Celtics Drop One At Home In The Last Minute To Dallas

Nicely built a six point lead, then fell apart. Did not get enough from Pierce and. kG tonight who was not good after the first period. Tough loss. Hope they rebound Saturday.

Heartbreaker. Thought we played really good though. Just a little high on that pass. And wish Allen hadn’t had taken that 3 that early in the shot clock.

Good game though.

- Cs played some bad D in the first quarter and through most of the game — but Dallas also got VERY lucky on some of those ridiculous shots.
- For most of the game, the refs were fast asleep. No foul would be whistled no matter WHAT went on out there.
- Bottom line was that the Cs were outplayed, but still would have won were it not for Dallas ALSO enjoying quite a bit of luck in this one.

Way it goes. Next time, don’t take whole quarters off and you won’t have to worry about winning a close one. Dallas is a very beatable team, but you gotta play hard x48.

Dallas came into Boston and completed a season sweep of the Celtics. Thankfully the two teams won’t meet again this season unless it’s in the NBA Finals. In the 4th the C’s had a 6 point lead late and choked it away. They stood around on offense and took bad shots or turned it over on key possessions late in the game. Coming out of a timeout with one score needed to pretty much ice the game and the C’s wind up with a Rondo jumper. They failed to score on any of the last trips down when just ONE score would have won the game. Hard to believe the Celtics couldn’t score even one basket down the stretch what pitiful offensive execution.

Hope it is good. They need healthy bigs

… that really felt like a complete collapse at the end. Weird. But please, PLEASE don’t complain about the officiating. How lame. We lost it.

good game.2 good teams. mavs win but i like us in a 7 game series. pp did not play well tonite on offense-he played excellent d but was taking time off on o. walking up the floor and just not with it. nate continues tobe jekyll and hyde. not too many stats for baby, but he played ok. so did semih and i was surprised he was a not in half 2.

Those were two games Boston should have won. Dallas just snatched both of them away. The Mavs were generally the better team throughout the whole game. So it’s an OK loss I guess.

Paul Pierce struggled big time tonight. Only 12 points including 1 for 6 from 3 point land. He had a huge advantage especially when Kidd was guarding him but couldn’t capitalize.

KG started out on fire but missed several open jumpers in the 2nd half.

Have to give Dallas credit though - not many times can outplay the Celtics in crucial moments late in games but they did it twice this season. Weird to see the normally efficient offense become stagnant late in the game and go away from driving inside. They couldn’t score on ONE of their late game possessions which was shocking.

This is stupid. Surgery should have been done before the season started. Dumb dumb dumb. Total waste of MLE

Just as long we beat the fakers. Im all good.

Wait… what game? the Cs played tonight??
I’m gone. Sunday will be fun.

The Celtics have an annoying habit of abadoning their efficient offense late in games. It was obvious as they just stood around on several possessions and settled for jumpers instead of being aggressive. It appears they get tight late in games and sometimes look to be trying not to lose instead of win. Doc wants Rondo to be aggressive but it’s hard to belive that coming out of a timeout his jumper was the best look the C’s could get there.

Sure the last Dallas possession was a bit lucky but it shouldn’t have come down to that. The most efficient offensive team in the NBA should be able to score on at least one possession late in games to close it out.

…and the fact that he sorta/kinda slapped an official’s arm away. KG’s going just a LITTLE out of control… he really needs to dial it back a little. Can’t touch an official, and he knows it. Now they might suspend him.

… and I normally don’t excuse KG’s techs, but the official first kind of pinned him to the backboard post, and then kept his arm on KG. The whole thing was weird: KG getting tweaked on a basic layup foul, then the ref keeping his arm all over KG, THEN KG getting all defensive about the ref, too.

The celtics need to play consistent defense in all 4 quarters not just 3.

And keep in mind I’m a slight bit ticked as well, but here goes . . .

Tired of Rondo being so focused on assists that he refuses to take easy layups and instead waits on the trailer. By that time the D is there to block the shot.

Tired of KG’s antics (just a smidge). Love that he plays with emotion, but it’s getting a tad out of control. Donny Marshall (not that I’m a fan of his) thinks he’ll be suspended but maybe not for Orlando (can you say ratings?) and for Charlotte instead. Honestly, I think he probably should be and don’t really care what game.

Tired of Pierce looking to pass so much in this game. Where was the drive and step back or just the drive in general all the way to the hoop?

So tired that I’m going to bed now and dreaming of a W on Sun., but probably only if KG plays. Oh, well.

After getting a 6 point lead, the following events take place:
- Latest call in NBA history on KG, 3 point play for Dirk (best FT shooter I’ve seen in my life)
- KG missing a jumpshot that he usually makes
- Terry shooting an airball (we got lucky). Still up by 3
- Rondo sending a high pass for Garnett, who hardly gets to it, pulls it down for Perk who can’t catch it. Turnover.
- Stevenson shoots an airball (we got lucky again). Still up by 3
- Rondo takes a clutch jumpshot, which he obviously cant hit, not his night.
- KG fouls Terry, who makes both FTs.
- Ray shoots a (not wide open) three, with 19 seconds left on the shot clock and misses. Why??
- KG gets a huge steal, seems like this one wont get away from us.
- KG takes a jumpshot from too far, in a night where he’s not been accurate at all. Misses.
- Terry doesnt make a good pass, but Dirk still gets ball, and passes it to a wide open Kidd. Ray goes for a wild block, Kidd pump fakes, and then has all the time he needs to square up and hit a 3 pointer.
- KG gets around the screen, wide open for an alley oop, but Rondo lobs it way too high. Done.

It’s almost like we were looking to lose this game. Too many bad decisions and/or bad executions by GOOD players

I love the guy, but he is assist obsessed. Especially on that two on one break with ray tonight

Man, this feels like Game 6 of the 2008 Conference Finals, with the difference that we were on ht elosing end in this one.

If was a unfortunate loss to a good veteran team that is equally talented as the Celtics. Even though the Celtics made some questionable shots in the couple of minutes I can live with that loss. Losing to Mavs I hope will wake up the Celtics and they’ll be ready for the next games coming up.

let’s keep this one in proper perspective; all 8 qtrs vs Dallas were nip and tuck, Boston could have won both. The goal is in June; the Mavs probably will not come out of the west, so we still must go thru the reg season as total preparation for the playoffs. Remember, the C’s are still not playing full-strength-would love to see this team with everyone healthy!!