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Burning Down The House

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The Big 3 all came out strong and set the tone early.  They held the Heat to 10 first quarter points and maintained a lead hovering around the 20's all game long.  However, the story of the night was Eddie House and his flurry of 3 pointers.

Boston has now won 6 in a row headed into their matchup with the Magic tomorrow.

Update: Here are few belated post-game bullets.

  • Fast start, but the 3rd quarter was ugly.  If it wasn't for Eddie and Ray shooting thier minds out (and to be fair, they were left wide open) then this might have been closer than it was.
  • I love Paul's little baby-jump-hook he used when posting up smaller players.  For a guy that already has a deep bag of tricks, this is just one more thing to keep defenders on their heels.
  • Too many turnovers (21) again.  Sometimes it is because they are being unselfish (too many extra passes) and sometimes it is because they are being cute (fancy or forced passes), but a lot of times it is just pure sloppiness.  Not a good trend.
  • I missed seeing Dwyane Wade play at full speed last year.  He's just a great, great player.  If he gets a decent team around him again, watch out league.

Star-divide

Boston
 Starters Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  R. Allen G 37:46 9-12 5-6 4-4 +18 3 5 5 3 1 0 1 2 27 
  R. Rondo G 34:24 3-7 1-2 0-2 +23 3 4 10 5 1 0 0 2
  K. Perkins C 22:48 1-3 0-0 0-1 +25 1 7 1 2 0 1 0 2
  P. Pierce F 34:19 6-14 1-4 1-2 +10 1 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 14 
  K. Garnett F 32:11 6-12 0-0 4-4 +16 2 13 1 2 3 0 1 0 16 
 Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  E. House 26:01 9-15 7-11 0-0 +5 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 25 
  B. Scalabrine 22:30 1-2 1-2 0-0 -9 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5
  G. Davis 10:29 2-3 0-0 0-0 -4 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
  G. Pruitt 8:56 0-1 0-0 0-0 -7 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
  L. Powe 8:02 0-3 0-0 0-0 +2 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 1
  P. O'Bryant 2:32 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  S. Cassell DNP - Coach's Decision
 Totals 37-72 15-25 9-13 11 48 21 21 7 3 2 17 98

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Almost happy

Saw most of the game and I gotta say, it made me feel a bit better about Boston. I’m by no means satisfied with all of the bench though.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on the turnovers guys? They worry me. We look sloppy. I’d like to see Rondo turn it over a bit less often. Though this game it was just about everyone.

It was good to see House on fire again though.

- Dirk

by Kiorrik on Jan 21, 2009 9:59 PM EST reply actions  

Agree on the sloppiness

If it wasn’t for House going off in that second quarter we very likely would have let them back in that game and it could have ended differently. We got the Bad Rondo offensively tonight in spite of his 10 assists. 6-7 of those were really not due to anything out of him other than swinging the ball. He created a few there for a stretch, but I hate it when he plays like this. He reverted to “cocky” Rondo again.

Against Nash he was absolutely unbelievable. I am beginning to think that he only plays the way he should against big name guys. Then he goes against lesser talent and thinks he can get goofy with the ball and turns it over. When he plays the right way he is an all star. When he plays this way he is just mediocre.

by EJPLAYA on Jan 21, 2009 10:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Very disappointing second half. BBD played well, Ray Allen played well, and that’s about it. Pierce stunk, and so did Pruitt. Perkins was obviously rusty.

by Brickowski on Jan 21, 2009 10:04 PM EST reply actions  

Great win, Nice to see eddie get his shot falling for sure…but things got really ugly with turnovers and I thought KG and PP had no fire or intensity tonight, but it wasnt really noticeable being up 20 most of the game.. weird game

by TheAncientRivalry on Jan 21, 2009 10:05 PM EST reply actions  

Sloppy win, but a win.

Just saw the 2nd half. Too many turnovers and missed shots by the C’s. But a win is a win. They’ll have to play better against the Magic.

by LuckyNumber07 on Jan 21, 2009 10:06 PM EST reply actions  

Great

shooting night for Eddie… nice to see. The Big 3 did well.

Tonight was a perfect example as to why BBD is a better fit for this team than Powe. Powe still won’t pass the darn ball! This team is about playing defense and team ball (PASSING), things BBD does very well and Powe doesn’t do either thing well.

by Bankshot on Jan 21, 2009 10:06 PM EST reply actions  

Agreed

I’m getting confused as to why Powe keeps getting let off the hook, and BBD gets eaten alive when he plays like Powe tonight…Powe has been absolutely terrible, ugh

by TheAncientRivalry on Jan 21, 2009 10:09 PM EST up reply actions  

There was a play where the on fire eddie house was WIDE OPEN and Powe was being doubled in the post and proceeded to get an offensive foul…later in the game, similar thing happened to BBD and he made a beatiful pass to a cutting rondo..

by TheAncientRivalry on Jan 21, 2009 10:11 PM EST up reply actions  

I don't get it either.

Especially since the kid busts his but 100% of the time he’s on the floor.

by Bankshot on Jan 21, 2009 10:12 PM EST up reply actions  

This was supposed to be in response to Ancient’s previous post beginning with “Agreed”

by Bankshot on Jan 21, 2009 10:14 PM EST up reply actions  

EDDIE was "IN THE HOUSE"

definitely a great boost to the team…
don’t you wish that he could do this every game?

by celtpinoy on Jan 21, 2009 10:09 PM EST reply actions  

Haha, if eddie could do that every game, we’d be undefeated

by TheAncientRivalry on Jan 21, 2009 10:12 PM EST up reply actions  

Such a strange season

We are already into our third season with this team this year. The first quarter tonight was incrredibly impressive and Eddie House’s second quarter performance was astounding. Kind of sloppy in the second half, but when you are up by so much you sometimes let down. HUGE game tomorrow night.

by vinnie on Jan 21, 2009 10:17 PM EST reply actions  

Not a huge game tommorow, Its a middle of the regular season game… Orlando has had 4 days off and it will be our 3rd game in 4 nights…it will be nice to win, but not the end of the world if we dont…maybe in the medias eyes, but not realisticly cmon

by TheAncientRivalry on Jan 21, 2009 10:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Magic has had how many days off? Talk about an advantage for them. Would have been nice if Magic had to play tonight. Celtics are going to be done a month sooner then any other team if this keeps up.

by NoraG1 on Jan 21, 2009 11:44 PM EST up reply actions  

Yep. Last game for the Magic was Saturday, against Denver.

Not sure if the lay-off will actually be detrimental to Orlando, give how well the team has been playing lately. Guess we’ll find out tomorrow night.

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by erivera7 on Jan 22, 2009 2:24 AM EST up reply actions  

miami was so so spotty. sometimes the turnovers look like they come from bored players with a big lead losing interest in the game. ray should see more of obama. every win counts ans i don’t mind easy wins. good to see perk on the floor who looked like maybe he lost a few lbs.

by nazzbo on Jan 21, 2009 10:51 PM EST reply actions  

The memphis Grizzlies also had 21 turnovers tonight…thats the league we’re in with turnovers…thunder and grizzlies…its very concerning…most other teams around the league single digit turnovers

by TheAncientRivalry on Jan 21, 2009 10:54 PM EST reply actions  

Worrisome game

21 TOs normally = Loss. Lucky for us House was on fire tonight. How are we gonna win it all if we lead the league in TOs? And sme of them were…. really disgusting… like hard-to-believe-your-eyes disgusting…. just THROWING the ball away.

by DRJ1 on Jan 21, 2009 10:56 PM EST reply actions  

Well, if we lead the league in turnovers at seasons end…we will not win it all, no team who has led the league in turnovers has ever won the championship…last year we were 29th in the league, probably why it took us more games than any team ever to seal the deal

by TheAncientRivalry on Jan 21, 2009 11:02 PM EST up reply actions  

If they come out against Orlando playing as the did in the third quarter, they will get pimp smacked.

by Brickowski on Jan 21, 2009 11:20 PM EST reply actions  

Welp, the refs wont allow King James to lose tonight in Portland, absolutely sickening…so nothing gained tonight

by TheAncientRivalry on Jan 22, 2009 12:20 AM EST reply actions  

Quite the contrast from when we played there I might add, where we couldnt get a call to save our life and the blazers got away with a 6on5…the refs were so blatanly calling things the cavs way tonight in a 6 pt game in portland it was depressing….woo what a suprise

by TheAncientRivalry on Jan 22, 2009 12:40 AM EST up reply actions  

yep and folks can point to the ft's all they want, but the game was called very lopsided for cleveland

i am just worried the fix is in from stern. he thinks this is the wwf and he should control things

by wahz on Jan 22, 2009 12:56 AM EST up reply actions  

It literally looked like the refs made certain calls against the cavs to make sure the disparity wasnt evident in the bocscore but wouldnt impact the game, but the cavs got all the momentum calls, all the calls that couldve gone either way, a ton of calls that were blatanly wrong…really im actually ticked off at how obvious it was…the “king” didnt get his calls in LA, so they made sure to give em to him tonight in an overwhelming fashion…and how does he get his first foul in the 4th quarter after bullying people all game and the Blazers PG and Center foul out? LMAO

by TheAncientRivalry on Jan 22, 2009 1:09 AM EST up reply actions  

Oh crap, we forgot about Scal!

Did you guys see how he stopped Dwayne Wade on the break? That was hilarious :D Not even a foul! First or second quarter. I was laughing my arse off for the full timeout that followed

- Dirk

by Kiorrik on Jan 22, 2009 3:14 AM EST reply actions  

Once again, Eddie can’t miss when the Celts have a double digit lead.

by moiso on Jan 22, 2009 10:25 AM EST reply actions  

there's value to that

I understand the criticism, but putting teams away is a good thing

"Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me." Michael Scott

by Jeff Clark on Jan 22, 2009 10:28 AM EST up reply actions  

yes, its a very nice luxury to have. I’d just take the guy a little more seriously if he got hot in a close game for once.

by moiso on Jan 22, 2009 10:43 AM EST reply actions  

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