Bends Toward Justice

Garnett finally did n't get a double-double. Maybe he's running out of gas? Ha! I don't think so! Gotta stay calm, gotta not turn into a psycho sportsfan blogging asshole. Deep breaths. Keep cool. They had 21 steals and 15 assists last night! Oops! I got that backwards, didn't I? Damn! I'm not keeping cool. But hell, I think there could have been whole months they didn't do that the past ten years. After the first time they beat the Nets someone on that team said there was no way they were going undefeated -- like it was a possibility! Like anyone's come even close ever before! Go here to look at a bunch of pictures of Kevin Garnett in action.

The headline of the game story on NBA.com says "Garnett leads," and his line shows some real leadership: 22 points, 20 rebounds, five assists, three blocks and three steals. Pierce was the scoring leader. One thing I noticed was that each time the Wizards started to close the gap as other Celtics were taking their turns shooting (and missing), one of the new big three very deliberately took things in hand and made sure we got a hoop or some foul shots. Ray Allen did it two or three times. One young fan, though, was rooting for a shorter-term Big Three -- titles for three local pro teams. He held up a sign: "RED SOX PATRIOTS CELTICS The BIG 3.'' We can hope right now can't we?