Robinson Delivers As Celts Promised

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BOSTON -- No one really believed Coach Doc Rivers -- they all figured it was just typical coach speak -- when he first said almost two months ago that often-maligned and hardly used Nate Robinson was going to win a playoff game for the Boston Celtics one day.



No one except Nate Robinson, who clung to those words like a security blanket, waking up every morning still believing what his coach said would happen.



Most everyone else had forgotten. Not Robinson, who has been crossing off days on his calendar since the playoffs began, like a kid crossing off days leading up to Christmas morning.



His belief finally paid off, getting the chance and delivering the high-octane boast Friday night to carry the Celtics to a 96-84 Game 6 victory over the Orlando Magic, putting them back in the NBA Finals.



He won the game that mattered the most.



"I was beginning to think, we're running out of games, when is this day going to happen?'' Robinson said. "But they say good things come to those who wait patiently. And I did.''

 

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