Celtics (0-0) at Magic (0-0) Game 1 5/16

[Meadowlark_Scal]

Ray is ice.......just one more stop....

[misha]

Ray is money in the bank!

[FanInTheSouth]

Love having Ray Allen on our team in the clutch

[Drucci]

Ray the ice cold killer... but the Nelson play was huge.

Gotta get one LAST stop, come on!!

[Fafnir]

This game reminds me of Game 2 of the Finals in 2007-2008

[aporel#18]

Ray make the ft's, and no foul please De-fense!!!

Celtics, please, close this game out...

[Roy Hobbs]

Trade Ray.

[Neurotic Guy]

Thank you Ray.

Please make them take a few seconds off this clock. 

[Rondo_is_better]

Even if we hold onto to win this game, Orlando has the momentum going into game 2

Hey, Negative Nancy..so did Cleveland.

Not being negative, just stating the obvious. Blowing them out by 20 would've been far more devastating than beating them by 3 or 4.

I'm just not sure that there's that much carryover between games.  Cleveland should have had the momentum after Games 1 and 3; we should have had it after Game 2.  In each such game, the team with the momentum lost fairly handily. 

Assuming we close this out, we took home court advantage back.  That's the only result that really matters.

But Orlando's a different animal than Cleveland... So far everyone has said that they "haven't been tested yet" and "they haven't had any adversity" and they may panic under pressure. Well, now they've taken a punch and were able to bounce back, even if they lose - they can take something positive away.

HUGE FT's by Ray there.

Momentum is a secondary concern. I'll take a win of any kind.

[GreenFaith1819]

I think we got this one..

[BudweiserCeltic]

Even if we hold onto to win this game, Orlando has the momentum going into game 2

Hey, Negative Nancy..so did Cleveland.

Not being negative, just stating the obvious. Blowing them out by 20 would've been far more devastating than beating them by 3 or 4.

I'm just not sure that there's that much carryover between games.  Cleveland should have had the momentum after Games 1 and 3; we should have had it after Game 2.  In each such game, the team with the momentum lost fairly handily.  

Assuming we close this out, we took home court advantage back.  That's the only result that really matters.

I don't think the Magic have created any momentum here in game one.

They haven't laid the groundwork for a good performance in game two.

Completely agree with you. This was mainly about getting hot at the right time, and the Celtics not playing to their advantages (Pierce) on offense, and dumb turnovers.

[misha]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!

[FallGuy]

Terrible basketball game. Not really worried about the blown lead but wow, did we ever give them life in the fourth quarter.

Both teams will play a lot better the rest of the series. Only prize tonight is the win. And we got it.

[indyceltic]

Celtics Win!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw

[Neurotic Guy]

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Way to go C's!   Huge to take the 1st game!!!