Beat LA

The Celtics square off against the Lakers today at the Garden. This is an absolute HUGE game for the Celtics. They need to step up, share the ball, take good shots, and play great defense in order to win this game.

In my opinion, this is an absolute MUST WIN game for the team. They need to get their confidence up and win a game against a championship contender after dropping back to back games against Atlanta and Orlando. The Celtics are also just 4-6 in their last 10 games and have struggled since beating Orlando on Christmas Day.

Over the last week or so the fans of Boston have started to blame the struggles on old age, injuries, and coaching decisions by Doc. This is not the problem with the team. They simply aren't executing on the offensive and defensive ends of the floor. They are not playing team defense like they have in the past and they are not showing the passion they had during their championship run 2 years ago.

Yes, maybe age and injuries are taking a toll on this team but the fact of the matter is championship teams over come this. Championship teams win when facing adversity. They don't enter shooting slumps, they don't have break downs in the defensive end of the floor at the end of games, and they most certainly don't let opposing superstars drop 16 fourth quarter points on them.

So today is the day the Celtics need to step up and take down the fucking Los Angeles Lakers and prove to the fans of Boston that they are going to compete for a championship. Now is the time to step up end a slump and start playing better basketball for the rest of the season.

-MJR