The Bruins and the Celtics entered their respective series' with momentum after convincing series wins over the Canadians and Knicks. Now there are two very different happenings in their current series'.
The Bruins are off to an amazing start and now leading the series against the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 and have been scoring uncontrollably. They took down the Flyers last night 5-1 led by Zdeno Chara's two goals and Tim Thomas' ability to control the net. Thomas has been the most impressive goalie this season in my opinion. He started off strong and then slowed down his performance before entering the playoffs. This led the Bruins fans to become weary heading into the playoffs. As we have seen in the past, often times the NHL playoffs, a hot goalie can lead their team to a Stanley Cup Championship and Tim Thomas has gotten hot at the right time. He has been scary good against the Flyers which should mean no repeat of last year and a come behind win by the Flyers. Also another good sign is that the Bruins are winning despite being 0-31 on the power play in the playoffs until Chara's slap shot in the second.
The Celtics on the other hand are down 0-2, however don't loose all hope because they are heading home and have a long rest before their next game. Saturday's game is most defiantly an important one because we can't afford to go down in the series 3-0 especially to this Miami Heat team. We will need a big game from our bench on Saturday and a good 30 point game from ANYONE couldn't hurt. Paul Peirce needs to step it up and take control on the offensive end. I know he's lacks some height on Lebron James, but he still needs to take the ball at him. He needs to create contact and go to the line which is what the Heat have been doing so well. Although i may sound negative, I still have high hopes and I firmly believe that the Heat are beatable and I look forward to watching the Celtics take one at home on Saturday.
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