I guess Doc doesn’t want anyone on the floor that can shoot.

he tried to do way way too much every time he touched the ball

the bench contributed almost nothing (except Scal)

we needed a contribution from somebody else

So, now the celtics gag a game they should have won by 30

this team has no killer instinct, and all along i thought if they could close it out in 6, they deserve to lose in 7, period

Vujacic was curled in a corner rocking, holding his knees and crying

but I guess that will have to wait for another day

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and yes, Ray Allen = David Ortiz

only this time we did not win. Ray is MIA again. 0-7 shooting 3s. Man, its frustrating.

HAHAHAHAAHHAHAA

oh crap I’m crying on the inside

and ray almost had as many turnovers as points.

the Magic have game-planned to stop him; no one ever leaves him

Rondo, BBD and sometimes Perk are wide open

if Ray Allen had Rondo’s opportunities, he’d score 50

team needs to make multiple passes and not just one and done, they didn’t make the passes down the stretch

also, they were gassed; with (essentially) 5-1/2 players, they’ve got to pick their spots; I worried they’d expended too much in the 1st half, and in fact they had

I’m not worried about Sunday; I think they’ll be fine at home

Was it important to earn that #2 seed?

Glad this game is in Boston.

Ray is really hurting us!

BBD trying to be a hero tonight. Dribbling way too much, particularly trying to back guys down. Really, trying to do too much.

Rondo played well, BUT taking that three late in the game was not a good shot.

They came out strong from tipoff FINALLY, but nothing from Paul and Ray until late in the game is absolutely unacceptable.

I’ve said this all along, the Celtics need to play with a tougher mentality from beginning to end and they haven’t done that yet. It seems each game there is at least a quarter or more where they just don’t play like they are capable of, tonight they laid an egg in the second half.

They are playing with fire too much in these playoffs!

So What, We’re going to win it all!! STARBURY #18 THE LEGEND CONTINUES!!

…is that the Cs came out with a lot of energy, looked like they came to play right from tipoff. And still they lost. To a mediocre team not playing very well. Ouch.

Doc: When you have a red-hot Eddie House available, why are you continuing to play ice-cold Ray Allen? Yes, Ray has been great in the past, but he is killing you now — why keep him in? Doc, Doc, Doc… I really wonder about you.

Paul: Live by the Paul, die by the Paul. Missed too many shots in the 4th, and committed too many TOs.

Rondo: Really came to play tonight, and looked great. Got too little help from his All-Stars, especially Ray. But too many TOs.

Baby: Played like he has let his recent success go to his head. Too many hero attempts.

Ray: Superbad. Twice as many TOs as baskets. Bad squared.

Oh well. One more. I’m sure the Cavs will be very well rested, ready to make mincemeat of whichever team they face next.

why does ray allen make 18 million a year? to dissapear in the 2nd round of the playoffs? i dont know , but he did it last year as well. im pretty annoyed with him

This game proved what most of us already know – the cavs are a virtual lock for the finals. this series is really insignificant, but id actually prefer losing to the cavs then the magic honestly

we are completly and uttery incaple of playing solid basketball for 48 minutes(so are the magic) but cleveland, not so much..they have played 48 minutes in all of there playoff games, hmm i wonder why they swept ?

hey c’mon we don’t win game 6’s until the ecf finals

fatigue,turnovers and lack of shooting by ray allen cost us this game.

ATROCIOUS!! DISGUSTING!!!! REPULSIVE!!!! INEXCUSABLE!!! I’m absolutely hoarse from screaming at my TV tonight. Just an absolutely PUTRID performance in the second half. These guys were more disorganized than a CYO team would have been. Offense absolutely stunk again, particularly the second half.

There’s absolutely no reason a team of veterans should throw the ball away over 20 times during a game, nevermind a playoff game.

Horrific effort. I just don’t know anymore if these guys can get it together to win another game after watching that mess.

Ray allen is the 5th option on the floor or what? hes basically playing like a guy who cant score the basketball in this series. likes hes a defensive stopper who cant play defense. Doc is keeping him out there to get it going, and he has yet to get it going this entire series. the team is basically playing 5 on 4 with him on the court right now…i mean huh? hes turning the ball over, turning up open shots, the whole nine yards.. hes the worst player on the floor right now

Welp, the bruins just lost a game 7 in the TD banknorth….. hopefully not a foreshadowing

So everybody else has a few more minutes of fresh legs, better to get everybody involved. I’m not reading any posts that disagree. Its team basketball. These guys can play and spark our team. Not listening to anyone who disagrees. Look at Starbury Game 5.

#18, Here we go.

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i wonder how that is amortized against points in the playoffs. pretty expensive points i would imagine.
i missed garnett’s little fingers running on his hand thing tonight, it is so charming and really represents both himself and the NBA well. when i see that i am reminded of my friends 9 year old children.

and there is a LOT of analysis of what happened??? Seriously? Did anyone watch the same game I did??

We have a point guard who got 16 rebounds and no one mentions that either. And he is the only reason we didn’t lose by 25-40.

Tony’s, Bill’s, Mikki’s, or Gabe’s first 5 minutes will be better than Ray’s or Pauls 42 through 47th. Not saying Bill Walker is better than Paul Pierce. However a fresh Mikki or Tony could be better than a tired Ray for 5 minutes. That’s all. Not listening to anyone who disagrees because when you talk about playing Mikki or Gabe, some of you act like they are the only players on the court when they are in. That is wrong. Gabe plays with Rondo,Paul,Perk,BBD. Mikki plays with Perk,BBD,Paul,Rondo. Tony plays with Eddie,Paul,BBD,Perk. Bill plays with Ray,Paul,Rondo,Perk. Do you get it yet?

the team gets two days off

they haven’t had that since the middle of the Bulls series

for the C’s, that’s huge

I expect we will see a team with a lot more energy on Sunday

they have a very good chance of winning big

the celtics had so many freaking oppurtunities to push a 10 pt lead to 15-20 and just refused to do it by playing stupid basketball. they would play good until they got up 10, and then stop doing what got them there (what the heck, magic syndrome) and the magic would cut it to 1, then the celtics would go back up 9, and the magic kept getting on the verge of folding up for the season…but the celtics couldnt put foot to throat, it was quite sad really, and maybe even a little cute that they acted like they were gonna come out and win that game, or acted like they know how to win game 6s on the road (chicago up 8, 3 minutes to go, end up losing in 3 ots. yeah you have noone to blame for being tired but your inconsistent selves!!!!!!!)

Rondo, PP and Ray Allen all have a decent performance in a game at the same time. It has been just one or atmost two of them playing well at the same time. Last year, everything was so well and evenly distributed. If things don’t change for the better quickly, the home court in game 7 may not be enough.

We absolutely need Ray Allen to get out of the slump now and jump right into a zone.

this is 2 years in a row where he has had a major slump in the playoffs. he’s shooting about 11% on 3’s in this series and he’s turning the ball over way too much. He’s screwed up numerous fast breaks and he doesn’t contribute much in terms of rebounds or steals. frankly he’s looking old. Without him we don’t beat the bulls and I certainly hope he bounces back in game 7 but there is no way to sugercoat his putrid performance thus far. If his slump continues in game 7 Doc hs to play eddie and/or tony. he needs to do something to mix it up

let’s make something clear; we lost the game- the Magic didn’t win it. we gave them opportunity after opportunity to get back in the game and they fnally took advantage of it. lots of people think rondo was great but I thought he made too many turnovers and bad decisions down the stretch and at key points of the game. he’s still not there in terms of maturity

There truly is no such thing as momentum with the Celtics. I look forward to these games so much and yet they are painful to watch, even when they win since blowouts are so rare. Everyone here has touched on the reasons for last night’s loss and there were many.

1. Can’t commit 22 turnovers on the road when the other team is playing hard to avoid elimination.

2. Reddick got too many open looks last night. Doesn’t Ray guard him? If Reddick hits some of those shots ( I believe he missed them all) then the final score is a double digit loss. I am concerned about him going off in Game 7.

3. Speaking of Ray, do we continue to trust in him Sunday night or should we see more of Eddie House? Quite honestly, I wanted Eddie in the game those last few minutes over Ray. Ray did not just miss shots, he missed a lot of them by a mile. We are not getting it from him either offensively or defensively, and he is turning the ball over way too much. If he comes out hitting his shots Sunday night, then the signs are there for a good night. But if we get more of the same, I am not sure we can have faith in the “let him shoot because his shot will eventually fall” school of thought. This is Game 7 and you have to go with who is playing well at the time or else we stay home.

4. Paul Pierce’s missed free throws would have given us a one point lead and some momentum. Instead he misses both, the Magic score on the other end and they go on their run to seal the game.

5. One of the poster’s here was right about Moore. He is killing us and he is not even playing. He is killing us because he is not playing. He is taking up space but I thought last night that he should have gone in late in the second quarter to rest our bigs and prevent further foul trouble. It would be nice to have another reliable big body to throw on Howard, and the Powe injury looms almost as large as KG’s injury does.

6. Rondo played well tonight and even hit a couple of threes. He and Perk were really the lone bright spots for us last night. But we do not want him shooting the 3 in the closing minutes trailing in a big game. His 3 pointer near the end did not even touch the rim and was, for me, the final nail on our coffin.

7. Doubt that Turk will have another bad shooting night for the Magic. If he is on Sunday night, then we are in trouble and will have to find someone to match his scoring output since you know Rashard and Howard will get theirs. And we cannot continue to let Pietrus play like MJ against us.

I am glad the game is not until Sunday night because I need the entire weekend to decompress from Game 6. Obvious that getting the second seed was crucial. I still believe that we will take the Magic Sunday since we are playing in Beantown. But it will be a wild one for sure.