We just saw an amazing win (94-71) tonight.
Before some of our pictures – mostly a super charged hype machine full of quotes dogging the Celtics – here is what will be most remembered from Game 3:
We witnessed what may end up being the play of the playoffs. It will definitely be in the Celtics’ highlight reel for decades to come.
It was an amazing night to be in the Garden.
And onto pictures of some warm ups and a shot of their super star…
And the hype machine:
And Paul Pierce’s quotes from the end of Game 2, wanted the crowd to be crazy (which we were!).
And so the Boston portion of the series began:
Score after the 1st quarter:
Score after the 2nd quarter:
Score after the 3rd quarter:
GINO!!!! (With 5 1/2 minutes left to play!) AND Wes Welker got up did the Gino dance! This is after previously being shown on the Jumbotron, standing and waving for the fans, THEN running in place and doing some jukes, showing the progress on his surgically repaired knee. So awesome. Wes doing the full on Gino dance was the icing on the cake!
CELTICS WIN!
Holy Cannoli.
29 points, 18 rebounds, 13 assists for Rajon. His 4th playoff triple-double. He has 1 more than Bill Russell now!
The Garden was wicked loud. KG repeated part of his pre-game ritual at half-time, I think it helped: a 97-87 win.
Tonight Rondo showed his hand. He had his triple-double before the 4th quarter even started! The crowd was chanting M-V-P for Rondo at the end of the game during his freethrows – and that is new! It was awesome, made even better because it was in LeBron’s face. There was a girl with an awesome caricature of LBJ with a tear running down his face that the Jumbotron would show every time he would complain to the refs (a billion times over the course of 48+ minutes) – and towards the end of the game it was joined with a sign that said “A King Without A Ring”. It was awesome. Have I said it was awesome?
Also awesome, care of the Jumbotron folks: after every foul LeBron committed (that got called, that is) he would complain for a bit, and then while lining up for the FT, he would stand and look up and wait for the replay on the Jumbotron, but the Jumbotron guys would only show Lebron in real time staring up, obviously waiting for the replay. He would look down, then look up, look down, then look up, over and over. It was great.
We didn’t bring the nice camera tonight, so just crappy camera phone photos for tonight – but thank goodness we didn’t because someone spilled beer and our bag got soaked.
We did get fun little mini foam fingers! They even have tiny little finger slots. Super cute.
When you go to so many games, you get to witness history.
We saw Game 5 of the 2008 ALCS. “The comeback of the Red Sox from a seven-run deficit is the second-biggest in postseason history, the largest since Game 4 of the 1929 World Series, and the largest ever for a team on the brink of elimination.” (Thanks Wikipedia)
We saw Rondo pass Cousy for the most assists in a season (Celtics record).
OK, I’m struggling to finish this post – (I just want to move on and forget this game already) so maybe I’ll come back and fill in the other random history we’ve witnessed at a later date.
But tonight we witnessed the worst playoff home loss in Celtics history. (124-95). It was brutal. No defense. And LeBron put on a Try-Out performance for Jay-Z’s team, as he was in attendance with Beyonce – dressed like it was a Lakers game. Blech.
We thought we still had chance here (at tip-off):
Jay-Z and Beyonce for LeBron’s try out:
A little reminder to us that we have had it good:
It’s sad when a highlight of the night is getting to see our old friend Leon play… for the other team… in garbage time. 🙁
After church today we saw these banners hanging on the State House. So fun! Go C’s! (& Bruins!)
