Beasts of the East: Celtics Start Making Noise

Well, the Rockets' streak is finally over, and it sure has been an interesting ride. First, I would like to congratulate the Rockets on their amazing winning streak, it took a great amount of will power for T-Mac and company to fight through 10 games, all against premium competition, without a loss or Yao. The Rockets' accomplishments will be remembered by sports fans the world over for a very long time, and rightly so. Twenty-two game streaks don't happen that often, especially in the loaded Western Conference Houston plays in. That said, the Celtics also deserve some accolades for, not only holding arguably the NBA's most prolific scorer to eight points, but for beating the streaking Rockets one night after crawling back from 22 points down to defeat the World Champion Spurs. If the Celtics can complete their trip through Texas without a loss, they will have cemented their place as one of the NBA's best teams, if not the best. It also should be mentioned this team is far deeper than most ... (link)