Parker put up more points but Rondo had more assists and the Celtics pulled out a close, low scoring game with one of the league's elite.
- Great to see KG out there in limited minutes. He was rusty at first, but got his groove going in the 2nd half and that's all we needed from him.
- Is Duncan hurt or sore or did the Spurs just go with Parker so often that Duncan was take out of the offense?
- Add Ginobili and it is a different game. Then again, add a healthy, full-time KG and that changes things a lot too.
- Another quiet but rock solid game by Perkins. Nice buckets within the flow of the offense and some excellent defense all night.
- Ho hum, another 19 point game by Ray Allen. He makes it look so effortless but you know how much work he puts into what he does. Just beautiful to watch.
- What a player Parker is. Just scored almost at will tonight. That is until the game was on the line and he was at the line.
- Maybe Rondo and Parker don't like to be compared to each other, but I see a lot of similarities between the two. I tend to think that Rondo is a better passer while Parker is a better pure shooter, but in general they are quite similar.
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Starters | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts | |
R. Rondo | G | 39:56 | 8-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | +17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
R. Allen | G | 39:43 | 7-16 | 1-3 | 4-4 | +3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
K. Perkins | C | 34:08 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
P. Pierce | F | 38:44 | 3-16 | 1-1 | 2-2 | +4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
K. Garnett | F | 14:39 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Bench | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts | |
G. Davis | 26:46 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3-6 | -5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
M. Moore | 20:18 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
E. House | 13:58 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
S. Marbury | 11:39 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
B. Walker | 0:06 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 34-82 | 3-6 | 9-13 | 6 | 44 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 80 |