didnt get to watch but i get the feeling we are relying too much on the 3.. live by the sword, die by the sword

Since that shooting exhibition in Philly, we’re shooting 10-47 from 3 (21%). That has destroyed the team’s fledgling offensive identity.

I blame the slow defense on tired legs, especially Pierce, who has been a step slow since Philly.

with only one starter and have to come back in the fourth quarter to win? yikes, that’s bad. thank God for the three days of rest these guys are about to get. they need it. 8 games in 12 days, and six back-to-backs. i don’t blame them for being sluggish and tired. that’s a tough start to a season. i think we’ve played more than anyone in the league at this point. here’s hoping the next 74 went as well as the first 8.

Awful game dude….

WE NEED A REAL BACKUP FOR PIERCE…

ANDRES NOCIONI!!!!

All the commentary is about how the Celtics are fatigued, the legs are shot, the schedule has been grueling. If the Celtics are spent after 8 games, when the bench has been providing plent of relief to the starters, what is it going to be like in February or during the playoffs. The competition has not even been first-rate. Anybody can have a lousy game but if the Celtics wear themselves out this early, well, they are old, ver, very old.

the surprize of the season is the steady play of sheldon williams-nothing spectacular but a lot of hard work and grinding.

celtics play a lot early – if they can get through the first half the season on this kind of pace, things will be easier. I’m no BBD super fan, but getting him the ball in the post in the last two games would have helped.

Rasheed and KG have to go down low when the 3 pt is not falling.

I like your post Dcrane ,very good point . I also think winning the first 6 games with no losses sort of went to their heads. Maybe they think its going to be a cake walk. Teams will be gunning for them and elite teams will try to forge a better record than us.

We need all the wins we can muster because when Cleveland gets hot they will try to have less loses than us so they can have home court advantage, this goes as well for Orlando and L.A.

We have to go play the game, the work has to be put in and we just arent doing the hard work but settling for the long jumpers and defensive rebounds only.

Offensive rebounding is a good way to guage hard work and effort and the lowly Nets had 300% more offensive rebounds than us.. the o and 7 Nets !!!

When you look at the box score and see we had double digit steals and the Nets still had more shots than us it makes you think..

We have to work harder under the glass on the offensive end and we need to get closer in shots instead of so many times ,taking the easy way out and hoisting up a 20 footer.

I love the defensive mind set the team has, but would also like to see us crash the boards and get more 2nd chance shots, especially when were settling for long jumshots with the ocasional brick in there. We have size this yr with Sheldon and Rasheed so we should force the issue

Chris Paul, Minnesota’s Johnny Flynn, Steve Nash and Rafer Alston all went around Rondo at will. Okay, he stole the ball from Alston, but is it me or has Rondo decided not to keep anyone in front of him? Lazy defense, just trying to poke the ball from behind?

How well of a job did our bigs do on Brooke Lopez? terrible

and someone please answer me who KG can defend 1 on 1? the answer is absolutly nobody, hes a great help defender, thats it…when josh boone is exploiting your 1 on 1 post defense you have issues