There goes home court. Terrible second quarter.

So the magic almost blew a 28pt lead… I think we can still win the series..

the magic looked bad in both halves, we can beat them if we play decent basketball

a good regular season team that relies too much on the 3

can’t explain the C’s play; it was like they were just drifting for 2 quarters

play a whole game and they should win

C’s did not show up for 2 and a half qtr, down by only 3 with seconds to go, Had we just made some of our FT, this game would have been ours….Ray was again terrible in game one…Magic was very lucky to have won this one but I have zero confidence in the Magic winning this series…had the C;s showed up early, this would have been a win.

Rondo.. watching him is just so frustrating. 7 turnovers!! sleepwalking for an entire half. If he doesn’t play well, we have absolutely no chance.

To stop a monumental choke by the Magic with the no-call on Howard on the Pierce drive. What does Howard have to do to get called for a foul? He’s as soft as a marshmallow and whenever he got the ball in the post, Perkins pushed him around like a little kid. I wouldn’t be too worried about this series, but if Howard gets away with that at the end of a game in Boston, what will he be allowed to do in Orlando?

We had multiple opportunities to climb back into this and our stagnant offense was unable to come up with points… that is all on Doc. He needed to come up with a rotation that worked and he didnt.

Then, when he found it, he took out Marbury. Unreal.

..if Boston hadn’t fallen behind by over 20 points in each of the last 3 games they’ve played against Orlando…

If Boston could just keep a game close they’d win down the stretch, but they’re blowing their load just making it a game…

Also – how does Marbury never see the court again in a game where Rondo was a total liability for 80% of the time he was on the court?

Its great for the starters confidence to roll with them through thick and thin, but it does nothing for the bench and this team could have used a nasty night from Steph…or anybody for that matter.

I expect Ray to do what Ray does and Pierce will be about the same, but Rondo has to play like a star and not a fart if they want to advance…

…and goddamn – don’t play Rondo 40+ minutes if he isn’t playing like a 40+ minute player – we had other options tonight and Doc bricked…

Still I looked and there wasn’t enough that’s just become of no timeouts and not fouling early enough. A good hard fight until the end it looks very decent if we come back and blow them out. I can find us winning next two no doubt after losing another first game at home just needs to wake them out of this slump.

We fall behind big, stage an exciting comeback, but can’t quite pull it out. The sad thing is, Orlando was begging to be beaten, and careless play — and not being willing to keep doing what got us back in the game — cost us.

At least looking at the game film will be a good lesson: play the way we started the game and we get blown out, play the way we played from the middle of the 3rd quarter to the middle of the 4th, and we can beat this team.

Scal gets the Green Lantern Award for being the true superhero of this game.

…in this series – he did his part by working hard and coming out agressive and hot as hell..Doc Iced him for no reason.

someone called for it on the forum. it looks like a good idea.

how worthless must mikki moore feel?

i don’t have a good feeling at all about this series.

their 4th quarter offense was atrocious. if they would have just slowed it down a notch, ease off the gas, and watch where they were going and what the other guys on the court were doing. they blew it themselves when the game was right there for their taking.

PLAYER OF THE GAME: Scalabrine

DUMB PLAYER OF THE GAME: Rondo

SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO BREAK THE GAME 1 CURSE: Ray Allen

DUMB COACH OF THE GAME: Doc Rivers

Ray & Rondo will play better. Some stagnant offense by the C’s. Good to see signs of life from Marbury.
Foul trouble doomed the C’s tonight.

simple as that

Ray was off tonight and we still had a chance….a lot of missed opportunities with turnovers in the 4th but I think if we start Scal to guard Lewis it will give us a bit of lift in Game 2. We can win in Orlando.

What is Rashard’s stat when he is being guarded by Scal?….Even Hedo had some trouble when Scal was guarding him…If Iwere Doc, I would really look into starting Scal and try contain Rashard on the Perimeter.

We still had a chance to win even with Ray’s poor shooting night

 they could easily have won that game, but they played like jackasses in the fourth. i was sick of watching their ridiculous passes, shots, speed of play. everything was so fast and out of control. i too wanted to shoot rondo.

Or anywhere for that matter, when your three best offensive players go 11-for-42 from the floor with 10 turnovers.

sorry guys this series is over

The Celtics have a lot of heart, but they are exhausted. They showed a championship heart and hopefully will have more energy in the 1st half of the next game. Best part of the game for me was when Rondo airballed that free throw and the Garden crowd cheered knowing full well how tired he was and how hard he played in that last series. Go Champs!

but I’ve always wondered when someone was going to try to steal the ball from Rondo when he lets the ball roll up the floor. Finally saw someone take that chance tonight. Fortunately he got it back for a Scal 3 but he’s got to get smarter with handling the ball. way to careless tonight.

they started the game by sleepwalking-no intensity. when they felt the depths of despair, they woke up and at least played intense defense. they became frenetic on offense and made too many rushed plays. they won’t win unless they play the charged up d.

It just wasn`t their night…4 for 24.
It happens.

Doc uses his bench based on fan reaction :

-After Game 6 in Chicago, Doc`s afraid to put in TA.
-Fans not happy with Mikki, Doc won`t play him, eventhough ANY big is needed!

…at the end. That’s why he left Marbury on the bench. I dunno, sometimes I think Doc loses his mind altogether. Rondo got a LITTLE better…. more aggressive, more active …on D. But for the most part, I swear Rondo looked like he was TRYING TO THROW THE GAME. How do you not put Marbury in at the end, when we still had a chance? Weird, Doc, weird.

Scal played some great D on Lewis in the 4th. I think Scal will be seeing a lot more minutes going forward.

Magic suck at end of games. If the Cs can stay awake for like, you know, a WHOLE GAME for a change… we win, every time.

every post talks about how bad the magic are. they beat boston at home.
uhm.

What heart? The heart to sleepwalk through the entire first half? That heart? Puhlease. We sucked, and it was amazingly bad of the Magic that we ever got close at the end.

Another blowout turned failed comeback against the magic. Another lethargic first half. Another quiet game 1 from Ray. Another costly late game turnover. Another game 1home loss. Stop the madness please! Maybe its time to start strong for a change?

especially when one of your best 3 point shooters is colder than liquid nitrogen. The Celtics had more than their share of chances to pull even at the end or even take the lead, but they couldn’t take adv of the opportunities.

When we came out so flat and stayed flat for so long, we probably didn’t deserve a W.

We only lost by 5 after a horrific 2 Qtrs and a half after a day when the players didnt have practice or shot a ball…i dont think rondo is going to play how he did again tonight…soon as doc told him to stop with the floater and got to the line 12 times and tried (almost) dunked over howard and i think they gave us the gas…he was a little careless at the end…everyone was becuase they got ahead of themselves with the lead…rays 3 to put us down by 1 rattles out…this is a game where if perk doesnt try to take crazy jumpers and rondo doesnt miss about 3 crazy shot attempts in the 1st qtr..we would have had easily..hopefully they look at film and see what the fans saw in the first half..and finally..Marbury has been one of my favorite players since he was in college and it was nice for people to see what he really has to offer
Boston in 5 if they lock down on D for 42 minutes at least…in 6 if not…or if it goes to 7..well you know how is gonna win! I still believe in the celts until they are knocked out..bleed green baby!

Takes the sting out of tonight’s game a little. :)

That’s what this game 1 was. Fatigue had nothing to do with it. Do you remember back in high school or college? Were you tired TWO DAYS after a tough (non-overtime) game? No, of course not. And these are conditioned pro athletes. Please, it was not that they were tired. This was a failure of heart. The team that wants it most is going to win in most cases, and for the entire first half and more we played like we didn’t give a damn one way or the other. Heart failure is what it was. And that’s the most dangerous sign we saw in this game. If it carries on, it’ll be all she wrote real quick.

Lakers losing just shows how vulnerable they are to an aggressive defense. They’re going to have a tough time with Houston, and certainly with Denver if they get that far. Whoever comes out of the East will win it all this year… so all we gotta do is put away this mediocre Magic team, and then beat the MVP and his fellow comedians. Now that will be genuinely tough.

They earned a well deserved day -off on Sunday. Then they had a shoot around Monday morning. At night, they had an open-door, dressed practice session. They invited the Magic and practised with them for about two hours. The night ended with a 12-min screamage which the Celtics won 28-17.

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