When he was at LSU, Glenn “Big Baby” Davis just struck me as one more guy with a good year in college who thought too much of his talent and was headed for a nondescript career in the NBA. Nothing from him since led me to reconsider . . . until he put the Celtics on his shoulders and carried them to victory in the fourth quarter last night.
Don’t believe me? Take a look at the numbers, courtesy of ESPN (about halfway down).
Boston had sixteen points in the final quarter; Big Baby had seven of them. The Celtics had ten rebounds in the fourth, half of which were from Davis. Of Boston’s seven field goals in the last twelve minutes, Davis had three of them, including the last two (with less than one minute to go and as time ran out respectively).
OK, so Big Baby won’t be up there with Michael or Kobe, but keep this up (for, say, a half-dozen years), and he could end up with Robert Horry.
More importantly (for now), he’s the reason the Celtics still have a shot to be the next sacrifical lamb for LeBron defend their title.
You were doing good with your post until you said the Celtics had a shot to defend their title. Even if they finish off the Magic in Game 6 they will have bupkus left to deal with LeBron, his teammates and the refs who love him. Cleveland wins 5 and hopefully loses to the Nuggets or Lakers in the finals.
Did the strikeout subtlety move fall out of favor while I was asleep last night?