Welcome to the Garden …
Welcome to the Garden, where the Boston Celtics will take on the Atlanta Hawks starting at 8 p.m.
The Celtics have a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series after a 104-81 victory over Atlanta in Game 1 Sunday. It will be interesting to see if the long layoff between games has any impact on the teams tonight.
Expect Hawks point guard Mike Bibby to hear it from the crowd at the Garden tonight. Bibby called out Celtics fans before his team’s practice yesterday, telling the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “They were kind of loud at the beginning. But a lot of these fans are bandwagon jumpers trying to get on this now. I played here last year, too. And I didn’t see three fourths of them. They’re for the team now and they might get a little rowdy but that’s about it.”
Kendrick Perkins was one of Celtics players who reacted to Bibby’s comments.
“Coming off a 2-for-10 shooting performance, you expect a guy to say something like that,” Perkins said. “We have the best fans in the world, but we don’t expect other players to like our fans.”
Kevin Garnett also had a reaction.
“That’s Mike Bibby speaking his mind. I wouldn’t say it’s the smartest comment, but that’s Mike Bibby,” Garnett said.
Rajon Rondo is currently shooting by himself on one end of the court. Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis is shooting on the other hand. Davis is taking it easy. Rondo is going through his usual intensive routine.
The locker rooms open at 6:30 p.m. We’ll talk to some players and give you a taste of the pregame scene in a bit.
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