was fantastic in those clutch 3’s and FT’s… and Kg making all four of those FT’s… we played an excellent OT…

first time in 20 days or so … finally plays like the champ from 4th quarter onwards… those criticized KG being overpaid can shut up for now… these big 3 are not young no more their forms are going to go up and down… hopefully they peak at the right time during the playoffs…

Some thoughts:
- PP finally showed some life
- KG looked much better
- BBD looked lost at times
- Rondo is frustrating; in the 4th,he would make a great move on offense and then show
  that he couldn’t guard Ukic one on one!!!!
- Powe still rebounds well, but he is simply too short
- Bargnani showed that he is not a stiff. He has played well lately…

LOVED the play for Rondo at the end of regulation. Great call by Doc. Everything but the bucket.

Great offense from Pirce
Great defense from Garnett

… about people in here who make comments, however critical about the team or specific players or coach/management? Seriously, show respect for other posters, please. This place has really turned negative, and against the spirit of the blog, and it’s gone from annoying to a real turn-off, especially for those of us who have been around awhile. Just chill, OK?
Same team. No need to make/take it so personal.
Save your venom for the other team.

I noticed several times tonight Davis or Powe got an offensive rebound and rather than forcing a shot they kicked it out to the guard to set the offense up again. That didn’t happen yesterday and most of the time (especially with Davis) it was a rushed shot that was easily blocked. Hopefully the coaches noticed this and said something.

4th quarter and overtime= aok. toronto did not lay down in either game and is playing better. what the heck was rondo doing letting ukich go right past him several times- that’s scary. let’s get some mo from these 2 games.

Excellent game for the Cs. Best news: PP played like the Paul of old. Lots of energy, even after 50 (!) minutes. Said later he got extra rest, a massage, and hyperbaric chamber treatment.

That last is interesting. It increases the oxygen carried by the blood (the O2 actually gets into the plasma as well as the red blood cells). Now it would help anyone feel a little better, but the dramatic effect it appears to have had on Pierce indicates that maybe they found him to be a little anemic. That would explain a lot, including his lethargic play in recent games. It’s possible he got a little anemic from dieting (badly) to lose the 10-or-so pounds he recently lost. The good: it’s really easy to treat.

Anyway, the great news from this game is that Paul is back, in full force.

Rondo had a typical game. Scal and Leon were great. Pruitt did well in limited minutes. I’m just mystified over Big Baby (no height, no length, no shot, no speed… what the hell?) getting minutes and O’bryant (tall, long, decent shooter and athlete) still sitting almost entirely on the bench. Doc’s a weird dude.

It’s been a while since the C’s won back to back and I’m glad they bagged this one up. The defense is slowly returning to its old form, especially in the 4th quarter. Gotta admit, the Raps made me nervous when they sent the game into OT. I’m just glad Pierce, Allen and KG stepped up in the OT. Nice win, bring on the Nets.

I thought Eddie House was bad tonight. There was a stretch in the 3rd quarter where it was clear Paul Pierce was on fire, yet House took 2 shots in either back to back or three possessions (can’t remember) with plenty of time on the clock without working the ball to Pierce. In general, Pierce was not involved enough on the offensive end at the end of the third quarter when he was playing with the subs. It was get the ball to Pierce and get the hell out of the way time, but no one told Eddie, Gabe, etc.

Eddie was also pretty poor on the defensive end tonight.

I know everyone is down on our depth but we played without TA and perk again. just pointing out we haven’t been at full strength for a good while now. get the w’s and get some help at back up c and a shooter. here is my list
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1llNYAlYrc

That is a fun match up to watch. Both get up for the challenge and KG won tonite. The turn will come, maybe next year where Bosh gets better of it.

Huge prop to Doc for end of reg lob to Rondo. That would have been Sportscenter Top 1 Play.

Glad to see Leon getting his touches.

I do agree that O’Bryant would be interesting to see. Not the fan’s call, of course, but his assets are in need and I’m curious to see how weak they must be to have earned him no burn. Not a good reason to play him but he hasn’t looked that much of a stiff in garbage time.

Looking back at this losing streak there’s stuff going on we don’t know about. I didn’t realize Perk had been hurting since the LA game. Also, learned a bit about KG and defense. My impression was that he was a better team defender than man on man. Last nite he showed me he could defend one on one. But, in the post game press conf. I learned that he had to balance his one on one with team defense. Especially without having Perk to back up him up KG has to be careful with when he really puts pressure on his own man. On another note, I forget whether it was the 4th quarter or overtime, but at one point I saw KG hold onto his stomach and starting to think about that abdominal muscle injury he had last year. I immediately called Doc to get a time out, but fortunately got the wrong number and Toronto called time out. It was a great call because it let KG get his wind back which was all it was.
It’s great for the other coach to help you out. And my last—-haven’t heard much whining from myself and other bloggers about officiating in the last two games. Could it be the NBA is finally assigning good refs to our games.