Double Trouble

1 – No Celtic got injured in this game

2 – Series goes longer giving Garnett more time to rehab his knee! :)

I just pray his ankles will be ok come Tuesday…

1-Pierce gets absolutely no calls this year in the playoffs

2-He responds by playing like the pre-big three Pierce

3-Bulls figured out that if they can foul Perk out (which isn’t hard to do) then the paint is wide open

4-our bench still has done nothing this series

For the 2nd game out of 4 Pierce could have ended it at the free throw line. He looks very tired but he willed himself through those OTs and that was a helluva put back in money time. But he also was critically slow on Ben Gordon on his game saving OT 3.
Rondo also was fantastic.
Don’t know about Tony Allen but a shout out to Scal. He was awesome and allowed Mikki to stay where he belongs.

<free throw shooting has cost boston 2 games and i would foul and make them make the FT’s instead of allowing gordon getting a nice good look from three

by celticinorlando on Apr 26, 2009 2:19 PM PDT
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This is kinda ironic. You complain about the free throw shooting then suggest a scenario where they would have had to shoot more free throws.

His 2 offensive fouls in the 4th killed the Celtics momentum … and a chance to make their lead bigger.

When will he ever learn how to set the right pick or not to try to do so when he is out of position?

This is being a very entertaining series.

with a far superior team. It was a very entertaining game to watch. If Pierce could find another gear it would be really helpful. No matter what the announcers say I just can’t imagine Hinrich being able to guard Pierce as effectively as he is.

The only time a find myself yelling at the TV is when Pierce decides to wave of Rondo and dribble it up the court himself. I would like to see the statistical outcome of that decision over the course of the season. I think we would be better off if we sent two of our own players to trap him and make him give it up before half court.

more that I have.

I did notice in the first half Pierce not getting calls. Not blaming the refs, but last nights Laker/Jazz game Kobe got call after call. Like the bank shot Kobe made, he wasn’t even touched and they call foul. Kobe complains to the refs constanly. It’s almost as if they feel they have to do something to satisfy him. Paul got hacked several times and no call. I just don’t understand…..(Celtic fan in Chicago)!!!!

But after that Game 1 OT loss, you questioned the inevitability of The Village Idiot’s Law of Diminishing Chances, which states that when a tired, injury-ridden team is playing a youthful, athletic team, the former’s chances of winning the game diminishes significantly the longer the game goes on.

Well that Law has been proven right again in this series. I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so! At least, this time around, PP mercifully ended the game by having his 3-point shit blocked. At leats they can go homw and rest instead of prolonging another inevitable (yes, inevitable) OT loss. I will say again that if we get into an OT situation with the Bulls in this series, the outcome is inevitably going to be a loss.

Of the three games that are close, the Bulls have taken 2 of 3.

Hmmmm … the Celtics are supposedly the more mentally tough team but they let the Bulls win 2 of the 3 close games. Not a good sign!

unless it’s garbage time, these 2 guys aren’t contributing much.

scal played more than marbury/moore combined. at least house was okay.

but the huge starter’s minutes and the bench’s non-contributions are a sore thumb.

I can’t be too mad at any one person because no one really lost the game for us. PP came close, but R2 took that atrocious jump shot, and even Ray missed a FT today. Baby couldn’t score. Bench couldn’t do ANYTHING. Yet we were so close. I told myself a while ago that it didn’t matter, that we got homecourt back, that we’ll be ok in the end, but this one still hurt.

Bright side is the next two games should be at night at least.

There is no question that Pierce was a half step slow (which was still sometimes enough). He missed a free throw again that puts the game away. He half asses the D on Gordon’s key 3. But he got huge baskets including the put back and one to keep us in reach (when he was dead tired). Yes, this loss is on him. I think that is true just as it was true of Ray in Game 1. But I want them both going for me next game.
Pierce"s game is more physical than most and he goes damn near 82 games every year. The guy is a warrior

Are we cursed? No more game before sunset please.

Three hours before tip-off (10 PM in Hongkong), NBATV showed the Celtic-Bulls game 2 of the 1986 1st round playoff. We won by 4 in 2OTs but not before MJ dropping in 63 pts. The Bulls always play the Cetlics tough in the playoffs, but the end result was the Celtics always won the series.

Paul Pierce straight up for John Salmons. He played over 50 minutes being hounded by our best one-on-one defender, Kirk Hinrich for much of the time. Kirk may not be the fastest player in the league but his footwork and ability to stick closely to his man and not to be fooled by head fakes makes his opponent work much harder than he’s normally used to.

I’m grateful the Celtics didn’t just give the ball to Rondo every time and let him create. He has been a one man wrecking crew from the Bulls perspective so as a favor to Chicago we would greatly appreciate letting anyone other than him try to beat us.

The games have been incredibly close and therefore entertaining as well as nerve wracking. The officials leaned towards the Bulls in the first half but the 3rd quarter was loaded with phantom fouls against them, and Pierce was the primary benificiary 2 or 3 times.

Also I now know why Davis is called Big Baby. He sure earned the title today. After practically beheading Miller with a very hard chop to the head, Brad retaliated with a shove and he acted like he was shot by a 54 Magnum. So either he really is a big baby or deserves an award for the best acting job during an NBA playoff.

But with Perk and then scal going out and no kg and leon we just are too thin up front. Scal keeps minnei off the floor though and that really helps. if Steph had played well, if Baby had shot just a little better, if PP had one less to, we win. we are ok and i hope kg is watching and realizing 10-14 minutes a game that he could play might make ALL the difference

We need the bench to go a little deeper/longer right away. Take the chance. Whatever happens this series, PP and the other starters are going to run out of gas at some point.

Pierce is tired plain and simple. This is where not having a capable backup for him all year to cut down his minutes is catching up now. I wasn’t a proponent of bringing back Posey at that kind of money but I can admit that he was never adequately replaced in the rotation by Ainge/Rivers.

Bulls 30 pts,,,,we had 8! Bench is a great weakness because our bench doesn’t really exist any more. Powe’s gone and Davis is a starter,,,Tony barely get’s in Stephan isn’t producing points like i thought he would.

Sums it up to me.