Mike Bibby

Reactions to a Hawks Fan’s View of Round 1

Our good friend, Shotgun, over at the Blue Workhorse Blog recently put up an article where he addressed 33 points about the Hawks and Celtics round one playoff match up. There were several of these points that I agree with and I think most others who watched the series would also agree with. However, there [...]

Celtics Get Back on Track, Lead Series 3-2

The Celtics came back to Boston and did exactly what they needed to do while they were at home: get a win. After the two losses in Atlanta, the Celtics desperately needed to come back home and get back on track. They did just that by controlling the Hawks and beating them 110-85. Game 6 [...]

Hawks Turn 180 Degrees, Shock Celtics

The Hawks had their backs against the wall. Down 2-0, Mike Bibby said this was a must-win for the Hawks. Every player says that when down a couple games into a series; it’s really cliche. Most people didn’t think the Hawks ever had a chance of getting within ten points of the Celtics by the [...]

Celtics Continue to Pound Hawks in Game 2

The T.D. Banknorth Garden was not full of fair weather fans tonight, nor any sort of bandwagon fans that Hawks guard Mike Bibby thought there might be. No, these fans were true to their team and kept a roar going the whole game as the Celtics improved to 2-0 in the opening series against the [...]

Celtics Four-Point Play (4-23)

This edition of the Four-Point Play will be entirely devoted to Mike Bibby’s comments about the Celtics as “fair weather” fans. I will have four separate but related points to make about his stupid, baseless comments.
1. Mike Bibby told reporters after Game 1 of the Hawks-Celtics first round series:
“(The crowd was) kind of loud at [...]

Round 1: Celtics Should Sweep Hawks

The Celtics should be able to take care of the Hawks in four games during the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Here are a few reasons why:

The Celtics swept the season series. The final margins were all by at least ten points, but the Hawks held close in a few of the games.
Paul Pierce, [...]

Cassell and Celtics Fly Over Hawks

The Celtics officially now have 40 more wins than all of last season (64 this year, 24 last year) after they downed he Hawks Saturday night by a final score of 99-89. Sam Cassell had 15 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Celts outscored the Hawks 25-15 after the score was [...]