you know what, i hope the magic beats cleveland.

Ray Allen stunk again…

Paul Pierce – Trade

Ray Allen – Trade

Ronjon Rondo – Trade

However, not as ashamed as we were about to be in the next round. I think that is the best outcome. We can now realize our deficiencies, get healthy, and retool.

19 point loss… Horrible game, no heart…. FIRE DOC

Ray Allen came alive too little too late. PP had no intensity in his eyes. The body language of the C’s was just pathetic. They didn’t play like a game 7. It was a preseason game for the C’s.

I said it when KG was out: we don’t belong in the playoffs. We somehow won 62 games, but we didn’t belong in the playoffs.

I hate Howard and the magic. All they do is cry to the refs, choke leads they should not half the time and just chuck up three’s like we used to with #8 (and as we know, that never leads to a title).

Howard is the worst. All athelticism and no game and a big mouth. At least you can appreciate LeBron for having honed his game and bringing it every night.

If Howard actually learned some post moves and got a jumpshot, he would be the most dominant player in the league. I hate to see people squander gifts like that. Magic fans should hate Howard. How can you be a big and not learn to shoot jumpshots with Patrick Ewing as your coach?

Also, the goaltending and fouls they let him get away with are nearly as bad as Wade’s traveling and LeBron never getting called for fouls.

All that aside, very embarrassing effort from the c’s tonight. At least go out with a bang, not a wimper.

Nothing to be ashamed to. We exceed expectation. We pushed Magic to 7 while everyone is expecting Magic in 6.

I wish we at least made it to the East Final. I want a championship team to beat defending Champion. I’ll root for Denver to upset the favorites now.

wonder what faker fans are saying

dissapointed but not suprised, I said before game 6 if we didnt win that game, we would lose the series, and I was right.

and no I am not one to kiss this celtics teams butt like others, I love em and all, but lets look at facts – they were not prepared in either game 1 of there series, and couldnt close out game 6 in either series, when they definetly should have. both the magic and bulls were injured too, and we offically underachieved as far as im concerend should definetly be moving on, but it is what it is

the magic deserve alot of credit, they are without there starting pg, without lee for 2 games, without alston a game, starting reddick, won 2 games in boston

Since the Celtics got creamed… Go Nuggets… Beat LA

Need to add some shooters and some size.

Few notes:

I know Posey was too expensive, but you can’t reduce a limited bench even further and expect results.

Tib’s defensive schemes don’t look like much without the Garnett.

How many times did Howard just wait by the basket for Perk to come in and block him. One center can just 40+ inches the other about 3 inches.

1 more year with this starting lineup and then it gets blown up. Worth it to win one though.

Under the circumstances it was an enjoyable season.

The real pain came 1 month ago….when Doc did a 180 and announced KG was done!
 
From that point on, the Celts were as doomed as the passengers on the Titantic.
It was only a matter of time.

Now, they have to regroup and look at next year as their final opportunity to win another title.

Wyc, spend more $$$!

What happen, we just fell off the earth or something…. Poor Red is turning in his grave at the moment

This isn’t Celtics Basketball it was one on one Street Ball.

Rondo was making me sick, watching him, poor decision making and lack of intensity

Paul went back to being bleep’n Paul Pierce again. Paul the Hun

KG’s “intangibles” value to this team is more than I thought.

Rondo, Perkins, and Baby all got better this year. Trail by fire with some of these guys.

It will be an interesting off-season, hopefully.

in the 4th killed us. We were within 5 at the end of the 3rd. Can’t believe they came out so flat in the 1st and the 4th.

The C’s put up a good effort (it also took some luck, to be fair) to take this to a game 7. But, as usual, the better team ends up winning.

I dont understand some of his decisions.

They choked, no question about it

Being undermanned (no KG, no Powe) is no excuse for standing around and for not fighting for rebounds harder. Celtics played with NO heart and no intensity today.

There has now been too many playoff series that Ray Allen has not “showed up” for. This is not an aberration, this is a trend.
Paul Pierce did everything the team asked of him for the last three months except sell tickets and sweep up. Cut him some slack. The man bleeds Celtic Green just like Larry and the great celtics before him.
Maybe Doc realizes now how important Leon Poe was this to this team.
BigBaby couldn’t pull down an important rebound if the ball fell in his hands.
Maybe Doc shouldn’t have burned out his starters in a stupid quest to get home court over the Magic that lasted just one playoff game.
Maybe somebody should call out KG for some of the blame. Kevin Mchale played the last 8 weeks of 1987 on broken bones in his foot. Either have surgery on some unexplained secret knee malady for the last three months, or get you ass out on the court and play through the pain. Hey, for 23 million a year I expect just a little sacrifice.

Just want to say goodbye to the commenters on this blog. I think you have shown more dedication and passion that your team did.

Almost throughout this game 7, the two words that kept coming to mind were “PATHETIC” and “IMPOTENT”. Magic outplayed the Celtics by a mile on both defense and offense. They certainly proved to be the better team, with a lot more heart.

I did not come to be a Celtics fan by geography. I did it by choice, because I saw something different in this team. Whatever that was, it disappeared this year. I feel the Celtics did NOT do their best in the playoffs, did NOT play with any heart. I feel they gave up, right from Bulls game 1. And all the excuses about injuries and depletions are just that… excuses.

I still love Ray Allen. He certainly stepped up in this game (and shooters can get cold, as he did earlier.) And I still think very highly of Stephon and Perk. And maybe Eddie just had a bad day today… he seemed to put in a maximum effort in every game. Everybody else on this team is a quitter in my book.

Along with my goodbye to the commenters on this blog, I’m saying goodbye to this team. (And I’m not too sad to lose this blog, btw, with it’s laughable approach to “free speech”.)

One great, memorable season in the sun is what we had, and that’s what I walk away with. Y’all take care.

Just too much magic and not enough players for us. I hope we can put together a deeper team next year. Here’s to a good off season.

They are still UNDEFEATED on my XBOX !! The season goes on… for me at least.

hey, theres something about the magic

afterall, they closed the original boston garden

I know it’s probably better this way (so they can get rest, so I don’t have to watch them get pwned by the Cavs), but it still hurts. They broke my heart but I still love them.

Don’t give up guys. The team battled through a long, hard year. The sun will rise and next year is not so far off.

19 points is too much.
what did we expect? smallest roster in celtic history. let’s keep our cool guys. nobody should be fired, but we should take a good look at our bench. that’s where we lost it. and i agree with some of you above. Ray came alive too late, the Captain had no fire i his eyes, and, oh yes, we missed two most important players —KG, LP. in the play offs, you need to be able to go deep, and we couldn’t. brian played beyond expectations, and eddie was lethal when he was given a chance. that leaves a roster of 7 people, with a one-time elevation of the marbury kid. KG and LP should be back next season, and the rest i leave to danny.
this hurts. a lot. but the C’s were done. could/should have closed thing in the sixth, but they didn’t, and now we take a rest.
ease up, you boys&girl in green. next year is going to be very good.

Vacation, pff…

we should have lived and died with paul pierce tonight in a game 7…hey it worked in last years game 7 against cleveland, I think getting ray allen going in a game 7 actually hurt us in the end…Im mostly frustrated by pierce and allen not playing a single good game together in these playoffs

But I was glad I got to say farewell to the Celts tonight and probably many of the players played their final game in a C’s uniform.

The lack of defense tonight was painful — probably the worst the C’s played in the entire playoffs. But from where I sat, it just appeared the C’s had no energy and even when they got a short burst, they simply could not maintain it. Perk was due for a clunker and unfortunately it came tonight. Really, the only guy who showed up tonight was Ray and his game was just average for him. I stopped counting uncontested Magic layoffs and dunks at 10 in the third period. On the offensive end, there was absolutely zero ball movement most of the night. It was almost if they were trying to force Ray to have a good game. Pierce had absolutely ZERO left in the tank.

I felt bad for the team tonight. They had nothing. Nothing at all. I will echo what many others have written — get well KG and please get us some players that can really contribute off the bench, Danny.

Thanks, Celts.

Plain and simple. Here’s hoping for a Nugs- Magic finals as a big f u to stern (and the refs)

Down only 5 going into the 4th, I liked our chances, and we lost by 19.

up going into the 4th in game 6 and tottally threw that one away

bummer

It is still bitter, because of what it could have been!
I am sure tonight Cleveland will sleep better.
Thank You Celtics.

And now Go Denver (or whoever is not called Lakers).

we have to wait 12 loong months to get back to this point. Plus the Big 3 will be another year older and both KG and Powe … Well, will they be 100% after major operation?

Extremely disappointing ending. But we have a good chance next season, we need everyone healthy and Danny to do a better job in the offseason!

C’s could have hung up their sneakers in February & waited until ‘09-’10 for another run.

They didn’t.

Gutting out the regular season and winning 62 games without their best all around player shouldn’t be overlooked.

The Chicago series was unforgettable.

As for Orlando, give Stan some credit. He had his players defending the C’s guards better than anyone else this season. Pierce, Allen & House never got on track.

That, along with the heavy legs that came with big minutes doomed the Celtics.

Here’s hoping for a long healthy season next year.

I agree that this has been a great season and we have accomplished a lot with a deeply depleted line-up: 2nd best record with 60+ wins and went thru 2 7-game series.

But I still believe we could have advanced a bit further had our two biggest guns — PP and Ray — played anywhere near their normal standard in this game 7. May be we will get cremed by the Cavs in the ECF, but at least we get there.

I love Davis’s maturity but we need players now whom are 6’9 and above! We need a 3 for the future, we need two guys whom are roughly 610 or 611. I think Rondo will continue to grow and i think Walker will blossom this off season.

It’ll be interesting to see what happens with this team after Tom T is gone.

Pulling for Denver to win it all. The hell with Cleveland and Orlando!

That was just terrible. Pierce folds again in a game 7 at home, as he did against Indiana. JJ Reddick outplays Ray Allen for an entire series.

The Celtics looked old, and I fear that they will be one shot wonders like the Pistons. It’s time to think about rebuilding.

Is people coming on here and criticizing Paul Pierce and reminding us of the TWO game 7’s in which he has not played well. And, while I agree that the C’s might be a one shot wonder, I think talk of trading two of the big three is a little premature (although if I were Danny I certainly would entertain offers for Ray). If they can get a couple of good young players for Ray, including a sharpshooter, and shore up the bench, I think they would have one more shot at the title. After that it is rebuild time, although I am not as excited as many posters are about the core of Perkins, Rondo and Davis. Out of the three Rondo is the only one who has the chance to be a superstar. Danny has a lot of work to do in this offseason to make a real attempt at number 18 next year, and then even more work to start rolling the boulder up the hill again to rebuild the team in the next offseason.

As for Pierce, I would never trade him. He should and will retire as a Celtic.

What else can we as Celtics fans ask of you…you gave it your all. We started off this season with a running sprint, struggled for a while in January, went on another sprint and then got sucker-punched with a KG injury, sucker-punched again with a Powe injury, and a Scal injury, a Tony Allen injury, a Rondo ankle injury, not to mention playing with targets on your backs and getting the best from everyone in the league.

And after all of that, still managed to pull down 62 wins and went through a grueling 7 games with Chicago…which will go down as a classic series. The Celtics could have folded at any time but didn’t. They could have folded after KG went down, but didn’t. It may seem like the Game 7 loss against Orlando seemed like the folded, but in the end, they just had more firepower and were hitting 3s (which they live and die by) more than we were. They hit 11 and we hit 2. Do the math. Their defense wouldn’t even allow Eddie or Ray have any breathing room.

It’s a tough one to swallow, but just think what this team could do if it were healthy!!!! I also think Paul Pierce is hurt. He’s not saying anything about it though, but he is hurt. He needs rest and he will get some. This was and this is a good team who was just a bit shorthanded. And to be honest, I was surprised that the Celtics lasted this long against Orlando.

I think the thing that bothers me the most is that the Lakers are still in this and we’re not!!!!!!!! So I would like to take this opportunity to say that I am pulling for the Denver Nuggets to win it all this year. If not Denver, then Cleveland I guess. I just don’t want Kobe and his girlfriend Pau to win it. So Go Denver and I would like to pass on a phrase that might help you “BEAT LA!!!”

Finally, I would like to thank the fans for always sticking behind your Celtics. You cheered them on and “believed” they could make it no matter how shorthanded they were. Heck, even I “believed” and had faith. I feel bad but not as bad as I should. These guys gave it their all and the fact that it took Dwight, Hedo, and Rashard 7 games to beat a KG-less Celtics is fine and dandy with me. We cheered them on and we cheered them after the game for a long-hard-fought season.

So Celtics fans, go relax, go on vacation, go to work, ignore your Laker-fan friends, go eat a good meal, and go get a good night’s rest. We can be sort of relieved from the stress for a while. Remember the drive for Banner 18 didn’t end last night, it’s only the beginning.

So thank you Paul, KG, Ray, Rondo, Perk, Scal, Tony, Big Baby (you grew up), Eddie, Powe, Bill Walker (make some noise), and Stephon Marbury (yes, even you Starbury) for a really good season. Ok ok ok, thank you Mikki Moore, you did your best too.

Remember, winning Championships are not easy and people are even more worried about next year due to age and free agency, but I ask the Celtics fans to keep the good faith. After all, “ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE!!!!”

So goodbye for now C’s and we will be right behind you next season, as like every season. The quest for 18 starts here.

Oh, goodbye for now Celtics fans…and enjoy your summer.

God Bless and we miss you Red!