What a game. I hope you didn't miss the incredible matchup last night between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks. Let it be known that Amar'e Stoudemire has been unleashed - the man is an absolute machine... against Semih Erden.
The Celtics are easily one of the deepest teams in the league, especially when it comes to big men, and they were missing three of them last night. What they weren't missing was 3pt shots. The C's shot 50% from downtown and 100% from the charity stripe, including 10/10 from Paul Pierce.
Speaking of The Truth, you should probably check out these highlights. I'd be lying to you if I said that my heart didn't leap into my throat when the shot from Amar'e went in. Alas, Knicks fans, too late.
Side note: I wonder how many of the people at MSG last night had ever been there for a Knicks game before... or even watched a Knicks game before. The arena was essentially silent until the 3rd quarter when the beers had started to kick in. A good friend and stalwart Knicks fan's away message said it all: "I will SLANDER all these bandwagon Knicks fans tho." Preach, my man.
While The Truth may have spent his last few moments on the court bowing to the home crowd (hilarious, by the way), even he went back on his trash talking from earlier this week. As Pierce said in his post-game interview, "The Knicks have arrived."
Yes, all 9 of amare's consecutive 30+ scoring games came against Semih Erden. I should have known that was why he's been dominating.
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