Oh Baby!!!

This game shows the true spirit of this team… beautiful win

That said it all Jeff….. :D

i heard a lot of people say that detroit had a better and deeper bench…i don’t think so…we had 8 players over 18 minutes and detroit had 6 players over 18 minutes…kg only played 32 minutes and ray allen played 27 minutes…obviously baby davis was huge…so who has the better and deeper bench now…

 ;D

BIG BABY!!! Oh baby! Detroit looked old in that fourth quarter. These two teams will be at it again though.

man. baby was huge. it seemed like he scored every basket for us in the 4th. it was so great to see him out perform the much over hyped jason maxiell- who is a good player- but is not BIG BABY!!!!

What a night! Go Big Baby! It’s so good to bleed green. ;D

Pacing the kitchen the whole second half. Can’t remember when a game meant so much. Pierce finally has someone to dish to when they collapse on him. They could have run that play for Davis til midnight and Rasheed wouldn’t get there in time.

Well, alot of the baskets were routine layups when the double or triple teamed Pierce. But the move with the left hand on Sheed was outstanding. And his defense was also outstanding, and he wasn’t actually playing chumps. And that play on Billups in Q4 was clearly a charge on Billups. That was excellent awareness by BBD and terrible officiating.

Steal of the draft in BBD. Ray was in foul trouble all game but I would have liked to see him look for his shot more in the 4th. KG and Pierce both played a hell of a game though the C’s had a tough time getting KG the ball in the right spots in the 4th. BBD by next year will be a solid big off the bench but the reality is he will be inconsistent this year and we could use another vet big who may get a little more respect from the refs on the defensive end (I’m still infuriated over that blocking foul given to Billups). And once again Tony fumbled away a crucial 4th quarter possession. Would be nice to have to a vet pg there to bring the ball up and set the offense up with more than 8 seconds on the shot clock. Still a big W and an awesome game.

I haven’t seen such an exciting C’s game since that 4th quarter come back against NJ. I forgot how fun it was to watch great basketball.

Oh Baby! Big Baby!; Oh Baby, Paul!

if we posted kg this would have been a boring celtic blowout. i hope winning this does’nt keep us from getting a backup point and another big guy.

Great team win. This team sticks together. They pull out a tough win in hostel atmosphere, with many a call going against us. I like how players do different things each game to win. Ray playing defense Pierce doing everything. Baby coming up big.

Thanks Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow…I am absolutely stoked. Aside from PP, this one wasn’t primarily won by the big three, TA played a good defensive game…and Perk played a very solid game as well. and BBD…BBD!!!

GD!!! WORD IS BOND!!!

You said it Jeff. Huge win by a ‘huge’ guy.

Maybe I’ll use that for my headline!

Just wanted to join in the celebration here.

I loved what this team did, especially Pierce and Garnett feeding Glen in the 4th. Roaring good win.

T

Huge (,) Baby!!!!

I had to walk around during time outs and breath in and out to keep from passing out. We won!! I am not sure I can sleep tonight. Can’t wait for the papers to validate the win. What a team we have in the Boston Celtics

Big Baby was huge and so was Paul with the assists down the stretch. Does everyone realize how much this team relies on Paul? This guy is still getting double teamed with Ray and KG on the floor. Shows what others teams think of his game. Baby got player of the game this game and KG in the Houston game, but it was PP who fed both of them the ball to bring those games home.

PP is the real MVP of this team, imo.

This team is the bomb! ;D

WHY …

we started off the game going to Perk to take advantage of something – he got 6 quick points and then we stopped it. Why stop something that is working until it stops working?

Fortunately, Big Baby could taken advantage of that weakness and put up the game of his life. Baby is awesome in the post plus he can knock down the free throws. He is going to be something special. I hope he is a Celtic for a long time to come.

Like to point out an interesting stat from the AP report of the game:

‘When Garnett was in the game, Boston outscored Detroit by 23. When the superstar was on the bench, the Pistons outscored the Celtics by 16’

KG and PP are both vying for the MVP. It is really useful to have 2 legitimate MVP canidates on the same team.

a great win for us, the big baby, pp, and the whole team. little things count big.e.g. the tip in by pollard. the late game d by ray covering billups.house jawing at maxiell when max. was trash talking. perk getting some nice boards and switches. bad points- rondo needs to get better at free throws. they need to set more picks, double picks for ray. stop putting the ball on the floor on the catch perk. overall though it’s a wowser. they can get much better.

I want to kiss Suzy Kolber.

Awsome game, nice to have some emotional matchups again. I can see everyone hating Jason Maxiell very soon.

Big Baby is no taller than 6’6" looking at him next to ‘sheed, but hell he’s got the chops.

BBD played his role exceptionally well…..but let’s not forget that it was Paul Pierce (he of the dreaded “Hero Complex”) who fed him the passes time and time again for those layups. We went from starting Gerald Green and Allan Ray to being 30-3 in just 8 months! Simply amazing.

yes…to all…but..

we really need a true back-up point guard… I’m not sure Tony Allen is the answer leading us into the playoffs…… nor is Eddie House for that matter…..

I’m sure Danny is on that and waiting…..but that is the only piece in my mind missing at the moment….

I have a funny feeling that Scal will be used as part of the bait, but we’ll see unless Danny claims someone….

So back to Glen Davis….mini Charles or what ?

A big, needed win. Just shows you what a little UBUNTO can do ;D

back several months ago, before the season started, right before i stopped visiting this site, someone suggested a nickname for PP KG and ray, they said “3 men and a baby” after the last month or so in which BBD has played far better than anyone could have hoped for i say this is by far the best nickname i have seen. props to whoever it was that came up with it.

three cheers for 3 men and a baby.

“Well, alot of the baskets were routine layups when the double or triple teamed Pierce”

Very true Brick and the fact is those kinds of baskets are going to be there all year. Teams have to double and tripple team Pierce or Allen if he is hot and that opens it up for a guy like Davis. All he has to do is play hard, set screens and move and he will be open and as we saw tonight, Pierce will get him the ball if he can prove he can finish. When Davis plays like he did tonight, the Celtics are very tough.

If this team had a vet backup point guard, I am not sure how it would lose any games. Seriously, put Andre Miller on this team and it might win 75 games.

liam, excellent point about the guys doing different things from night to night—whatever is necessary to win.

I think someone at Fox told Tommy he couldn’t scream about the bad calls any more because of all the egg heads who complain about him rooting enthusiastically for the team he played for, coached, and now announces for. He was biting his tongue so much tonight. I wanted to see him expload!

Last nite was a great example of what a veteran team can do. There was one play that especially stood out for me. It was at the end of the fourth quarter and may have been BBD’s final bucket that sealed the game. PP had the ball on the right side and was double teamed and seemed to be in trouble. KG saw it, came out to set a pick and PP somehow worked his way around it. He then dribbled to the other side of the court and drove to the basket and it was then when two guys picked him up as he drove that he dished to BBD. What impressed me about all this was KG going out to set the pick and PP understanding what he was doing and using it. Annnnd, even thought RA had another bad shooting nite he did other things. What impressed me most was his stint of defending Billups in the 4th quarter. Not bad for a guy who we thought couldn’t defend.

JohnCK said:
  If this team had a vet backup point guard, I am not sure how it would lose any games. Seriously, put Andre Miller on this team and it might win 75 games.

It’s about defense. I don’t think we need another backup pg. TA got himself in trouble trying to do too much on one play late in the game, but he should have gotten the ball to one of the vets and let them control play. All four of the guys who play pg at one time or another defended Billups last nite. Billups could manhandle Rondo, but the other 3, TA, EH, RA all did a great job because they all presented something Billups had trouble with. He couldn’t take advantage of them. Adding Andre Miller to this team, in my opinion, would upset the chemistry that has developed and I don’t know this for sure, but I don’t think Miller is defense-minded.