NBA Playoffs

The NBA Playoffs. Some of the most anticipated parts of the year. With the best players and the best teams on show case for everyone to see it’s the stars time to really step up and prove they are the best of the best. With the first round match up of the Boston Celtics versus The New York Knicks, it a knock down drag out fight.

In game number two of the series the Boston Celtics had a big lead going into the second half and going into the fourth quarter. The New York Knicks, without Amar’e Stoudemire and Chauncey Billups, two of there key starters, the weight of the team fell onto Carmelo Anthony’s shoulders. With his 42 point, which ties his career playoff high, he couldn’t put his Knicker-bockers into the win column.

Down 11 at the start of the fourth quarter, Melo went on a run of scoring 16 of New York’s next 18 points. Putting the Knicks on top by 2 points. There were a total of 18 lead changed and 16 times that the Celtics and Knicks were all tied up. With New York without two of their top three players, they were playing with a significant amount of bench players playing more time then usual.

At the end of the game it really showed how experience does pay off when it comes to the playoffs. Boston executed their plays and their offensive possessions with more precision than New York and that was the deciding factor in this contest.

New York could not capitalize on their offensive possessions in the last few moments of the game when Boston did. Boston’s Kevin Garnett made a baby hook with 12.5 seconds left and when New York got the ball after they called time out to run a play, Boston’s defense prevailed and won them the game. Gotta love the excitement!