Rondo Earns Extra Turkey. Celts beat Warriors 119 - 111
by Green17
on Nov 26, 2008 10:17 PM EST
When Rajon goes into what I call his Frantic Mode, the Celts win. It doesn't happen every game, but when it does happen its very fun to watch. Tonight was one of those nights where Rajon seems to move twice as fast as everyone else on the court making plays on the offensive and defensive ends. 22/8/7 from Rondo tonight with zero turnovers. What a game from RR, who certainly earned extra turkey and a couple more scoops of mashed potatoes and stuffing tomorrow.
- Great energy from the jump, particularly from Rajon and Ray. The former Mr. Shuttlesworth was on fire to start and put up a very quick 10 points.
- With 4 minutes to go the Celts had 30 points. Over the rest of the quarter they put up a whopping 5 on the scoreboard.
- While the offense was cruising, the defense was equally lackluster, in part due to the pace of the Warriors.
- Apparently the Celts studied league rules with Donovan McNabb and thought this game was only one quarter? They sure didn't seem into the 2nd quarter and let the Warriors right back into it.
- ....and then the Warriors led by 13 at the half. After the C's had a 12 point lead. For those doing math at home, that's a 25 point swing.
- Rondo's switch flipped, and he took over, pushing the Celts back through the third quarter.
- Back and forth in the forth...and all I could think was the Celts should be killing this team...oh well.
- KG guarded Maggette on a few possessions, with mixed, but intense results.
- Maggette and Captain Jax pretty much killed the Celts all night, scoring 32 and 30 respectively.
- The defense came out strong in the second half, allowing only 44 points which at the rapid pace this one was played at, is really something.
- Down the stretch though, there was too much Rondo for the Warriors to handle. He dominated both ends of the floor, in all phases of the game. I love when he plays like that...
Happy Thanksgiving Celtics Nation.
| BOSTON CELTICS | |||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Kevin Garnett, PF | 38 | 9-23 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| Paul Pierce, SF | 40 | 6-14 | 0-4 | 9-9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| Kendrick Perkins, C | 29 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Ray Allen, SG | 39 | 10-17 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
| Rajon Rondo, PG | 35 | 9-15 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Eddie House, SG | 13 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Scalabrine, PF | 7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Allen, SG | 21 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Leon Powe, PF | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Glen Davis, PF | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 41-87 | 5-14 | 32-36 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 119 | ||
| 47.1% | 35.7% | 88.9% | Team TO (pts off): 11 (14) | ||||||||||
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It wasn’t too much Rondo, it was too much Garnett, who played a great gameafter the C’s went small in the 4th quarter. KG controlled the paint all by himself. It was possibly his best game of the year.
by Brickowski on Nov 26, 2008 10:35 PM EST 0 recs
KG played great
But I don’t see how you can call a game where he shot 9-23 his best game of the year. He could easily have had 30, missed alot of make-able shots. His energy was great though and his 4 blocks were welcome on a night where D was not the driving factor for either team.
by KJ33 on
Nov 27, 2008 12:39 AM EST
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they play well...
they win, they play bad they win. so far so good.
by reggie35 on Nov 26, 2008 10:45 PM EST 0 recs
They played well except for the 2nd quarter, which was awful. They’re entitled to one bad quarter.
I liked the fact that Rivers refused to call a time out when they were getting their butts kicked in Q2. It was a very nice little lesson. Maybe Rivers is learning to coach after all.
by Brickowski on Nov 26, 2008 11:01 PM EST 0 recs
Doc and Time Outs
Since he’s been here Doc has not called timeouts when things aren’t going well. He tends to let the players play themselves out of it. When he does call a timeout it’s because of something going on that he really doesn’t like. This must be a really boring season so far when we need to return to the argument of whether or not Doc can coach. If we need to do this we should send out a questionnaire to other coaches in the league and let them assess Doc.
by TrueGreen on
Nov 27, 2008 9:40 AM EST
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Maggette, Captain Jack, and Biedrins would be awesome role players for the celtics
by thecaptain34 on
Nov 26, 2008 11:21 PM EST
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I kept waiting for the starters to come back in or some sort of substitution but then I realized that Doc was training his bench. I’m sure he will tell those guys “we had a lead and you lost it.” I think it’ll pay dividends at the end of the season. I would complain but damn we’re 14-2. Even after the magical season last year, I won’t do it. I suffered too much in the intervening 21 years. Reggie Lewis died on my honeymoon (along with Celtic hope.) I’ll never forget that.
by BleedinGreen417 on Nov 26, 2008 11:30 PM EST 0 recs
That’s what I’m talkin about.
Bleed Green. What does it mean? Ask Red.
by CelticsHooRah on Nov 27, 2008 12:20 AM EST 0 recs
Ditto
‘I suffered too much in the intervening 21 years.’ Too true.
Anyway, it’s always fun to watch a shootout, but they C’s were lucky to pull away. Good thing Ray was hot & Rondo went into bezerker mode. I can’t imagine what it’s like to have him coming at you on offense, over and over again. No wonder most defenders step aside and let him get to the rim.
by LuckyNumber07 on Nov 27, 2008 6:41 AM EST 0 recs
Rondo PASSING Up Shots
It was in the last quarter. KG had Biedrins on his back and had a nice pick set for Rondo to take a short shot. Rondo’s defender didn’t appear to even be in the building. Biedrins worked his way around KG to get near Rondo, leaving KG all alone under the basket. Rondo PASSED up a shot, made a simple pass to KG who had no one defending him. Should Rondo have taken that shot?
by TrueGreen on Nov 27, 2008 9:44 AM EST 0 recs
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