Versus Atlanta

[MalReyn]

Oh great, yet another challenge. Seems like we get everybody's best almost every game out.

Portland is measuring themselves against us, Orlando is measuring themselves against us, Detroit, Toronto, NOH, you name it. LA can't wait for christmas, etc, etc. If we finish this season with the best record, we will truely be the best team by far. Now I know why it is so tough to repeat.

Looking forward to Hotlanta tomorrow night. Celts by 6

And isn't it great everyone is measuring themselves against us? It means we've made it, we have respect. We are the team people want to beat. So much better than the alternative.

[swatguy]

Pretty hilarious how they're acting like they're so close to a championship...

? I don't see any posts in there that say they are anywhere close to a championship...

Not explicitly, but comments like "if we want what they have (picture of the title) then we need to bring it", etc...basically insinuating that they're close. At least that's how I took it...here are some quotes from that thread:

"All playing to the side we know will need to get past Boston when it really matters if we want what they have."

"Boston met Bush. We can meet Obama"

Atlanta is much improved, no doubt but why not get past the first round of the playoffs first before talk of winning it all and meeting the *ugh* president?

Before last year, when (how many years between) were the Celtics past the first round?
It is easy to minimize the moment, if you are a Celt.
In Atlanta we want atmosphere Every game.
We do not expect to lose.

[tontoz]

The game we played against you guys earlier in the season was the highest rated regular season game in comcast history.

AJC > Sports > Hawks > Blog > Archives > 2008 > November > 14 > Entry

Ratings gold!
By Sekou K Smith | Friday, November 14, 2008, 11:46 AM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

NEW YORK - Apparently we’re not the only ones that love to watch the Hawks and Celtics go at it.

(The Hawks-Celtics Game 8 battle Wednesday did a jaw-dropping 6.73 for the last quarter hour, 10:15 to 10:30, and the game ended with just under 4 (3.9) overall, to be adjusted later since the rating times are pre-set and the game ran long - per a celebrated longtime announcer friend of mine who knows about these things. A 6.7 rating for even a piece of a Hawks game in November, or any other time, is off the charts. “Astronomical,” to borrow his word. Last season’s playoff games came in at 2.)

The rematch between last year’s playoff combatants drew record numbers in Beantown as well.

My man Weez-E sent me a link from Boston this morning that reads like this:

“A year ago a game between the Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks was hardly worth a second look. On Wednesday night, the telecast of the postseason rematch was the highest rated regular season game in Comcast SportsNet history.

The final half hour, which included Paul Pierce’s game-winning heroics, was the top rated program on Boston television, beating out network hits such as House and Law & Order. The game drew an estimated 245,000 households in New England and 163,000 in the Boston market alone.”



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[celticfan42487]

I never heard anything about that for Boston.

None of my friends still watch the Celtics.

They at least stomached it during the Finals.