Friday Night Lights
by Jeff Clark on Mar 5, 2010 9:26 PM EST
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PrintAfter scoring no points in the first half, Rondo started attacking the basket again and again in the 3rd quarter, finishing with half of the team's points in the quarter (14 of the 28). He finished with 16 points, 11 assists, and 6 boards.
- Garnett (22 and 8) stepped up with an excellent game all around. Starting to feel a lot more comfortable watching him out there.
- Ray had another solid night (16 pts) even though he only hit one 3 pointer.
- 4 big blocked shots for Perkins. Oh yeah, and his 13th T of the season.
- Not much from Pierce tonight following up his big performance against the Bobcats.
- Nice game by Baby though who contributed 12 and 6.
- Lou Williams had a huge game for Philly. I think the Celtics defense takes away the first few options for another team and dares their 2nd tier players to step up - and sometimes they do.
- On the other hand, letting Brand hit 6 of 6 from the floor to start the game isn't exactly taking away a primary option. So ....so much for that theory.
- Our second unit gave us a lift in the 2nd quarter as well - outscoring the Sixers 14-9 (h/t Jess Camerato)
- Overall a good defensive effort, holding the Sixers to 86 points.
We've finally got a winning streak! This is sad, but Chris Fosberg points out:
The Celtics have won three in a row for the first time since opening the second half of the season with a trio of wins on the west coast. (You'd have to go back to late December for the last three-game streak before that).
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Loved the Rondo - Garnett pick and roll tonight
Absolutely unstoppable and was the key behind Rondo getting all those points in the third.
solid, if not spectacular, win
KG is flat out starting to get it done, especially on defense. I noticed he seemed to play more minutes tonight. Hopefully he’s starting to get his playoff conditioning in.
The one guy who was able to really guard Brand tonight
… was Baby. Not KG, who still seems hesitant to get up in opponents’ grills. Maybe/hopefully that’s the last part of his game that’ll come back soon. Meanwhile, good job Glen.
Sheed showed some solid defense at one point, on Young. Good to see, ‘cause he was otherwise pretty meh.
And, for the millionth time, is there a more disgusting, more reviled ref than Crawford in the known universe?
yeah, he was biased for the Cs
…but it’s disgusting, even when it works in our favor. Out of NOWHERE, he decides it’s time to call a palming violation… for something guys do 100 times a game. The guy is crazy.
Hey, can you imagine Crawford, Bavetta and Salvatore working the same game?
They’d have to run a full weapons scan on every Cs fan… :)
The "play" I couldn't believe...
was when Quis was standing on the weak side perimeter, and Joey put both hands on him and moved hem to the left as if to get a better view or something.
First time I ever saw a ref do something like that – shows the feeling of self-importance Joey has
by nba is the worst on Mar 6, 2010 7:59 AM EST up reply actions
!????!?!!!?!!!???!
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by Warrior Spirit on Mar 6, 2010 8:32 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Its another win....
Rondo gets game ball tonight.
Ray Allen and KG also both played great and looked younger and healthier on the court tonight.
Finally Baby contributed tonight, hope he can keep it up.
Pierce struggled.
Defense though overall was pretty good and solid.
I agree that Pierce struggled - with his shot
but he actually looked pretty good on defense, drawing a huge charge, blocking a shot and a steal.
On offense, he struggled right off the bat but then at least got out of the way for a while and let Ray, Rondo & KG do the scoring.
But late in the game, he did play a lot better and started two isos in a row that netted points (2 FTs by him and 2 by KG). That was then followed by his making 2 more FTs on an intentional foul at the end. Those three possessions iced the game and were classic Pierce so it was pretty nice to see.
’Pretty much concur with your other points too, although as I said in another response I have seen signs of Baby greatly improving his play over the last 6-9 games or so.
where was tony allen
i thought he was in street clothes on the bench. he didn’t play at all. anyone know?
Let's hope it's not a sore ego
by Warrior Spirit on Mar 6, 2010 8:34 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Great win indeed.
TA had hip problems, resulting from his fall late in the Bobcats game, if I’m not mistaken. Nothing serious.
That's right
TA didn’t dress. Too bad it was close, or it would have been a chance for Landry to get some PT.
That fall was brutal - got undercut in the air
Good thing it isn’t more serious
by nba is the worst on Mar 6, 2010 8:04 AM EST up reply actions
What happened to pierce? Why did he have so few points?
by Blackberry33 on Mar 5, 2010 9:41 PM EST via mobile reply actions
He missed a lot of shots
Pretty simple, eh.
But he did well at the end, driving for FTs.
celtics
Boston looks better with each passing game, I am starting to believe again. They have won the last three games by over 40 points. The bench is looking good as well. The best thing about tonight is the Lakers were beaten by 15 points, by the Bobcats, a team we just beat by 24. The Bobcats also have beaten Cleveland three in a row. Celts have got it going.
That is so weird
…That the Cats can blow out the Cavs (twice) AND the Lakers… and yet are so hapless vs. the Cs. Somebody really needs to study tape on these games and figure out exactly why. That would be very useful, I suspect.
by DRJ1 on Mar 5, 2010 10:29 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Its the basketball God's way..
of evenning out the law of averages.
can you imagine if we get the 4th seed, Cats 8th seed, Cats upset Cavs in 1st round, we destroy Cats in 2nd round and we cruise to ECF….lol
"No I’m not KG. Not at all, but I’m Big Baby Glen Davis from LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I’m not the Big Ticket. I’m the Ticket Stub. Don’t count the Ticket Stub out. You might need the ticket to get in the game, but you leave with the ticket stub, because you’ll never forget this game."
Tell ya what
It could happen that way. Or some nice permutation thereof.
And I think we’re cruising to the ECFs anyway. Two teams bother me: Cavs, and now the Lakers. Cavs can be killed if we find ways to stop/slow-down Lebron. Especially if they play Shaq (and I’m hoping fervently for his speedy recovery!)
The Lakers I didn’t used to worry about, until the more recent advent of Ron Artest as defensive lockdown super-specialist. Yes, he was always that, but he seems even MORE that now than ever before. Probably because he doesn’t have to worry about offense much anymore.
Even so, the good news is that he can only lock down one guy at a time. And the Cs have MANY guys that need to be covered. Among them, KG is not Artest material. Neither is Rondo (I’d like to see him try tho!) So really, Artest might be assigned to Paul or Ray (and whoever spells them).
Now Ray is really hard to stop, especially when – as they did in the 08 Finals so effectively it was comedic at times – ALL FOUR of the other Cs on the floor are setting picks for him. So if they put Artest on Ray, Artest will be run ragged and probably STILL get picked off enough times for Ray to be ok. So they’ll probably end up throwing Artest at Paul. And Paul will thus be slowed down, no doubt, on offense. Ok… we can live with that.
Still waiting to see the C's against teams with winning records
Sixers have 10 home wins, Bcats 8 road wins. Hard to see the Bcats getting into the playoffs, although it will be a dogfight for the last 2 spots.
Bucks and Griz next week will be a bit more accurate barometer of the progress – but “cruise to the ECF”?
Hmmmm….
I’d say 14 games will be required IF the C’s get that far.
by nba is the worst on Mar 6, 2010 8:11 AM EST up reply actions
No problem. The C's are "cruising to the eastern conference finals"
I don’t think the C’s are cuising anywhere, and like you, want to see how the perform after this stretch of games against mostly NBA dreck. I do thing that a 6-7 game win streak of mostly dominating performances going into the difficult stretch will say something about this team, but they still have not proven they can beat good teams on a regular basis this year. Until that happens, I don’t see any cruising anywhere.
I'll take it
…even at 14 games… tho I highly doubt it’ll take that many.
we'll take it
good win ,hopefully we keep it up for the next for gamess for the BIGGIE against clevland , we need a good streak going into that
Optimists are hiding
You know, the sad thing about this win is if it were a loss there would be 76 comments but since we won there are only 17. This squad is getting it together slowly but surely. A couple more weeks and we go on a long win streak that will surprise a lot of people.
Please!
Since the NJ loss…The Celts have won 3 games, against teams that are a combined 38 games BELOW .500
You are right
While they need to establish themselves regardless of who theya re playing, it will be interesting to see how they fair when the easy part of the schedule ends. So far, so good — not great, but good.
Losses brings people out
…because it hits them emotionally. Especially when the team starts looking like it has real problems. When they win, it’s: “Oh, they won, as expected. Good. Next.” When they lose, typing out their thoughts and frustrations in a blog if one of the few ways fans have to release their frustrations and worry.
(I’ll send you my bill in the morning, ok? :)
12 game win streak into Dallas!!
It can happen
by Warrior Spirit on Mar 6, 2010 8:41 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
whoever above said
i think the season just started –
…is on to something
Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk
i think maybe we can have tempered enthusiasm
there is still much work to do, with good signs coming along with that
Celtics win, Lakers lose
Savor these moments!
by KY Celts fan on Mar 5, 2010 10:51 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Good to see a double-digit win on the road
Just got in from the State D1 North high school games at the Garden. The Central/St. John’s game was competitive for most of it with Cetnral winning, while Madison Park domiinated Mansfield in the south game. But back to the Celts – 3-game winning streaks are good.
I’m just really waiting to see that undeniable win over the Lakers,with kobe and bynum hasn’t happened yet,that really resounding win over the magic and a nice revenge W against cleveland ,all these wins over toronto ,new york,charlotte are nice and we have played great on the road against some top teams and won this year but not consistently and not in a long time.Injuries and inconsistent play have killed us for a while now I’m very ready to see the C’s I know and love because we haven’t looked like that team in a while .
by reggie_35 on Mar 6, 2010 1:08 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Winning
There’s nothing wrong with winning ugly. A win is a win. As long as the C’s win and nobody gets injured that’s O.K.
Nice to see
KG doing well out there.
"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot." - Bill Russell
Yes, intimidation is the key to domination.
Nets game disgusted everyone else..
KG said it himself and since then, the C’s have have played good ball.
If the C’s concentrate and focus and not get caught up on so called trap games like they had with the Nets, they’ll be fine.
"No I’m not KG. Not at all, but I’m Big Baby Glen Davis from LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I’m not the Big Ticket. I’m the Ticket Stub. Don’t count the Ticket Stub out. You might need the ticket to get in the game, but you leave with the ticket stub, because you’ll never forget this game."
Russell simply won..
Russell was proud, fierce warrior
By Ron Flatter
Special to ESPN.com
They were pro basketball’s most dominant team. Never mind “three-peats.” The Boston Celtics of the 1950’s and ’60s pulled off an “eight-peat.”
The Celtics had Cousy and Sharman and Havlicek. They had the Joneses — K.C. and Sam. But only one star was there for all 11 titles from 1957 to 1969.
Bill Russell — the prototypical defensive center — was a champion from his rookie season until his last game in his last championship series. Before he arrived, the Celtics had never won a National Basketball Association title.
Five times the 6-foot-9 1/2 Russell was voted MVP. Four times he was the league’s leading rebounder. He played in every All-Star Game after his rookie year. His 21,620 rebounds (22.5 per game) are second all-time to Wilt Chamberlain’s 23,924 (22.9 average).
Relying on his left-handed hook, Russell averaged 15.1 points per game in 963 regular-season games. He probably would have led the league in blocked shots several years, but that stat wasn’t kept then.
He was complex, introspective, enigmatic, principled, aloof. His refusal to sign autographs was legendary.
“You owe the public the same thing it owes you,” he said. “Nothing.”
When Russell was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1975, he did not attend for “personal reasons.” Speculation has been that he was unhappy that no other African-American players had been elected previously.
He also shunned the retiring of his No. 6 at Boston Garden in 1972. Still, the public respected that he was a champion, the very quality that remains the first thing his proponents mention in arguments over who was better, Russell or Chamberlain.
The rivalry between the two centers defined basketball in the ’60s. Chamberlain won the scoring titles; Russell simply won.
Russell was the consummate team player, the one who authoritatively blocked shots to teammates or fired the precision outlet pass. He was the last ingredient the Celtics needed to perfect what became their trademark — fast-break basketball.
He never finished higher than 15th in the league in point production. But Russell was not about scoring; he was about winning.
“Shooting,” he said, “is of relatively little importance in a player’s overall game.”
Well......
None of the sports writers liked Wilt…because they resented the fact that he was smarter then they were.
Rondo,KG and the bench
Our strength is wearing teams down with our depth.
"Do you know that nonbelievers create the most positive energy?" Davis said
Bucks are 8-2 in the last 10
Salmons and Bogut playing well, only team better in
the last 10 is the 10-0 Mavs
by nba is the worst on Mar 6, 2010 8:57 AM EST reply actions
Cavs @ Bucks tonight
Should be interesting
by nba is the worst on Mar 6, 2010 9:31 AM EST reply actions
good win
good win last night, I am just wondering, do you guys think nate should/will get more then 13-18 minutes a night? he is always one of the last bench guys coming in and they always put rondo back in after nate plays for just 6 minutes….i’d like to see this guy get at least about 20 minutes per night
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