Celtics ☘️ Sentinel

 This was a really good one. The game brought back memories of Larry Bird facing down Dominique Wilkins . It initially looked like Kevin Durant was unstoppable in his role as the Boston Strangler - that is, until Jayson Tatum decided he wasn't going to let that happen . This was the Earps and Doc Hollida y against the Clantons and McLaurys at the OK Corral . The Boston Celtics came away with the win, 126-120 with Tatum tying Larry Bird for most 50-point games. He had 54 points in this one.  But Jaylen Brown did a fine job in his role as Doc Holiday to Jayson's Wyatt Earp , coming away with 21 points despite a recent ankle injury. Jaylen bested the much-booed Kyrie Irving's 19-point production and needs some recognition here for realizing the importance of this contest. But the big story is the battle of two of the most-skilled scorers in the NBA, Durant and Tatum . Kevin put up 37 points, and I have never seen a player score major points with seemingly so little effort....

Let’s get this out of the way. I love the city of Boston, I love the sounds, smells, activity, history, architecture and people. And I think that Boston has always felt the same way about me. In the early 90’s I drove with a buddy to Boston in my 1986 Champaign coloured Saab 900s (my first car). We were looking for Fenway Park to see the Red Sox play the Indians. I was lost. No GPS at the time and no street allowed me to make a left turn to cross the river, so I did what is perfectly legal in most of Canada. I made a u-turn.  And then I saw the sirens. A policeman pulled me over. “Where are going ?” Fenway Park to watch the Sox, I replied, “Who’s pitching?” Roger Clemens, I told him. He went to his car and came back with a piece of paper and handed it to me. “No more u-turns” he said. He walked back to his car and drove away. I looked at the paper. He had written directions to Fenway! “I love this city”, I told my buddy.  Fenway was amazing. I had my first steak tip sandwich f...