Huskies Outshoot Celtics in Overtime (11/22/46)

On one hand it was good to see the Boston Celtics offense wake up to score 82 points in a game, on the other hand....this might be the most embarrassing loss of the season. The Celtics battled the Toronto Huskies to force overtime only to lose to them without Ed Sadowski in the lineup. This time it was Dick Fitzgerald who led the charge for Toronto, scoring 15 points in the contest. The Celtics were led by the Simmons brothers as Connie dropped 18 and Johnny dropped 14. Red Wallace and Tony Kappen pitched in with 25 points combined but it wasn't enough. The Huskies ended up beating the Celtics 83-82 in overtime at the Maple Leaf Gardens.

                                                        Bob Davidson laughs at the Celtics

Jackass of the Night is a tough one since the team played really well. This time I'll go with Mel Hirsch. He was the only Celtic to not score in a game decided by one point.

                                                            Jackass Hirsch

Final Thoughts:

Figures that the Celtics played their best game of the season and still lost. Nearly everybody but Hirsch scored a point so its hard to judge a team that forces overtime and comes up just short. That's the story of the season though, just coming up short. The Celtics have played eight games so far and have lost seven of them. Owner Walter Brown can't be happy with this but then again, they're in an expansion league with an expansion roster. Teams in the NBL have been around forever and the BAA is trying to muscle in. Hopefully the Celtics can one day field a team capable of winning, it just doesn't seem like this year will be that one. The Celtics play for the third time in three games tomorrow night in Detroit against the Falcons. Good luck to them at Olympia in Detroit.