Sactown Envious of C's D

My favorite part:

So KG got beat once on a mismatch and once on Artest’s best move of the year. Every other possession? Either he filled gaps preventing ball movement or cuts, he dove out on pick-and-rolls, or he altered shots. He’s an absolute nightmare.

That’s Da Kid!

Yes that is exactly why they lost to the Pistons, they hit numerous contested jumpers in that game. More importantly, they hit contested 3 pointers, sometimes fading away and pulling up. As a defense, that is all you can do really. If guys are going to hit those shots, well then you have to live with that.

The Pistons were no better at working the pick and roll or getting into the paint than any other team has been this year. Didn’t we go over this already Mcpu40? That is why they only scored 87 points while going 9-20 from 3 point range and hitting 20 of 23 free throws. The Pistons shot 20-52 inside the arc, a meager 38! Meanwhile, we shot 54 inside the arc! It was poor 3 point shooting, horrid free throw shooting and unforced turnovers that got us the loss. 2 of those 3 (FT & unforced TO’s) have nothing to do with the Pistons, so are you getting it yet?? We beat ourselves in that game. Unforced turnovers (7.9 of our 14.7 average have been unforced) have been the only achilles’ heel all year for us. Free throw shooting (77; 10th in the NBA)and 3 point shooting (39; 3rd in the NBA) have been great. At 23-3, you would think someone on the Celtics Blog would be smart enough to realize what that record means, and not continue to labor on about one game.

modawg3434:
You are right on my friend. We beat ourselves, yet few of the pundits, reporters, writers, talking heads, etc. seem to have picked up on that point. Which, I think, is a good thing because I have no doubt in a 7 game series we win. The Pistons had that game circled, marked, dreamed about…..whatever you want to say. And they gave it their best shot, yet still needed the C’s to beat themselves in order to win the game.

As long as the Celtics keep up their focus and intensity, Detroit will not beat us in the post season. At this time, and from the way the Green team is playing, I truly believe this.