Morning after: KG feels ‘great,’ Steph’s legs, a nice win

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Around the Internet this morning after last night’s huge win:

• A couple of interesting notes from the Globe’s notebook. Since I over-analyze every word anybody with the C’s says about KG, this quote from Doc made me smile:

“He ran [Thursday], he told me, on the treadmill, and he said he felt great,” Rivers said. “Other than that, that’s the first day he’s been able to run.”

Also, Marbury says some insightful things about his own play, including an explanation (the one we all suspected) for why he can’t finish in the lane (and why Sean Williams is blocking his shots with his elbows):

“I probably need about another week where I can just get my legs under me,” Marbury said. “Once I start getting my legs under me, that’s when I’ll start getting to the paint. My legs are limiting my drives. That’s a big part of my game, my legs.”

Finally, a TA update:

Allen will have a cast removed Friday and hopes to return before the playoffs. “I hope so, I probably can, with the grace of God,” he said.

• The Herald helps us put the Joe Smith-Mikki Moore debate to bed by asking Smith if he would actually have chosen Boston over Cleveland. Here’s Joe:

“It would have been real hard (to pick the C’s over Cleveland), especially if things would work out where we would have to face each other again (in the postseason). That would have definitely been hard, because I developed some friendships on this team. We did some good things last year and took these guys to a Game 7. It would have been real difficult for me to put on the green jersey and then have to face these guys in the playoffs.”

I don’t even care if he’s telling the truth or not. This is the last time I will write about this. 

• Both Red’s and Celtics Blog have some insightful things to say about the game last night, with Red’s calling it the biggest win of the year so far and CB saying the C’s played “championship basketball”–and that readers are bitching about the 38-12 FTA disparity. You know what? That makes me happy. It’s hard to win a game when the other team attempts 26 more free throws, but the C’s found a way. Accept it and be happy, I say.