Celtics Shoot Down Eagles to Reach Finals

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The Celtics fought back from an opening round loss to reach the finals of the Hardwood Heartbreaker by shooting down the Eagles 52-39.

Marvin Ebigwu took over at crunch time and made 3 great assists to spark the Celtics to the victory. It was a great team effort as the Celtics quick passing repeatedly found the open man for high percentage shots. Wise was a bull inside; Maguire, Morton, Ebigwu and Walch provided a two guard front and McIlroy and Lee patrolled the baseline.

Awesome defense on the two-headed monster of Alan Santos and Matt Reynolds provided the key to slowing down the Eagles. Ebigwu, Walch and Maguire made it very difficult for the quick guard duo to break down our defense.

Yours truly, the Coach, picked up his first technical in about 4 years. Jerrod and Sean came down with a defensive rebound and the ref immediately called a TRAVELING on us..a turnover. I quickly, and loudly, yelled to the official to let him know that, "neither player moved their pivot foot.".....No offering of glasses, no cuss words, just pointing out what I saw. I was awarded a Technical AND an opportunity to SIT IN A CHAIR the rest of the game instead of my normal position of standing on the sideline.

Later in the game, this same referee educated me that "any dual-possession (by the same team) is automatic traveling." It does not make sense, but I will check with other officials to find out if it's true.