It Feels Like The First Time

If this were any other win during the long slog that is the NBA season, it would accurately be termed "ugly". Twenty-five turnovers should not result in a victory for any team on any night.

But, being the very first victory of the season for the Green, we can be excused for labeling this 110-108 win over the Bobcats a "beauty". And there were comely elements to it: like Paul Pierce and Wally Szczerbiak each scoring 35 points; like Ryan Gomes banking his first career triple double; like Delonte West nailing the game-winner as the OT clock expired on a sweet (and brilliantly savvy) pass by the Captain.

So, we'll ignore the warts and take the "W", and hope that those "W's" are closer to 40 than 30 when the season ends the day before Patriot's Day.