Game 5 Thoughts

This does feel like the Old Big Three, the Frontcourt has 40 of the team’s 52 points. Ray and Rondo have the other 12.

Perk has been magnificent. Against how many teams can you say Perk has an advantage in the paint? Thank you Detroit. Third straight game where Perk has been the best Celtic in the first half. He’s had an excellent series.

ray allen FINALLY getting his stroke going has been HUGE!!!

/bow to perkins..

rondo has been interesting this post-season. it’s almost like he watched chris paul and is now trying to emulate him to some extent. strange..

i’m glad to see doc get the starters a blow in the 3rd quarter after we blew the game open. at times this season he seems to forget to do this after we take a big lead and it costs us in the 4th qtr.

Fun Game. Good win.

Rip looked in a lot of pain, might be serious. We’ll hear later no doubt. They’ve no chance without him. He’s been by far their best player this series. Great game from Rip again tonight.

Bad coaching. Rivers has gone from misusing the bench to not using it at all— which is the right decision in the case of Sam Cassell but otherwise can cost you the game when the starters become exhausted, as we saw in Q4 tonight.

Horrible officiating, both last night and tonight. Shame on you, David Stern.

you know what scene the last few minutes made me think of? the diner scene in spaceballs at the end.
“Water my *! Get this man some Pepto Bismol!”
My heartburn notwithstanding, great win, C’s. Let’s wrap it up in Detroit.

I didn’t think they were exhausted in the fourth. I just thought they played badly.

Great game Ray. Why do we after pushing the pace and getting the big lead feel the need to slow everything down and put in Pierce’s hands time after time? This team is so mismatched, Rondo is so quick but no one other than Allen wants to run with him. Pierce could not run pick and roll to save his life the last 8 minutes or so. The ball gets held until the shot clock runs down, an unsuccessful move attempted then a desperate pass to someone to take a low percentage shot as the shot clock runs down to zero. Why not go to KG on the post? At all? We need to run and set pace to score more effectively. At least we got the win. This would of been a horrible loss!

How could Rip hurt his elbow? According to three top notch NBA referees, no one saw Ray Allen slashing to the hoop while Rip had him in a headlock. As far as I know, unless this is a World Wrestling Federation sanctioned match, Ray should have been heading to the line for two free throws. Instead poor Rip hurt his elbow.

A terrific game with contributions from everyone. Perk was great taking advantage of the attention given to the Garnett and Pierce. Ray Allen got the kind of shots that he needs to get to shoot effectively and as he did all season when he gets those shots he hits them. Going back to the Atlanta series those shots have been rare for him to get. Tonight he did and he looked great. Rondo had a fine all around game, but he doesn’t seem will to take an outside shot at this point even when they give it to him, but he ran the team well and was aggressive creating shots for everyone and tough on the defensive end. In my mind KG delivered several key shots at very important points in the game including at least 3 shots as the shot clock ran out. That’s the way he is most nights, but it is still amazing along with his deft passing and defense.

Detroit was pretty much handed an 8 point lead by a stretch of reffing in the 2nd quarter mostly (flagrant foul, etc.). If not for that this game probably would have been a blowout.

Their struggles in the 4th quarter are a little worrisome, but the Pistons are so tough in this regard because of their years together and their playoff experience. The Celtics did a lot right even down the stretch as the Pistons made a run by hitting some tough shots. The Celtics did play strong defensively down the stretch to keep the Pistons from ;ulling off the comeback.

awesome win. when the Pistons cut it to 1, i almost stopped breathing but thankfully, Allen and KG were clutch at the line. Interesting to see how KGs 33 pts were like- ho hum- no big deal :)