Ray Looking For His Shots

by Jeff Clark on May 7, 2008 6:57 PM EDT in Boston Celtics News & Links

WALTHAM - Ray Allen put up a lot of extra shots after practice today.
He expects to put a lot more in tomorrow’s Game 2 than the four he did in going scoreless in Tuesday’s Game 1 victory as well.
Noting that the victorious outcome overshadowed any frustration over his first scoreless game in 11 years - and first ever in the playoffs - Allen said after the shooting session that, while he didn’t want to force shots in Game 1, he has to find a way to create more of them going forward.
"I always want to be aggressive. But, I think, within this offense I have to find my opportunities," said Allen, who also played some one-on-one with Sam Cassell yesterday. "A lot of what we did (in Game 1) was we took ourselves out of our offense. But I will be (more aggressive) in trying to attack my man more when I have the ball.
"It was hard last night because there weren’t a lot of opportunities. I didn’t want to get into the mode of trying to force it because I think when we forced it we did commit turnovers. But I will be more aggressive tomorrow."
Coach Doc Rivers said some of the responsibilities for creating shots for Allen rests on the team as well.
"We have to run more stuff for him," Rivers said. "In Seattle he did a lot of ball-handling. We still want to get him off catch-and-shoot jump shots, plays like that. We can."

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What about some isos when he has Wally on him? Instead of pick and roll where the help defender always blitzes him, just have him take Zoolander one-on-one. I really think that would give help give Ray a rhythm.

by tb727 on May 7, 2008 8:30 PM EDT reply actions

I really haven’t liked the way we have used Ray most of the year. He needs more plays run for him. More than just some picks. More than just swingin him the ball in the corner. He may be a 3 point specialist in the future, but that isn’t now. He is to good of a player. A guy hwo scored so much last year shoul dbe doing more. He also needs to be more aggressive as he stated.

by tktoga on May 7, 2008 9:14 PM EDT reply actions

how many double picks a game do they set up for ray? not too many. how often did you see paul standing around calling for the ball ? a lot. how often do you see doc make an in game decision taking the above questions to heart? rarely.

by nazzbo on May 7, 2008 10:57 PM EDT reply actions