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 Starters Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  R. Rondo G 34:44 9-14 0-0 2-3 -5 0 5 5 2 1 0 0 3 20 
  R. Allen G 33:28 3-8 3-5 7-7 +12 0 5 3 1 2 0 0 2 16 
  K. Perkins C 33:28 6-8 0-0 5-7 +7 6 13 3 5 1 1 0 3 17 
  P. Pierce F 37:27 12-14 2-2 5-7 +9 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 4 31 
  G. Davis F 34:52 3-8 0-0 0-0 +8 1 4 4 2 1 0 0 3
 Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  E. House 16:19 3-6 3-6 1-1 +4 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 10 
  L. Powe 15:20 2-2 0-0 3-3 -5 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 3
  S. Marbury 15:20 0-2 0-0 0-0 +2 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 3
  M. Moore 12:01 2-4 0-0 2-2 -9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
  B. Walker 6:57 1-1 0-0 0-0 -3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Totals 41-67 8-13 25-30 8 39 26 19 8 1 1 25 115

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that defense was optional for most of the evening….for both teams.

Still, a road W is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

by GLS on Mar 4, 2009 10:16 PM EST reply actions  

Still, a road W is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

True?

by illantari on Mar 4, 2009 10:17 PM EST up reply actions  

These 4th quarter collapses are driving me crazy!

Good to see Ray with the dagger (although I blame Steve for his FG%!) and Captain Crunch being captain of crunch time as usual.

by illantari on Mar 4, 2009 10:17 PM EST reply actions  

—“Still, a road W is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.”—

LOL. Nicely put.

by Mencius on Mar 4, 2009 10:18 PM EST reply actions  

Well that was exciting. The games are so enjoyable when Bennet Salvatore and his crew make it impossible to play defense.

by Brickowski on Mar 4, 2009 10:20 PM EST reply actions  

Good to see Paul’s minutes down a bit, though down to 33 would be even better. Still, we’d have lost the game without him out there. The Truth was an absolute stud bull tonight.

Ray was pretty clutch down the stretch too. Prettiest shot in the game.

by Mencius on Mar 4, 2009 10:20 PM EST reply actions  

muh man the truth had an epic game tonight

by Kevin Garnett on Mar 4, 2009 10:20 PM EST reply actions  

WE WON BECAUSE....

Pierce was NOT so much gassed in the end that he was able to put up 2 clutch jumpers in the final minute….Doc should take notice that those minutes Pierce rested did him very well in crunch time…37 minutes I feel is just about right for PP and please no more of those rediculous 47 minute gameplay.

Kudos to Walker playing not too shabby in relief of Paul.

by bopna on Mar 4, 2009 10:21 PM EST reply actions  

A win is a win is a win

Not much defense played by either team. C’s also coughed up the ball. Play d and take care of the ball and this is a 20 pt blowout.

by LuckyNumber07 on Mar 4, 2009 10:30 PM EST reply actions  

doc finally got the minutes right-33 for ray was realy good and having marbury is the reason. yeah rondo was on fire in the 3rd period, however a lot of the rest of the game he was spotty. our defensive effort was not there.

by nazzbo on Mar 4, 2009 10:46 PM EST reply actions  

We won that game because of Marbury. Just admit it.

by jurrasicearl on Mar 4, 2009 11:13 PM EST reply actions  

If I have to hear..

V..C..3 again I will murder the sound effects guy at the Izod Center, though it was fun to go to a road game that had more celtics fans than nets fans. I will note that a fair share of C’s fans booed Marbury.

by Byrdman on Mar 4, 2009 11:41 PM EST reply actions  

whoa, surprising

great observation:

I will note that a fair share of C’s fans booed Marbury.

by Slick on Mar 5, 2009 2:21 AM EST up reply actions  

Doc had me worried

He played Pierce the first 15 minutes of the game I want to say. But he did get Billy Walker in there, and lo and behold none of the Celtics turned to sand and slipped through the spaces of the floorboards. Doc probably could’ve played him a couple more minutes, but that’s a good start to getting Pierce’s minutes under control.

As for Walker’s play, he was pretty inconspicuous but mostly for the good. No goof ups, seemed pretty solid, had that one nice finish. I was watching him a little, and I don’t know if he was a little too geeked up or if that’s just him, but he was like this mini-Perk (more the Perk of old to be fair to Perk) just bashing into people. Not very cute about anything, lol. I thought for sure he was going to get a rookie foul. Looking forward to seeing more of Walker.

by Berkcelt on Mar 5, 2009 12:19 AM EST reply actions  

I love Perk, but he needs to soak his hand in glue so he will catch the ball. Outside of KG, the best pick & roll guy on the Cs is Leon.

Marbury and Big Baby look crappy as hell. Do we really want Big Baby out there when the game is on the line? Come on, fouling a 3 point shoot for no apparent reason?

by tmak26b on Mar 5, 2009 1:01 AM EST reply actions  

not really…
Leon has hands of stone at time this season.
Big baby didnt have a good game, and had a dumb foul, but hes our starter without KG/Scals. so yes we want out starter out there to finish the game, he can shoot and pass the ball, unlike powe

by TheAncientRivalry on Mar 5, 2009 6:38 AM EST up reply actions  

Even though it came down to the wire its good to see them pulling out a close one on the road. Things in the last minute I liked – Perk’s defense, running and executing a play for Ray’s dagger, , Ray jumping up stopping Lopez from getting the offensive rebound and Baby hustling down the loose ball, the reaction from the bench to Ray’s 3, Rondo hanging around looking like he was gearing for one of his beastly offensive rebounds. And Pierce money as usual in the clutch getting some rest probably helped.

by twinbree on Mar 5, 2009 1:56 AM EST reply actions  

Did anyone else notice Rondo's lefty free throw

when play didn’t count? It looked much better than his normal free throws, and he swished it. When he actually shot the free throws after that, he made the first and missed the second with a herky-jerk motion that was conspicuously missing from his lefty free throws. I think Rondo owes us an explanation, stat.

by Slick on Mar 5, 2009 2:29 AM EST reply actions  

Didn't catch the game :(

Could you (or anyone rly :D) tell me a bit more about how Rondo played? Keeping an eye on that fella’s improvements and all the stat sheet shows is 20 points (which is v.nice) and 5-5 on rebounds/assists.

- Dirk

by Kiorrik on Mar 5, 2009 3:25 AM EST up reply actions  

Had A Good Third Quarter

The third quarter was his best, scored about 15 points. But more important he pushed the ball, set the pace and hit the 18’ open shot when he had it. For the rest of the game, especially in the 4th he didn’t push the ball and I don’t know why. No one could guard him. Could be NJ was playing a zone and clogging the basket and maybe the opportunities weren’t there. But overall he had a good game.

"I don't come to play, I come to WIN"--Larry Bird

by TrueGreen on Mar 5, 2009 11:15 AM EST up reply actions  

That was a must-win game I reckon

With Cleveland tomorrow night and Orlando on Sunday night we HAD to win this game I reckon. Plus there was the loss to Detroit (at home) last Sunday.

I was worried that we would drop this game, right up until I checked the score here on CelticsBlog this morning. Great result against a team that was playing some of their best basketball it seems.

Hopefully Stephon and/or one of the young guys (Pruitt, Walker, Giddens) can give us a boost in the next 2 games.

by Ruben Wolkowyski on Mar 5, 2009 2:49 AM EST reply actions  

Losing this game really wouldv been depressing, right up there with the clippers loss for me.

by spinz on Mar 5, 2009 3:54 AM EST reply actions  

Rivers wasn’t happy with the officiating in the first half – 17 personal fouls against Boston – and got a technical for complaining to Bennett Salvatore about it.

Salvatore again? _ why do we hear that name so often?

- Dirk

by Kiorrik on Mar 5, 2009 4:08 AM EST reply actions  

we shot 61% for the game, and only won by 4…yet again because of garbage turnovers, not exactly what you’re looking for, especially after 2 days of practice…but I’ll take the win for sure

by TheAncientRivalry on Mar 5, 2009 6:41 AM EST reply actions  

Nice Play By Marbury Going Into Halftime

I think it was a set play when at the half Marbury drove to the basket and dished to House in the right corner for a three. It turned out to be a pretty important play.

"I don't come to play, I come to WIN"--Larry Bird

by TrueGreen on Mar 5, 2009 11:17 AM EST reply actions  

Slowdown In Fourth Quarter

After the C’s built up the lead they didn’t go for the kill. It seemed like they were milking the clock with about 5 minutes to go. That would have been fine if they could have gotten stops. But no one could stop Rondo, especially in the third and he stopped pushing the pace in the 4th and just walked it up. Fortunately we executed at the end.

"I don't come to play, I come to WIN"--Larry Bird

by TrueGreen on Mar 5, 2009 11:20 AM EST reply actions  

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