It is good to be a Boston sports fan right now, with two of the teams in the play-offs and you have the Red Sox finally winning a few games. You have the Celtics being really hot going 3-0 so far against the Heat, with the possibility of a sweep. The Bruins are 3-2 over Buffalo, so they are still in the mix for a chance at the Stanley Cup. Then you have the Sox who are off to a slow start with a 7-10 start but they have won a few walk off wins in the past week. So there is a lot of great stuff for Boston sports fan to look forward with these great series going on.
The Boston Celtics are on a hot streak and they are on their way to a first round sweep over Dewayne Wade and his Miami Heat team. The Celtics won game one was a close one but the C’s pull out a win in a very heated game as veteran leader Kevin Garnett out ejected from the game for throwing an elbow which lead to a game to suspension during Game two of the play offs. The Celtics was lead during that game Paul Pierce with 16 points in an 85-76 win. Game two was a different story the Celtics come out ready to play without Garnett with Glen “big baby” Davis filling his spot on the floor. Ray Allen and cast came out to play as they lead the last three quarters of the game as they walked away with a 106-77 win. Allen had 25 points to lead the team in points. Then you get to last night battle which was the heats best chance at winning as the C’s only won by two points with a 100-98 last second victory made possible by Pierce who made a 21-foot shot to win the game. Pierce was the leading scorer again in game three with 32 points. So the Celtics hope to wrap up the series on Sunday and start to prepare for round two of the NBA play-offs.
The Boston Bruins are looking to make it farther in the quest for the Stanley Cup. The Bruins lost game one to the Sabres 2-1, the Sabres scored one of their two goals in the first period and one in the second period but the B’s scored a goal in the second trying to come back but come up short. The Bruins came back in game two to win 5-3, the Bruins started off slow as they gave up two goals in the first period and one in the second but that would be all that they allow. The B’s went to score two goals in the second and three in the third. The B’s won game three 2-1 putting up one goal in both the first and third period to win. Game four was the long one as it went in to double overtime as Boston pulled a come from behind to tie the game 2-2 in the third period and it took two long overtimes to pull off the win. Game five was lost by the Bruins as the Sabres outscored Boston 4-1. This has been an exciting series and the Bruins get another chance to look up a second round spot with a win on Monday.
The Red Sox have had a poor start this season with the injury of not one but two out fielders and poor pitching and defense. Which is what GM Theo Epstein said would be what lead the team this season. With two injured players it gave a chance to call up two outfielders from the Paw Sox, one of those players was Josh Reddick and Darnell McDonald. At the start of the Texas series people was asking who the heck is McDonald, well they found out in a big way as he hit a home run in his first at bat as a member of the Red Sox and also hit the game winning RBI in the ninth. McDonalds bat was a much needed thing for the Sox as it seemed to be a rebirth of the team for the season. In game two J.D. hit a grand slam and McDonald hit another home run and the game ended in a walk off by Kevin Youkilis. Then last night against the Orioles David Oritz bat finally decided to wake up after being pitch hit for earlier in the week he got his first home run of the year. We can only hope that this week’s games will be a turnaround point for the rest of the season but the pitching will have to be better for that to happen. The bullpen is losing games for starters and the starters are staying in too long and giving up to many runs. The Red Sox are finally starting to look like the team I know they can be this week.
So Boston Fans enjoy the play offs and the rest of the Red Sox series and hopefully they can end their season in the play offs as well.
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