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Great game for the C’s

Too bad Garnett did not connect on that monster slam attempt, that would of icing on the cake.

very big win for the C’s. Cavs don’t scare me. C’s take the East no problem.

Having said that, some quick observations:
RAY: did not really have a good offensive game. very sloppy. some bad turnovers and questionably quick shots. Looking like he should not be handling the ball on offense for anything other than creating a shot for himself.
SHEED: terrific game
WILLIAMS: BBD who?
DANIELS: nice pickup for this team. Bron was a bit much for him but he’ll be terrific on anyone else not named Kobe.
PERK: Nice job on Shaq overall.
PP: Mr. Clutch tonight.
KG: big on D and the boards.
RONDO: looking for a more consistent shot. Cavs were waiting on the passes.

Finally, Lebron was just amazing. The blocks on Rondo and Ray were nothing but pure hustle. Shame on Ray for not learning from what happened to Rondo and tucking the ball away until at the basket.

They rested PP in the 4th while Lebron was still in. Then, toward the end, used a fresh Pierce to run pick and rolls every time, keeping a tiring Lebron constantly working on defense.

1. How can you hate LaBron? I mean, he is incredible… seriously. I am not the biggest fan of him, but, wow….
2. The Cavs looked really good…
2.A. The Celts looked better….

Bulls record.

Cavs were def. feeling the energy in the Q at the very beginning while the Cs were still finding their groove. That suddenly changed when the 2nd Unit came in. Can’t say enough about them. Seeing how well they played together I can imagine us being difficult to beat – understatement of the year? The tools we have are plenty. Although it’s early – first game early – this win felt good.

it was great to see the C’s come back early on and go on to win it. It may only be a regular season game, but you know Cleveland is going to be feeling that one. And like they said at the end, if it should come down to a tie at the end, this helps their cause. Good looks.

Also, this one had me laughing….. "Paul Pierce two solid shots and the fans so quiet I could hear wind blowing thru Sheed’s Fro!!!!! "

Here’s a start to Banner 18!

Even with LaBron’s great plays, the Celts hung with it, and Mr. Cluch did his thing.
The Celts had too many weapons. Too many players who can each make great plays.

How I wish I was there to smell the silent atmosphere after the buzzer sounded rofl

The Cleveland Cavaliers are the Baloon Boys of the NBA.
The Larry O’Brien trophy is in there LeBron!!! That is what ESPN, & Fox Sports & SportCenter and all the experts say!!
Hurry, Hurry, please help LeBron’s trophy is up in the air in this big flying saucer made out of duct tape. Somebody has to save the trophy before it lands!! NO HOAX!!
NO HOAX!!
Yeah right 95-89. ITS ALL OVER!!! PUT THE BANNER UP!!

Doc can now really mix and match, even in a tight game, late in the 4th. It was telling to see him rest PP during some critical 4 quarter minutes. Doc has a lot of confidence in Sheed, Daniels, Eddie. That’s a very solid 8 man rotation.

I’ve already mentioned how big Perkins played.

But wow – overall between Rondo, Allen, Daniels and House – our overall level of Guard play really looked impressive, even without Ray & Eddie shooting well. All four contributed at key points, especially Rondo & Daniels. But just imagine in games when Ray and/or Eddie get really hot. That has to be the strongest overall foursome at 1-2 in the NBA.

KG had zero elevation tonight. His dunk attempt was weak. Remember the near alley-oops that were a bread and butter play two years ago? Well, this KG can’t do that. He barely got over the rim on his missed dunk.

I hope it’s just rust.

KG had some pretty good alley-oops in the pre-season. He’s obviously not all there yet, but I’m not too worried about. He took some hard fouls tonight and still had it going.

Nice win. KG still looks a little rusty. Missed jumpers and that dunk, but he still looked good.

Bench looks vastly improved. Sheed and Daniels are huge upgrades. Still need a bench PG or work Hudson in. Daniels and House seem better off the ball.

There was a point in the 4th quarter where LeBron had clearly decided he was going to takeover. And it was working. He was doing that thing where he backs up to near halfcourt and just steamrolls into the paint. And there’s just nothing you can do about if he’s on. And he was. They cut the lead to 4 or 5 and had the ball. There was about 3:30 left or so. They came down the court and pounded it into the paint to Shaq. Perk gave no ground and Shaq put up a shot that came up short.

That single posession summed up why Shaq does not concern me.

Overall – great game, great mental toughness not panicking when Cleveland came out hot.

I am hopeful about Rondo’s shot. He missed a few, which is going to happen, but except for that last, awful brick, his mechanics looked much improved.

big win. give pp some rest and look at how sharp he was when we needed him. shelden was not spectacular or even active, but he was ok and filled his role- not as active as scal. but scal can be bad active. i like sheed’s afro, but i liked his game more-very steady. i don’t think we’ll get many 3’s from quisy and i squinched when he shot it, but bingo. daniels was very solid. what a bench !

We could of just laid down after how we came out in the 1st quarter, but nope. We fought back, and had the lead by the 2nd quarter, then had a great start in the 3rd quarter. When we started to falter come late in the 3rd and early in the 4th, we held together when we could’ve fallen apart to Lebron.

Part of that goes to our bench. That bench will carry us far this season. Watching Rasheed spreading the floor and shooting those 3’s was simply awesome. Same thing for Daniels cutting up the key. I loved his 3, even though I’m rational enough not to expect that often. ; )

Paul Pierce was again Mr. Clutch in the 4th when he was needed. Again, thanks go to the bench for keeping him fresh.

People can say what they want, but the Celtics are 1-0, and they did it by beating Cleveland in their house. Couldn’t be happier.

Look in the baloon Lebron the trophy is in there!!! NO HOAX!!! Cavs all the way 51-0 at home this year. Yeah right. 0-1

how much Ray was guarding Lebron? Was this just because they were switching on screens, or was that really Ray’s man?

he buried a nice one in the corner and during that line up they had house, ray, sheed talk about shooters!

KG is not jumping more than a few inches off the ground. Lost his hops. Hopefully just rust and not injury-related…. but right now, it’s a problem. The fact that we won with KG way off his usual game bodes very well for the future. Btw, Perk’s new midrange jumper is looking great… I think he will win a few games with that shot this year.

If it were last season, I would have cringed when he let that go. But he was knocking them down tonight! Shame on Shaq for giving Perk that much space! He had a few bad breaks that rimmed out, but overall very good!

I’m wondering if Allen might have shot a tad bit better (he was 5 for 16) if maybe Doc had subbed him out for a few minutes with Giddens.

LeBron James Science Detective.
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Not that I care – as long as I don’t have to hear him later talking about how he doesn’t do it, because he’s a winner, and it’d be insincere, and all that kind of crud.

and that’s without baby. if we can stay healthy, we have a hell of a squad this year. i think the 2nd unit could beat a lot of teams’ starters. lot of unselfishness, good ball movement, great defense.

Felt weird to see Powe sitting behind Cleveland’s bench. Oh well. At least I didn’t have to see Tony Allen.

The greatest team of all-time is the 2009-10 Cleveland Cavaliers. They ADDED Shaq, they ADDED Moon, they ADDED Parker. they lost wally joe ben pavlocic, but so what that is in the fine print and is “not of consequence”. They will be undefeated at home this year and win the title with ease. They also have the greatest player ever, lifetime Larry O’Brien trophy winner, balloon boy himself, LeBron James. Here are my Power Rankings 1.Cavs. 2. Lakers 3.Will skip and go on to #4 because all I know anything about is Kobe & LeBron.
Sincerly, your buddy
John Hollinger AKA Richard Henne Science Detective.

Started slow…I stay calm and knew we weren’t in trouble yet. Once the second team came in the offense calmed down and defense started to take hold. The C’s gained momentum and confidence. The game was really over by halftime. Kg looked really good considering he hasn’t played a meaningfull minute in an eternity! Sheed looked lost on D but shot well. Eddie ray paul shot well. Shelden and perk looked lost to me. They wernt horrible but seemed a little unlike themselves. Over all solid game and I can see our defense will improve as the team gels. Congrats C’s one down 81 to go! GET’EM!

It has been said that the Cavs have the best squad in their history. Still, I felt tonight like I was watching a one-on-five game. The rest of Cavs did not exist. The Celtics won this game with ease, notwithstanding the slow start. Frankly, I did not expect that. This year’s bench is really terrific. Daniels alone is much better than the Cavs bench, not even mention about Sheed, Williams and BBD. The only thing that Doc has to do is to decrease the limit of their minutes in order to stay healthy. Once again, it was a great victory!

way to go ! I really love what KG did to raise up the team by using his talent on D!

I don’t want to pop any one’s balloons, but while the Celts were missing our third string C/F (Davis) the Cavs were missing their first string Guard (Delonte). I don’t think that made that big a difference, but it had to help us (or hurt them). Love, love, love the Celtics bench!

1. Rondo getting blocked by James-AGAIN. Haven’t we seen this about 10 times already. ROndo goes for the jam and shows the ball to James. As COllins said use your left hand and lay it in. Even if James blocks it, it’s probably goal tending! ROndo has superior speed and has to use his speed in that situation rather than trying for the high light reeel. When he stops hot dogging and goes for the basic 2 points I’ll know he’s on his way to being a mature player

2.Same thing but with Ray Allen. Ok so Ray’s no rondo but jeez, stopp lolly gagging and get to thehoop. lay the freakin ball in . Why does everyone have to go for the dunk and show the ball to the shot blocker? Use your body and put your body between the ball and the defender. this drives me crazy with ray because he’s always “stylin”.

3. Never, ever let Ray allen bring the ball up court in crunch time. Once again he made a bone head, lazy play at the end of the game. thankfully we had enough of a cushion but he is too weak with the ball. I know he’s old but c’mon.

4. stop the overpassing. we were firing on all cylinders and then we decided to get cute and show off instead of making the basic play and taking the open jumper. three or 4 times ina row we tried a high degree of difficulty pass. We could have put the game away in the 3rd but we gave them life. we need to know when we have a team down and go for the knockout. this team always seems to make it harder on themselves.