Celtics ☘️ Sentinel

  Don't blame Jayson Tatum for Boston's 118-104 debacle last night versus Cleveland. He is the only one that should not have fingers pointed at him in the Celtics loss in Game-2. Jayson constantly took it to the hoop, finishing with 25 points, seven boards, six assists and one steal . And he hit on 9-of-11 on his free throws. Isn't it ironic that LeVert translates to "The Green" from French to English . Two of Caris LeVert's scoring epics have occurred in Beantown . He must think his last name portends an explosion at The Garden ( per Steve Aschburner ): "Two of Caris LeVert’s most explosive games ever have come on Boston’s parquet floor. He scored a career high of 51 points against the Celtics while with Brooklyn in March 2020. Then in October 2022, by then with Cleveland, he went for 41. He has only two other 40-point performances against everybody else, in all other buildings." Now where were the rebounds from Boston last night? The Celtics were...

 In Game-7 of the Cavaliers-Magic series, I became a believer in what the Cavs' Donovan Mitchell can accomplish on the court. It looked like Orlando was going to run away with the win - that is, until Mitchell decided to take the game over. Cleveland took the game, and Donovan took the honors with 34 points, nine rebounds, five assists, one steal and one block. He repeatedly took the ball to the hoop, getting the score or picking up the foul. And he hit 15-of-17 of his free throws. He was terrific. His fellow backcourt mate, Darius Garland had an off night, hitting on only 3-of-13 from the field and 0-of-4 on 3-pointers . I doubt he will have many more of those games in the East Semis against Boston. The Celtics should be heavily favored in this matchup, particularly if Jarrett Allen remains out of action. Mitchell and Garland will be defended by Boston's Jrue Holiday and Derrick White , who seem more-than-capable of handling the Cavs backcourt duo.  Boston took the Celtic...

Former-Celtic, Kyrie Irving is among the missing, and his past ramblings may lead us to believe his physical carcass has left this planet, previously-described by him as flat, but recognized by most physical beings as ellipsoid in shape. Steve Nash says he just found out about Kyrie Irving’s absence. He reached out to Irving and the guard hasn’t responded yet. #Nets #NBA — Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) January 7, 2021 Although Kyrie's physical form was not evident in the Nets game last night, his "astral" being may have been. Brooklyn won the contest, 122-109, versus the Philadelphia 76'ers. Nothing against Caris LeVert (22P/7R/10A), Joe Harris (28P/5R/4A) and Jarret Allen ((15P/11/R/3A), but Irving had to have some impact on the win. Just ask him - if you can find his "beyond physical existence" ( per Sports.TheOnion.com ): “I know guys are worried about playing again, but we can take care by just projecting ourselves to a dimension beyond physical existenc...