By Craig Kwasniewski
So last night Boston eeked out an 87-86 win over Minnesota the worst team in the NBA not coached by Pat Riley. Obviously emotions were running high as it was the first time both teams faced each other since the Ainge-McHale collusion. But that still doesn't excuse Garnett going Latrell Spreewell (remember his first trip to MSG after being traded?) on the Wolves right after the final buzzer and celebrating like he won a title.
The Big Ticket turned into the Big A-hole by whooping it up against the team that made him a ton of money, put up with his repeated playoff chokes (the Wolves never advanced until they acquired clutch players like Cassell and Spree) and eventually bailed him out by shipping him to the Celtics. So why all the pent up anger? You BARELY beat one of the worst teams in the NBA... at home... so act like you've been there before! Show a little class to the team that gave you so much! Normally I'd pull a Drop a Banner post here, but the C's have sixteen of them (but zero for KG!).
Anyway, here's some photos of the celebration:
Disagree with you that KG's emotion was directed towards the TWolves (full disclosure, I am a lifelong Celts fan). As an observer, it seemed like it was more emotion of the game. KG had been injured in the 4th quarter, come back from the locker room, begged Doc to let him play the final two minutes and then came up with a huge defensive stop time expired. I don't think he was trying to disrespect the TWolves. In all the interviews I've seen he has been gracious towards the organization. It was just the emotion of making a big hustle play to win the game.
Posted by: Ben Guest | January 26, 2008 at 12:22 PM
I'm not a Celtics fan in any way, I just don't understand why people are calling KG "classless" or an asshole. He made THE play in a close game, against his former team no less.
PistonsNationBlog similarly overreacted, and it's just sad. I wish the players on my team were as pumped up as him. He is intense, always ready to compete, and he made the winning play last night for crying out loud. So he celebrates and suddenly, he's a bad guy.
When you win, you get emotional, and if I were a Celtics fan, I'd be happy to see my guys getting pumped up like that.
QUIT OVERREACTING.
Posted by: mookie | January 26, 2008 at 01:14 PM
In other news, the "league's best player" got outplayed by Lebron (again). The "league's best closer" couldn't close it out (again)...against the Cavs, no less.
Posted by: Chris | January 27, 2008 at 05:43 PM
Chris... your sir are correct!
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