Last night’s win felt good, real good. And it wasn’t because I was drinking and eating for free in a TD Banknorth Garden suite. The C’s got their swagger back and I think the crowd had a lot to do with that (free t-shirts will get anyone pumped up). But hell, we had plenty to cheer about. Paul Pierce insisted on taking the ball to the hoop and he did it with a variety of spin moves. KG imposed his will defensively. He had at least two monster blocks. Ray Allen was dialed in from long-range. The bench was great. Leon Powe crashed the boards while taking about 6 charges. Unfortunately the refs only called two of them. Cassell came out with guns blazing. Posey hit a couple of big shots. Even Scalabrine did a helluva job handing out high-fives. Back to the refs, who were awful. I honestly believe they held back on calling some obvious charges. And there is no such thing as a “no-call” anymore. If there’s contact, they’ll blow the whistle. The most obvious cop-out came when Joe Johnson took a swipe at KG and both were given techs. Garnett was furious and nearly got tossed. But the play of the game came late in the 4^th when Ray Allen raked that punk Al Horford in the face. Can someone please tell him “flexing” after a basket when you are down by 17 is ridiculous. This thing ends Friday night.

Chuck – Red’s Army