So, I figure that the "altercation" between Big Baby and that young Orlando Magic fan hasn't been driven into the ground enough, so I've captured the spirit of the moment with this rip-off ... er, homage to the arcade classic "Pac-Man".

Introducing ... BigBabyMan!

Ernest Provetti (orlandosentinel.com) will stop at nothing to get an apology out of Glen "Big Baby" Davis! Eat the power-ups to enter "Raging Animal" mode and shut his trap!

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INSTRUCTIONS
Use your keyboard arrow keys to move through the maze. When you grab one of the power items in the corner, you will be able to chase down and defeat the enemies!

Click here (fyrebug.com) to play the game, or you could check out my blog (parquetwishesandleprechaundreams.com) for some of my previous gaming creations ... each one crappier than the last ;)

 

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Whilst browsing the Boston Globe website this morning, my eyes were drawn towards this excerpt from an article penned by one Marc Spears (boston.com):

Garnett said he's looking forward to the added workload next week.

"That's fine. I'm with whatever the program calls for. At this point it's about getting better and getting healthier," he said. "I think Doc is worried about my wind a little bit. I told him I'm like [a] wolverine, I adjust quickly. They're trying to put the reins on me and I want to go, I want to go, I want to go a little bit. They just want to make sure that come playoff time I'm more than solid so everything's a precautionary mechanism."

Obviously, the brackets highlighted above signify Mr. Spears' belief that KG unintentionally left out an important article in that sentence, and was referring to your common everyday furry carnivorous mammal (en.wikipedia.org) ... However, if this were the case, then Kevin's comparison fails to make much sense; I mean, since when have wolverines been known for their "quick adjustments"? I guess they're fast little suckers, but that's not really the same thing.

No, Mister Spears, I would conjecture that Kevin was instead talking about Wolverine (note the capitalization of the w to signify a proper name) and - more specifically - the Marvel hero's mutant healing factor (wikia.com).

I guess we can't really blame Marc for not being a comic-book geek ... Big dude like that was probably a jock in high school, ripping the comix out of little kids' hands before stuffing them into their lockers ;)

Phil Jackson has a chance to win the most titles of any coach in NBA history ... Help Mister Auerbach prevent that from happening by chucking his vast collection of Larry O'Brien Trophies right at Jackson's fat head!

 

INSTRUCTIONS Move left and right using the mouse, and press the mouse button to shoot. Avoid the floating disembodied Jackson heads while collecting power-ups (the Celtics logo)!

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BOSTON CELTICS AT ORLANDO MAGIC

January 27, 2008
1:00 PM EST (ABC)
Amway Arena (Orlando, FL)
Announcers: Mike Tirico-Suave and Hubie "The Love Bug" Brown ; Stuart Scott to Trot, Michael Wilbon-fire of the Vanities and Bill CTRL-Walton-DEL (in-studio) ; Lisa Salters n Peppa (sideline reporter)
Celtics Starting Lineup: Rayden, I've Got a Rajon Rondo, Perk'd Off, Scalitosis, Da Troof
Magic Starting Lineup: Maurice "The Pants Man" Evans, Carlos "El Loco" Arroyo, Dwight Howard Fine and Howard, Ahmad Rashard Lewis, Hedo "Nism" Turkoglu

Having played .500-basketball over the last few weeks, the Celtics needed an emotional victory like the one they had against the Minnesota T-Wolves the other night, something that could light a fire under them ... Unfortunately, it looks like that win is proving to be more costly than originally thought.

During said game, Kevvy G suffered an abdominal strain and - while in obvious pain - gutted it out (no pun intended) and provided a key defensive play in the waning moments to preserve the win.

Now, that injury is going to keep him out of action for this afternoon's contest in Orlando (and perhaps into the forseeable future) ... His replacement in the starting lineup? The zombified remains of Brian Scalabrine (parquetwishesandleprechaundream.blogspot.com). Oh my.

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RECAP: BOSTON CELTICS AT DETROIT PISTONS

Out of the Celtics' three losses (and isn't it great that we're into January and you can still count the number of losses on just one hand?), you have to believe that the one against Detroit still stings the players the most ... It was an opportunity for them to disprove their detractors against a quality Eastern Conference opponent, but some costly mental lapses - one in particular that Allan Tony won't soon forget - denied them a victory.

This would be their chance to make amends, and erase the sting - if only temporarily - of that defeat ...

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BOSTON CELTICS AT UTAH JAZZ

December 29, 2007
9:00 PM EST (Comcast SportsNet)
EnergySolutions Arena (Salt Lake City, UT)
Announcers: Mike An-Gorman-agement and Donny "We Are" Marshall ; Dr. Laura BehnkeTommy "Want to Touch the" Heinsohn (in-studio) ; Greg "Old Saint" Dickerson (sideline reporter).

Celtics Starting Lineup: Rayden, I've Got a Rajon Rondo, Perk'd Off, Kevvy G, Da Troof

Jazz Starting Lineup: Ronnie "Milwaukee" Brewer, Duran-Deron Williams, Mehmet Did It Ever Okur To You, Carlos Boozer Brody, I Would Walk Ten Thousand CJ Miles

We've been down this road with the Patriots over and over again ... Suffice it to say, if you could tear yourself away from tonight's matchup against the New York Giants (and the quest for a perfect regular season), there's a little ol' basketball game going on in the city with the salty lake that you might be interested in.

Furthermore, while it's not as sexy as "16-and-oh", the C's are attempting to surpass their win total from all of last season (24) before the month of January ... I think you'd agree that this would be rather impressive.

The Jazz, meanwhile, are coming off a double-digit loss to the Lakers last night (109-123), so it's a toss-up on whether it's fatigue or wounded pride that will be effecting their play tonight.

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BOSTON CELTICS AT TORONTO RAPTORS

December 16, 2007
1:00 PM EST (Comcast SportsNet)
Air Canada Centre (Toronto, Canada)
Announcers: Mike An-Gorman-agement and Tommy "Want to Touch the" Heinsohn ; Dr. Laura Behnke (in-studio) ; Greg "Old Saint" Dickerson (sideline reporter)
Celtics Starting Lineup: Allan Tony, I've Got a Rajon Rondo, Perk'd Off, Kevvy G, Da Troof
Raptors Starting Lineup: Anthony "Wishes He Was Tony" Parker, Jose CalderonThePhone, Rasho Nesterovic's Funky Bowling, "Osh Kosh" Chris Bosh, Jamario Moon Over Parador

It seems everytime I do one of these recaps for CelticsBlog, the rest of New England is paying more attention to a Patriots game ... ah well, such is life. Maybe I'll check whether Belichek and Mangini make nice during the commercial breaks.

As for the matter at hand, Rayden (who hit the game-winning shot last time these two teams hooked up in the Great White North) will miss his second straight contest in order to give his ankle a little more rest; no need to risk anything this early in the season, after all.

Concerning the Raptors, they'll be looking for redemption after the 28-point drubbing they received a week ago in Beantown. However, they also will be down one starter, with T.J. "And the Bear" Ford out of action (after a rather ugly fall against the Hawks [youtube.com]).

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BOSTON CELTICS VS LOS ANGELES LAKERS

November 23, 2007
7:30 PM EST (Comcast SportsNet)
TD Banknorth Garden (Boston, MA)
Announcers: Mike An-Gorman-agement and Tommy "Want to Touch the" Heinsohn ; Gary PoonTanguay and Donny Darko (in-studio) ; Greg "Old Saint" Dickerson (sideline reporter)
Celtics Starting Lineup: Rayden, I've Got a Rajon Rondo, Perk'd Off, Kevvy G, Da Troof
Lakers Starting Lineup: Black Mamba No. 5, Derek Fisher-Price, Andrew Bynumb3r, Lamar Odom and Domber, Ronny Fast and the Turiaf

The Rivalry (note the capital letters) has been dormant for quite awhile now. In fact, it's been at least seventeen years, by my last count.

I remember it well, as the two most storied franchises in professional basketball history saw a major decline in their success levels during the mid-90s ... However, whereas the Celtics have never really recovered from those title-less doldrums, the Lakers were able to make the moves and lure in the free agents to surge ahead and regain their own glory days.

So, we fans had to watch Shaq and Kobe hoist the championship trophies high over their heads ... while those green and white banners in the rafters continued to collect dust, waiting for a new member to join in their ranks.

And yet, things are a little different in the here and now - Mr. Bryant has alienated a lot of people with his on-again/off-again trade demands over the summer, and (even though his teammates have helped put together a respectable 7-4 record thus far) it's looking like La-La Land may be waiting a long time before they get another whiff of the NBA Finals ... Meanwhile, our 9-1 Celtics are grabbing the headlines for all the right reasons; it may still be too early to say whether there's more hype than substance there, but at least we're starting to see some light (however dim) at the end of the tunnel.

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BOSTON CELTICS AT TORONTO RAPTORS

November 4, 2007
2:30 PM EST (Comcast SportsNet)
Air Canada Centre (Toronto, Canada)
Announcers: Mike AnGormanagement and Tommy "Want to Touch the" Heinsohn ; Dr. Laura Behnke and Donny Darko (in-studio) ; Greg "Old Saint" Dickerson (sideline reporter)
Celtics Starting Lineup: Rayden, I've Got a Rajon Rondo, Perk'd Off, Kevvy G, Da Troof
Raptors Starting Lineup: TJ "And the Bear" Ford, Anthony "Wishes He Was Tony" Parker, Jason BustaKaponoAss, Osh Kosh Chris Bosh, Andrea LeftHisBargnDoorOpen

The Patriots may be sitting at 9-0 after a win over the Colts, but the Celts are working on a little winning streak of their own ... yes, the quest for the perfect 82-0 season continues!

Okay, maybe that's just a tad bit unrealistic, but after a pretty convincing victory against the always-humble Gilbert Arenas and his Washington Wizards on opening night, nothing has been done to dissipate those sky-high expectations that Celtics fans have built up for this club. And what better opponent to continue those newfound winning ways than against the defending Atlantic Division champion Toronto Raptors?

We're a long way from Rome, but this whirlwind tour of the "Not Big Three" had its beginnings against these same Raptors in their very first game together ... However, this contest will actually count in the record books, so don't count on our boys' intensity level dropping.

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