When we stop treating Ray like Jason Kapono – a stand still shooter – then he’ll start upping his play. C’s did a great job of getting Ray shots on the move in the second half. He got some quality on the ball screens at the top of the key. He was also bombing around the baseline trying to shake off his defender, which opened up a couple of layups.

Celtic’s big men have to make it a priority to give Ray some screens to work with, on the ball and off the ball.

I have only one thing to say …… more please

Great game by Ray! He’s back!! Now once Paul breaks his shooting slump too, we’ll be good to go. I still through PP played an ok with (except for shooting). Good D, rebounding and assists.

Good game by KG too keeping the team in the game until Ray got hot.

I love Big Baby, I’d like to see him get more minutes though (Posey plays more than he deserves, imo).

I thought Pruitt did a decent job too.

Good game all around.

Pruitt did very well tonight in 11 minutes of play….. no turnovers….. and notice that Portland couldn’t pressure the ball when he was in….. he also provided very good defensive pressure on the ball

How could I ever have doubted the Celtics? Of course, it was still a 2 possession game with 57 seconds left, even though Portland had already turned the ball over 19 times.

The positive I took from this game is Gabe Pruitt. He can do the job if needed. House also played well, with 5 assists and only 2 turnovers in 34 minutes. But I’m a little surprised that Portnad didn’t trap— not even once.

as has already been pointed out- ray was able to penetrate ( and score down low ) which opened up his outside shot. they also used him as an option, not as alast resort, i.e. they worked to help him get his shot. i also agree re pruitt- not great but he was smooth on o and d. roy was one smooth offensive player but did not work very hard on d. portland did not play the tenacious d on us as did wash. another good deal was the defensive adjustment we made to the double picks. they really had to work for their points in the 4th period. they are a team to be reckoned with when their big guy returns.

I am proud of both Ray and PP for they way they played in the second half after struggling the entire first. KG just brought it tonight.

Also, nice to see the young ones get some run against a very solid Portland team. I can see why they are winning a lot of ball games.

Nice win but why is Doc obsessed with “small ball” the last 7 minutes of every game? BigBaby or Perk should be out there instead of Possey.

I love Big Baby, I’d like to see him get more minutes though (Posey plays more than he deserves, imo).

Lot of truth there, I’m with you on more BBD and less Posey

doc got away with his small ball tonight. blazers are not a good rebounding team. they’re not a physical team. they sure didn’t defend as aggressively too (hardly saw any trapping). once ray got going down the stretch, it was almost certain celts were going to keep and up their lead.

ray allen should teach the rest of the guys how to shoot free throws.

scndtony-amen. posey has sort of levelled off lately and big baby is a much better force down low. when they played bbd with kg at detroit just look at the results. how many times since then have you seen the combo of bbd and kg on the floor? i think sometimes we should call doc ‘sleepy’.

McMillan did a great imitation of the most overrated coach in NBA history (Jackson) in LA by not pressing. What does Portland have, 3-4 PGs? We had none and they just let us bring the ball up the court. Strange.

Nice to see Ray break out.