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May 12, 2009
Brian Scalabrine will play tonight: Lighter Mood for Celtics pregame
An important pregame note:
Doc Rivers announced that Brian Scalabrine will play tonight after being ill for the past day or so. He was not at shootaround today and was rumored to be a game time decision.
That is a vital bit of information, considering how depleted the Celtics' options at power forward are with Powe and Garnett out for the duration. Brian has generally played well defensively in this series against Rashard Lewis, a tough match up for the Celtics.
The mood was decidely lighter after a big win in Orlando two nights ago.
When Doc Rivers was asked how Brian was feeling, he answer was...
Um...He's feelling......lighter. (laughter)
That's all I can say.
Reporter...
Then he should be quicker. (More laughter)
Doc...
Yeah, he should be quicker......yeah, he's feeling better. I'll stop there. (laughter) He is feeling better. He's been able to keep his food down so that's good.
Reporter: You thought you'd just mention that?
Doc...
I don't even know why I went there. (laughter)
Will you be changing anything with him?
No, we're just going to play him. I mean, obviously, you see that he's out there. you see that he's struggling, you'll react. But no. Athletes have that ability at times. So we're just hoping he can muster his way through it. You just don't know. we'll just wait and see.
That was basically it. Game time coming up.
Posted by Tom on May 12, 2009 7:13 PM
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