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Look closely at this picture and tell me what’s wrong. The Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic played on Friday November 20th. The two teams met last year in the 2009 NBA Eastern Conference finals. Being the first time the teams have played each other since last year’s highly competitive series, one would assume the story line would revolve around the exciting rematch of these two Eastern Conference powerhouses. Or at least the fact that both teams are still among the top four teams in the NBA. Not exactly. At least not according to Time Warner. Featured in a Deadspin.com post, Time Warner’s summary on the event featured the epic battle between below-average starter JJ Reddick and seldom-used Shelden Williams! This would make sense if these two were competing in the garbage time championships, but instead they are meaningless players involved in a regular season NBA game. Reddick is averaging a solid 5.9 points per game over his career and Williams, Boston’s 5th string power forward, only plays when the Celts are up or down by 35.  Aren’t these TV Guide summaries supposed to make you want to watch the programming? I think the only person that would be even remotely excited about this match up would be Dick Vitale, given his obvious hard on for duke. So what happened in the much anticipated Reddick/Williams showcase? Reddick had a trillion (6 minutes, no stats accumulated whatsoever) and Williams scored one basket and had two rebounds. The only positive thing about these statistics is that they are giving Duke fans more reasons to be disappointed. Unimpressive numbers indeed… but no need to fear folks, Boston and Orlando play 3 more times this season!

Look closely at this picture and tell me what’s wrong.

The Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic played on Friday November 20th. The two teams met last year in the 2009 NBA Eastern Conference finals. Being the first time the teams have played each other since last year’s highly competitive series, one would assume the story line would revolve around the exciting rematch of these two Eastern Conference powerhouses. Or at least the fact that both teams are still among the top four teams in the NBA.

Not exactly. At least not according to Time Warner.

Featured in a Deadspin.com post, Time Warner’s summary on the event featured the epic battle between below-average starter JJ Reddick and seldom-used Shelden Williams! This would make sense if these two were competing in the garbage time championships, but instead they are meaningless players involved in a regular season NBA game.

Reddick is averaging a solid 5.9 points per game over his career and Williams, Boston’s 5th string power forward, only plays when the Celts are up or down by 35.  Aren’t these TV Guide summaries supposed to make you want to watch the programming? I think the only person that would be even remotely excited about this match up would be Dick Vitale, given his obvious hard on for duke.

So what happened in the much anticipated Reddick/Williams showcase?

Reddick had a trillion (6 minutes, no stats accumulated whatsoever) and Williams scored one basket and had two rebounds. The only positive thing about these statistics is that they are giving Duke fans more reasons to be disappointed.

Unimpressive numbers indeed… but no need to fear folks, Boston and Orlando play 3 more times this season!