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A close victory, followed by a convincing victory, followed by a convincing loss. And so it goes for the Celtics, who recently saw their home winning streak end against the Knicks, in a rematch where Ewing and friends proved they had learned from the first encounter a few days earlier. But before I get too far ahead of myself, there's no better time than right now to go over the stats, as they'll really tell the story of these three games. First up for Boston was a battle against the Washington Bullets (as they were known back in the 1991-92 season on which the SNES "Tecmo Super NBA Basketball" is based). While the 1991-92 Bullets never came close to contention, finishing with an abysmal 25-57 record while losing 15 of their last 18 games (and enduring humiliating losing streaks almost every month of the season), they came dangerously close to upsetting Boston in the Garden, and fell short by a mere three points as the Celtics won 149-146. Boston reached 100 points faster than Washington did, with Reggie Lewis scoring to give the Celtics a 101-95 lead with 2:58 left in the third period. Incredibly, it was not Lewis who led the way in scoring but the incomparable "Chief" Robert Parish, who turned back the clock by finishing with 42 points and no fouls (making him the only Celtic who did not commit a foul all game). Lewis finished just one point behind Parish, recording 41 points while connecting on his only free throw attempt and fouling just once. Dee Brown had 31 points and connected on his only free throw try, while also fouling just once. John Bagley and Larry Bird had some trouble playing 'clean,' with both men combining for 35 points, three free throws made out of four attempted, and a whopping six fouls. Every Bullet got in foul trouble, with none able to finish the game foul-free. Four different Bullets were able to score at least thirty points, so the scoring was well balanced for Washington. A.J. English came out best, recording 39 points while making his only attempted free throw, but also fouled three times. Pervis Ellison scored 37 points, including a rare three-pointer, succeeding on his only three-point attempt. He had two fouls of his own. Michael Adams contributed 31 points, while connecting on his only free throw attempt, and also fouled twice. The legendary Bernard King--despite missing the entirety of the actual 1991-92 season due to a right knee injury--is featured as a starter on the Bullets' Tecmo roster, and proved a critical component to Washington's competitive performance, adding 30 points while missing his only free throw attempt and fouling once. The heavily favored Celtics, having prevailed by the margin of a three-pointer despite never actually connecting on one, faced the Bullets in a rematch shortly thereafter, once again in the Garden. Once again, Washington gave the Celtics trouble; though Boston built up a lead, the Bullets nearly erased it, pulling as close as two points only for the Celtics to pull away from their underdog opponents at the very end, winning by a final score of 170-154. Once again, Boston got to 100 points first, with Lewis scoring to give the Celtics a 100-84 lead with 9:10 left in the third period. Dee Brown could not stay out of foul trouble, committing his sixth and final allotted late in the fourth period, and was replaced by journeyman Kevin Gamble. As a result, the Celtics achieved an amazing feat, in that not one, not two, but three Celtics finished the game with no fouls committed. Those players, respectively, are John Bagley (33 points, one-for-three on free throws, no fouls), Larry Bird (19 points, three-for-three on free throws, no fouls), and Gamble (two points, no fouls). Robert Parish was unable to replicate the magic from his previous game against Washington, finishing with just sixteen points while fouling once. Reggie Lewis led the way in scoring by a sizable margin, finishing with 58 points while going two-for-two on free throws and fouling twice. Bernard King and A.J. English made for a true 'dynamic duo,' combining for 96 points while going eight-for-eight on free throw attempts, but whereas English did not foul once (and was the only Bullet to finish with no fouls committed), King fouled thrice. They were the only Bullets to attempt free throws in the game; the other starters--Michael Adams, Pervis Ellison, and Harvey Grant (twin brother of Bulls legend Horace)--combined for 58 points and six fouls (with each fouling twice apiece). Next for the Celtics was a rematch against the Knicks, who had they convincingly beaten in an earlier meeting. But this time around, the Knicks proved they were not the same team the Celtics had comfortably defeated previously. Studying how Washington gave Boston trouble, they took the blueprint and used it to keep the Celtics in check for the duration of the game, winning by a final score of 180-165 (while holding a commanding 103-81 lead at halftime) and decisively snapping Boston's winning streak in the Garden. Not only did the Knicks reach 100 points first, but they did so before halftime, as John Starks scored on a free throw to give New York a 100-79 lead with 25 seconds left in the second period. Starks ultimately finished with 33 points while going three for five on free throw attempts, and was the only Knick to not commit a foul. Patrick Ewing dominated from a scoring standpoint, exploding for 66 points, but went zero for two on free throws and fouled once. Xavier McDaniel trailed heavily with 39 points, but also made a three-point shot (going one for two on such attempts) while fouling once. Mark Jackson had 34 points and one foul, while Charles Oakley was basically invisible for the entire game, finishing with a pathetic eight points and two fouls. Every Celtic got in foul trouble, with no Boston players managing to stay foul-free. Reggie Lewis once again led the way in scoring, accounting for 52 points. He too went zero for two on free throws, just as Ewing did, and committed two fouls. Dee Brown was the worst offender, finishing with 42 points while fouling a whopping four times. John Bagley had 34 points and one foul, while Larry Bird added 25 points and went three-for-three on free throw attempts (and fouled once). Robert Parish was almost invisible, finishing with 12 points and a foul. While I would normally give Boston a rematch, the margin by which the Knicks won is enough to take them out of the running for one; as a result, the Knicks will be facing Charles Barkley and the Philadelphia 76ers, with the winner of that game to face Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers (despite Johnson never playing in the 1991-92 season, having retired due to a diagnosis of HIV; on the other hand, he did play in the 1992 NBA All-Star Game [after being voted in by fans], and was named MVP after finishing with 25 points for the Western Conference All-Stars). Legends all around. The sun is finally coming out; earlier this morning, there was a heavy downpour, and when I went to take out the garbage, I found an excuse to account for more, grabbing a few items from my room so I could get my phone and go outside again, to take a picture of the first rainbow I've seen since the move to the Joshua House back in April. A promise that He is still watching over us, I would take it. Yesterday, I recovered cards that had fallen out of our manager's wallet. Today, I kept a housemate distracted so that he would stop bothering a CNA for his meds (as it took an inordinately long span of time for them to be distributed today, with our manager apparently heading out for an overdue and well-earned vacation). I promised the manager I would be good. "I'm counting on it, Cameron." Time to be a man of my word. If I can keep myself in line maybe the morale of this house will stay on a high. A door closes. Dialogue resonates from a phone in the distance. I am not sure if the speaker has any personal relation to the CNA to whom that phone almost certainly belongs. Laundry spins, round and round, upside down, all around, in a nearby washer. I'll bet it's just one. But could it be two? Time to take a look. "But wait, Cameron!" the inner voice in my head says to me. "It is not your business. Don't get involved!" "Shut up," I tell it. "You don't know nothin'. 'Bout anything." A homage to, or reflection on, Peter's admonishment of Lois after acquiring a brain-damaged horse at a police auction in an episode of "Family Guy." As it turns out, it was indeed one washer, with the other not in use. Both dryers were also active, which may have helped to make the atmospheric noise a bit more audible. Footsteps are heard, a seeming indicator of an incontinent housemate making yet another bathroom trip (better that than the alternative,and it is a basic human right anyway). It all makes more sense now.