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On the court:
On the court, the most important factor has been the defense and the defensive mentality of this team. The Celtics have handled all types of offenses sets, great teams, west coast/east coast, and they have the mental ability to do this consistently day in and day out whether the teams were average or good. They are the best at this. They never wavered in agreeing as a team, in Rome, at the start, that if we commit to this play, we have the tools to also be good on O. Most instrumental was aquiring Kevin Garnett to set this tone. When Ray Allen plays the press, then you know the Celts have one thing on their mind, and are committed.....to shut you down.
Off the court:
It was the ping pong balls, and the relationship between Danny and Kevin. The Celtics lost again on the lottery. It forced Danny to make a decision, do I continue picking up youth, wasting The Truth, or do I save the Truth, give up a great young Al J, and deliver 2 additional vets, the great KG, as the trade. That factor, that decision, those ping pong balls brought the Chalk Master, the leader of the D factor above, to the parquet. In the end, the off the court factor lead it all.
Most important: The Ping Pong balls. It remains to be seen how it plays out. It was the factor that played the hand, that brought in the KG man, and changed the D in Boston Land.
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