Tedward.

So, that was pretty good, huh? Anytime you have Eddie House score 20 points in one quarter and knock down 7 treys overall, you should win. And despite the score (98-83), the game felt much closer than it was. For one thing, we were looking like our upcoming opponent, the Orlando Magic (tomorrow at 8 on TNT!) shooting the three ball tonight. House went 7-11, Ray Ray got hot late and ended up with 27 points on 5-6 from downtown, heck, even Rondo hit a deep three (all net, by the way). Overall, the C's went 15-25, which was much needed when we were looking like a D-League team handling the ball (21 TOs). 

It was an incredibly inconsistent game. The Celtics came out of the gates on fire, as they have basically this entire 6-game winning streak. Towards the end of the 2nd and throughout the 3rd quarters, however, we seemed to be rushing a lot, taking too many contested jumpers, and just not executing. The Heat, on the other hand, attacked. Well....Wade did most of that. I'm tellin' ya, if it wasn't for Teddy, this game would have been MUCH closer than it ended up being. 

Fun fact: We came within 7 points of leading a game by 30+ for the fourth straight time. Oh well, as long as we get the W. 

Oh, and another thing...I'm loving the lineup Doc's going with: Rondo, Eddie, Ray, Pierce, and another big off the bench. Sure, there's a size problem, but it worked perfectly (for the most part) tonight since we went up against an awful rebounding team (we outrebounded them 48-30). When we do have an issue with size, meaning when the other team is dominant on the boards and our bench guys aren't doing the job (Scal is the tallest out of Powe and Big Baby), I'd love to see the use of O'Bryant more. Sure, he's young and inexperienced (played only 16 games for the Warriors and 24 so far with the Celtics), but from what I've seen from him in a lot of garbage time this season is mostly good. He's tall, lanky (Luol Deng-esque) and a true center. He's got a pretty baby skyhook and a consistent 18-foot jump shot. And also just having a 7 footer down low allows for a psychological edge (did we really think Mutombo was going to be a big physical presence down low? No. He's old. But his presence is enough...or would've been.).

'Tis all for now. Whaddaya think? Should O'Bryant get some more playing time? Do you think I'm pretty??