Now that everyone understands how little the Lakers' 21-5 record has to do with greatness, let's see what life is like for the other half, with the Celtics on their 76-win pace with their 17-game winning streak.
Oh, that bad?
The Celtics look so lean and hungry, nothing short of a repeat means anything, not the title they won last spring, or this season's amazing 25-2 start, which might even eclipse last season's amazing 29-3 start.
When they beat Utah, 100-91, last week for their 15th win in a row, the Boston Globe headline was a dire: "Better watch out."
Nor was Coach Doc Rivers impressed, regarding the win as slightly better than a loss.
"It's a good sign in a lot of ways because to me, we have not played to a stretch where as a coach you would say, 'We've hit our stride,' " Rivers said.
"We clearly have not done that."
Thank heaven. Otherwise, they'd be 27-0 and Kendrick Perkins and Eddie House would be All-Star candidates along with Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and, of course, Rajon Rondo, now hailed by Celtics fans as the latest in the line from Bob Cousy to Jo Jo White to Dennis Johnson.
--MARK HEISLER, LA Times
Personally, I do think Rajon Rondo has a little bit of DJ in him, but certainly Mr. Heisler was being disingenuous. With all the problems Lakers guards have defending point guards, even Rondo doubters must admit that Rajon has a pretty good chance of making himself look like Cousy and Tiny on Thursday, especially considering the last time he played the purple was game 6 of the NBA Finals, when #9 made a lasting impression on the whole world.
By the way, Mr. Heisler omitted Tiny. Jo Jo was pretty good. Tiny was great.
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