Basketball and News:Garnett latest Celtic with injury
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First it was Paul Pierce getting patched up and sitting out a couple of weeks and now it is Kevin Garnett with an aggravated deep thigh bruise that is just plain annoying. The Celtics have to decide whether to sit
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
First it was Paul Pierce getting patched up and sitting out a couple of weeks and now it is Kevin Garnett with an aggravated deep thigh bruise that is just plain annoying. The Celtics have to decide whether to sit him or not and now would be a great time to do it with the games kind of spaced out. It could be a two game rest for Kevin Garnett leaving the Boston Celtics without their two best players.
Garnett missed one game last week with a right thigh bruise, and he got kicked in the same leg in Monday’s loss to Golden State. Though these latest issues are in the same area, trainer Ed Lacerte said, through the team, that this current situation is not related to the problems that caused Garnett to get surgery on the right knee this past offseason.
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The timing is not perfect because the Celtics just lost to two very bad teams in the West and have struggled with bad teams lately for some reason. Maybe the poor teams just don’t bring the best out of the Celtics, who knows.
“We’ve had our troubles against some of the lower teams,” said Ray Allen, “and that’s not a habit you want to get into.”
The issue was brought into full contrast when the Celts went into Orlando Christmas Day and spanked the Magic with Paul Pierce [stats] back up north watching on television. While losing to the Clippers and Warriors in the ensuing days may have been a bit of a shock to the Celtics senses, the fact they played poorly should not have been a surprise.
The Celts have now lost to four teams that are in the bottom two in their respective divisions (Philadelphia, Indiana, the Clippers and Golden State). And they’ve had very shaky wins over the Knicks, New Jersey, Washington and Memphis.
Yet they’ve won at Cleveland, San Antonio and Orlando. Go figure
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Kevin Garnett may sit the next two games
That is why it is so hard to stay on top in the NBA, the games are relentless and so are the teams that you play. It is hard to get up for every game and continue to dominate. Maybe the Celtics feel they are entitled to the playoffs and will save it for the end of the year, but as we all know that formula rarely works.
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