All is Right With the World

Two writeups for the price of one

This is how is should have been through the first four games. The Celtics shot down the Hawks in Game 5 by a score of 110-85. While the "big three" of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen all scored 20, 22, and 19 respectively, the Celtics were led by the grit and hustle of bench player Leon Powe. Upon coming off the bench in the first quarter Powe immediately drew two charges and grabbed 5 offensive rebounds. He was the energy the Celtics needed to get going. He finished with 10 points and 7 rebounds but did many things that a box score will not show you.

The Celtics showed why they won 66 games this year with their tough defense for all 48 minutes. Joe Johnson was "held" to just 21 points as the Celtics held the Hawks to 40% shooting. Sam Cassell finally showed signs of life with 13 points off the bench for the C's. Mike Bibby played horrific yet again in Boston with just 6 points and 1 assist.

The Celtics go back to Atlanta Friday night as they will try to eliminate the pesky Hawks and move on to face the winner of the Cavs-Wizards series.

The Boston Red Sox won in their last at bat for the second night in a row as Jason Varitek drove in the speedster Manny Ramirez in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Boston bats were silent yet again, but Daisuke Matsuzaka bailed them out by throwing 7 shutout innings of 2 hit ball. Papelbon came on in the ninth to pickup his 2nd win a row. David Oritz is showing signs of life again as he homered tonight and also singled in the bottom of the ninth to start the Red Sox rally.

The Red Sox currently hold a one game lead over the (gasp) Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles in the American League East. If the Red Sox can be in first place with this bad of an offense, it seems that they will coast to a second division title in as many years. There is no team in this division that remotely scares me. I will go so far as to say the Yankees will finish in third place this season, not making the playoffs. The Sox have the pitching to once again win the World Series. Let's just hope the bats come out of hibernation.

-Scottie