Celtics Trounce Cavaliers
by Greg Payne on Nov 30, 2010 9:26 PM EST
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The Celtics' second trip to Cleveland was much more successful than the first, as they come away with a 106-87 victory. The C's have won four straight games and hold a 13-4 record.
- The Celtics found themselves down by nine points at one point in the first quarter (18-7), but Rajon Rondo rattled off the final 11 points of the frame for the C's, helping to shave the deficit to a mere two points (23-21) heading into the second.
- The bench put forth one of its finer performances of the season in the second quarter, as Glen Davis, Marquis Daniels, and Nate Robinson all contributed to help turn a two-point deficit into a five-point lead that the starters eventually turned into an 11-point halftime advantage (56-45). The C's totaled 35 points in the second frame, with Daniels, Davis, and Robinson accounting for 16 of those.
- The Celtics kept their collective foot on the gas pedal in the third quarter, outscoring Cleveland 24-20 (holding Cleveland to 8-23 shooting), to assume a 15-point lead heading into the final frame. Rajon Rondo scored a season-high 23 points, with six of those coming in the third frame, to go along with four of his 12 assists. Only three of Rondo's 11 field goals came outside of the paint tonight. He was a layup machine.
- Daniels had one of his finer performances of the season, as he tallied a season-high 16 points on 7-10 shooting. Daniels really utilized his patented in-between game tonight, as he incorporated many of his "tweener" jump shots in the lane.
- Glen Davis (17 points, 11 rebounds) and Kevin Garnett (11 points, 10 rebounds) both notched double-doubles for Boston. Garnett appeared to tweak his right ankle after stepping on the back of Paul Pierce's foot around the 7:50 mark of the third quarter. For one terrifying second, I thought it was the knee again, but it was not. He turned his right ankle, Doc yanked him for a few minutes, then he returned and did not appear to be limited in any way.
- The Celtics were dominant in the paint once again, outscoring Cleveland 60-26.
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Baby was big tonight
love the spin moves – he looks like a defensive end and the basket is the QB
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V
We now have the same record as the lakers.
by deadlyshooter2031 on Nov 30, 2010 9:30 PM EST reply actions
As of right now, November 30, 2010 9:32 p.m.
by deadlyshooter2031 on Nov 30, 2010 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Good...
Maybe trying to get a better regular season record then LA can serve as motivation for the C’s this season to try to come out and win every game possible.
It would also be nice to get home court advantage this year against LA in case we meet them in the finals again.
The Griz are currently winning
So we might have a better record by the end of the night.
by KY Celts fan on Nov 30, 2010 9:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Celtics win, Lakers lose!
Savor these moments, boys!
by KY Celts fan on Nov 30, 2010 10:29 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Nice solid win for the Celtics
Aside from the 1st period the C’s were basically in complete control of this game.
Rondo gets the game ball as he had a nice performance tonight.
KG played well also.
The bench played well as Daniels, Nate and Baby all gave strong efforts.
It was nice to see the C’s as a team go strong in the paint tonight on offense.
It was especially nice to see Baby go into the low post for offense scoring attempts instead of just settling for his jumper.
This team is so tough to beat when they (especially the bigs) go into the low post on offense so I hope they it keep up through the rest of the season.
Gee I wish Varejao was a Celtic or can be one in the future as he would make a perfect Celtic with his hustle and hard work on the court.
+1
Varajeo is a tall version of Posey and perhaps more annoying, and I mean that as a a compliment
Still...
We need to trade BBD and Quis;
I also want to see more of Avery Bradley;
Doc can’t keep burning Rondo for almost 40 mins., and this wasn’t even a close game!
Don't we have Quis under contract for another year?
Moving BBD would make sense from a contract sense – but probably not for a ‘win now’ sense.
I doubt Danny messes with the chemistry of this team.
Rondo is young. He can handle 37 minutes easy.
The nice thing is none of the other starters broke 30 minutes tonight. ‘Seems silly to complain about playing Rondo too much on a night when Doc finally gets to rest all the ’old guys’.
correction - no, 'Quissy is a FA after this year too.
‘Still don’t expect DA will move either of them unless it is an absolute no-brainer must-do.
exactly!
BBD and quissy have expiring contracts that’s why if we can get some nice (and maybe young ) pieces for them, maybe even throw in wafer’s non-guaranteed deal, that would be awesome!
Besides, we have enough veterans on the team so i’m not really worried about chemistry.
why do you want a bunch of young pieces?
This team is in a championship run. This is not the time to get young future pieces in exchange for current contributors. BBD and Quissy’s salaries total less than 6M – you aren’t getting some superstud for them as expirings.
When you are making a title run, you don’t give up key rotation pieces or are contributing now unless you get productive pieces back that will have immediate impact. The only reason I can see to give them up is if we find out both Perk and JO can’t come back and we are forced to pursue a big man.
And neither BBD or Quissy are ‘old’ anyway.
We already have a bunch of young players sitting on the bench. We don’t need more at this point.
Agree 100%
with your statement:.
“When you are making a title run, you don’t give up key rotation pieces or are contributing now unless you get productive pieces back that will have immediate impact”.
I agree now is not the time to consider trade, we have a great chance and any chsnge may not be for the better
Now this offseason if they dont want baby then they can do a sign and trade, but I would prefer they resign him AND Perk.
What I would consider though since u still have shaq cheap, a developing semih and a healthy perk a year later…
Many teams could use a big man rental for a year for mle money. Pair N8 and JO expiring contracts ($10+mil) for a team wanting a new direction or shed salary. For instance you could have a bench next year of delonte (assuming resign even cheap since he like it here) bradley, igodala, baby shaq, +gody, semih…
by Warrior Spirit on Nov 30, 2010 11:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
With shaq, kg, ray and semi all comin off the books the following year. No reason this team could not make a serious push for 1 last hurrah, back to back… In a shortened season as to be expected.
by Warrior Spirit on Nov 30, 2010 11:37 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Wow, dont know what i was thinking there. reverse jinx.
Would rather focus on the team now, and our chance to win this year, which I dont think needs tweeking. And who knows what the heck they will do next year but I would enjoy
that lineup or something reasobably similar, and it seems like a much more astute way to go
by Warrior Spirit on Dec 1, 2010 1:04 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Danny should keep his eyes open....
as any good GM should to try to look for any trades that can improve the team.
If and only if he can find players that would be a upgrade over Baby and Daniels (and are same position players) then and only then do I think its worth it for Danny to look to make a trade involving those players.
I agree to a degree if it is not broke do not fix it but if a good deal comes across Danny he should take advantage of it, especially if the bottom line is it helps improves the C’s talent and chances of winning a title this year.
Its like the Pistons in 1989…at the time they had a great team at that time and a solid starting small forward in Adrian Dantley but the Pistons did not just stand pat as they attempted to make the team even better for the playoff run by upgraded the starting small forward position by trading Adrian Dantley for Mark Aquire.
Aquire was a more talented starting small forward and helped put the Pistons over the top that year to win the NBA championship.
So if the C’s can follow the Pistons blueprint and can upgrade the bench and specifically the back up 3 and 4 positions then it may be worth exploring such trade scenarios.
ok we got revenge on everyone that we needed to
now we’ll go out and lose a couple that we shouldn’t and get motivated again – its a cycle
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V
Good News
I’ll review the game later on my LPBB computer. Just got home from work. I hope Doc rested his starters because we have another game tomorrow night against the ex-Q’s team the Portland Trailblazers.
Man I hate this time of year, it is so dang busy and I cannot possibly get home by 4:00 in the afternoon to watch these games.
This lpbb investment is worth it to me, since I can review these games for handicapping.
Boston Celtics - 2008 World Champions
Rondo is the only starter who went over 30 minutes.
KG went for 29:50, but Ray, PP & Shaq ALL were under 23 minutes each!
The Celtics deserve this win, and I love the way they play.......
But the refs were goddamn awful for the Cavs. The Celtics have more talent and played better, but they had a ton of calls go their way tonight.
Meanwhile, Byron Scott decided to torture Cavs fans with 24 mins of Ramon Sessions. AARRGGGHH. I dont care if Mo isnt playing well or not, but he is just so much easier to watch than Sesh.
Good game celtics. Hope the stinking Heat dont get the calls on Thursday.
Good luck against the Heat!
But just FYI – the Celts were called for 19 PFs to the Cavs 22 – so that wasn’t that one-sided. And the Cavs actually shot one more FT attempt (24 to 23).
‘Not saying a couple of calls weren’t blown, but overall this is one of the few games where I don’t think the refs were much of a factor (which is good).
I dont know, but I am biased though
There was that egregious one with the loose ball in the 3rd where Big Baby yanked Varejao’s arm and head to take the ball away.
Pierce’s blocked shot on Mo’s layup in transition should have been goaltending. Also, two of the touch fouls on Mo in the 3rd were suspect touch fouls.
Not sure about those specific calls but...
…anyone who claims a game with Bavetta has suspect refereeing, then I am going to have to agree.
Oh
and best of luck to the Cleveland Cavaliers Thursday, I am definitely rooting for them.
Boston Celtics - 2008 World Champions
this game was like 3 years ago; keep the foot on the throat bb. i still think doc waited way too long to put in luke wafer and bradley- come on doc, loosen up.
I still cant undertand Scott's decision to keep Mo out
5-12 isnt great, but he made 2-3 threes and runs the court more than Sessions and Gibson. When the lead was 15 with about 5:30 to go, I thought he should have put him back in. Mo can score in bunches, and if 2 threes would have gone down the Cavs would have been right back in it.
Yes LA loses!
We have a better record. So far…
by Daveonthecape on Nov 30, 2010 10:29 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Suffocating
Have been out of the country for the past three weeks so this was the first game I’ve seen in a while. Is our D that good or is Cleveland’s O that bad or both? C’s just sucked the life out of the Cavs after the 1st quarter. Rondo is like a chess grandmaster out there—always about three moves ahead of everyone else. Baby and Quis brought their A games tonight as well. Good stuff
by McHaleinthepost on Nov 30, 2010 10:43 PM EST via mobile reply actions
The Cavs have about 3 legit NBA players right now
Daniel Gibson, Mo Williams, Anderson Varejao are their best players. Jamison and Parker are washed up, Moon and Graham arent good, Hickson has potential, Sessions is god awful, and the rest of the bunch arent even worth mentioning.
Basically, yeah they suck. But I love them anyway!
Okay but what’s with all his turnovers
by jurrasicearl on Nov 30, 2010 11:00 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Nice Bench work...
Glen and the boys did their work tonight. Great all around game from Rondo, but yeah, Doc could have pulled him a few minutes earlier and given Bradley an extended run. Rajon still needs to recover from the hamstring and p.f.
by LuckyNumber07 on Nov 30, 2010 11:35 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Incindently,
The Lakers are 2-3 against winning teams.
by LuckyNumber07 on Nov 30, 2010 11:37 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
KG scare
anyone got worried when KG started limping?
In the ankle injury bad?
if marquis keeps playing like this
when perk, JO and west are all back well have the most intimidating bench in the league.
by friedgreentomatoes on Dec 1, 2010 12:17 AM EST reply actions
that's a big IF..
our bench is good but still lacks consistency..
let’s not get carried away with just one good game..
Marquis Daniels = Ricky Davis?
Similar games….. and I always liked Ricky.
Quis is a little shiftier
and probably likes to go inside the lane more, but yeah, good call.
Beautiful Game To Watch
Great game except the Cleveland announcers are horrible. Carr is a homer like Tommy, but not nearly as funny. What is the word on JO? This team is going to be a 12 headed monster in April if everyone is healthy. Should get the W tonight against Portland but the Bulls game will be a great test if Boozer is back. So far, so good, especially considering the injuries.
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