someone needs to elevate their game and be a leader on the floor...i'm not trying to undermine these greatly talented nba players (and i mean this with all due respect) but those guys were average out there last night. i realize that 20 points in an nba game is an accomplishment in itself, but none of our so-called "big 3" (cough...cough) stepped up and carried this team.
...somebody better do so on sunday.
I agree, but unfortunately "Umbutu" protocol dictates that one shall not rise above the others.
Umbutu won't be wearing a jersey on Sunday...
they can spew all the phrases and cliches they want, but somebody needs to have a legendary performance tomorrow...it's our history:
- larry calls his teammates "sissies"
- max says to hop on his back
- 'toine getting in everyone's face during a timeout
- bill russell pulling down every rebound in sight
game 7's are made for that heroic individual that says i will carry this team to victory no matter what...Umbutu won't win game 7, but a remarkable performance by one of our 3 cornerstone players will. if these guys sit back and try not to offend the other two, or they defer to each other to a fault, or paul pierce tries to dribble the ball for 22 seconds we will witness the largest upset in nba history.
my biggest fear is that none of these guys have been in this position before...do they gravitate to the pressure and rise above it, or do they fold under it?
guess we should know something around 3:30 tomorrow afternoon...