Celts Take Down Blazers

yep Pollard needs to go and we need a vet big. After as soft as we played the last few games, until early the 2nd q today, we would be blessed to get PJ BROWN, and our favorite martian, sam cassell. We need more physical vets

loved house’s physical play today

Good win.

Still can’t undersand why KG’s back, less than 100%, and during a road trip. It just blows my mind. :o

…..but that discussion is over, so moving on, it’s time to celebrate a well deserved win.

On a side note: Agree about SPollard. Perhaps it’s tme to look into that Magloire rumor. ;)

you have to be concerned about garnett/ is he still hurt? he didn’t look good today. And pollard wow, how many rebounds did he let slip through his hands. it’s no wonder considering how little he’s played.

Let’s be real,fellow C fans. The loss of Roy in the 3rd quarter took the Blazers completely out of the game. Would have been much closer if he was in the entire game. He is their heart and soul.

nice comeback win against a less than stellar blazer’s squad.

i’ll feel better about this horrendous trip if the c’s can beat cleveland wed.

I know he’s a warrior but KG needs more rest, like another 10 games. If this is an issue in the playoffs I’m not going to be pleased to put it very nicely.

Rest him another 10 games, and you’ll spend the time remaining til the playoffs to get him in synch. Garnett is fine. He needs the playing time.

KG is rusty not hurt. Putting him back out of the lineup will cause him to be rusty again when he comes back. It took him a little while to get in the groove he was in earlier in the season. In the preseason, the jumpshot did not look too smooth but it came around. We just need to continue to get him some burn and play around 30 minutes a game.

great dunk by tony at the end – we have occasionally seen some nice dunks from him but there are times he just lays it in. that was a great sign!

agree with footey. no roy= no portland= easy rest of game for c’s. we need the new troops.more variety, more boards, safety net for rondo. where would the 84 celtic champs be without gerald henderson?

Jarret Jack is terrible. So is Blake. Even when Roy was in they didnt give him the ball enough.

I thought JJ was very effective and I’ve always liked Blake. If you leave him open he’ll hit the three. Jack does get away with pushing the defensive player with his off arm. He does it every time and the refs don’t call it. Still he’s a tough player and I wouldn’t mind him on our squad. Pryzbilla also is tough and didn’t back down from KG. I think in general that KG spends way too much time and emotion complaining to the refs about calls. The worst non call of the evening was Pierce getting thrown to the ground on a drive to the hoop in the 3rd qtr. the shot went in but Pierce was hammered. But we got some calls too including that one pick Pierce set on Jack

Po- Agreed on wanting more inside game, but who is going to be an offensive post player in this lineup? I don’t think we have one. There isn’t one out there to be had! I don’t think slashers really count as inside play unless they are drawing a double team and dropping the ball off for an easy score. (PP and Rondo)

Neither Powe or BBD have been effective the last few games off the bench. The only way for Pollard to get back into game shape is to get in the games. We will need him by the playoffs, so I am fine with him giving him a few minutes here and there to build back up.

coco said:
  Good win.

Still can’t undersand why KG’s back, less than 100%, and during a road trip.

I think the injury is healed. He just needs to get back into game condition. You can see how much better he’s gotten from game 1 to 4. He now needs to play to get into condition. Think the road trip is a great place to start.

Master Po said:
  “Our long Regional nightmare is over” – classic. The brillance of Doc Rivers bringing in Pollard as the first man off the bench, on a three game losing streak. He is not in game shape, he may still be injured and we have other people who can rebound better. Brilliant

I think it was a good idea to bring Pollard in. The C’s weren’t panicking and, as you say, “he is not in game shape”. He could be important in the playoffs and needs to get into game shape. No one else was playing well at the time so why not get Pollard some playing time. We all saw the result at the end and that’s what’s imPOrtant. And to all those who think PP can’t defend, take another look. He’s been great all season and was really great yesterday. Also some have mentioned that he’s lost his explosiveness. Wrong again. I think all these players are unselfish to a fault and there are times when someone needs to get it done, as long as it’s within the structure of the offense. PP did that brilliantly yesterday.

mcpu40- Shooting 40% from 3 pt land is like shooting 60% from 2. As long as the right guys – PP, Ray, House, and Posey are the ones taking that shot, then how is this an issue? If you still think that it is, which obviously even when they shoot 66% from there and we win by 10, then look at the alternative:

Rondo comes up the floor and goes hard to the basket. Shoots a solid percentage. Gets blocked on some, makes some. Ray, PP, and KG sit and watch him isolate.

Rondo slows it up the floor and drops it down into the post to Perk who backs someone down in and shoots that flat right handed hook. Hits about 40% with it.

Rondo does not penetrate and drive. He doesn’t set up other players when he goes in, as he is always going for his own shot. I like that he can get to the rim often, but that is all he does. That is why he avgs 4.8 assists and Nash averages 11.4. They both control the ball when they are in there. Nash drives to dish and Rondo to score.

The end result, is that in order for us to succeed with this team, we have to have PP, Ray, and KG taking the majority of the shots from areas where they are comfortable and excel from. PP is the jab step jumper. KG is facing up from about 20. Ray is off picks for the 3 or long 2. Anything other than this and they aren’t being used effectively. I wish we had a Tim Duncan to drop the ball down to who could post someone up and score at will. We DON’T though. Why do we continually gripe at this team for playing their style of basketball?! They play hard defense and shoot the ball from outside. That’s just the way it is. I give Doc a lot of credit for letting his stars ability dictate the style of play. You can’t put a square peg into a round hole!

If you chose to respond mcpu40, please respond to what this team as presently constituted can do differently (realistically) that will make them better offensively! I know we want better rebounding, but we got that last night…

They hit the three’s better when they’re taken within the confines of the offensive system, which is usually off a pass or extra pass.
They don’t shoot them as well when they search them out which they do when things aren’t going well. Against Portland they went down because they were taken within the system. Compare Posey shooting them off ball and player movement then just jacking them up. This is a rhythm shooting team and when they take threes the right way they go in at a pretty good rate.