The Biggest Celtics Game in 23 Months: Game 6 Open Thread

Posted by Zach Lowe on May 13, 2010 8098341 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fcelticshub.com%2F2010%2F05%2F13%2Fthe-biggest-celtics-game-in-23-months-game-6-open-thread%2FThe+Biggest+Celtics+Game+in+23+Months%3A+Game+6+Open+Thread2010-05-13+21%3A52%3A27Zach+Lowehttp%3A%2F%2Fcelticshub.com%2F%3Fp%3D8098

It seems like much more than 48 hours have passed since the Celtics victory in Game 5. All the speculation over LeBron’s semi no-show and What It Means For The Sport of Basketball And The City of Cleveland. All the keyboard-mashing over LeBron’s “disgraceful” or “disappointing” or “awful” or “spirit-less” 3-of-14 jumper-fest.

Finally: Game 6 is here. Or it will be in two hours or so. It’s indisputably the biggest game the Celtics have played since the ’08 Finals, though that’s not really saying much. I’ve had a day-long case of Butterflies In My Stomach for the first time since Game 6 of the ’08 Finals—that glorious, glorious Game 6.

You know the Butterflies—the combination of excitement and fear you get for the occasional huge playoff game. Excitement because, tonight, the Boston Celtics could eliminate the Cleveland Cavaliers from the NBA playoffs. Fear because if they don’t, they face the prospect of having to win in Cleveland for the third time in four games. Cleveland lost at home six times in the regular season.

Consider this your open thread. Is LeBron coming out with an aggression that borders on the reckless? Can the Celtics weather that and stay close early against the best first-quarter team in the league? Have the C’s changed anything in their defense against LeBron? Are the Cavs going small? Big? Without Mo Williams?

Does Rasheed Wallace already have four fouls?

Tell us what you’re seeing.

Here we go.