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

[Neurotic Guy]

Make the FTs and we hang on.

CANNOT put the C's down for letting htis team back.  It's tough to win Orlando under any circumstances.

FINSIH THIS

[radiohead]

Whew...that was a deadly 5 minute drought there. Now let's get one stop and take this game home!

[Celtic]

Get the ball to Ray the second you get the ball.

[Neurotic Guy]

No fouls. come one.

[Tenacious D]

Close, but a (victory) cigar is still a cigar. Will take it! Wait, who was that masked man sprinting by Raya for the tip in?

[Who]

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.

[BudweiserCeltic]

This wasn't about the Celtics stopping playing like they usually do. This was more of going away from what was working, and that was playing through Pierce.

[Neurotic Guy]

Wow.

[Rondo_is_better]

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

you hate to see that.

[CelticsPrideKG]

Regardless if they can pull out this game the pressure is on the Magic to not be down 0-2 heading to Boston.

[Meadowlark_Scal]

man...we got to win this.......ray will hit 2

[xmuscularghandix]

I'm disgusted

[jdpapa3]

This is KG's fault for fouling there. Rookie mistake.

[Celtic]

Ray = Cold as ice

[RJ87]

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.