just "going through the emotions"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 5/14/2012 08:14 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>
is what, according to Charles Barkley, the
>Celtics have been doing in their playoff game
>tonight against the 76ers, who they obviously
>don't respect (again, according to Barkley,
>although I tend to agree).  I assume it's a
>blend of "going through the motions" + "playing without emotion".

Or the five stages of playing B-ball?

Joel

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