The Boston Celtics looked like a team that should have been playing in an over-40 YMCA league instead of the NBA for the first half of last night's game against Orlando. Without Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen and Jermaine O'Neal and losing Keyon Dooling again in the second quarter, the Celtics were proving all of their national critics right by looking older than dirt, moving slower than dirt and allowing the Magic to so whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. Before you knew it, Boston was down by 27 points in the second quarter and eulogies were being written by experts who counted the Celtics out back in December.
Then in an instant, everything changed. Guys started hitting shots. The Celtics started playing team defense. Orlando — in a decision that, for the life of me, I'll never understand — allowed Big Baby to take shot after shot when they needed a bucket in the worst way. Boston started moving the ball, moving themselves and played the type of fundamental team ba...
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