The ability of analysts to identify what really constitutes momemtum is.

Johnson outplaying Rondo in the 1st half; Pierce not showing up until late in the 3rd; lack of composure by Davis (six missed lay-ups); lethargic; no energy; didn’t stop dribble penetration, so Magic got easy dunks; Magic lay-ups in the 1st Q (probably 5); it all starts on D, and they gave up 110+ points, so there wasn’t any; really disappointing effort

That is the only thing we should worry about right now, and I woulds lean 80 percent toward him getting suspended.

From that 1st play, where PP took it right in to Howard and no call, I knew we would not win this game. We just keep getting beat down. PP has to dish it out on those drives instead of taking it.

I thought Marbury’s pressure on the ball and overall defense was gonna save us there for a minute. I would have left Rondo on his sorry but tonight at that point. He is letting Johnson get by him whenever he wants, and he is not picking up three-quarter court or half court or even at the 3 point line. That has been driving me right up the wall. He did that all season and now in the playoffs he isn’t. I understood it in the bulls series, disagredd, but understood. And I realize he is playing great otherwise but what happened to the ball pressur? Man, really thought Marbury was gonna save us there. The Magic just wanted to crumble, too bad.

If they both just play well for game 4 then we are gonna be going home tied with Magic for the series. Rondo needs start the offense and accelerate the defense with his on ball pressure. Doc needs to figure out these rotations better because Scal, House, and Marbury play great when we are up. Starters have to push and drive these guys to go up enough to keep them on their toes, not like they did tonight.

I find it interesting that everyone is ignoring the fact that Perk hit a guy in the throat with a forearm. It truly is going to be difficult for Stu Jackson to not issue a one-game suspension.

I was soooo tired about hearing about the defense. We still need to find a way to run some kind of half court offense. What are we the 07 suns? Feed perk in the post, post up pp, something. We can’t just throw our hands up because we aren’t getting fast break chances.

and press the ball, did I mention that. man did rondo play badly.

Perkins was called for a flagrant one foul with 10:15 remaining for an elbow on Mickael Pietrus. Replays showed Perkins’ elbow hit Pietrus in the chin while the two were battling for position away from the ball, the kind of play the NBA has been reviewing — and sometimes giving out suspensions — in a postseason that’s only becoming more physical.

Cutting a 20 point deficit to 7, we got the momentun. Then Perkin made a dumb foul which started 6 straight free throws for the Magic. Perkin should know better the ref was not far away if not right behind him.

The good – Eddie. It’s also not possible to play any worse.

The bad – Baby had 3 rebounds. that’s not acceptable. Did he forget that’s part of his job duties as a big man??? Rondo playing steve nash defense and letting Johnson get wherever he wants – that’s not acceptable. Paul falling to the ground on every single moving screen that they make.. if the refs aren’t going to call it, stop selling it and just get back on defense. Ray… the most consistent guy during the regular season, is no where to be seen. Scal took a beating tonight and looked dazed at some points. Perk.. sigh. And as a team… no team defense. Everyone stood still on the offense. How many times did we see players stuck with no where to go and no one comes to bail them out? No good picks.

Probably the most disappointing thing of all – Rondo did the “oh he’s not a premier PG so I’m not going to play today” thing.

Why does Rondo let Anthony Johnson get by him? He lets him get by and tries that little cutsie strip from behind. A.J. just kept blowing by him. If I’m not mistaken shouldn’t he have been doing that all night, especially with Alston out. This was clearly an advantage we should have dominated tonight.
Listen, it is hard to get down on Rondo, particularly because without him, they would be home already. But it gets so frustrating watching him play so passive, especially defensively. His ball pressure was not there from the get go. He didn’t play aggresively on offense either.
Sometimes it seems like he’s just not into the game. If he is not physically tired, he must be mentally tired!

what coaching? If Red watched this game, he would walk out of his grave and smacked each and every Celtics, starting with Perkin followed by Ray Allen.

As a fan, it was so frustrated to watch a group with that much talent played like a group of siss——

no blame- they were outplayed in every phase. we were constantly beaten off the dribble. it’s a long season and if we keep this up, it will be very short from here.

when rondo keeps his man infront of him he;s a good defender but when he plays from behind he’s medicore at best. for us to win ray and rondo have to play well. 3-13 won’t do it

we’ll we are, for the first time, down 1-2.

If all home team won this game from now on… Magic would take it in 6. My bad.

the rule is clear re: suspensions. kobe did NOT hit about the shoulders and Perkins did. that doe not mean Perkins will be suspended but the two plays are not comparable as far as the NBA ruling which theoritically should be followed. the fact that Howard WAS suspended for something similar tells me Perkins will be as well. There is no way to defend that suspension without issuing one to Perkins. also there is a bit of accrued karma from the two Rondo plays. My guess is that he’ll be suspended.

someone mentioned that the Celts look tired. from a third party observer, that seems be the quiet issue, that and the lack of frontcourt size. defensive intensity=energy/bench, two items which Celts possess little of.
the magic are getting away with playing second and thrid string players and still winning. Sunday another player returns, i think the math favors orlando to close out the series easily.

it was obvious in Game 3 that there was no leadership on the court. Once KG was out, things fell apart in both ends of the court far too often. Rondo wanted to be the floor leader, but honestly, he is still not there. PP has the credential to be the floor leader, but his performance, body language say he does not want to be the leader night in and night out.

Rondo bashing or Rondo Praising…Gee, the guy didn’t get a triple double…What a bum…Celts would not be playing in 2nd round without him. And he is as consistent or even more so than any of the other players on the team. The reason the Celts are having a tough time is that without Kg, there is no defense, and with out it the Celts are not a championship team.

This one is too toxic, too negative…and out of conTROLL!

The franchise that brought Hooterville to the pros might make it to the ECF and the fans are in heaven. What a riot. With 17 championships, we set a lot higher standards in Boston.

Not a big deal if they want to gloat a little, I can take that. Just dont keep daying the same thing over and over. That turns into something else. But this guy is basically calling us out with his Rondo comments is crossing the line imo and Im not going to let someone try to needle us and not get called on it. Its not about beating your chest, its about how you do it. Nobody wants to hear that crap repeatedly. His comments were all the same.

As far as last year goes, you need to get over it and stop making comparisons to everything we say here to what was said last year. But Ill humor you. Bynum would not have made the finals go another direction last year. You know that and any other knowledgable fan knows that. What is with you fans of other teams trying to make comparisons with losing a guy to us losing KG? You also forget that we do not have Powe either which has shortend our bench. Bynum does not have the same impact on the lakers as KG does with us. Please stop with the comparisons, you guys are still a title contender w/o him. You can see how we are w/o KG, its not the same.
Further the amount and timing of all our injuries has taken a huge toll on this team as you can see from their energy level. The starters had to play way too much this year because of it. I dont recall the Lakers having to have an ambulance follow their team around for the last half of a season so stop with the you guys are whineres. If orlando wins this series Ill tip the hat to them. they did what they had to do. But I would not act like we dominated a healthy C’s team in my celebration. If orlando goes on to beat the Cavs, then that would be something to go crazy about, but as I said they need to beat a healthy/ contender before they prove anything.

You can mock Bostons team concept all you want, but you know that your boy could learn a thing or two from it. Mabey you would still have Shaq and winning titles if Kobehad that mentality. This team is still around that philosophy, but you still have to have you team assembled to win and not in street clothes. This team has not cashed it in yet, did the last series look like a team that isn’t doing what it can to win? W/o this concept, there is no way that 3 hof work together like they did and win a title.

And yes the lakers are still soft and they will always be soft(cheap shots dont make you tough btw).