What a waste. This team is Pathetic.

[celticsclay]

Glad they won, but that was a pretty crappy effort for much of the game against a crappy team.

I would say it was crappy for a bit in the second and third quarter. However, they definitely made up for it. Seems a little silly to call them pathetic on a night they won and Garnett had his worst shooting performance in 13 years...

[Onslaught]

I was annoyed and disappointed for most of the game. I was happy they finally got some fire in their rear at the end. Wasn't a great win but it's still a W in the end. Some of you guys need to tone down on the hate.

[Jon]

Glad they won, but that was a pretty crappy effort for much of the game against a crappy team.

I would say it was crappy for a bit in the second and third quarter. However, they definitely made up for it. Seems a little silly to call them pathetic on a night they won and Garnett had his worst shooting performance in 13 years...

Right.  If KG even had a mediocre night, this team likely never goes down by double digits and probably wins by 6-8 points.  Nothing impressive, but nothing that anybody would be whining about either.  

[Greenbean]

I saw a switch-flippin at around the 6 minute mark of the 4th quarter. It was some of the most dominating basketball the Celics have played in nearly two years. They compltely imposed their will on the Wizards and they had no idea what to do against us.

They played absolutely horrible for the rest of the game but I really think they CAn switch a flip for the playoffs.

[PLamb]

Are we really going to pretend that games like this didn't happen in 2007-08 or 1985-86 or 1983-84

This is exactly the type of game those teams pulled out a LOT!!!!

They flipped the switch and won

Great teams do it a lot

What scares me is they think they can get away with this

84, 86 and 08 could, this team has proven all year they can't

[Kiorrik]

Today makes me feel like a fan again. Finally.

Realized that I love this team, and I hate that some people talk down our team in such a horrible way. A fan is supposed to be objective while still loving the team.

A lot of people in this thread don't love this team.

[barefacedmonk]

A lot of people in this thread don't love this team.

Agree 100%.

[radiohead]

it's still a win, o matter how ugly. let's face it, the c's aren't as dominant as before, but at least they're starting a nice run of Ws. even during our banner year, we had some close games with supposedly weaker teams (remember ray's dagger 3 of a fumbled pass against the bobcats?). we can't blow out teams as we used to, but at least we're getting the wins anyway.  

[RJ87]

Wasn't a great win but it's still a W in the end. Some of you guys need to tone down on the hate.

+1

[Kiorrik]

The only actual difference between the haters here and Laker fans, is that these guys say they are Celtic fans.

Imagine a couple of Laker fans, coming to this forum, opening topics saying "This team sucks, they're done" etc. Would that be allowed? Well?

[barefacedmonk]

Celtics are playing inconsistent basketball...but they are far...miles away from being labelled as pathetic. Yea they lost to Nets. This is not the first time I have seen a very good team losing to a really bad team. Please stop with the team bashing until their playoff run ends.

[Q_FBE]

Glad they won, but that was a pretty crappy effort for much of the game against a crappy team.

Who says Washington is a crappy team? They did the best job of any team at the trading deadline and have a nice young nucleus of Andre Blatch, Al Thorton, and Randy Foye to build around. If they can find some way to keep Gilbert Arenas from coming back they will be all right. Besides, the Celtics did comeback and win a game. At least give the Celtics some credit for not being quitters. OK, you Pathetic Fellowship, leave us alone!!!

[Roy Hobbs]

Just a reminder about our rules:

Do not label fellow posters in a way that is likely to provoke a negative response.  Dependent upon context, examples include, but are not limited to, "fake fan", "bandwagon fan", "not a real fan", "hater", "homer", "koolaid drinker", etc.

[jambr380]

The only actual difference between the haters here and Laker fans, is that these guys say they are Celtic fans.

Imagine a couple of Laker fans, coming to this forum, opening topics saying "This team sucks, they're done" etc. Would that be allowed? Well?

I don't know that I agree with this. People are allowed to be critical and some are just so frustrated that they freak out. To be honest here, they haven't exactly lit it up this year and it stinks because we were so spoiled the last couple of years. People have different ways of dealing with their frustrations, but that doesn't mean that half of this blog 'hates' the Celtics just because they aren't 110% confident we are going to win it all this year.

[Kiorrik]

Just a reminder about our rules:

Do not label fellow posters in a way that is likely to provoke a negative response.  Dependent upon context, examples include, but are not limited to, "fake fan", "bandwagon fan", "not a real fan", "hater", "homer", "koolaid drinker", etc.

Alright.

But what if some Laker fan would come over here and started downright insulting our team. What would that get him? A temporary ban or an instant lifelong one?

Roy, let me put it this way;
A lot of us are big fans, and we love our team. Imagine loving something a lot. Or actually, someone.

Imagine me calling him or her "pathetic".

Or opening a topic "*name* is Pathetic!".

What would that do to you? I think half of the posts here are provoking. They call that trolling or baiting, I think, and on some forums there are rules against it.

Why don't we have that? Isn't it a good idea? You've seen a couple of game-threads that were actually positive and a large part of the user-base was happy with that. Why not go for that?