Daily Dime: 'The Better Team Won'

team #1 = boston = last night. detroit will have to reassess themselves and how they play against the c’s if they want to beat them if we play again. if they don’t make the adjustments or if injuries happen… we owned down low.

A big factor was Garnett’s low post offense. This is the first game that he posted and went toward the rim rather than fading away. He did take and make lots of outside jumpers too.

Despite the pundits like Sir Cholesterol, the answer is in on who the best team in the East is – on both ends of the floor – and it’s us.

What a great game. Kudos to Doc for preparing his team so well. This team has too many weapons. Rondo and Perk are great. AND, we didn’t even see the new guys. This team is special. I loved watching the cutaways to the retirees Cowens and Russell and Ainge, as fans – they were breathing hard and so caught up in the emotion of the players

It’s very simple,90 pts win vs Detroit 99% of the time as we can defend if we don’t foul…once we get PJ & Sam involved we’ll be set..no more lapses/dry spells like last night with those guys

Love the win but, it was the second night of back to back road games for Detroit..still, I’ll take the W..

1.) Can someone please remind me again why we need Sam against Detroit?

I guess you didn’t watch the part where the Pistons made a run at the end of the 3rd quarter when Tony & House were in the game. If Cassell gets those minutes, there is no letdown.

…I’m not bashing Rondo because I’m a huge Rondo fan, but am I the only one that thinks he didn’t have a great game like most seem to be saying? He did play some good defense on Billups for 3 quarters and made a couple of key plays, but he shot horribly and had as many turnovers as assists (5). I don’t have a problem with it, especially since the C’s won, I’m just baffled that some are saying he had a great game.

Rondo had a very good night against one of the better PG’s in the league. He showed that he can handle the end of game pressure. His FG % was down because of about 3 drives to the basket that he didn’t have anyone to drop it off to and forced up a wild reverse. I blame that just as much on the guys not rolling to the basket with him. They weren’t in position. The only big negative to his game last night was the fact that when we were trying to run down clock he was waiting about 3-4 seconds too long to get into the move. This prevents him from being able to make that one extra pass for an open shot and is part of the reason he missed a few wild ones. No way on earth I trade his game for Sam’s.

Anyone notice that the pressure they applied to House coming up the floor was handled much better this game? Once again, this is why I didn’t think the Sam move was needed. But, he is a Celtic know, so I hope he plays well and we win it all and I can eat some crow!

Po is dead on on his last comment. 4 quarter domination by any team is almost impossible. That would have happened with Sam in there just as much as House/TA.

The thing I liked the most though, was that despite poor shooting by Allen and House and lesser attempts by PP due to his great work defensively on Prince, we still handled these guys nicely. We shouldn’t get too fired up and cocky though, because if I am Detroit I am saying that despite being in their building, Hamilton having an off shooting night, and Prince not really getting into the offensive flow, we still were in it until right there at the end. They probably aren’t real scared this morning, but probably more so than yesterday morning.

Well, the fact that they let Detroit back in the game is a concern, but overall it was an excellent defensive effort. IMHO the unsung hero was Pierce: very efficient on offense, and he shut down Prince completely. If Detroit doesn’t get a combined 25 pts or so from Prince and someone off the bench (e.g. Maxiell), the Pistons don’t really have the firepower to beat a good team, particularly on the road.

Actually I thought the 2nd unit played well with the exception of House, who was terrible. When Detroit made that run, it had its first unit on the floor (mostly) against Boston’s bench, which is one reason why the Detroit starters ran out of gas at the end of the game. So Rivers’ decision to sit Pierce for so long in the second half turned out well, although I confess I would have had Pierce in the game sooner (and House out of the game sooner).

The Pistons have one big advantage over the Celtics; Lindsey Hunter eats the Celtics back up PGs (Allen and House) alive. The Celtics have one big advantage over the Pistons; Rasheed couldn’t defend KG if you gave him license to use an automatic weapon. The coming of Sam Cassel should erase a lot of Detroit’s advantage. I don’t see anything Detroit can do about defending KG. Baring injury, Detroit is not going to beat the Celtics in the playoffs.

I agree with Jeff and other posts that the defense by Paul and Ray against Prince and Hamilton was the non-stat keys to the game. Just tremendous! I also share in the hesitation re Sam Cassell. Rondo whupped him pretty good a few weeks ago and the run Detroit made, well, a good team is going to make a run, as Master Po and others said. Sam wouldn’t have changed that.

The pieces are all there. PJ Brown should be an upgrade over Pollard. Big Baby showed again he deserves minutes when “It’s showtime!”. Don’t screw it up Sam

Yes. We are all so concerned. We are 47-12 and just beat arguably the best other team in the east by 12. So much to be concerned about.

As far as House goes. He had 2 pts, 3 rebounds, and an assist in 12 minutes. He only took 1 three which was a good shot in the flow of the offense. Funny how one other shot goes down and he’s 50% shooting, but it rims out and people want his head on a stick. He played pesky defense during that stretch and didn’t trun the ball over. How is that horrible Brick?! Just trying to find something to complain about as usual I guess.

Why can’t this just be a great game against a great team that we never trailed in?! Wow…