Streaking To Respectability

Three straight. Holy cow, a few days ago, we thought they wouldn't win 25 games all year. Well, that might still happen, but it now seems more likely that this band of very young players may be finally getting it. It showed in this one as they held off a late charge to beat the Knickerbockers, 122-118.

Doc Rivers has been perilously close to the proverbial hot seat, but seems to have extricated himself with his inspired running game and tough defense that have exemplified the 3 game run.

Paul Pierce contributed another monster game (39 points) and Ryan Gomes gave us all more evidence that he may be for real (22 points and 14 rebounds). The balanced attacked was fleshed out by Szczerbiak (20 points) and Sebatian Telfair (19 points). Of course, anytime you knock off any over-rated New York team, it's even sweeter.

Are they worth getting excited over yet? Not bloody likely. But they are getting tantalizingly close.