Back To Boston

We made our comeback early in the second quarter. KG missing free throws and a point blank tip-in late as well as committing a lot of dumb fouls early is the reason for the loss though the poor start didn’t help.

Regardless if the C’s win or loose, I am done with the NBA after this season. This was a joke. Nothing from the Lakers but non-call travels, non-call fouls, and yelling at the refs with no techs. The Celtics got called for breathing on the Lakers and sometimes just standing next to a Laker.

I refuse to support a product that is false. Just like I don’t like Bonds or Clemens, I don’t like the NBA and David Stern.

What a waste of an all time performance by Pierce just to get more money. DISGUSTING!

I hope perk is back for tuesdays game. his defensive game takes a lot of pressure off of Kg and he keeps gasol off the boards and fisher and farmar dont get easy lay ups all night long

It was a foul, imo, but it doesn´t help to get upset about it.

Stretches with a very sloppy performance have cost us this game, nothing else.

yeah we need perks offensive rebounds and defensive prescence.

on a side note, i think we should all start emailing john kerry to initiate a legal investigation into the NBA’s officiating. if they can look into who’s using steroids, and they can look into spygate, then they sure as heck can and should look into the NBA’s officials, from top to bottom. i’m not saying they are the sole reason we lost, but those ticky tack foul calls on our end that for some strange reason didn’t get called on their’s had me screaming my head off.

Sammy had a great spell there in the fourth quarter. The C’s were down 14 with 9 minutes to play. Then Sammy comes in and lights the torch going on a personal 7-0 run and spearheads a 12-2 Celtics run and helps the Celtics tie the game with just under 5 minutes to play. Lovely little spell of action from Sammy.

KG was really a non factor in the biggest game of his career.
Considering Dick Bavetta is already being investigated for criminal charges, maybe he should have called back that obvious foul on KOBE, while stealing the ball from Pierce. Bavetta and Mauer should be officiating World Wrestling Federation next year!

Let’s be fair here… That Kobe steal was solid. No foul. Don’t blame the refs for that one. We gave this one away. The Big Ticket just wasn’t in this game. Paul was awesome, but should have been more careful with the ball… Oh well, back to Boston is just fine with me. That’s what I’d hoped for all along.

love to see ray allen get going a little more, considering he is fire as of late.

garnett is a defensive monster and a great shooter, but could really be a difference maker on the offensive end, if he just drew contact and banged inside. Instead he threw up a few ugly fade away hooks; hate to say it but ga-softy has his number tonight on the offensive end.

You should change ‘will finish it out in Boston’ to ‘should finish it out in Boston’. The arrogance that spews from this blog is ridiculous. We are the better team so we should win, but I am imagining the mass suicides if we lose in 7. It will be much easier on people if they don’t assume we’ve already won the title.

i think it was a legit steal

@ village idiot

Even the Celtic Hater Wilbon said that it was an obvious foul

I liked the work Tony Allen put in tonight. Whenever he touched the ball offensively he looked extremely dangerous. I don’t think there’s a single Laker that can stop him off the dribble. The whole Lakers defense looked flabberghasted at the sight of two penetrators in Pierce and Tony. They just couldn’t handle two guys taking it hard right at them. It tore apart their D.

It’s a pity the team didn’t give Tony a few more touches to work with. He could have been a serious difference maker tonight. After Pierce I thought he looked like the second most lively offensive threat.

How is a steal legit when you don’t even touch the ball?

These slow starts stink. The celtics should be up 5-0 in this series.

The Celtics lost this game tonight, not the officials. KG, despite 13 and 14, did not have a good game. He was abused by Gasol in the post most of the night. I did not think losing Perkins would matter that much, but I was wrong. Pierce had little or no support from the other starters. As for Games 6 and 7 I have two main concerns — our point guard situation and interior defense without Perk. Jackson has completely taken Rondo out of his game putting Kobe on him.

PJ – 3 rebounds in 25 minutes. Powe – 5 frickin’ minutes.

IMAan said:

Even the Celtic Hater Wilbon said that it was an obvious foul

I trust my own eyes and my DVR better than what Wilbon says, and after seeing the play over and over again, I cannot say it was a foul. Kobe made a steal by poking the ball away, then Paul’s forward motion created contact with Kobe’s receeding hand, so how is that a foul?

During the postgame Doc admitted it was a legit steal; and while Tommy had said it was a foul he also added the caveat that “OF COURSE I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS A FOUL”.

Last Train said:

How is a steal legit when you don’t even touch the ball?

Post game show – from Paul Pierce’s own mouth:
Kobe made a great play; he poked the ball away. Kobe is a great defensive player… etc, etc.

Just got back from the game….SO CLOSE!!! KG missing 3-4 free throws down the stretch hurt.

I think I’m done with the NBA beside Celtics games next year…….. I use to be a supporter of the NBA, but with this horrendous officiating, I think I’m done…….

was at the game. my throat is hoarse from yelling. I got shoved a little but for the most part the lakers fans were civil (and nervous).
Disappointed not to see them close it out sooner – this team is banged up and needs to end the season ASAP with Banner 17.

The Celtics took 31 free throws. The Lakers took 31 free throws. The Celtics had 28 fouls called on the. The Lakers had 28 fouls called on them. I guess I do not see the problem here.

Fouls and free throws are not inherently even.

game was officiated just fine imo. A few rough calls (KG’s 3rd was total BS, didn’t like those two ticky tack’s near the end, Odom got away with a fair amount of over the backs), but in the grand scheme of things certainly not worth whining about.

You can’t commit that many turnovers and expect to win an away game. 2 of the big 3 were off and Lakers played better defense. We really miss Perk. His board work keeps the heat of KG. Tony Allen played really well. If Perk can’t play we need more beef = GDBB.

I can watch the game bec I live in the Mid East but Jackson put Kobe on Rando? That’s one hell of a move. Completely messes up our back court. Lakers in 7, the Celtics pull a 180 on what the Sox did a few years ago.

I will believe the Lakers can win this series if , big if, they can take game six. The Lakers struggle to beat us every single game at Staples and lost game four. Except for one game Kobe has not played great. He’s always dangerous but he has not played great. Gasol finally played decent in game five. Big help to LA. Perk not in there really hurt in that regard. I’ll say it again, KG looks exhausted and is playing like it. The C’s will need a big reclamation job on Rondo over the summer to get his game back. Wow, has he ever become a non factor! Paul tried mto carry the boys home himself but couldn’t quite do it. It should be different in Boston. Odom and Gasol should revert to their stage fright again and be non factors. Problem is Perk probably won’t play again and PJ is slowly fading. We will need another big this summer. If Ray is ready to play, I think him and Paul plus the crowd will carry the day. I predicted C’s in six from the beginning. Sounds about right.

no perk and kg with foul trouble, no boards and box outs. simple as that. and kg in a big offense slump. pj in close, takes too much time winding up to shoot and had too many mins to play. doc gave up on powe early as he should have, but no second chances and what about big baby? paul’s effort was wasted. let’s get started too.

I still believe despite the injuries. Laker role players will not put two back to back good games in Boston. Boston wins Tuesday night.

My 2 cents—the officiating. Seemed even, but what I found hard to swallow were early ticky-tack fouls on the Celtics in the fourth—seemed to me the refs wanted to get the Lakers shooting free throws early? Not sure. Anyway…

KG’s missed free throws hurt, but that’s the breaks. The reason the Celtics were in that position was because of Cassell. He’s taken a lot of heat on this blog, but without him the Celtics don’t close the gap in the fourth. I’ve been following him since his Milwaukee days, and it’s his MO. He may force some things, but I’ve seen too many great 4th quarters from Sam to write him off. Game 6 will be interesting.