  Big, big second half here, but man, it feels good to see this team again.

[Neurotic Guy]

Great first half ... somebody promise me it will continue after the break ... please???

Nobody? Is it all just a dream??

The Celtics are back and here to stay

Great to see Who with the unrelenting optimism tonight!

And Bahku -- keep the dream alive! 

[Larry for 3]

1st 5 min, let's lock this down, killer instinct tonight