Sunday, January 17, 2010

Viewing Alert

Dallas comes to town, at 8 pm Eastern on TNT, as part of the network's MLK Day tripleheader (Phoenix and Memphis kick it off at 5:30 Eastern, and Dallas at Boston is followed by Orlando at the Lakers at 10:30 Eastern).

The Celtics will be attempting to bounce back from Thursday's disappointing 96-83 loss to the Bulls. I only watched part of the game, and that part was from a seat at the Wynn sportsbook. My attention thus divided between a blackjack table and the sportsbetting atmosphere, it's a bit hard to analyze the game. TNT's Doug Collins noted that the Celtics looked tired, and I had to agree with him. It was their fourth game in five days, and they were again without Rasheed Wallace and Kevin Garnett. Still, Doc had limited everyone's minutes the night before in the blowout over the Nets -- no one played more than Rondo's 29 -- and I had hoped that the team would be fresh against Chicago. But it certainly looked like that wasn't the case.

The Mavericks may be a little beat for Monday's contest, as they are coming off a 22-point loss to the Raptors in Toronto on Sunday. And speaking of Wallace, which I was earlier, he's supposedly going to play against the Mavs, which is a good thing, since the prospect of facing Dirk Nowitzki without either of our long, mobile power forwards isn't a pleasant one. KG, by the way, may play Friday against Portland.

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