Thunder Fades As C's Roll In 4th
by Jeff Clark on Mar 29, 2009 9:45 PM EDT
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Not sure why this one was close for as long as it was, but some hot shooting by Eddie and Paul (along with some typical Celtic defense) helped Boston pull away in the final quarter. Some additional points:
- Nice start by Mikki Moore who had 12 points by halftime. Then he didn't score for the rest of the game. He did get his quota of 5 fouls though.
- It appeared that Durant hit Big Baby with an elbow, creating a gash that required 10 stitches. Which only proves that KD's elbows are as sharp as they look.
- Speaking of Baby, he had yet another great night. 19 points and 10 boards.
- Mike Gorman noted that Rondo now has the 5th most single season assists in franchise history with a chance to move up with a few weeks of games left.
- In case you missed it, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook can play.
- Marbury showed up and contributed 7 assists.
- Nice to see a garbage time dunk for Bill Walker.
| Boston | |||||||||||||||
| Starters | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts | |
| R. Rondo | G | 29:24 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| R. Allen | G | 23:28 | 5-11 | 4-8 | 0-0 | -7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| K. Perkins | C | 32:34 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | +15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| P. Pierce | F | 38:14 | 8-18 | 1-5 | 10-12 | +18 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 27 |
| G. Davis | F | 32:08 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 3-6 | +5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| Bench | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts | |
| M. Moore | 27:10 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +16 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |
| E. House | 22:26 | 6-15 | 3-9 | 1-2 | +22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |
| S. Marbury | 21:01 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| B. Walker | 11:52 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| G. Pruitt | 1:41 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 39-83 | 8-23 | 17-24 | 15 | 48 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 103 | |||
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Who's employee #8?
He played solid defense AND passed the ball effectively too. I almost mistook him for Marbury.
by The Village Idiot on Mar 29, 2009 9:31 PM EDT reply actions
The Rolling Thunder Review (Bod Dylan!!!!) now rolls out of town.
I step up and admit Stephanie and Kandi Man II (GFM) look good tonight. Took them about 16 or 17 games to do it but I will take it.
PP really good game but he looks tired. We shoot too many three’s in case anyone didn’t know I fell that way. PO(we) must be hurt much more than I thought. Still like our chances
Is it Soup Yet?
Positive trends for the bench
I like it.
5th in franchise history? Really? Who/how many assists are 1-4?
Cous is #1 with 715. Can’t find the others. Anyone know of a solid database for these kind of stats?
by Thruthelookingglass on Mar 29, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Here you go...
Assists
1. Bob Cousy* 715 1959-60
2. Sherman Douglas 683 1993-94
3. Tiny Archibald* 671 1979-80
4. Bob Cousy* 642 1955-56
5. Tiny Archibald* 618 1980-81
Rajon Rondo 618 2008-09
7. John Havlicek* 614 1971-72
8. John Havlicek* 607 1970-71
9. Brian Shaw 602 1990-91
10. Dennis Johnson 598 1987-88
From http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/leaders_season.html
Good for Oklahoma City
in acquiring a team like that almost immediately. They’re young but they have some talented players.
The Celtics just took over the 4th quarter with big plays from guys off our bench. These injuries have shown how good our bench really is and how almost every one of them is capable of stepping up and having a 20 point game. I’m very excited to see our bench playing like this heading into the playoffs.
Nice win.
"acquiring a team like that almost immediately"
Yes, well it helps when you “acquire” a team that already existed… in Seattle.
by PJ Martinez on Mar 29, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I definitely sugar coated my phrasing of it
They stole the team and are now reaping what a previous franchise had already sewn.
It's official: The "Big Beast" has arrived...
some great moments tonight… After Glen Davis got hit by Durant’s elbow, he went to his knees, bleeding from a deep gash on his forehead (takes ten stitches to close up). How often do we see this on the Celtics? He comes back bandaged up, plays hard, and has a monster role in a run that swings the momentum boston’s way. After the game, the interviewer asks him how it was to play with ten stitches, to which he replies “I’m an animal, I’m a beast” and Dickerson annoints him “No more big baby, bye bye big toddler, welcome to the "Big Beast”
Doc says after the game he’ll carry a hammer from now on to make sure Big Beast is ready to “wake up” and play hard.
Paul Pierce was asked about Big Beast’s boxing toughness, to which Pierce replied “He’s a bleeder. If we was ever to get into it I know where to hit him”
I love this team…
THe bench amazed me
Really nice game from them. The baby has been playing great basketball, nice steals and hitting those jumpers when we need them. The baby actually deserves a post of his own cough Jeff, Steve cough
Routine win against a bad team. It should not have been that close.
Star of the game was Eddie House. Clutch shooting.
It took much longer than expected for the Celtics to finish the business. Aren’t they really not cut out for Sunday games. But thank God they did win by a big margin.
PP still play way too many minutes. That may not be a good sign.
A great performance by BBD again; but he tends to following up a great game with a no-show. I hope he will break his trend this time.
19 and 12 last game, 19 and 10 this game…I think he broke that trend already
by TheAncientRivalry on Mar 30, 2009 6:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Fantastic graphic selection, Jeff
loved that block.
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Manuel Aristides Ramirez is the greatest hitter I've ever seen.
Marbury looks better each game
While he only scored 2 tonight, he looked really comfortable running the team. 18 assists between him and Rondao — that is getting it done. Also was impressed to see how hard steph played defense, including the several times he was matched up with Durant. Keep sitting Garnett — absolutely no need to play him until the last two ore three games of the regular season to get him into game shape for the playoffs.
BIG BABY DAVIS!!
is rocking of late- i luv it!!
so glad 2 see some positive things happen for steph and mikki—
pull it all together at the start of the playoffs and get rolling tuff-!!
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