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Written by JB
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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Celtics Stuff Live Is Broadcasting Pre-Game From 7-8pm EDT
 What's left to be said? Marc Spears of the Globe has been talking to sports psychologists:
With the Celtics stumped, two renowned New England sports psychologists, Harvey N. Dulberg and Alan Goldberg, were asked to give their take...
Dulberg has 28 years of experience working with professional, Olympic, college, and high school athletes. While there is not enough room for the entire Celtics team and coaching staff to fit in his 250-square-foot office in Brookline, he had some interesting theories as to why the Celtics are struggling on the road.
Said Dulberg, "They don't have the familiarity, which is why they looked lost in the fourth quarter. The Big Three are afraid to step on each other's toes."
"The key to winning on the road is replicating what you do at home," Dulberg said. "To be able to practice the same way, go through the same routine, wear the same clothes. I'd send the girlfriends and wives on the road. No one complains when they're coming to the Garden from home after spending the night with their wife.
We've all beaten to death the rotation question as framed by Bill Doyle of the Worcester Telegram.
Rivers has to decide whether to continue playing Sam Cassell instead of Eddie House. Cassell has missed all 15 of his shots over the last 2-1/2 games, and is a liability on defense. The 38-year-old backup point guard has played better at home — as have most of the Celtics — but it may be time to insert House back into the rotation.
“Obviously,” Rivers said, “if Sam is playing well, then there is no Eddie question. If Sam’s playing poorly, then there is an Eddie question. I’m smart enough to get that part.”
And of course there is the ball movement thing that Jim Fenton focused on in the Brockton Enterprise.
Coach Doc Rivers has warned the Celtics about trying to do too much by themselves, knowing the formula for success in the regular season was good ball movement.
“I think sometimes individuals, when you have so much talent on the ball club, the guys that do great things individually, that tendency tends to creep in where you feel you can take over the game and make the big shot for the team,” said Pierce.
“It’s about sharing the ball and making plays for other people, taking what’s available, and that’s what we’ve done all year long, making the extra pass,” he said.
I refuse to get into the coaching questions. Don't we have the same coaching staff, home and away?
As I see it, it's pretty simple. The Celtics have to shoot well, defend hard and our three all-stars need to show some determination and leadership tonight and then we can all get crazy with the psycho babble stuff before Friday's game in Cleveland. We hope you will join us!
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Written by Jeff
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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Mark Murphy reports:
“As a coach you always have the Sam and Eddie question,” said
Rivers, who actually hadn’t been asked the Sam and Eddie question.
“Obviously, if Sam is playing well, then there is no Eddie question. If
Sam plays poorly, then there is an Eddie question.
“I’m smart enough to get that point. Other than that, we’re happy with what we’re doing.”
Rivers’ comments did beg this question: Exactly what does the coach plan to do with both players?
“We’ll see when the game starts,” he said.
In other Doc related links, you can find Bill Simmons stuck in the "anger" phase in his latest article.
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Written by Jeff
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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Catch the liveblog on Drivefor17.TV
CSN Press Release:
BURLINGTON, MA – It’s a best-of-three series
and Celtics fans are on edge. Comcast SportsNet offers fans a chance to vent
and to quiz its insiders on where the series is heading during a live, in-game Celtics-Cavaliers
Game 5 chat from the TD Banknorth Garden.
During the 2008 playoffs, Comcast SportsNet has hosted six
in-game chats and has received more than 7,200 messages.
Boston Celtics fans can participate by clicking the Live
Game Chat icon on www.Drivefor17.TV
beginning with the 8 p.m. tip-off and chatting with Mike Gorman, Greg
Dickerson, Gary Tanguay and Donny Marshall while the game is in progress.
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Written by Jeff
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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Well deserved and no surprise:
Celtics GM Danny Ainge has been named 2007-08 NBA Executive of the Year by the Sporting News.
The magazine polled general managers and executives from all 30 NBA
teams. Ainge received 18 of the 47 votes cast, beating out Lakers
general manager Mitch Kupchak, who had 14 votes.
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Written by CelticBalla32
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
2  @  2
Round 2, Game 5
Wednesday, May 14
8:00 PM ET
TV: TNT
TD BankNorth Garden
Chat l Game Thread
Here we are, heading into Game 5 of the Eastern Conference
Semi-Finals, winless on the road. Both Boston
and Cleveland did their job of
taking care of their home court throughout the first four games, knotting this
series at 2-2. It is virtually a three-game series at this point, with two of
those games (should this series go seven) in Boston.
Every playoff game is a must-win, but tonight’s game is
absolutely the most important of the season for the Celtics. Should they allow Cleveland
to steal tonight’s game at the TD BankNorth Garden, they would head into Cleveland
for Game 6 with the possibility of elimination dawning upon them. That is not
the situation the Celtics need to be in, as they, along with every other
second-round team not named the Detroit Pistons, are winless on the road in the
Semi-Finals.
Let’s go, boys.
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Written by Jeff
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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I’ve noticed that I only get linked to by Deadspin when I’m
being particularly sappy or melodramatic.
I guess that’s to be expected since Will and most other national
bloggers have typecast Boston fans as overly emotional, egotistic yet
fatalistic attention fiends. That’s ok,
I get it. Sometimes it is even
true. Ok, it’s usually true.
I’ve also noticed that after losses a lot of people come to
this site looking for someone to put their emotions into words for a sort of
online therapy session. I can only find
that incredibly flattering. I offer my deepest
apologies for not being able to offer up much of anything last night. You see, I was too busy
coughing up a lung and going through a box of tissues (not crying, but that
would have been appropriate too).
So to try to make it up to you, I offer up this seven step
guide for dealing with the road woes the Celtics have been having lately.
1. Shock & Denial
I'm still having trouble admitting that the Hawks series
went 7 games. Watching the first quarter
of game 3 against the Cavs was like an episode of the Twilight Zone. Like some cosmic practical joker replaced our
current roster with the worst of last year's team. Suddenly Rondo was Telfair, Pierce was Green,
and KG was Kandi Man. It is just too
surreal to comprehend how a 66 win team could look this bad in the playoffs. We thought the Dallas Mavericks were supposed
to be a cautionary tale, not a blueprint.
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