74 Point First Half

by Jeff Clark on Jan 25, 2009 2:26 PM EST

Boston								Players in bold: Currently in-game
Starters		Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
R. Rondo	G	22:24	4-8	0-1	1-2	+30	2	4	6	1	2	0	0	1	9
R. Allen	G	21:55	8-9	3-3	1-1	+25	0	4	6	0	1	1	0	1	20
K. Perkins	C	14:59	2-3	0-0	0-0	+13	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
K. Garnett	F	15:58	6-10	0-0	1-3	+11	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	1	13
P. Pierce	F	13:17	3-5	2-3	0-0	+15	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	8
Bench		Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
E. House		12:14	4-5	3-4	0-0	+14	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11
G. Davis		8:37	1-2	0-0	1-1	+12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3
B. Scalabrine		8:10	2-3	2-2	0-0	+16	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	6
G. Pruitt		2:23	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0

Totals			30-46	10-13	4-7		5	21	19	4	5	1	2	15	74

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Two Things

1. “Scalabreen” The announcers should really prepare better…
2. KG walking off the court gingerly after his postgame interview. Anyone know something about that?

by Slick on Jan 25, 2009 3:27 PM EST reply actions

That went a long way in convincing me this "recovery’ will be sustained! I felt sorry for the Mavs.

by Thruthelookingglass on Jan 25, 2009 3:29 PM EST reply actions

Sorry for a team that got calls on elbowing an opposing player in the face or got to the line 36 times on a lot of ticky tack fouls. Dirk is still weak and will never win a title. He should thank the refs that 10 of his 18 points came from the charity striper…b/c that’s all it was…charity.

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by alecquaid on Jan 25, 2009 3:35 PM EST reply actions

Bring 'em on

To his credit, Scal took that call like a total pro even though the refs were (as usual) ridiculously stupidly blindly wrong, again.

Walker threw an elbow (that missed of course) with 0:32 left in the game. Lucky he didn’t get called on it. Very stupid. Kid’s gotta learn to control his aggression. Hope they talk to him about that.

Looks like Rondo’s jump shooting did take a turning point a few games back (2nd Nets game). He’s shooting and hitting normally now. That issue looks closed now to me.

Too bad our next 2 games aren’t LA and Cleveland, because we are READY.

by DRJ1 on Jan 25, 2009 4:17 PM EST reply actions

Hard to complain

About the refs when you win by this much. Blowouts like this are fun for a half, and boring there after.

by Brendan on Jan 25, 2009 4:28 PM EST reply actions

I don't think so!

Just because we were blowing them out of the building doesn’t mean they have to try and even it up by giving them crap calls and being absolutely one-sided. They should ref the game the same no matter the score. I can buy the last 2-3 min of a blowout letting some things go, but this was terrible. 36 free throws to 12? Twice as many foul calls? Why does it seem we get the raw end of the deal in our own building this year?!

In a league where 25 point leads get erased multiple times during the season, every call could prove to be huge down the stretch.

Fortunately we won in spite of the refs being from Dallas… Idiots…

by EJPLAYA on Jan 25, 2009 8:59 PM EST up reply actions

Box score is wrong. Davis had three baskets.

by Brickowski on Jan 25, 2009 4:32 PM EST reply actions

Oh I see, it’s just the first half.

by Brickowski on Jan 25, 2009 4:32 PM EST up reply actions

In any event, Dallas is a Fugazy team. I hope the Wol;ves catch them for the lat playoff spot.

Nowitzki doesn’t play defense.

by Brickowski on Jan 25, 2009 4:35 PM EST reply actions

20 points on 9 shots for Ray-Ray... in the first half

I bet the Celtic fans are really eating this winning streak up, after that 2-7 stretch where the media went ballistic with the CELTICS R TEH SUXX nonsense.

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by Evan Dunlap on Jan 25, 2009 4:37 PM EST reply actions

You put it best over at the magic blog

“The media would have you believe that the Celtics were in a tailspin, as they went through a 2-7 stretch. Well, the reports of Boston’s death have been greatly exaggerated.”

by TheAncientRivalry on Jan 25, 2009 4:43 PM EST up reply actions

The fact that rondo led this team in rebounds today shows how amazing this kid is…just though id throw that out there

by TheAncientRivalry on Jan 25, 2009 4:38 PM EST reply actions

that was nice national exposure. powe missing in action again. thr troops have landed.

by nazzbo on Jan 25, 2009 7:12 PM EST reply actions

Powe did play,

unless you were talking about his production.

by Bankshot on Jan 25, 2009 7:43 PM EST up reply actions

The story of the game was the inept defense of the Mavs. On one play in the first quarter, Pierce got the pass in the corner on a normal swing of the ball to the weak side, read a couple of chapters of War and Peace, set his feet and calmly drained the trey— and there still wasn’t a Mavs defender anywhere near him.

by Brickowski on Jan 25, 2009 7:48 PM EST reply actions

Gabe Pruitt needs to step it up.

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by QuinielaBox on Jan 25, 2009 8:08 PM EST reply actions

A Few Notes

In a postgame interview the interviewer told KG the team did everything right. KG’s reply was “no we didn’t”. You blow out what’s supposed to be a good team and the C’s are still not happy with the way they played. I’d hate to see when they all agree they played well.

When we talk about KG we usually talk about defense. On offense we often complain he doesn’t go to the basket enough. I watched him exclusively for a short stretch yesterday on offense. He was near the basket, he ran to the top of the key to set a pick, ran back under the basket, got the ball and made a beautiful pass to Perk for an easy score. I don’t think we fully realize how much more there is to his game. He is always setting picks at the right time and in the right way. Ray And Eddie get alot of their scores going just by a pick by KG and shooting.

by TrueGreen on Jan 26, 2009 10:44 AM EST reply actions