Pierce Has A Message

by Jeff Clark on May 27, 2008 7:19 PM EDT in Boston Celtics News & Links

Once again, Paul Pierce put on his captain hat and spoke up to the team:

While no one was particularly happy with the Game 4 effort last night, the attitude seemed to be that the Celtics did their job - get one back in Michigan - this weekend. That job becomes more urgent in tomorrow night’s Game 5.
"Definitely, it’s a must-win," Pierce said following an hour of mostly film work and some shooting. "Right now, Detroit has the momentum. The team that gets the win is the team that gets the momentum. We’ve got to find someway, somehow to get a win at home and bring that momentum back to Detroit."
"I like that mentality," offered Rivers. "I wish I heard them all say that last night before the game. That would have been terrific."
Pierce did have a message for his team after the practice: Don’t rely on getting too many more second chances.
"It’s been six years since I’ve been in the Eastern Conference Finals and my second time in 10 years," he said. "This opportunity isn’t guaranteed. A lot of players don’t even make it this far. So this is a tremendous opportunity and I want these guys to realize that."
"They never panic - especially Ray (Allen), Paul and KG," said Kendrick Perkins. "They never talk negative. Even after the loss yesterday, they stayed positive. They were like: ‘We’re getting wins, so don’t even worry about it.’ We’re not losing any more games at home so they are pretty confident."

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Yeah, agree with Doc. It would have been nice if the team had treated last night’s game like a must win.

by Roy_Hobbs on May 27, 2008 7:22 PM EDT reply actions

crap…perk had to go and open his big mouth again. no better way to get the pistons fired up than to basically guarantee we won’t be losing any more games on our home court.

by screwedupmaniac on May 27, 2008 7:30 PM EDT reply actions

I think we’ll see Detroit’s best performance of the series in Game Five. I expect their backcourt to have very strong games to lead the Pistons.

by Who on May 27, 2008 7:33 PM EDT reply actions

Bring it on! I have a feeling one of the next two (or 3) games is going to be decided by the last shot in the game. The series will hinge on a small margin. The C’s will be up to the task in Game 5.

by redzdeadbabyredzdead on May 27, 2008 8:38 PM EDT reply actions

Celtics are done for…

by ziggen on May 27, 2008 8:39 PM EDT reply actions

We’ve gone from 24 wins to 66, have come this far in the playoffs, played a lousy game last time and still we’re in a postition to win and we sit here and are negative. That’s exactly what we need from our fans at TD Banknorth tonight. Just sit there and be negative. And I also think we need to agree with Dan Shaughnessy that this is all on KG. It’s his fault we are in this awful position because he didn’t take over the last game. He sort of admits KG is human, but still seems to put it all on him. The TEAM wins games, the TEAM loses games. As Celtic fans history should have taught us about TEAM. And history should have taught us that we’ve been in worse spots than this. Why not let the series play through and then we can start the “blame” game. We have all summer to be negative. As for me, no matter what happens this has been a great year for us fans. Sure I’ll be disappointed if we don’t take the prize, but I will still appreciate what every member of the Celtic Organization did for us this year.

by TrueGreen on May 28, 2008 6:22 AM EDT reply actions