18th Straight Loss
Posted on February 12th, 2007 by
How low can you go? Well for the Boston Celtics, the bottom just keeps sinking lower and lower after they lost their 18th straight game this season. It it just me, or is anyone else making comparisons to the 2003-04 Magic where Doc Rivers got fired after losing 19 straight games. We’ll have to see what happens after the Celtics’ next game against the Bucks.
The losses keep piling up for the Boston Celtics, one after another to bring them to one of the low points in the proud franchise’s championship-laden history.
And the Celtics dipped even lower on Sunday, not just because they lost their franchise-record 18th straight game, but because of how they lost it and to whom.
Ricky Davis’ jumper from the corner with 0.2 seconds remaining lifted the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 109-107 victory, prolonging the winter of discontent in Boston.
Davis finished with 28 points, Kevin Garnett had 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists and another former Celtic, Mark Blount, added 20 points for the Wolves.
“It is tough, the guys played so hard and deserve to win,” said Paul Pierce, who scored 29 points. “We did everything we could. Down the stretch they made the last play.
“You can feel it in the locker room, each loss definitely hurts. These guys are going to keep playing hard. We just need to get it out of our head.”
After hitting the shot in front of the Celtics bench, Davis posed with his arm in the air, then got a bear hug from Blount to add just a little extra sting. #
