Celtics Lose :-(

. . . But Mickey wins.

Well, I hate to say I told you so (seriously, I do), so I won't, but just moments ago, the Boston Celtics dropped their first game of the season to a team that can actually play - the Orlando Magic.

Now, I won't get carried away since it was just one loss, but it was a loss to a strong team, a team that is now 9-2 to the Celtics 8-1, but you probably haven't heard too much about that from the media. Luckily, ESPN.com and NBA.com (among others) post the other teams' standings so us regular folk can know what other teams not getting media attention are doing.

The Celts were actually down by 19 at the start of the second half and came back in the second, but they came up short. They've had a few of these late rallies, but I guess that streak ended along with their perfect record. Ray Allen was 7-13 (2-8 from 3-point line), Kevin Garnett (aka "KG"), 7-17, and Paul Pierce, 10-17. All 5 starters had 3 turnovers apiece. Most of these seemingly came in the 4th quarter.

In the 4th quarter, Allen scored 11 of his 19. The other 2/3 of the Big 3 disappeared, with KG scoring only 2 points and Pierce scoring 4. KG had a good look at a 3-pointer but he missed that, too.

This is on the heels of ESPN's NBA page headline about top 3-somes in the league, with the feature photo depicting you know who. Actually, writer Marc Stein has them as the third best trio behind trios from the Spurs and the Suns, so I'll give him his propers for attempting to preserve the integrity of ESPN.

What does this loss say, if anything, about the Celtics and their chances of winning the NBA championship, the Eastern Conference Finals, their next game, the lotto . . . whatever else the media is saying they're going to win.