Nuggets End Celtics' Streak

After Q1, I thought everybody played a pretty good game, except Paul. Paul Pierce was an offensive BLACK HOLE, absolutely useless, a cancer in the center of the team. I don’t know why he bothered to have ANY part in the offense. He should have focused SOLELY on defense, and left the O to the others. Truly pathetic performances from Paul, for several games now.

Doc… can you not see that? What does it take for you to SIT one of these guys? Or at LEAST… command him to stay out of the offense, completely. What does it take? Because really, it’s practically impossible for anybody to be worse than Paul was today, on offense.

5 points, 2-10 FG, 1-4 FT, 3 TOs. What’s the point, Paul, what is the point? Go away.

Is it me or do most of our guys look like they don’t even care if we lose?

Is it me or do most of our guys look like they don’t even care if we lose?

yahoo reporting that nuggts crushed the C’s, doesnt look that way by the boxscore, alas that may not tell everything.
I truly hope another loss is not going to cause another waive of panic here, it is just a regular season loss

Paul might not have had a solid offensive game… but he played really good on defense…

1) The captain need rest… Seriously

2) SHEED IN THE PAAAAINT!!!!!

Thanks!

…except for Paul on offense, of course. Overall, I think their focus and intensity is still on track, and things look good. Except Paul. Send him away (at least on O).

Yesterday everyone was saying, Oh, they can still win a championship. Does everyone feel the same way today?

That first quarter was simply atrocious. The Fourth quarter was almost as bad.

Pierce needs to sit if he’s not healthy. He is badly hurting this team with his play.

the lift problem is due to his not being allowed to lift weights on his legs until just recently, so that should come back soon. however, it is obvious the thumb is causing him problems gripping the ball. if i were doc, i might sit paul tuesday, start TA or daniels, and give nate some decent run.

The guys gave effort today, which was a positive, they just played too sloppy at times and Denver is really good at home. Sucks for me I haven’t been able to watch a C’s win since X-mas.

Couple of observations:

1 . Paul is a gamer, no doubt, but he needs to sit for a few games and heal up. Everyone else is getting healthy, so it sure would be a shame if he can’t get healthy himself.

2. Ray is HOT right now and needs to have more plays run for him. I’m not even gonna bother to beat the dead horse we all know I’m talking about in regards to this.
3. KG is really looking good. Nuff’ said.

Point is, we are getting there. Sure the loss hurts, but progress is being made. Pual needs to get healthy, but if he can, and the guys can come together, we still have a good shot at the title.

i don’t feel too bad about the c’s in this game. i don’t know if we could beat the nuggets in a 7 game series but i’m not sure they’d beat us. pp is more thaan hurt- he’s slumping. yes, the thumb is bothering him, but there’s no oomph in his legs as well. he did play some d tho. big cat davis hustled. i don’t know if we ever had the chance at anderson. maybe danny knew in advance mr. tatoo’s heart was in colorado but what if?

is this Celtic team. And how sad to realize that Garnett was once for a considerable stretch of time the league’ best rebounder.

the Paul Pierce we have oncourt today…Just a truly atrocious outing…I just hope he’s got the courage to sit out the NY game and just rest and let his body heal..PLEASE Paul, you are hurting the team more with what you are doin right now!!!

Sit him this week (yes even with Cleveland on Thursday), cuz the thumb was clearly a problem today.

If we were an 80% foul shooting team…..Shooting fouls ia a matter of mechanics and concentration, like putting. You shoot a foul not while being guarded and not so far away from the basket. Most basketball players learned to play while boys; most went to pretty good basketball schools, a lot got grants to play college basketball and now are pros; and you tell me that a 6;10 guy can only score around 50% of his foul shots; and nobody cared ti teach these guys the mechanics (if the problem is mechanics) nor bother to punish them by making them practice hrs after hrs and even benching them for not concentrating? I played a lot of basketball and I play a lot of golf and its the same thing. Its in your head. In golf, you miss easy puts and it costs you; not anyone else. In basketball your whole team loses. We got 2 starters that cant even hit 55% of their foul shots and I havent read anything is being done about that problem. Whats is it? Not important to make foul shots? You dont lose games by missing an inordinate amt. of foulshots? PP has improved this year on his foulshooting; he is even taking the TF shots. Im sure he has worked on it. Why cant Perkins and Rondo? Those 2 drive absolutely nuts, bananas and crazy. And nothing is done, apparently

Pierce looks like he is playing the game wearing lead boots. In addition, he is shooting free throws with 9 fingers and shooting the basketball with his off hand. Looks like the foot,knee and thumb.

Dont know why he was allowed to play on all star weekend or why he is seeing the light of day on the court today. Even scals would play better than that.

Please, Please, somebody in management put him on the bench until he is ready to play. Somebody show some leadership. It is too painful to watch.

Rondo looked timid in first half but strong second half, quis, bbd, kg. Ray, all strong. Pp great d horrible o

Donr worry, we wont start any PP trade rumors until he is not worth trading for.

Three consecutive games of KG looking healthier is very refreshing and encouraging.

Carmello toyed with him.

He’s getting his shot blocked too many times the last few games. He has to go up stong and dunk instead of trying to lay the ball in.

Hey Steve.

Pierce was not good. Has looked like he lost a step on O for a few weeks and today worse. I guess the thumb. But he does cover Carmelo and Carmelo didn’t get off. So credit where credit is due.

There were a lot of fools on this blog who would have given Davis up for the Nocionis etc of the league. He is an athlete. Not long, but wide, strong hands and strong effort. If you don’t see it you are a loser.

Ray looking good on this trip but was never the problem. KG leaping, blocking, finishing much better, I wish he and Rondo agreed before game that KG was going to go for 30 pts. Because he would get them. Still not really TAKING IT like he could.

We played well enough to beat almost everybody. Denver is good. Andersen was not missed by Danny. Give me a break. He got his 2nd chance from Denver and was very motivated to re-sign there. Warrior Spirit and DRJ1, Andersen was not a surprise to anyone but maybe you. He’s a helluva player, very atypical and he liked Denver. He would hate Boston. Not the fans, but the culture of Boston, the Dan Shaugnessys etc. He wouldn’t make it in Bible Belt Carolina or Memphis either.

At the tail end of a West Coast road trip we didn’t beat one of the best teams in NBA. When do you losers (Brickowski, Vinnie etc) realize the other guys are good too.

… got injured. The thumb, tho, seems to have magnified his problems.

I suppose, if you’re going to have any remaining problems to solve, getting PP up to speed is not the worst one to have. I think we can feel fairly confident that he’ll get there, probably sooner rather than later.

Pierce came up with two steals and I think another disruption of a play in the fourth quarter. I’m a little bummed at the (intense) harshing on Pierce, even if he had a bad game with a bad thumb. I did, however, appreciate how Marquis Daniels’ game steadily improved over the course of the game. He looked lost early, came on very strong, then had a bad turnover, then finished well.
It might be helpful to severely cut down Pierce’s minutes, sit him if necessary, but either way increase Daniels’ minutes at the 3 — especially now that Nate’s on the team. That gives us Nate, TAllen and Daniels, then BBD and Rasheed. Not bad. You could even argue giving Shelden Williams back some of BBD’s minutes of Nate’s offense is as good as advertised and Daniels’ scoring increases, so we get more rebounding up front.
Just a thought. But since we’re playing the Knicks, maybe sitting Pierce one game to rest him for the Cavs might help?

Pierce obviously had a tough game, but man Rondo was brutal on defense. I know his D has been debated, but just by the eyeball test, it seems every opposing point guard gets passed him at will. His lack of D puts so much pressure on the rest of the team to stop penetration. He also had some headscratching passes on fast breaks. Sheed was awful, but at least he went down in the post a few times. Seriously, can we just get Sheldon in there and see what he can do. He can’t score like Sheed but at least he won’t kill us with horrible shot selection and questionable rotations.

He needs to rest his thumb, knee and foot, Rest up now so that the injuries dont get worse come playoff time.

Can’t win every game folks, even though we’d like to.
i) Before this West Coast trip, with the way they were playing, we were all worried if they’d win ANY games let alone go 3-1
ii) The players may have been a bit tired, sluggish from the altitude and MENTALLY SATISFIED coming into this game with a 3-0 mark.
iii) They proved to themselves that they still “have it” by beating LA and Portland on back to back nights.Forget that Kobe was out. LA had been unbeaten without Kobe for several games in a row. This was a VERY successful road trip because it told them everything they needed to know:
That they do have it and can beat anyone when they mentally focus on doing the things that got them #17.
iv) Now the challenge is to continue to progress as they have done since the AS break and attend to business at home on Tuesday and especially on Thursday night.

Today’s loss really meant nothing in light of the above points. You’ve got to keep it in the proper perspective. If they continue to improve as they get their health back, this team can make it to the Finals despite their poor record against Atl and Orl over the past two months.

It’s a new game now both physically and mentally. Just my humble observation and opinions.

… for this game, is that he personally created this loss:

2-10 FG
3 TO
1-4 FT

That’s 11 possessions that came to naught, plus 3/4 missed FTs, as a direct and sole result of Paul’s activity on offense. Expected point total if he had been playing just an NBA-average game, and 75% FT shooting: 13. Cs lost by 9. QED.

Tuff game to watch, especially in the first quarter. I hate watching the Celtics play from behind, but then again with the team we’ve watched the past month and a half Should I be happier seeing them go up by double digits and loose? All game I kept telling myself there gonna come back, and when they tied it up I was ecstatic… Then jr smith started hitting 3s and it was just dowhill

it was great to see Ray allen have another over 20 point game, KG alley-oop, glen Davis’s hustle, marquios score, especially his and 1 layup, and play defense, another big plus was sheed dominating with his post offense. Not looking at any stats I’m pretty sure he had 8 points in the paint, or backing down his defender. 8 points on 5 attempts put a smile on.

Don’t really wanna name the negatives but PP offense was atrocious

If PP’s finger is injured that’s not a good reason not to play with enough effort . RW plays too comfort away from the paint, when we need him to play the post. Think about the money they make and not try harder and be more profesionals.

1. Doc should see when PP is not playing right. He is CLEARLY trying to play through something. I’m not saying sit him for a week, but, spot minutes please. Marquis can easily take those extra minutes.

2. KG played great. Great great great. I was so happy about KG I didn’t really care about the game.

3. Ray can seriously take it to the rim. I like that he is evolving in the opposite way that most great players do.

4. Rondo keeps disappearing at the end of games. I do not think it is him. I think that the other guys expect that he will defer to them to close out games. I really don’t understand this. When Rondo is at all gears, they are much better.