BOSTON – It started again with the eyes. But it’s always the eyes. Kevin Garnett is 36 years old now, and the eyes burn like they did when he was 28 and could only dream of someday clutching an NBA championship trophy.
Yet even with that title now, he forever yearns for something more, raising his arms, pleading with teammates not gifted with such a fury. He dunked earlier in this Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Philadelphia 76ers and he dangled on the rim and howled into the roar. He shouts in the locker room. He still pounds his heart to the crowd.
“He’s had 17 years of playing hard,” Celtics center Ryan Hollins said. “I don’t know if a player ever has played 17 years hard on both ends of the floor.”
“We feed off his energy,” Celtics center Greg Stiemsma said.
Once again the Celtics needed the eyes on Monday. They needed the old fury. The Sixers had turned this series into a fight Boston didn’t need. And for a half the Celtics looked tired and old and broken down. And then came Garnett.
The play that everyone will remember was an offensive foul charged to Garnett when his body collided with that of Sixers center Spencer Hawes. Both men were in the air. Garnett was shooting. The crowd in the T.D. Garden roared its rage. Garnett’s eyes were wide and alive. The Sixers were leading by two points at the time. But something changed at that instant."
Con quattro giorni di ritardo voglio celebrare il compleanno di KG con questo articolo di Les Carpenter.
"The crowd in the T.D.Garden roared its rage.
Garnett's eyes were wide and alive"
a me vengono i brividi, sarà che mi emoziono facilmente in queste cose
Ringrazio il sempre attento Compare Ame per la precisazione sul nome del giocatore che doveva superare i 12 assists.
E poi mi unisco ad ambodue (Vichi e Ame) in quella che potrebbe sembrare una "scommessa storica". st. 6, ma solo per scaramanzia un pò più basso di quanto avrei voluto.
inutile aggiungere che le ore che mi separano dalla gara saranno di febbrile attesa;
non ho visto la partita di Miami per impegni, ma temo il ritorno della serenità in casa Heat.