Even with a stat line rather modest by his historical big-game and “drama-queen” standards, the best player in today’s game imposed his will on the 94’ x 50’ parquet for a full 48 minutes Sunday evening.
A determined and battle-toughening band (down to a septet at the end) of Beantowners rode their youthful exuberance, precocious talent and a spirited home crowd to a quick start. Boston enjoyed its biggest advantage (35- 23) with just under nine minutes left in Q2 – indeed they trailed for only 36 seconds of the first half.
The C’s performed quite admirably in certain areas during their biggest game of the year.