- Our Celtics take the floor tonight against the Mavs, looking to sweep their way through Texas. The Celts showed poise in San Antonio on Monday, coming back from 22 down to topple the defending champs. The Celts looked dominant Tuesday as they cruised by the Rockets, squashing Houston's 22 game win-streak in the process. Tonight, look for them to kick Dallas to the curb. Two highlights to look for: the Dirk Nowitzki Face of Disgust and the Mark Cuban "Slowly Dawning On Me That My Team Can't Win Big Games" pout. We then move on to New Orleans before we come back to the Garden. As I pointed out last week, once we return home from this stint, it is a pretty easy row to hoe. With 13 games to go upon the return to Boston, only the home tilts wth Phoenix and the Hornets, and a road game in Washington (who are 34-33) are against teams over .500. By the way, currently the 8 spot inthe East? New Jersey...at 29-39. Yikes.
- Kudos to the Red Sox players for going to bat (pun intended) for the coaches and staff yesterday. We'll ignore the fact that they really didn't want to go to Japan anyway.
- Are you full immersed in the NCAA Tournament yet? There are only two excuses for being here reading this right now that don't involve you sitting in front of the TV with this on your laptop, or toggling back and forth between this and the live stream from CBS Sportsline. One, you're a part of the Red Sox entourage and in Tokyo at the moment, or two, you...actually, there is no 2. You should be watching the greatest weekend of basketball of the year. And for the record, 3 games down, I'm 3-0. Although my mini-upsets picks of Kentucky and Baylor aren't looking so hot right now.
- This will be the first year that I show up to work late because of Opening Day. I'm still struggling with the fact that I won't be enjoying a few beers with the game. Have I mentioned that I'm not in favor of this Japan trip yet?
- Slightly unrelated, but worth mentioning. Had lunch with my buddy Chomper yesterday. And we have a consenus. A beer-battered, deep-fried burger stuffed with jalapenos and cheddar is almost as good as a burger can get. As good as a burger can get is when you add blue cheese dressing on top. So Packard's in Northampton, Mass wins my inaugural Homer Simpson "mmmmm..." Award for Burger of the Century. I like this idea. Stay tuned for future awards.
- Tiger tackles Doral this weekend. So, anybody got a pick for second place?
Well, that's about it for this week. Have a great weekend, and as always, have a few pints for me.
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