Powe Seals It

We were very fortunate to win this one.

Am glad we don’t play them again, we loose a starter to injury each time we do.

I’m not complaining as win is a win, but Ray was hammered there at the end.

One word to describe it, “AMAZING”.

Cal fan here. Powe was a beast in college, but I honestly didn’t think he would be able to get any significant minutes on an NBA team. It’s great to see him be able to get those minutes and actually produce. How do you think Doc will use him once KG returns?

The Scalabrine barf coefficient was off the charts again. The Celtics were fortunate to win the game.

The officiating was awful. The non-calls when Pierce (whose man fell on his back!) and Ray (hammered on the final play) were really unforgivable. And giving Doc a T to cover up the missed call on Pierce . . . was just painful. While Scal got a charge and Jefferson was called for a potentially clean block on RAllen later doesn’t matter. Make-up calls suck for everyone.

i keep warning these teams, you gotta watch out for the po-po’s out there.

as to starting scal i think its a hold over law from the start of the Celtics that the team must keep one out of shape white guy as the 12th man/mascot and doc has for some reason decided hes second on the PF depth chart.

When Rondo started going to the basket in the second half, we played better. He was a non factor in the first half. Actually, the whole team did not go to the basket in the first half. Give Perk credit for the job he did on BigAl and Doc credit for double teaming BigAl.

Whenever I’m forced to watch Scalabrine play basketball, I think to myself, where is Brandon Wallace when you really need him?

there were bad calls against pierce, but pp did not impress me with his effort tonight. there were several dribble into traffic and then try a behind the back dribble leading to turnovers and forced shots. give me a break, bad pp. it was rondo and powe who were the leaders on the floor, not the supposed wily old guys. i am sorry perk is hurt and we need him, especially since pollard collects his check for being a clown. there was too much scal. he did double up good on big al but doc had him out there for a whole quarter. it was good to see al and ryan excel, but ray is no great shakes on d.

oops- i meant to say al is no great shakes on d.

How is it ‘time for Big Baby’ when he’s had about 1 decent game over the last 10? He had 2 fouls in 6 minutes today, for crying out loud. And he couldn’t contain Craig Smith at all.

Well, BBD outscored Scalarine in spite of playing only one third of Scalabrine’s minutes. Davis hit the only shot he took; Scalabrine was 0-3.

I can’t wait to see Scalabrine go mano a mano with Tim Duncan on Sunday on National TV.

That is what the problem with this team is? Scoring? Please tell me you are joking…

re Scal starting. As the man says, its who finishes that matters. One word: POW!

I tend to think, it’s he who spends 20 minutes on the floor that matters. I really can’t handle it anymore. Everyone who’s ever defended Doc in his propensity to play Scal, has noted that Davis is too small to guard more athletic 4s. All that is out the window versus the T-wolves, who start Al at center and play basically a Big Big Baby in Craig Smith at the 4. This is the perfect team to run Big Al out there against. One night Doc has me thinking he’s got some chutzpah when he sticks with the bench in the 4th, then he goes and plays Scal for 20 minutes cuz he’s afraid of a mental breakdown by Davis.

Gotta say.. I was kinda rooting for Big Al to hand us our first west lost. Love that kid.

Perry Mason couldn’t successfullly defend Doc’s decision to play Scalabrine as many minutes as he has. Despite the attempt to build up Scal by announcers and Doc ( “He brings things to the table that don’t show up in the box score” ) drivel, we play Russian Roulette every time he plays more than 5 minutes. Can’t shoot, can’t score, can’t rebound, not a good ballhandler, and his defense is overrated. Big Baby brings so much more to the table, with KG out I think the combination of Leon and Baby are our best rebounding and inside scoring tandem. I rejoice every time Scalabrine is finally! taken out of the game, because then, and only then, do I feel we might have a chance to win.

On Scals: remember the phrase: “it’s who finishes, not who starts”? Also, read Doc’s postgame comments on Powe. Powe didn’t guard Big Al properly on one play down the stretch. He said what Powe was supposed to do, but then said (the most important statement) the he (Doc) thought that Powe was tired (at the end), but “there was not time for that”. Start Powe and not Scals and Powe is NOT there at the end when needed. We are 4-2 (I think) starting Scals and finishing with Powe. Now if Perk is out for any length of time we’ve really got problems even when KG returns. KG shouldn’t guard the Curry’s of the NBA. That job will have to go to Powe and BBD. It wears you down. Start Scals, keep within winning distance and then rely of Powe and BBD when really needed, at the end or if the opposing Big goes on a run.

yea, the only way i could see doc justifying starting scal is for the reason still brought up, to avoid early fouls on the young kids.

On Ray Allen: He’s a much better and more complete player than I thought he was before he came here. Still I get upset when he misses shots I think he should make. But, he always seems to be in the right place and make the right play when the game is on the line or when it’s important. The last play of last nite was a great example. The T’Wolves saved the rebound of their last missed shot, but Ray was right there to get the save. Then, instead of calling timeout he beat it up the floor and attacked. He missed the shot, some say he should have passed off, but even though he was fouled he got it high off the glass for Powe to put back. Not to mention all the other C’s who were right there. So even though Ray isn’t shooting well and sometimes loses the handle, he knows how to play the game and is a major contributor. There was talk on the post game show theorizing how we’d be if we didn’t make the Ray trade and still got Garnett. We’d then have Jinlian and Wally and DWest, instead of Ray. I don’t remember the show’s consensus, but I’d take Ray over that combo any day despite his poor shooting (which I think will come around).

And just need to get this off my chest. Not so much now, but in the past Paul Pierce was deemed selfish and seemed to pat himself on the back(chest) when he made a big bucket. I never believed that myself and thought those actions were emotion, competiveness and the strong desire to win. After Powe’s put back last nite, was anyone happier than PP? Hope all saw his reaction after that play.

Every thread now is turning into a Scal bash! He did an effective job helping double team Big Al out there in the first half. 2 of the three shots he took were wide open looks towards the end of the shot clock from 3. That’s his only offensive play! He’s a 35% career 3 point shooter. He had 3 rebounds in 19 minutes. That’s not bad considering we were getting throttled on the boards all night. It wasn’t his fault though. He played very little in the second half and each time BBD got put in the game he was getting toasted by Smith or Big Al. Powe was in the game! Posey didn’t bring it. What do you want Doc to do guys?!?!

PP was absolutely awful last night and looked like he was wearing cement shoes. No lift on his shot at all. They only credited him for one turnover, but that is nonsense because I saw him dribble behind his back in traffic like usual 2 separate times and lose the ball. (How is he such a good overall basketball player and can’t see that he does this stupid thing all the time?!) He really didn’t look like he was giving it his usual full effort. He forced shots he shouldn’t have taken with him being as cold as he was. Not his best effort.

Big glaring Doc criticism last night. Why on earth did House only play 16 minutes last night?! He was on fire and made a huge difference when he was in there. He should have gotten 7-10 of Ray’s minutes.

EJPLAYA, Re: PP—-I agree with you on how PP played last nite, but I don’t think it was for lack of effort. I don’t think PP ever gives less than 100%. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it was stated that this was the C’s 3rd game in 4 nites in 3 cities. Also, I don’t think PP is fully recovered from the flu. I think he was just plain worn out.

good,bad, or indifferent, the metaphor for last night’s game was when the last and winning shot went in there were 5 celtics to one wolf on the spot. that’s how you win.

Nice hustle plays by Ray & Powe down the stretch. You see the value of a vet like Ray, even if he has an off shooting night. He plays smart in the 4th.

I’d really like to see Powe & BBD pick up some consistant minutes down the stretch. And Pruitt if they’re not signing a vet back up.

You know what you’ve got in Scal, House & Allen. Putting those three out there for more than 20 mnutes a game is outside of their abilities. Asking them to do everything for an extended period of time doesn’t work for them or the team.

TrueGreen- Did not know he had the flu. That makes me feel a lot better. I do think there are nights that he settles offensively. He did seem to play worse and worse as the night went on so that makes sense.

Excellent point Nazzbo. They hit the boards hard. Where were the rest of those Wolves?!

Agree Lucky except for House. He should see more time on the floor when he is on fire. When he is not, then he can come back off. He is a streak shooter and can blow open a game when hot. Scal should never play more than 15-20 minutes a night even when we are injured. He should do exactly what he is doing and then sit the bench when KG is back. TA seems to be doing less of the dropping of his head and going to the rim through the defender. He is pulling up for the jumper more and it is making him play better. I don’t seem to remember him having a shut down defensive night for quite a while though. That’s where he should be earning his minutes.

I agree with EJPLAYA. When Eddie’s hot, he’s money. He could have gotten more time in 2nd half. And good point Nazzbo, there were no Wolves chasing the last play. Leon was just awesome. He put balls in the hoop that Perk either has stripped or door closes because of slow gather.
I’m also with EJPLAYA on Scal. Al was controlled well for 3 Qtrs and I think Perk and Scal on the help were reasons why. I see what every one else sees – he doesn’t shoot well, he doesn’t rebound well, but “dumb ol’ Doc” now has a defensive genius on the bench and Scal is still getting minutes. Gee, maybe they see something the TV viewer doesn’t see.

Plain and simple: Scal starts so Powe, Posey, and BBD won’t pick up early fouls.

This makes NO SENSE. “Well, I don’t want the good players to pick up early fouls that’ll make me take them out of the game, so I just won’t play them!”

EJPLAYA said:
  TrueGreen- Did not know he had the flu. That makes me feel a lot better. I do think there are nights that he settles offensively.

In the Cavs game he came out of the game early and was sitting on the bench with a towel over his head and a bucket between his knees. He did return in that game and played really well. That’s when he first got the flu. Someone said he was really sick on the plane ride home after that game. Agree that sometimes PP settles for a quick three, but I think he chooses times that if he hits it it could be the game or at least make the other team put their heads down. I think he’s taking fewer shots in general, but I think his FG% is up. I basically see PP as doing what he needs to do in each game and is deferring to other players. He’s passing more when he drives to the basket. He seems to become aggressive only when it seems that nothing else is working and at those times he takes it to the basket and doesn’t settle for the outside shot unless he really has it going. I think, like KG and Ray Allen he’s still trying to figure out what he needs to do to best help the team and that takes away the aggressiveness of all three players. I notice it more in KG than PP.