The Moore Era Kicks off in LA with a Loss
by Green17 on Feb 26, 2009 1:19 AM EST
in Boston Celtics Games
Email
Print
This had all the makings of a trap game loss or a sleepwalk win. The Celtics looked very much like a team that was finishing the longest road trip of the year, and go home with a loss.
New addition Mikki Moore saw extended minutes tonight and displayed nice range from 15 to 20 feet early on. Otherwise, this was basically Mikki's first practice. Actually a Celtics practice is probably more intense, but you get the point. He ran around, set some screens and unleashed a catch phrase you could hear on TV while battling for boards - "Stay With It."
Otherwise, this was a snoooozer. Rajon did shoot from the outside quite a bit tonight and confidently knocked down a nice rhythm three pointer that wasn't an end-of-the-shot-clock chuck. Big Baby continued to shoot very very well from the outside, but also had a few mistakes on offense, and missed a key jumper with about a minute to go. Glen also got the start in place of Scal, who had been starting for KG.
Paul had some hand problems in the second half, apparently dislocating his thumb early in the third. The Clippers TV feed was nice enough to show an extended shot of Eddie Lacerte putting the thumb back into the socket.
This was tied with 5 minutes to go in the fourth. Let's just say, it wasn't the best defensive effort we've seen from the Celtics this year. At times Mardy Collins (yeah he's still in the league, I was surprised too) looked like Lebron with a handful of physical drives into the lane. Then Paul realized that Mardy can't shoot and backed off him. Fred Jones, another surprise name, also played a pretty big role for the Clippers. What killed the Celtics down the stretch was very, very poor free throw shooting from Paul and Rajon (3-6 on clutch freebies in the last few minutes) with a lucky airball from Collins falling right into the hands of Randolph for the winning hoop.
I'd count this as the 1st real loss without KG (I can't count the Jazz loss, there was no way the refs were letting that one get away, and KG did play in the game if only for 8 minutes).
| Boston | |||||||||||||||
| Starters | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts | |
| R. Allen | G | 42:06 | 4-10 | 2-5 | 7-7 | -3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| R. Rondo | G | 36:43 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 4-8 | -10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| K. Perkins | C | 30:59 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| P. Pierce | F | 38:31 | 7-19 | 1-5 | 5-6 | -10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| G. Davis | F | 26:49 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 4-6 | -10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| Bench | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts | |
| L. Powe | 23:54 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | +3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| E. House | 21:45 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | +11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| M. Moore | 13:32 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| G. Pruitt | 5:37 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Totals | 31-66 | 7-16 | 22-32 | 9 | 41 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 91 | |||
| Percentages: | .470 | .438 | .688 | Team Rebounds: 12 | |||||||||||
71 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
refs again make a key call at the end that cost us a game. They never get possession, Baby gets the loose ball, but Clips ball on phantom time out call that they can’t make.
We are now FOUR out vs LA in the loss column if you count the tie breaker. Its over. There are only 23 games left. Over as far as hc vs LA
Still hope with cle but fading. 2 games behind but we will have tie breaker if we can keep season series against Cle tied. Can’t lose that game against them or it is over too
We have just lost too many games 7 or 8 now, that injuries cost us, or we sleep walked through part of, or Doc blew rotations like the foul line incident in Utah game, or we got screwed in a few calls against the refs like this game and the LA game or a combo of all of the above, like tonight and Utah
Whining about the refs when the team loses to the Clippers? Really? Come on, you’re better than that. If they hadn’t let the game come down to the wire, then the refs wouldn’t have been in a position to affect the outcome. A blown call or two at the end isn’t why the team lost tonight, it’s the mediocre (or hell, poor) play through the first 47 minutes that’s the culprit. Sometimes the team just stinks up the joint, and tonight was one of those nights.
+1 for WildYams
The Clippers are TERRIBLE. Absolutely terrible. I don’t care if the refs blew EVERY whistle for the Clippers and none for the Celtics, the C’s should have won. The Clippers are that bad.
Wahz,
Every loss is the refs fault. Don’t you get bored blaming the refs?
well said, Yams
-sw
Manuel Aristides Ramirez is the greatest hitter I've ever seen.
by Steve Weinman on Feb 26, 2009 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
can someone please tell me how you can call timeout without possession of the ball? Bennett Salvatore strikes again! I guess he owed Uncle Tony some money.
Really though what was up with that fumble by Rondo at the end losing the ball???? Those kind of things you just cant do :-[
I thought it was a foul, pretty blatant reach in actually, but I wasn’t even that upset because we were (a) going to throw it away (b) take a bad shot or © miss some more free throws.
Yep, my thoughts exactly...
… at that point, I knew we deserved to lose… the end result almost didn’t matter anymore.
Comedy of errors
- Refs were insane. Par for the course lately. (Maybe we fans should all strike. Hmm… they’d listen pretty quick then, I bet…….)
- Celtics deserved to lose. Missed free throws by everybody in the 4th quarter, Perk fouling left and right just, it seemed, to give the ball away, 5 second violation on the inbound pass, and of course, that last play by Rondo. Wow, we were bad and we deserved to lose this one (…even if we had won.)
- Mikki Moore… couple of good shots. But in the battle between the Sacramento writer who said he has “hands of stone” and Danny Ainge who said he has “great hands”… they looked pretty stony to me. He also fouled-for-3-point-plays twice. And got lost on defense. The D will improve. His hands will likely not.
- Very ugly game.
and in case it sounds ike i am blaming too many things out of our control:
turnovers turnovers turnovers. When we don’t turn the ball over, we are just almost impossible to beat, inuries, refs, phases of the moon, whatever
maybe san anton has the right idea
screw home court: get all your guys tons of rest and try to play 650 ball anyway and get a first round advantage, after that, heck with it.
Off the top of my head I don’t know how many of those titles they had to overcome a hc disadvantage
Well, that was nothing like the denver game…
That was an embarrasing loss that the refs cant be blamed for, and sure there are plenty of excuses, but then again we were playing the clippers.u-n—n-a-c-c-e-p-t-a-b-l-e
by TheAncientRivalry on Feb 26, 2009 1:45 AM EST reply actions
Yeah, think so
I know for sure he did once. A little hazy about the 2nd one… I was too busy vomiting.
Execution down the stretch has been plaguing them in the past few losses. I don’t know how they can improve on that but they have to. The Philly game is the last one I can think of where the game came down to the final seconds and they’ve won. Also the Pierce iso offense should only be pulled out for emergencies its being overused lately.
The Thing That Bothers Me
Is that other teams are just beating/cheap shotting the heck out of our players. I’m sick of it. I don’t blame Paul at all for geting ticked at that thug Collins. There’s no doubt in my mind he was trying to hack Paul as hard as he could the whole game. It’s getting ridiculous (use your best Johnny M.). If the refs are going to let these thugs do this, somebody’s gotta step up and protect our guys. Just thinking about it makes me wish Posey was around (and I have eschewed that feeling most of this season); he would know how to handle this.
I miss him too
Posey was the ultimate team player. He did all the dirty work for us & protected our guys. Perk is doing OK with his intimidation factor, but we need another to step up his meanness factor. I always looked at stats but posey meant more then stats. Some Big3 are the leaders, but posey’s was our calming factor. he was the heart & soul of this team.
I’m not really one to lament his departure, but there’s nobody who can really police the other team like Posey did. KG is apparently under watch from the league office and Perk just isn’t cute enough about it and is fighting a bad rep. Not to mention, he’s our only big and tall/long guy (basically our only real 5 man); kind of hard to risk losing him.
On the other hand, it not that hard to clip somebody on a moving screen. I’m not really into vigilante justice but like I said this is getting ridiculous. And if guys keep getting hurt it’s going to be costly down the road.
I dont know whats going on in this league right now, but the celtics cant be the aggressor, the refs just wont let them, meanwhile letting the other team do whatever it is they want, hacking, pushing,scratching, whatever…its really ticking me off
Like…how does paul re-injure his thumb with 2 people standing there slapping his hand repeatedly and theres no foul called? the celtics didnt look like they wanted to be there, rondo played like garbage, once again proving this team goes as rondo goes, if hes sleepwalking so is the team.
Pierce, um….was as bad as Ive seen him in a while and the list goes on…a BBD/Berk startting frontcourt? i mean maybe we shouldnt be suprised..
as far as posey. yawn./..he left for more money and isnt a part of this team anymore, get over it
by TheAncientRivalry on Feb 26, 2009 7:09 AM EST up reply actions
Maybe what you're seeing is the other teams responding to the aggression.
So while you think the refs are shafting you every game, teams have adjusted better.
In reality, you want games to be called like the refs are leting them play, because it works in Boston’s favor in the long haul, so as much as you want to complain about officiating, realize that it’s this type of refereeing that helped Boston win IT last year. You just can’t see it with green shades on.
If You're Bothered, I Recommend the WNBA
The last I heard, the NBA is a man’s game.
If you’re injured to the point where you can’t play, or you risk further injury, bench yourself. But if you expect your opponent to treat you with kit gloves just because you’re injured, you’re playing the wrong sport. Players get slapped on the hands all the time. Players get jammed fingers, sprains, dislocation everyday, and for the most part, they play through it. If you had any playing experience, you’d know that. If you were watching the game last night you would have seen that when they replayed the play on Pierce’s technical foul, it was a legit foul, where Collins was going for the ball. There was nothing dirty about.
Kobe has been playing all year with a dislocated finger… does he bitch and moan about getting hit in the hands… hmmm… maybe! But he’s still out there hogging the ball like he always does. Are Kobe’s opponents extra careful not hurt his dainty little hands… right…. OF COURSE NOT! So wake up and smell the coffee – It’s MAN’S GAME!
The problem with the Celtics isn’t that they’re a poor team… hell, they’re a great team. They’re a freakin’ dynasty for God sakes. Their problem is that Doc, Boston sports writers, and fans like you coddle them and convince them that they somehow deserve better treatment from the refs, or worse, that there is some sort of NBA conspiracy against them.
The fact is that when you lose, you lose. PERIOD! You don’t blame the refs, you don’t call foul and blame dirty players. You man-up! Don’t you think other fans feel that their teams are subject to bad calls too… OF COURSE! But complaining doesn’t make it true and it certainly doesn’t improve their performance or help them the next time they see the offending ref. The thing is, that the C’s are a defensive team, which means they’re playing hard defense and the likelihood of getting foul calls and defensive 3-seconds violations called are greater. So getting calls against them is to be expected. Do bad calls happen? YES! But all teams get their fair shake of bad calls… so what! Deal with it!
The C’s are missing KG, they lost to a team playing way above their pay-grade. Poop happens… hell this loss might even make them a better team… a sort of wake up call, if you will. So move on, and get your rear ends to the finals… and for God sakes, STOP COMPLAINING!
BTW, thanks for taking Marbury off our hands and giving us cap room for LBJ. Marbury’s a good player when he wants to be and when he’s not sabotaging the rest of the team. Keep a close watch on the guy and don’t forget to tell KG that Stephon takes his coffee with two sugars and a cream.
by LeBron_in_the_Garden on Feb 26, 2009 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
If you’re bothered by what I write, go to another website. Read another comment. Get a life. I can write what I want. And if you use a little reading comprehension, you’ll see nowhere did I ask for the Celtics to be coddled. I know what Collins’ strategy was. It was plain as day. As soon as he got beat he hit Pierce as hard as he could. It just happened to be where the ball is. That’s not “being a man,” that doesn’t make it a good play. All I said was if that’s the rules the refs are going to play by, then the Celtics have to take care of it. And not that I care what Kobe does, but if you think he would have put up with that garbage, you’re wrong yet again. So come down off your high horse, stop trolling and stop telling other people what to do.
Stop Being a Little Girl About It.
Stop attacking reading comprehension and just state your point!
You are welcome to make any sort of argument you’d like, but regardless of how you paint the Clippers’ role in last night milieu, the Celtics lost. So rather than making excuses, the Cs must regroup, take ownership of whatever blames is theirs, and resist the easy temptation to blame others for their loss. Celtics fans would be wise to do the same.
There were much harder fouls than occurred on the play you’ve deemed to be uber-important. And overall harder fouls were committed by both the Clippers and the Cs. Paul Pierce was being a man when he decided to help his team, through the pain. To ask for special dispensation is weak sauce on your part… not on Pierce’s part. Pierce’s opponents have no obligation nor incentive to be sensitive to Paul’s injury. Perhaps you can only learn how to man-up and not expect other to feel sorry for by living in NYC or Los Angeles (where Paul is from) or the South End of Boston. If you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen. Paul dealt with it… so should you… so stop whining.
I’ve been a fan of KG since he played with the T-wolves… I’ve always thought Pierce was the best pure shooter in the league… I’m a Knicks fan, but I’m hoping the Cs repeat. But I get sick of hearing all the whining. You’re sapping all the joy out of the game, and killing the sport.
The Cs lost last night because they couldn’t hit a free through and their defense was porous. Chalk it up to a bad night and move on. It’s that simple. Stop blaming the refs… you’re just making excuses for a bad performance.
And excuse me… it didn’t know this was the Berkcelt website… i thought it was a site for people who follow the Celtics. Apparently it’s the world according to you.
by LeBron_in_the_Garden on Feb 26, 2009 6:30 PM EST up reply actions
Stop Being a Little Girl About It.
Stop attacking reading comprehension and just state your point!
You are welcome to make any sort of argument you’d like, but regardless of how you paint the Clippers’ role in last night milieu, the Celtics lost. So rather than making excuses, the Cs must regroup, take ownership of whatever blames is theirs, and resist the easy temptation to blame others for their loss. Celtics fans would be wise to do the same.
There were much harder fouls than occurred on the play you’ve deemed to be uber-important. And overall harder fouls were committed by both the Clippers and the Cs. Paul Pierce was being a man when he decided to help his team, through the pain. To ask for special dispensation for his injuries is weak sauce on your part… not on Pierce’s part. Pierce’s opponents have no obligation nor incentive to be sensitive to Paul’s injury, and short of overt brutality, there is there is no further need for discussion. Perhaps you can only learn how to man-up and not expect other to feel sorry for by living in NYC or Los Angeles (where Paul is from) or the South End of Boston. If you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen. Paul dealt with it… so should you… so stop whining.
I’ve been a fan of KG since he played with the T-wolves… I’ve always thought Pierce was the best pure shooter in the league… I’m a Knicks fan, but I’m hoping the Cs repeat. But I get sick of hearing all the whining. You’re sapping all the joy out of the game, and killing the sport.
The Cs lost last night because they couldn’t hit a free through and their defense was porous. Chalk it up to a bad night and move on. It’s that simple. Stop blaming the refs… you’re just making excuses for a bad performance.
And excuse me… it didn’t know this was the Berkcelt website… i thought it was a site for people who follow the Celtics. Apparently it’s the world according to you.
by LeBron_in_the_Garden on Feb 26, 2009 6:40 PM EST up reply actions
This is a site for Celtics fans not Knicks fans who don’t like it when Celtics fan get upset about other teams/players hurting their players. You’re the one who is being disrespectful. If you disagreed with me you’ve could done so respectfully, but you can’t even answer me without resorting to insulting my knowledge of the game or calling me a little girl. You keep saying I’m whining about the referees. I’m not. I’m not saying the injury is why they lost. But you either are willfully ignoring that or you don’t understand what I’m saying. It looks like you are doing what a troll usually does and ignores the salient points and builds irrelevant arguments.
Why don't you keep on point... stop getting personal... and just state your case.
You seem to be stuck on the idea that stating a point of view that is contrary to yours is trolling. You’re a megalomaniac. I’m a Knicks fan first… a Celtics fan second… Detroit third (because of their tradition) and a Hornets fan fourth (mostly because of CP3). You can poll anyone here and they’re going to tell you the same thing – they have teams they like besides their home team. It’s called enjoying entertaining teams and appreciating their talent.
Why are you so full of yourself that you can’t take an opposing comment without getting emo? Stop making this about you and talk sports!
Lighten up. Paul Pierce was not taken down; he just banged his finger. If the foul had been flagrant, I’d say toss the bum. But by virtue of hitting Pierce on the hands, Collins was going for the ball… by definition that is not flagrant. Getting your hands slapped comes with the game… if some one is going for a steal, and you’re holding the ball in your hands guess where they’re going to hit you? IN THE HANDS!
And stop looking for me to apologize to you… because I’m not going to. Have some dignity and try being a sports fan instead of an apologist for ONE bad game. Have some faith, the Celtics are a great team. They’ll reset and come back and win 12 in a row.
You have this ridiculous idea that Celticblog would be a better place without controversy. Sports is about controversy… if everyone here was in agreement, how boring would that be? And besides I’m not the only Celts fan here who doesn’t like hearing excuses.
As for me, I enjoy watching the Cs, but I think complaining about brutality is ridiculous… think historically… remember the old footage of Kevin McHale clotheslining Rambis in the 1984 Finals? He ripped that Faker’s head off. That was tough basketball, a man’s basketball, and there’s not a Celtics fan here that’s worth his salt who doesn’t relish that Kodak moment.. Pierce getting his hand slapped is weak sauce and is in no way memorable. There is a potential foul call on every trip, and if it were up to people like you, we wouldn’t see any playing, we see non-stop foul calls. But as it turned, they called Collins for the foul, so why memorialize one hand slap with an emotional tirade?
Clearly we see the game differently. I like physical play. That is why I like the Celtics, and the Utah, and the Detroit of old. These teams leave it all on the floor. They don’t hold back. Win or lose you get your money’s worth. You need to take your skirt off and embrace the testosterone on the court.
Besides, a dirty foul it hitting someone while they’re airborne or any other sort of play that is potentially dangerous and career threatening. But tough play is what this game is all about. And playing injured, like Paul did, especially in the face of people not respecting his injury is what makes the game that much better.
Man-up.
by LeBron_in_the_Garden on Feb 27, 2009 2:29 AM EST up reply actions
Other teams are playing the Celtics how the Celtics played all last year.
The Celtics still have a great record, but they will just have to adjust to the fact that they need to turn it up a notch every night. Every Defending Champ has to go through it, and that;s what separates the one and dones from the back to backs.
Simple as that.
That being said. This loss really matters not. Losses happen. They aren’t any better or worse because of it.
** I meant
The Celtics still have a great record in spite of Other teams are playing the Celtics how the Celtics played all last year.
If that’s in response to my comment, I’m not really upset about the loss (anymore). I’m not blaming the referees at all. But the Celtics do not do what Collins, KMart and Carter have done in the past couple games. It’s dirty play. That’s what upsets me.
You really need to start being a fan of the game...
Okay, my team sucks, true, which is why I follow the Cs. But because I follow other teams I know that all fans say the same things about their teams… that other teams hard foul, but they play clean. The fact is that every team has had occasion to make hard fouls. And on occasion all teams make flagrant fouls. A simple review of the stats bear this out. In fact, there’s a rumor going around that KG likes to hit people with his elbows… okay, I’m not saying I agree with it, but it’s out there.
It’s called being objective.
What makes the Cs good isn’t their lack of hard fouls, or their lack of occasional frustration fouls, because they make both types. What makes them great is their defensive and offensive balance, their discipline and their team work. They aren’t saints and I wouldn’t want them to be… I personally hate so-called finesse teams like the fakers.
Of course, I think that with LBJ in NY, the Knicks will be all of the above, but also with finesse… however, this remains to be seen… and the Cs are here today.
by LeBron_in_the_Garden on Feb 26, 2009 6:54 PM EST up reply actions
Knock Knock Doc
Not to entirely place blame on Coach for this one as the whole team deserves it, but he certainly made some puzzling lineup calls throughout: Perk playing with several fouls even while clearly having a lousy game on both the offensive and defensive end (I know we’re short on bigs, but Perk was hurting us and he had fouls), Gabe playing a solid first half dishing the ball to Eddie for some nice shots then not getting any time in the second half, which as we’ve all seen before, caused Eddie’s game to suffer (talking late third, early fourth) when we lost our lead. Just unsure overall what exactly was going on courtwise tonight – bizarre game.
Also, hate to say it, but Zach Randolph was excellent. (…sorry SW)
Excellent at chucking?
Seriously though I don’t think he was that great either. He bulled his way in and got some buckets but he missed a bunch too. I don’t think Perk was terrible either, not that great but he had some moments especially on defense.
I would’ve liked to have seen Walker get in there; he might’ve put some juice into the Celtics legs. Would’ve been nice seeing Collins try that hacking crap on him. Pruitt seemed to play well enough in the first half to warrant a stint in the second as well. Gotta question Doc on that considering how poorly Paul was playing. It’s not like it would’ve put the game in big jeopardy (the Cs were in jeopardy from the tip).
Randolph was not excellent...
He was 0 for 6 from beyond 15, which is where I thought he’d have an advantage on Perk. Inside, he’s used to being stronger than his opponent, but that wasn’t true either. Perkins was a cipher on offense, and picked up a ton of moving pick fouls, but I thought he played good D. No one has given Zach that much trouble this year, to be honest. To his credit, Zach did a good job cleaning up some garbage, like on the game winner – but nothing was coming easy.
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
by Steve Perrin on Feb 26, 2009 4:04 AM EST up reply actions
No credit for a 30 pt performance with no turnovers in a win?
I watched this game as well and yes he missed shots. He also carried his team to a victory. Yes, the celtics played poorly and did not help their own cause, hurting it even. But without Randolph’s play, the Clippers don’t win this game. He was all over the court, passing, picking up key boards, making clutch shots.
Maybe I said “excellent” because I’m so used to Randolph being awful that this came as such a surprise.
He's played very well as a clipper...
So 12 for 30 is the surprise for me. Zach was still huge for the Clippers, don’t get me wrong. But it was a struggle. Zero turnovers is nice. And he was a peacemaker on the Collins-Pierce tiff, which is a nice if minor bonus.
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
by Steve Perrin on Feb 26, 2009 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks for the clarification ClipperSteve
Yes he has been good for the Clippers (11-9 record with him now correct?), I guess my past history of not liking him with the Blazers and Knicks skewed my label of this performance. Although, not to take away from the point that he played very well (despite missing shots), imho.
Tired Player = Dumb Player
At least a dumber than usual player. Pierce played poorly from the get go and looked sluggish. I think this trip and the heavy minutes finally caught up to him. I wish Doc would give Walker some run. It’s going to be nuts if he has to because of Paul’s thumb, but at this point I say the thumb on his shooting hand is more important than homecourt so sit him if need be. Bad way to see Billy get some run, tho.
Pitiful, lackluster performance
- Offense was stagnant. Rondo 3 dimes?
- Eddie House blew 2 fast breaks that lead to breaks the other way
- Every loose ball went to the Clips – and not due to hustle, just bad luck, like that last airball putback.
- Missed FTs … come on, concentrate!
- 3 3-second calls
- About 5 offensive foul calls on moving screens
- 5 second call on inbounds pass
- Pierce leaves with injury
- Ray Allen nowhere to be found down the stretch
- Mikki Moore playing extended minutes, despite not knowing the teams sets
Basically, the C’s though they could just show up and win. Not!
I was at that game, and totally embarrassed to be there.
Bring in the Starbury...
… we’re ready for something new. Our guys look like they just don’t care because they know they’re better.
That in itself makes you less good than you are. By a lot.
- Dirk
Worst Game . . .
I’ve seen from the Cs in a few years. Right from the start they looked slow, and tired. The best lineup they had was Gabe, Eddie, Paul, Powe, and Mikki. Doc never went back to it. Nevertheless, this was a team loss. Rondo was pretty much non-assertive all game. He could have had Baron Davis for lunch, but never pushed the ball. Lots of stupid plays, and lack of adjustment. The Cs had this rule where if a Clipper got within ten feet of the hoop they were to let him go in for a layup. Bad defense, offense, and coaching.
I NEVER complain about officiating, but the push in the back from Camby on BBD with less than a minute to go, and then the phantom time-out call were huge. Nevertheless, the Cs deserved to lose. They played awful.
Agreed with everything…
I do not know what was with rondo..but non-assertive is the way to put it..he just did not look like he has during the rest of the trip, and refused to push the ball, other then maybe twice, both times leading to an easy bucket.
Rondo had 3 assists and didnt run the offense all night, why? I have no idea..theres a reason ray didnt do a thing in the 2nd half..hmm maybe because his point guard was asleep? and him getting crossed and falling over breaking his ankles on that last clippers play….was……very sad
by TheAncientRivalry on Feb 26, 2009 7:42 AM EST up reply actions
I only saw the late 1st and the 2nd quarters but noticed the following:
- poor defense by Rondo → Collins was eating him alive on drives. just chucked it up there hoping to hit something
- Powe looked clueless with the ball -
this has been getting worse with Leon as the season has progressed
- BBD’s shot is looking much better
- Mikki looked like he’ll be an asset once he learns the offense and defense.
- Pruitt looked ok. Good to see him shoot the ball with the clock winding down and not look scared
- Couldn’t understand the lack of Walker or Giddens time. Ray and especially PP weren’t lighting it up and PP was definitely dragging before Doc took him out.
went to bed before the game started
(when you have a 4 month old, you have to make these kinds of decisions)
I DVR’d it though
show of hands – should I watch or just erase it and pretend it never happened?
"Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me." Michael Scott
It Depends
If you need to get in someone’s face today, watch the game. If you don’t want to have an aneurysm, move on.
Jeff if you don't watch keep this in mind:
Paul hurt his thumb, Baby shot lights out, we had a rotation of Perk, Baby, Ray, House and Rondo that played well in the first half, rondo played like crap on the road.(again) Watch the last minute and the refs call.
Rondo played like crap on the road “again” no offense..but that was the first time he played bad on the road in a while, and it honestly had nothing to do with being on the road imo…the crowd was silent
by TheAncientRivalry on Feb 26, 2009 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
no offense taken, you are right its been awhile but you might agree that its something to beware of come playoffs
i don’t thinks its so much the crowd away that bothers guys its the refs being affected by the crowd and the fact that there is no supporting crowd. oh well maybe KG will be back soon we will go on a tear and all will be right in the world
so you're saying....
my recap didn’t provide you with all you needed to know?
Honestly, I wouldn’t waste your time watching it. It was bad.
When Perk was asked what he thought of Howard winning the gold medal this summer, he responded: "What’s his impression of me after I won a ring?"
sorry g 17 I didn't read your recap so I am guessing you must mean you said that all already
But I think i’ll skip reading recaps until the next victory
boys and girls, we stunk. we were outhustled by the clips. the refs are always bad but we were worse. main culprits-rr and pp. probably too many mins. on the trip for both. pp stunk before the thumb. rr was lucky to have 3 assists- his drive and dish,etc. was somewhere else. mardy collins eating us up? forget this one and chalk it up to injuries and a long trip. mikki moore is serviceable and was +7, when he was in and not the negative influence. powe on the other hand, was throwing bricks and stunk out the house.
good synopsis, nazz
-sw
Manuel Aristides Ramirez is the greatest hitter I've ever seen.
by Steve Weinman on Feb 26, 2009 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
you have to wonder if Pierce and the boys were out on the town tuesday night. It sure looked like it and Doc even said he was worried about that. it’s a shame to end the trip like this. they had a golden opportunity to have a fabulous road trip and they blew it. Just when I think this team is ready to win a 2nd championship they lay an egg like this. this year has been mostly great with some bumps in the road and this is another one of those bumps. Honestly, but for injuries and lack of focus/composure we would have gone 6-0 on this trip and everyone on the team knows that. Leon missing his fts is starting to get under my skin. He realy needs to work on that. Despite 17 points I thought rondo played poorly as did perk and pierce
No need to dissect this game anymore...
…while it sux in terms of the HCA race, its just one of those games where the superior team mails it in and gets bit in the ass – has no bearing on anything other than the moment…moving on…
I stayed up. Such a massochist! PP has looked tired to me the last few games. I wish he had looked for Ray down the stretch on his iso’s. Draw and dish. Rather have Ray take that last shot, at least last night. When is Perk going to learn to set a proper screen? Big Baby is getting better but Powe is stagnated. I love Leon, don’t get me wrong but he is a post player with no post game. He just throws it up there and then tries to go get it and throw it up again! He really, really needs to work on the freebies too. No excuse for letting all those free points get away for him. He is no better than 50/50 from the line. Moore looks like he can a help a little. Oh well, hopefully we’ll show everybody this year we can win a game 7 on the road.
Pierce reverted to the old evil Pierce trying to dribble through three guys. He kept trying to do it even after he hurt his finger. Dumb.
hat tip to you Brickowski
you called this trap game and didn’t even need Admiral Akbar’s help
"Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me." Michael Scott
Turnovers+Missed FT's=Loss
Can’t blame this on the refs. There are lousy calls in every single NBA game on both sides.
The C’s coughed up the ball 20 times and missed 10 free throws. The refs didn’t have much to do with that.
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recent FanPosts
In Association With
Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sport
- LeBron James hints that he’d like to be welcomed back as a Cleveland Cavalier
- The Phoenix Suns refuse to dismantle their team because of … we can’t tell
- Video: Matt Barnes is legitimately upset with former coach Mo Cheeks
- Yao Ming discusses Jeremy Lin as eloquently as you’d expect
- Paul George (and Jeremy Lin, essentially) will highlight this year’s Dunk Contest
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
