Celtics rebound, but still lose

when will the hungry Celtics team show up? Do we need a massive whopping just to go back to playing Celtics Basketball?

almost a double double again

They don’t play till Wednesday. Doc has plenty of time to light them up. shrugs

Seriously, it’s like unless the game’s on ESPN or TNT, I have no chance of seeing it because the streams are terrible. I’m too pissed off at certain stream sites to talk about this game, because I don’t even know how we lost.

All I can say is…we have a break, maybe better things will happen. _’

Oh, and maybe we’ll shoot 3’s again.

rondo was a non factor again as was pierce. we need a scorer off thebench. house and sheed and marquis arent giving us enought right now

19 minutes…..0 rebounds…….0 for 2 from beyond the arch!

There are lots of areas needing improvement right now…

Most significantly, we’re missing the kind of intensity that made this team great the last 2 years. Did Rasheed bring his Piston nonchalance with him? This team used to care more about bringing it every night. Now we lose and shrug our shoulders. It’s sad.

The 2nd unit isn’t performing right now. I’d like to see Hudson get some PT as we need a jolt of some kind. House had his 5th bad game in a row.

The 1st unit has lost it’s verve and chemistry. After setting picks for Rondo in the first quarter, we didn’t do it the rest of the night. There were even times when Ray was running the offense….what’s that about?

we look flat and other teams are just taking it right to us. they are playing like they have nothing to lose and we are not playing with patience or focus

You’re right, of course. Joey Crawford is a total jerk. Should be fined for giving out unwarranted techs. But the refs were not the reason the Cs lost this game.

They lost because the Pacers just got white hot from the field in the 2nd half. EVERY ONE of them started hitting every jacked-up shot he took. I did not think the Cs’ D was below average… but you can’t cover everyone all the time. The Pacers got hot at the worst time. In 82 games, that’s gonna happen… and when it does, you’re probably going to lose those games. That’s why it’s practically impossible to win every game.

Eddie and Sheed are still in a funk. Tighter D and more urgency would help. But bottom line: tonight we faced on opponent that got super-hot in the 2nd half and just ran away with the game.

like they just do not care about winning and want to lose.

I know it sounds crazy and is not the case, but boy it sure looks like it.

i say keep shelden williams n trade rasheed n tony allen to toronto fer chris bosh

That is what Rasheed did tonight. I find that almost impossible to believe.

Mr. Rondo has now missed 9 straight free thows and is shooting 25 percent from the line this year.

Listen I know it’s only game 11 but this is Rondo when the rest of the team is quiet. Unfortunately, I am unable to watch these games because I am overseas but it sounds to me like Rondo is being Rondo. Keeps passing until someone scores and passes up that jumper that he’s not confident in. Until, he is able to knock down a 15fter 75% of the time and increase his FTs to 80% we overpaid in my opinion.

As far as Sheed goes, this is Sheed and he goes through stretches like this he’ll be fine. I do think however that he must stop hitting threes and both he and Garnet should stay in the paint.

Doc, great coach but sounds like the team has hit a rough patch early. It happens! I was able to watch Bynum play against the Nuggets. Dam when they get Gasol back they’re going to be a tough tough team to beat. Just my opinion of course.

We’re back to Eddie House bringing the ball up court, which was not supposed to happen so that he’d be free to run around looking for spots to get off his jumper. Has Doc yet noticed that House’s shooting percentage dips drastically when he is asked to play the point? Just wonderin’.

Garnett looks to be playing very soft inside. Perhaps, like Tom Brady, he needs time to get his game back.

Lastly, why are the Celtics trying to run up and down the floor and match baskets with the likes of Phoenix, Atlanta and Indiana. They need to be slowing games down, so their vaunted defense can take control, although it doesn’t look all that vaunted right now.

We can kiss Wallace’s prediction of winning more than 72 games away. Before the season started, I didn’t expect the Celtics to lose their 3rd until new year eve. In their las two losses, the 30+ Celtics really showed their age.

I hope they were just expertmenting some lineup combinations. They should know by now what does not work. Just hope they discover what really works real soon.

All indications are that Wallace will wrest the Walter McCarty I Never Saw a Rebound I Wanted or Liked trophy from his teammate Scal.

i’d rather see them stumble now and not at the end like last year. it’s a hodge podge out there and does not look unified. eddie looks sorrowful and sheed needs to camp down low.

so pierce and kg talked trash and it motivated dantae jones? what a surprise!. how come we can’t keep our damn mouths shut and just play ball? same with perkins and rasheed. just shut the F up and play ball

 The last couple of games the Celts looked OLD. Teams seems to be able to run on them at will. This team was supposed to be good defensively, but is not playing that way. As a few have already said, House should not be acting like a point guard. When he has to be responsible for the offense his entire game is off. The team looks flat, and appears to be playing older than their ages!!!

Fat Cat Syndrome?

You can’t teach desire.

Eddie and Ray are shooters, not point guards. Not news I know but…

Mike Dunleavy, Troy Murphy and Jeff Foster didn’t play.

Perk has learned to score in the post – but should still be the 7th option on each possession.

The C’s are very deep but are they deep in the right spots? – PG, low post scorer and SF.

I see KG getting better each game!

throw a normal backup point and Baby out there with Sheed or KG at center and we’ve got a quick unit…using Daniels at the point lends itself to big lineups..but the bottom line=Pierce and Rondo are the two guys that open up everything and everybody plays offa them and they have been LAIDBACK these last few games…we’re getting to methodical and we’re in mud on defense…and yes,i’m throwing out my annual “backup point cry”..HA

12 more Back to Back games this year. Next one SA and OKC Dec 3rd and 4th.

When will the league get tired of his game and just fire him?

He is not the reason the Celtics lost, but he is out of control!

LISTEN THIS IS BS I REALIZE PERKINS WAS YOUNG COMING IN THE LEAGUE. BUT LET’S FACE IT THIS KID IS GOING TO RUIN A CHANCE TO WIN. KEEP HIM IF YOU WANT BUT I SAID THIS 2 YRS AGO PERKINS MUST GO.

No one person is solely responsible for this loss. This one is a collective effort — team work