I believe tim duncan is another guy that can have quiet 17 and 20 nights…Doc must’ve forgotten about him.
As far as the playoffs, last years first couple of rounds were unordinary for ray, he’s usually a killer in the playoffs, and if he can do that consistently in this years playoffs, look out league

The bench has been atrocious over the last four games, a collective .80 during that period, including a -14 last night

I think we do miss Pose. Although he didn’t score all that much, he was the captain of the second unit.

There weren’t many outings where the subs lacked intensity, focus, and the like.

Someone needs to step up as the leader.

I don’t know whom that will be.

and it was while Tony got hurt and has been recovering. The guy never gets any credit here. He never misses a key free throw, he can get to the hoop at will when he is healthy, and plays hard d all the time on the opposing teams best mid size player. It matters that he was hurt and its the main reason why the bench has struggled. We aren’t deep enough to deal well with injuries, but we go 4-0 in that time anyway.

Frankly, if we knew PJ was coming back in February, and Rondo was a much better shooter and stopped making bone head plays, we’d have the perfect team

of course, we miss posey. hje’s a great team player. tony has been terrific. i wwould like to see more of gabe and pob.

Yeah we deffinetly miss James Posey’s leadership on that 2nd unit, we miss the total package he brought to the 2nd unit quite frankly, Tony Allen isnt a leader and doesnt have half the IQ posey has

Fingers crossed.

If Posey is so good why is NO struggling?

I don’t think they miss Posey or PJ Brown. It’s just more shots for House and TA. And I disagree that the bench has played worse this year. IMHO they’ve been better defensively than last year’s bench. Plus they have more depth. I would have no problem giving more minutes to Pruitt, for example.

The real reason they are better is that Rondo is better. When he’s playing well, he takes control of the game in a way that not even Garnett can do. Ray Allen’s improved productivity is a reflection of Rondo’s improved understanding of the offense. Ray gets the ball right in his comfort zone.

Smith would be perfect here. Our second bench big-man role was BUILT for him. He naturally does all of the things that Baby is struggling to do: length to defend the rim, solid position defense, great high-post complement to Powe, can nail the 18-foot jumper with consistency, battle-tested vet, AND stuck on a team with no future. I hope he’s in green by the playoffs…

Confucius say Heaven sometimes hedges a rare character about with ungainliness and odium, as the burr that protects the fruit.

Buckner’s Revenge and Brickowski are right. Recent slip ups aside, this bench is better than last year’s. Eddie motors the ball into frontcourt quickly, Tony has been “good Tony” pretty much all year, BBD and Leon are not just bodies but optiopns esp Leon on O. Even Scal is a solid 5-8 minute contributor. He still can’t rebound or create a shot, but he is a good defender and has his 3 pt shot working.
Some of you guys will never stop over rating “length”. Leon and BBD have not been abused this year and I’ve watched or been at every game. True, they are not long. Big deal! They make other 4’s and 5’s work very hard and usually win.

“Last year Ray was very good. This year, he’s Ray Allen good.”

I have a running joke whenever I talk to my brother about how Ray did ok tonight but he’s done, just done, he’ll be in a wheel chair by the end of the year. It’s over. Everyone slept on Mr. Shuttlesworth and he’s back with a vengeance.

1. Ray Allen reminds me of Joe Dimaggio. Ha, some of you won’t know what I’m talking about. It was said of “Jolting Joe” that he NEVER made a GREAT catch. It was because he was so graceful in the outfield and made everything look so easy. He got a great jump on the ball as soon as it hit the bat and was in position to make a routine catch of a ball that would have been a great catch for other outfielders.
2. Indiana game—end of regulation time. Great how Eddie House out hustled Granger for the rebound of Ray’s miss. He then had the presence of mind to get it to Pierce who didn’t rush the shot.
3. Indiana had a chance to win the game in regulation time, but missed the shot. For those listening to Mike and Tommy we heard Tommy repeatedly say that the C’s neeeded to protect the baseline on the side where the ball was being put into play. The Celtics failed to do that and Jack was able to get off a shot. But it seemed to me that he rushed it. Ray or Pierce would have gotten off a better shot.
4. Good to see Tommy back on the road.