The Celtics stormed out of the gates last night and made it clear in the first 8 minutes of the game that they're going to be pretty good this year. KG looked like hie same old self, minus a little bit of his explosion. Pierce and Ray made some familiar looking strong plays on offense. Rondo calmly set the offense and made a couple of plays on defense.And Kendrick Perkins was moving a little more quickly than I remember.Slim Perk was one of many hot topics in last night's live blog. And I've gotta say, I like what I see. He started the game riding a player from the elbow to the baseline without allowing him to get past him... and Perk ultimately forced the turnover. It was a kind of lateral movement that I didn't expect, and can be directly attributed to the lighter load. Perk then made a block that even the guys on the broadcast thought might not have been possible last year. A player beat Garnett baseline and went under the hoop. Perk's momentum was going towards KG to help...
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