I’ve been following the NBA for well over 50 years, have a vague recollection of Havlicek’s historic heist; the junior-high version of me began riding the Green Line to the Gahden’s Second Balcony in the twilight of Mr. Russell’s playing days …
… but never in all that time can I recall seeing a similar display of offensive efficiency like the one the J-Team and Co. laid on Brooklyn during an eight-and-a-half-minute stretch of Q1 Wednesday evening, the opening foray of a genuine beat-down.
After a Derrick White miss on the game’s opening possession, Brooklyn’s defense would earn just one more “Stop” on Boston’s next SEVENTEEN trips down the floor.