Grousbeck heads to his lucky turf; Michigan kind to Boston's owner.Byline: Bill Doyle COLUMN: Celtics notes BOSTON - Michigan has been good to Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck, and he'd like that to remain true this weekend. Grousbeck earned his law degree there, met his wife there, and this weekend hopes his Celtics will move closer there to capturing their first NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= championship since he graduated from the University of Michigan Law School The University of Michigan Law School, located in Ann Arbor, is a unit of the University of Michigan. The Law School, founded in 1859, currently has an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students, most of whom are earning the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.) or Master of Laws (LLM). . The Green visit the Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. Franchise history From Fort Wayne to Detroit tomorrow and Monday nights in the third and fourth games of the Eastern Conference finals. Grousbeck, a Worcester native, met his wife, Corinne, while attending the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. . He had just begun working for a law firm in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. when the Celtics beat the Lakers to win their 16th NBA title in June 1986. Grousbeck's in-laws still live outside Detroit. Grousbeck returned to the university two weeks ago to give the commencement address at the law school, and he hopes that's an omen that the Celtics will win title No. 17. The C's hadn't enjoyed a lot of success after Grousbeck's ownership group purchased the team in 2003 until this season, when they staged the greatest one-year turnaround in NBA history, jumping from 24 victories to 66. "This feels like what we felt we were going to try to do in '03," Grousbeck said, "but we knew we didn't have the roster then and knew therefore we had to build a new roster." Captain Paul Pierce Paul Pierce (born October 13, 1977 in Oakland, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He has been a starter every season since he was selected by the Celtics in the 1998 NBA Draft, and in 2002 he helped lead Boston to an is the only player left over from before Grousbeck bought the team. "And there was some debate about whether or not that player should be here," Grousbeck said, "and we said he should absolutely be here, he's a true Celtic. So we decided to build around Paul, and he was patient enough, and we hung in there, and it happened." It didn't happen overnight, though. "This doesn't feel like a lightning bolt Lightning bolt may refer to
Coach Doc Rivers Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers (born October 13 1961, in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player from Marquette University who played point guard in the National Basketball Association for the Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks, and San said losing the NBA lottery last year was the best thing that ever happened to him. "I feel the same way," Grousbeck said. "Third to fifth (pick) was the best possible thing that could happen to us, but we didn't know it at the time." Grousbeck didn't even watch the draft lottery Draft lottery could refer to:
"I had forgotten," Grousbeck said. "Give my regards to Seacacus," he told Stern. "I hope I never see it again." At the end of the regular season, Grousbeck and partners Steve Pagliuca and Robert Epstein attended an NBA owners meeting in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . "People were very complimentary of what the team did," Grousbeck said. "There were a lot of people saying, `Nice job.' Friendly congratulations and envious congratulations from some." The game presentations in Atlanta and Cleveland poked fun at the city of Boston on their giant video screens earlier in the playoffs. The Celtics don't stoop that low. "Why would we need to poke fun at to make a butt of; to ridicule. See also: Poke Atlanta and Cleveland?" Grousbeck asked. "That's just piling on. We couldn't find them on a map." Grousbeck wants to make the Celtics the main attraction on the NBA map. "I think we have a chance, but I refuse to make any predictions," he said. Flagrant foul no surprise Pistons coach Flip Saunders wasn't surprised that the NBA assessed Rip Hamilton a flagrant 1 foul yesterday for elbowing Kevin Garnett in Game 1. Saunders pointed out that Garnett set 53 screens in Game 1. "When you set that many screens," Saunders said, "you're going to get hit a couple times, and I think that's what happened." During Game 1, Hamilton was whistled only for one personal foul. Rivers believed the foul deserved to be a flagrant 1, but he held no animosity against Hamilton. "Rip's a good guy, a great guy," Rivers said. "It's an emotional game, and that kind of stuff happens." Garnett gets `assist' award Garnett earned the NBA Community Assist Award for April for donating more than 600 Celtics tickets to Boston Public School Boston Public School is a feeder school to Townsend Central Public School and Waterford District High School, part of the Grand Erie District School Board. It is located in Boston, Ontario, near Waterford, Ontario, at 2993 Cockshutt Road, Waterford, Ontario N0E 1Y0. students that month. A $5,000 donation will be made to the charity of Garnett's choice. Garnett isn't in as much of a charitable mood when he goes up against Detroit's Rasheed Wallace. "Rasheed is an emotional player," Rivers said. "He's an extremely talkative player, and so is Kevin. They probably talk to each other more than any two players you've ever seen, but there's nothing bad or negative about it. It's good competition, it's clean. The words are not, but the game is. That's good by me." Some tickets available A limited number of tickets for Wednesday's Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals will go on sale at 11 this morning. Tickets can be purchased by visiting Celtics.com, by calling 1-800-4NBA-TIX or at the TD Banknorth Garden Current arenas in the National Hockey League Western Conference Eastern Conference box office or Ticketmaster outlet. NAME: BOSTON CELTICS ART: PHOTO PHOTOG pho·tog n. Informal A person who takes photographs, especially as a profession; a photographer. : THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CUTLINE: Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck, a Worcester native, met his wife, Corinne, while attending the University of Michigan. |
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