Ray Of Hope

 I want to go to Uconn and learn to play some ball

wow

BEST TIMEOUT MANAGEMENT EVER
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Great game. It kind of irritates to lose like that. Allen hit a monster shot.

Rajon Rondo: 19pts, 12reb, 16assists, 5steals, only 2 TOs. Current series Assist/TO ratio: 7.5 to 1.

RAY!
Ben Gorden was pretty ridiculous tonight…

i cannot believe ray blew up like that in the 2nd half. but even more incredible i cant beleive ben gordon was playing with the easy button in his shorts

his jump shots blocked easily Thank goodness Ray found his J in the second half as Rondo was relegated to playmaking as he was playing on one leg…BBD was awesome as well, great pick for Ray by the end…I hope DA did not watch that game..It sure makes my heart beat faster.

That’s really an exciting finish and all, and I am glad to see Ray get back on track, but if we don’t start playing some defense it really isn’t going to matter. Giving up 30 pts a quarter is not going to get it done. It isn’t like we let them go off in one quarter, we consistently let them score on us. How they think they are going to have success against a young team playing their game is beyond me. We set the tone from the first of the game that we were just going to try and run with them. All that got us was injured and tired. We better play our game and stop trying to show that we can outscore them…

I realize that Doc Rivers isn’t very bright. But at some point he will have to use Gabe Pruitt or Tony Allen (on Ben Grodon) if he expects to win this series.

You get your money’s worth? Geez, Ray. Way to break out.

Great play all around. How about Rondo? Is that his first Playoff triple double? I doubt it will be his last…

Ray was the hero but Perk and Baby were immense. Thankfully, the refs swallowed the whistles in the 2d half which allowed Perk and Baby to get away with a lot of contact. Their muscle helped negate Chicago’s height advantage inside.

These Baby Bulls are growin up right before our eyes I wouldn’t be very surprised if they knock us out…I hope Gordon does not have another game like tonight, He was just unconscious

I would not take ANY point guard over him right now. Simply the most well rounded Point Guard in the league. I never heard about Rose all night. Even after Rondo rolled an ankle. It is just sad that injuries just keep getting us. We must get a pick in the first round of this years draft

Mikki Moore: Minus 17
Stephon Marbury: Minus 15

Brick, I agree. During the game I’m wondering when Doc may throw Tony in there on Gordon even if to give him a different look. But then I realized that Tony really isn’t in Doc’s rotation at all. Too bad cause Tony may be the only one who can really stay with Gordon.

I wish Doc would play Tony more and Steph less

two issues…one, the refs called them for a lot of touch fouls early, which took some of the aggressiveness out. you cannot get into foul trouble when your team is depleted. two, a lot of the bulls shots were insane. ray played pretty decent defense on ben gordon, but he was hitting everything. same thing with rose in game 1. that being said, we’re not playing as well on defense as we need to, but these two factors have something to do with it.

Ray Allen with an elbow to the groin of the Chicago Bulls.

…Vinny Del Negro for sitting Tyrus Thomas in the 4th and not leaving yourself a T.O. to advance the ball and set up a last shot.

He’s killing us, just like he killed so many other teams.

WAKE UP, DOC!!!!!

We saw it in the Spurs game (though we had KG briefly) and the Cavs game at Boston. I wonder if it would actually really help to have Scal back, but with the way the Bulls play D I fear for his head!

Tony couldn’t come in for Ray in this game; Ray needed to stay in as he was the only offense. The ball wasn’t moving without him and for as good as Tony can be on D, he’s no Pippen or Artest. He’s still raw and we needed our best players on there to win tonight. I’m sure TA will come in the next game, as we may have to play small if Powe is hurt and Mikki is as poor as he was tonight. Either way, big win with Powe out, Rondo hurt and Ben Gordon en fuego.

of course ray was the hero, but my tommy point goes to rondo who played the whole 2nd half on 1 leg and managed the offense and did not let rose take him to the cleaners. that jump shot near the end of the game was also huge. perk and rondo have become all stars- it’s too bad about the injuries and the lack of depth. i agree with all the folk who were looking for tony allen. i guess we will see scal and i hope he doesn’t have to take any fouls to the head.

Don’t get me wrong, that 3 was sweet.

But the Celtics played 6 guys in the 2nd half, unless you count Moore for 40 seconds and Marbury for 5 seconds.

This is what it looks like when you win the battle but lose the war, I am terribly sad to say. Unless we somehow can get by Chicago in 5 (doubtful) and get rest, we are toast.

but I personally didn’t come out of it pounding my chest or anything.

We’re just not playing good basketball right now. Unfortunately, the Bulls are going to their court now with I think just as much confidence as they had after Game 1. This was a very close game pretty much the entire 2nd half. They hung with the Champs. I believe the home crowd carried the Celts through this one and not sure how it’d of turned out had they been playing away. I guess the same could be said about the Bulls had the courts been reversed, but I’m not concerned with how they’re playing.

It’s imperative that the Celtics start playing from the defensive end first and letting their offensive game be the result of effective defense. That’s how they won last year. It hurts not having KG out their because he’s our best defensive player and gives us a great deal of confidence. Rose is not taking it to the hole nearly as much if KG’s in there. Not to take anything away from Rose, but our defense has been easily penetrable – more so Game 1.

This series is going to be a grind.

way to go, RAY!

That’s probably the biggest story out of this game going into Thursday. According to reports, ’it’s not good,’ whatever that means. He’s having an MRI at the hospital tonight, so you have to figure he’s out at least 2 games. The Cs are especially careful with Leon’s knees because he’s had reconstructive surgery on both of them.

Now, we only have 2 decent bigs going into Thursday, one terrible last resort guy (Moore) and one guy coming off a concussion who may or may not be available. Baby and Perk are going to have to play 40 minutes+ for us to have even a chance. Not good news.

 we won and our guys played with a tremendous amount of heart, well at least the starters did. the bulls literally are playing out of their mind…I dont know who Ive seen play better then theyre playing right now against us at home..noone…so a hat tip to them.

Anyone arguing pruitt should play is ridicoulous…obviously theres an argument TA should play, but then again I have no trust in the guy, he could just as easilly lose us the game, bite on every ben gordon pump fake then he could help us.

I’d rather see Bryan Doo in the game than Marbury. Or maybe Doc Rivers can suit up.

First, both a great and awful game to be at tonight. Awful mainly cos of the Celtics’ defense and great because of how exciting it was and that the C’s were able to pull it out. Now for the realistic. First, it appears Leon is going to be gone for the rest of the playoffs. They don’t send a guy for an MRI unless they think there is something major. That means our front court is now down to two bigs, and only one of them is really big. Scal will help, but it will be another small forward trying to play the 4. And forget about Mikki. Second, how do we know how well Rondo is going to respond to treatment on his ankle? Remember the last time he played after twisting it and then I believe he missed two games after that. Not a pretty picture we face and I believe the Bulls will win in either 5 or 6 games. Hate to say it, but…………………

without Garnett, Powe and an injured Rondo? I just hope Rondo can play the next game, but do not think he will be anywhere near 100 percent. I would also say that I believe without Garnett and Power, the Bulls’ major front court advantage makes this an even series at best and my give the Bulls the edge.

Gordon was just in a total ZONE tonight. Anything he threw up went in. Like Rose the night before. That’s hard to do night after night.

- The key is Rondo. If he’s out, we’re done. The way Marbury is playing, we effectively have no backup PG. This team’s destiny rests on Rondo’s shoulders.
- Paul will show up. He better, or we have no shot.
- What was that last play about? Is it possible that they called it for Ray to take a low percentage 3 when all they needed was an easy 2? I just hope that was a busted play.
- The Cs better step it up. There’s very little room for error this year. We need Paul AND Ray in BOTH halves of every game. Otherwise, we don’t make it, end of story.

We won. Ray Allen got out of the shooting slump in the perfect moment. All is good. But I still feel our intensity on D could be a notch or two higher. The Bulls kept coming back partly because they were hot but to a larger extent becasue we could not make stops.

The United Center has become a tough place to win for opposing teams. We need to play even better D to win there.

I won’t blame Marbury for his poor showing. He is not a sub and will never be comfortable as one. He needs to be on the court and play with the starters to be effective.

Just realized that the REFS were pretty invisible in this game, like they’re supposed to be. No terrible calls, either way. Last game wasn’t too bad either (a little worse, but far from the horror shows we’ve seen). Same for the other playoff games I’ve seen. Is this a harbinger of change in the NBA, or a temporary fluke?

Exciting game to watch, even as a Laker fan. The good news, Boston won and I would love a match-up with Boston in the finals. Bad news, it will not happen. What is most apparent as a neutral observer (honestly, would love to see Boston advance) is Chicago’s legs and length. This loss tonight did NOTHING to shake this young Chicago team…they took one from Boston and barely lost the second at the Garden. and nothing about the play is “fluky”…watching the second half of tonight’s game, you could see Chicago’s quickness prevail…a few of those final offensive boards were just lucky, long bounces…had they shot’s actually been closer, those would have been Chicaog’s and game over. Derrick Rose and Ben Gordon are as cold blooded if not more so than Pierce and Rondo. They have to feel good going back to the United Center. I read a lot about summoning up defense, or playing like last year etc….unfortunately, i think this is the boston team right now. What significant adjustments can be made with the current roster? Gabe Pruitt? TA? Walker? Come on. a couple of those names might well be future D-leaguers (no offense). 9 points of the bench, AT HOME, that is an incredible statistic.
Anyway, a very fun finish but sure a hell way too much work from a short handed team about to travel in the first round of the playoffs.
sorry

But you have got to be worried. The Garden 2.0 was cheering like they won a championship, but it was just one game. That came down to the wire. Against the Bulls. At home. To say this game was a must win is beside the point. Losing at home against the number 7 seed in the first round for the defending Champs? Whether this team can even get out of the first round is still questionable, let alone against an actual playoff caliber team. Scary.

He was flashing menacing gang signs after he hit a 3.

for our Bigs in game 3…With Powe out and the game played out in Chicago were they will obviously get some home cookin, I wonder who do we play if Perk or BBD foul out.

We are on fire right now!! We just turned the entire series around and gained huge momentum, the Bulls thought they were going to Chicago 2-0 and now its tied. We have all the momentum now that Ray Ray has bought us back to life. Everybody get up off of your feet and make some noise. The Champs are BACK!! We’re going all the way we are unstoppable right now. Ray can score 50 points in a game you have to believe, he has to make more of an effort to run from one side of the court to the other and get open for the threes, he has to run hard every time down the court to get open. KG is a huge inspiration to us and he has to stay out there. We are going to shock the world and the rest of the NBA is scared now that we are BACK!! LET’S GO!! And did anybody notice how Doug Collins had an orgasm every time the Bulls made a shot and didn’t say anything when the C’s scored, I know he used to coach the Bulls but all his moaning and groaning and oooohs and aaaahs everytime the Bulls scored was ridiculous. BOSTON IS BACK BABY LET’S GO!!!

The Celts controlled Rose, but allowed Gorden to go wild. An all-around defensive effort is what is needed to win in the Bulls home court. A couple of convincing wins, like what the Rockets did to the Trailbrazers the other night and the Spurs did to the Mavs tonight, will do wonder to our confidence.

Why, Why, Why, do they continue to play so poorly as a team and just eat my insides out….. Why are we allowing the other team to hang on…… We should be killing Chicago, and yet we continue to allow this team to look like they are Champions instead of us….

Who wants it more??? Chicago or Boston

I’m at the point where if it’s going to be a rollar coaster ride all series, just end it now and put us out of our misery so we can look at the next champions in this town…. THE BRUINS

it’s laughable to me that people are shocked the bulls are playing us even.All I hear on TV is that the Bulls beat the Defending Champs! Let’s get real. The Defending Champs are the team with a healthy Kevin Garnett, Leon Powe, Brian Scalabrine and now Rajon Rondo. The defending champs had PJ Brown and James Posey. The team we have on the floor right now is not that team and last night’s game was won on sheer determination. This might be the closest team I’ve seen to the 86-87 team which won on guts alone. Doc now has no choice but to play his starters pretty much the entire game. And when he goes to his bench he’s going to have to go small. Mikki Moore has been a complete bust and to be honest so has stephon Marbury. Doc needs to give stephon the green light and tell him to start playing and stop thinking. For the life of me I can’t figure out how Tony Allen doesn’t get time defending ben gordon in last night’s game. I would consider putting tony on gordon and ray on salmons and then play pierce on thomas. We need to find a way to beat their shot blockers and more importantly Pierce needs to get his head in the game. He has played without any urgency or purpose for 2 games now so hopefully he snaps out of it in game 3. It was emarrassing to watch him not get back on D during several breaks by the bulls. Winning this series is still an uphill battle; we’re getting nothing from our bench and so far we’re not winning any of the individual matchups with the exception on rondo and he is now hurt. someone on our bench is going to have to step up.

If anyone saw the Bulls lose their final home game to Toronto you’ll know that this team is not as perfect as everyone is gushing about. They are definitely vulnerable to giving up 3’s and honestly they are not a great halfcourt defensive team. We’ve allowed them to score at will in 2 games but I think if we can get them into a half court , grind it out game we will have great success against them. We need to control the boards and move the ball on O. If we do that we should get good shots.

guys dont forget PERKS! good job on boards and those important BS! he had a great game as well!