Thursday, December 16, 2010

Celtics escape N.Y. on Pierce's last second shot

On Wednesday night the Boston Celtics faced off against the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden. The Celtics were on a 10 game win streak while the Knicks were on an 8 game win streak of their own. The game came down to the wire, the score was 116-116 and with just 4 tenths of a second left Paul Pierce drained to a shot to give them the lead. But the Knicks came back strong, Amare Stoudemire thought he had made a buzzer beater 3 pointer to win the game, but after review, officials found that he still had possession of the ball when the buzzere went off. The Celtics are now 20-4, the best in the eastern conference.
I think its great that the Boston Celtics are doing well again. Before the season started critics were saying how their team was too old, and they would never make it back to the championship round. But they are proving everyone wrong, and they are the team to beat in the eastern conference. I think that it's good for basketball to have teams like the Celtics, because when there's a favorite there is alwasy an underdog-and eveyone loves to watch an upset.