Game 7 First Half Thoughts
by Jeff Clark on May 2, 2009 9:15 PM EDT
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PrintBecause game 7 deserves several posts all to itself.
- Ben Gordon can flat out score. He can also flat out disappear. I hope the law of averages cools him off for the 2nd half.
- Brian Scalabrine kept us in the game early on. Love this guy.
- Classic pendulum swing game. Bulls went on a 7-0 run early on and the Celts went from being down 8 to up 8 in no time flat. (can't actually remember all the exact numbers).
- Eddie House!!! Welcome to the series.
- Mikki Moore: Not dead yet.
- The Bulls have been resilient and mentally tough all series long but we saw in game 3 that they can get beat bad.
- Quietly Paul Pierce is leading us in scoring with 11.
- Interesting rebound numbers: Noah already has 8 and Perkins has 9.
- Love the Rondo block on Rose to finish the half. Very fitting.
- Wonderful to see the return of Celtics Defense. Absolutely the number 1 reason for the halftime lead.
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Defense
Precisely the kind of defense it’s going to take for this club to win games.
The last seven minutes of the second quarter were as good as it gets in the NBA on the defensive end. THAT’s championship defense.
BIG pickup from Scal off the bench, plus House and Mikki later.
Tough second half coming up, but Chicago’s rattled. You can see it in their eyes.
by CoachBo on May 2, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
More Moore?
Mikki Moore in 3 minutes: 4 points, 2 rebounds.
I like.
by Tai on May 2, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
happy for eddie
this is a guy who along with posey brought us back in game 4 of the 2008 finals.
therefore he deserves PT any day, any time.
enough said.
that is the most terrifying picture of Noah ever
Looks like he’s about to eat Baby!
come on!
quit this passiveness.
"if my kid said 'uhh' that much, i would say, Hey! ... stop saying 'uhh' that much..." - dennis miller
I like this site, but i don't know a whole lot about basketball so can anyone tell me...
why was perkins just given a T?
I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya
he got mugged!
i’ve been watching the celts since the early 80s, left a while, and am now an admitted bandwagoner. But man I cannot understand NBA refs no matter how i try.
I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya
by itsmetsforme on May 2, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Because
After Miller committed what I thought was a flagrant foul by purposely coming down hard on Perks bad shoulder, Perk did not show toughness because he grabbed his shoulder and winced in pain. I have no idea why that was called. I’m sure it will be overturned, but it will take longer for the NBA to do that than to give Gordon the 3 that was called a 2.
"I don't come to play, I come to WIN"--Larry Bird
"Criminally Negligent Officiating"--Tommy Heinsohn
god Noah is loathesome, sit down you dirty hippie
we are going to win this mutha!
I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya
of course they would have to make the stinkin' inbounds interesting...jesus!!
"Just do what you do best."
~Red Auerbach
this is very satisfying
adversity met, I’d say.
I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya
Guts and grit.
Don’t count this team out. I’m not sure that this team has peaked yet. Even with the hot start, I didn’t think they played anywhere near the level of last year. Add in Marbury and Moore, lose Powe and Garnett – they’re still finding their way, I think. This game (and series) might be the start of a roll. It won’t ever be pretty (not with the current line up) but they have HUGE heart. Much props to Perk. he has been a rock on both ends of the court!!! Bring on Orlando!!
"Just do what you do best."
~Red Auerbach
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