Allen has to be the most level-headed guy on that squad (unless it’s Powe).

Ray holds the ball to much…Paul holds the ball to much…Rondo’s the man,should get it every time,and he let him know it..this kid is our advantage vs other teams and the fact that he is taking leadership/ownwership of this team is a GREAT sign…Rondo has serious “stones”…without this kid we are a 85-90 pt team that will grind to a halt come april…get him the ball and fill the lanes

I remember that play well because I was yelling turnover turnover turnover as Ray brought it up the court instead of giving it to Rondo. I can see why Rondo got pissed. There was no need for that particular play.

Many have already pointed out that Ray was out of it that game, uncharacteristically emotional… I’m hoping that it was all the christmas hubbub messing with his routine.

There was another play involving Ray Allen right around that time that jumped out at me. I think it was right after their little vocal scuffle, Ray was bringing the ball up the court and jacked up a semi-contested 3 (which was surprisingly ugly; a line-drive) without seeming to even try and get the team into its offense. Not sure if that was related to this frustration or not… but it sure seemed like an “eff you, I’m doing this myself!” kind of shot. Seemed out of character, especially for Ray.

Ray was trying to play “Hero” in that game like he did in game 4 of the finals, except this time we didnt need it, and there ballhandling did nothing but hurt us…the early foul trouble for rondo did not help at all, and I find it funny how LA puts the supposed best player in the world on rondo, they dont do this against other quick point guards in the league.it couldnt be any clearer who wanted this game more, Phil Jackson, the supposed best coach in the world hates us as much as Vujacic and went all out with his rotations and Doc went about it as just another game… Ick I fet like i was gonna puke watching Gasol strut his stuff at the end of that game…the camera was on him and you could read his lips as he screamed “THANK GOD” in relief of the win…and is it just me or did we have him for the most part shut down until the final minutes?

he really started to get it going and right when he did we went away from it, 20 pts and 10 rebounds? Im sorry but in these type of games, we need to get the ball into our captains hands down the strech, to get to the line and to create his own shot…sorry doc but it shouldve been Pierce playing 42 minutes and not Ray, he couldve gone for 30 yet the ball wasnt in his freakin hands

The Celtics are a family. Brothers argue and fight. Then they make up or let it go. The C’s didn’t play well, the Laker’s did and they beat us. Let’s get on with it and not start working up all sorts of trade rumors or rumors of internal strife.

It was bound to happen…teamwork is very difficult to keep up. Egos do exist. Lesson learned (I hope). It is too bad it happened during the Christmas game, but you have to credit Laker defense a little bit…and blame the refs (a little bit more)…and hope the “teamwork” breakdown reinforces the need. Timing is everything in sports and the teamwork timing was a little off yesterday, while the Lakers were on. It happens.

Onward to start the next win streak….to home court and to the championship.

This wasn’t the first time this team has argued on the court, won’t be the last. A lot of knee-jerk posts asking for a new player or two— probably much like my overreaction to all the terrible refereeing going both ways, as it was an intense game for both players and fans at home like me.

What I saw was the Celtics worst game of the year by far. The ONLY stretch of good, win-streak caliber basketball began right around the time Mark Spears cited in the 3rd, and lasted until PP came out. At the time I questioned Doc’s move— Pierce was rocking his defenders and nailing his jumpers— but I figured Doc would bring him back to start the fourth and close it out. But Doc let Ray close the 3rd, and start the 4th, and Ray only got a short blow later on— then couldn’t hit a shot down the stretch.

Then no execution in the last two minutes: no KG on the post, no attacking the basket by Pierce or Rondo, just 3 or 4 contested 3’s. Ugly. I wish we hadn’t lost to the hated Lakers, but it keeps the Lakers overconfident, and gets us mad and on another streak!

almost no one is overreacting. We are pointing out how to strengthen the team and that it needs some help. The cavs are supergood. We have to get home court and we are barely ahead of the cavs. I repeat that not having hc will be a huge hurdle and having hc will cause a huge hurdle for everyone else. The cavs nearly lost yesterday. We have to get better and have to retain hc. period. If we wanetd a sure thing we should have re-signed Posey. We didn’t so we need to get it doen another way

Communication is the foundation of every good team and especially of every good defense. No problem at all, except that Ray should have got to his defensive assignment while barking with Rondo.

I wouldn’t read to much into the Ray-Rondo “argument”…those that have played some sort of organized bball (or any sport for that matter) understand….I think the lack of room service (Dec.25th) at the hotel factor into the short tempers…lol

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If it was “just another game” to the c’s there is no way there would be bickering/arguing. This meant as much to both teams as will their next meeting. These 2 teams expect to meet in the finals which is great. Doc only said that because he knew it would seem an even better victory psychologically if the Lakers were trying their a$$es off and the c’s were just going through the motions and the c’s won.
It will be an intriguing match up next time and if they meet in the finals.

More bickering than communication …. but locker rooms need the odd in house fight to keep order, and this was a lame one at that. It’s a non-important incident.