Preseason Game #2: Boston 96, New York 82

[recap] [box score]

RwH is again relying on the eyes of others on this one, as it's pretty difficult to watch preseason Celtics games in Los Angeles.

Pretty much a unilaterally positive reaction to this one. This surprisingly-entertaining running diary over at Celtics Town mentions Kevin Garnett limping a bit early in the game, but doesn't make further mention of it as the night wore on. CelticsBlog makes no mention of KG hobbling around, but does recap perhaps the first "scare" of Garnett's return from knee surgery:

There was a point late in the second quarter when Garnett got tangled up with Knicks forward Jared Jeffries, but Garnett shook it off, hit his free throws, and continued to play on. "Kevin got stuck in a terrible spot, and I think that actually really helped Kevin. You can have strong knees and be in that spot and get injured. All the guy's weight was on Kevin and Kevin is in a bad spot, it just felt like all of a sudden Kevin was like 'Wow, I'm really healthy.'"

I'm not entirely sure who that quote is from, but I assume it's Doc.

Celtics Hub and Celtics Circuit have good bullet point recaps of the game as well.

One thing that sticks out at me from the box score is that Rasheed Wallace took nine threes. It's not that he hit just three of them -- that's not a bad percentage, and 4-for-9 is a very strong day from behind the arc -- but nine just seems like a lot. Everything I've read today is effusive in its praise of Wallace, however, so I'll defer to the opinions of those who watched the game. But it's something to keep an eye on. Wallace is undoubtedly the second unit's biggest offensive threat and I know he likes to play outside, but I'm hoping he'll post up a bit more than he's accustomed to. Otherwise, the second unit -- with the similarly pivot-averse Glen Davis, plus Eddie House and possibly Brian Scalabrine -- may become too reliant on the triple.

My buddy Joel, who lives in North Jersey and watched the game, said the team actually did go to Wallace in the post a few times, so that's a good sign. It may be that I'm just looking for something to write, and this is nothing to worry about.