Celts Win Game 2! Plus, Opening Night Intros and Comments from your Captain
The Celtics blew the doors off the Bobcats tonight. It's going to be all about defense this year, and from the play in this game and the game last night, the defense is looking mighty fine.
Keys from the game:
- The defense was stifling. The Cats had 41 points through three quarters. And ended up with a franchise low in points
- All the subs got a huge hand tonight, including Rasheed who immediately bombed from downtown.
- The game was nailed shut with back-to-back threes followed by a dunk from Paul Pierce. All assisted by Rajon, who actually pretended to sign the ball after the last dime. It was both hilarious and bush league - I loved it and hated it, someone needs to find a clip of it though.
- Lester, JR, Shelden all got extended minutes tonight.
- Mike Gorman has a tiny budget Coby monitor that he uses to call the games which got prominent air-time following Gerald Wallace diving over the scorer's table. CSN needs to upgrade that for our man Mike.
Oh and the Cavs lost in Toronto, with Shaq putting up a frothy -25 (maybe fewer yucks with Big Ben, Golden Boy etc., this summer Shaq and more practice....)
JimmyT is at the game and will have a full recap complete with quotes from this laugher. After the jump check out the intros from the home opener.
Big tip of the hat to the dudes at Red's Army.
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Let's Go Cat's!!!!
How do you declaw something with nothing but soft paws?
Next!!!!!!!!
Cavs 0-2 – Shake my hand Lebron????
Goodnight G Money
Is it Soup Yet?
I was crossing my fingers at the end of the third quarter...
…hoping that the C’s would keep the Bobcats from scoring 60 pts tonight. I remember the Pistons of old had a streak of like 7 games in a row keeping teams under 70 (Back when Rasheed and Chauncey played for them), so to quote ‘Sheed, "Ball Don’t Lie"…
I was doing the same...
…especially when the Bobcats hit 56…that made the game more interesting than it had been all night.
better than 2 years ago
right now, i can’t see how any team could beat them.
they are stacked…more solid and dependable -
Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk
Yeah, and KG was all the way back tonight
All the way. Like the KG of old. Last night he couldn’t/wouldn’t jump more than a few inches off the ground… tonight he was a monster, all over the place. Whew. No stopping this team now. Awesome D, all around.
pp looks spry, team looks great
PP looks as good as I have seen in years as far as his athleticism and lift. He is getting up quickly and easily, thats a real good sign.
And yea, anything other than a championship, and a near historical run (bbal history, that is) would be a disapointment.
I was actually hoping they might hold them to a zero point first quarter, impossible, I know, but that would have been fun.
Team looking good...
My only concern is already Doc has played Ray 41 and 38 minutes in the first two games. No need to play Ray that many minutes tonight. I think sooner or later Danny will somehow bring in yet another wing.
Great win though. Gonna be a fun season.
Hate searching for streams
NBA:LP Broadband (online) blacked me out of the Celtics game, my college for some reason doesn’t even have the channel where the Celtics were on for NBA:LP TV, and a stream I was on was taken down by the NBA. I dunno how I found a stream after that, but I did. SO glad the next two games are on national TV; this college even has NBA:TV for crying out loud! (And no, I don’t have CSN…)
ANYWAYS, all that said, great D tonight by the C’s. 59 points in 4 quarters…that’s less than 15 points per quarter. All that in a 20+ point blowout. No matter how well the Bobcats do this year, that just looks good.
Pierce & Perk...
Both seem to be in peak physical condition…Perk is really mobile and quick.
i totally noticed the COBY monitor
couldn’t believe they could only afford that cheap stuff. maybe cause it’s always in danger sitting courtside?
It's only gonna get better !
Paul looked young…like 5-6years ago young! Ray is a machine and I can’t believe we haven’t inked an extension! Perk is perk! Physical, dominating on D and a warrior! KG looked a whole lot less tenative. He looked scared to jump and pound away on that knee last night vs the cavs. Tonight he was more of what we are used to seeing from him. Sheed is sheed, quizy is quizy, house is house, sheldon looked good, lestor and jr are a work in progress…and aaahhh Rondo! Rondo is gonna end up getting a max contract if we don’t sign him for less now danny! He has improved his J a little… I mean a little. his D is better so far. He is more confident and leads better. The more pt he gets the more games under his belt he gets the closer to being the best pg in the NBA he will become. Right now u have darren Williams, cp3, an old Steve Nash whom doesn’t play a lick of D, and big shot chauncy….then rondo. Give rondo one more year and he is third on that list…2 years and he will be second…5 years and any glimmer of a reliable J and he is the best pg in All of basketball! Total package. Listen up Celtics fans… Just wait…if you haven’t heard or you haven’t realized we are the most hated team in all of the NBA! I know I can’t believe The Fakers aren’t #1 in that aspect. But look at us! We have swagger, characters, attitude! We intimidate, humiliate, and all the while tell you when and how we are doing it and we tell you how good it feels to utterly shut you down! Teams hate to see us on their court…hell in their city! We immasculate teams…like their d league! As the year progresses we will be so hated and so despised all the Celtic faithfull will hear it daily from friends…media…maybe even our pastors priests etc… With that all said…I can’t wait for each game to be played so re following day I can rain down cheerfull reminders of our dominance…to any and all who are with in ear shot! Oh who am I kidding I do that even in the offseason!
Starting to look likea two-horse race in the East
Magic are also dominating to start the season, 31-pt lead after the 3rd.
Long way to go, but it looks like the Cavs trying to add Shaq, Moon, and Parker with their coaching issue (totally offensively challenged Mike Brown) will keep them at a lower seed…
I thought Larry Brown was supposed to be a defensive coach – never saw so many wide-open threes
by nba is the worst on Oct 29, 2009 8:42 AM EDT reply actions
The Cavs shot 34.9% against TORONTO!!
Incredible – Toronto is not a good defensive team. They’re especially weak inside, as the Cs showed in the preseason. An in-his-prime Shaq would have scored at will, but the Cavs have only the too-old, too-fat version and no second scoring threat among their big men.

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