Celtics Get Clipped, Bench Lineup, & Home Losses

the Bigs look awfull when they are guarding the point .Mo Wms went & did whatever he wanted.
Until Rondo decides to defend we’re screwed.Jennings did the same on Sunday

He plays with a sense of entitlement instead of desperation…not a good thing

excellent comments re Rondo. I couldn’t have said it better myself. I love the C’s and all of their players but Rondo needs to grow up. He has been elevated to all star status so he feels he can coast when he wants to. his inability to guard the pickk and roll or to stay in front of his man are really hurting us. when he doesn’t feel like playing- which was last night- he walks the ball up the floor and pounds the dribble, all the while barking out orders and making hand gestures and then he shoots a 3. what a jackass

sure D.Jordan was a non-stop dunk machine but the guy who set him up was Mo. Also, Mo chipped in with 28 points, 5 of 7 from 3 point land.

you slow Mo down and take away his threes and the game would have been won

nice game from Arroyo last night, he looked solid, made good passes and scored efficiently, even got a steal, he sped the game up when he was in, would have preferred him to Rondo last night, Rondo slowed it down too much and didn’t drive to the hoop that often, was he hurt?

What’s the deal with Rondo’s defense?

It’s a long season. He could just be tired. He plays a lot of minutes.

I missed the game, but your post told me a good deal. Thanks.

It’s almost impossible to do it for an entire game. C’s just let the monster out of the box early and couldn’t stuff it back in. Rondo really needs to be more aggressive with scoring guards. Williams can (and did) fill it up if you give him room.

Nice minutes from Arroyo though. Here’s hoping everyone gets back to full health & the bench can come together over the 20 games…

i don’t mind the c’s losing a few games like last night, but i don’t like them losing with the starters piling up big minutes. nothing that they need to do gets established, like break in the new guys. i put that on doc. rondo has been annoying in his play. he’s getting killed on picks and he’s going way too much for the fancy pass or stalling the offense up high waing for plan a to develop, let him sit and watch.

just noticed the celtics have quite a few receeding hairlines lmao garnett allen and paul shaq glen has started carlos arroyo jermaine and sasha

Was at game last night for the Blake Griffin show. Hand it to KG. He wasn’t going to let him go “Sportscenter Top 10” in his house.
Three striking things from near court that I didn’t really notice on TV – Arroyo is small, Pavlovic is big and Jordan is long with even longer arms.
Kristic was as advertised – Nice offensive shooting and moving but torched by Jordan and Kamen.
Arroyo very impressive for first time.

All you guys are right about Rondo. He makes us go and he makes us…well…last night. Yes, Williams and Jennings before had very good games because Rondo is either tired or in a temporary funk. He chose to play Tommy’s famous “matador” defense. Williams and Jennings were a step ahead of Rondo’s poke steals.

But it’s a long season and a few stinkers are to be expected. Let’s celebrate the big three. KG worked his butt off on Griffin and Pierce and Ray are just professionals (who are playing too many minutes)

But we have a lot going for us. Of course, we’re developing as a unit with so many roster changes and injuries…we’re going to play some stinkers between now and the playoffs. KG’s shot was off and the defense didn’t click. But let’s not make this molehill into a mountain just yet. I expect a renewed effort in the next game and hopefully some rest for Rondo. Unlike some, I don’t doubt his motivation or fight. I do worry that even his young legs cannot withstand forty minutes a game between now and the playoffs. We’re first place in the East. Things be could a lot worse.

Can we get Sheed circa 2005? I’d even take Sheed circa 2008? But a 2011 Sheed who hasn’t played a minute since June 2010?

Before people read to much into what this game means about our ‘interior defense’, folks should take into account the fact that because KG and Krstic were our ONLY two bigs, Doc gave them explicit instructions to avoid fouling.

Doc didn’t want either of them getting in early foul trouble.

Obviously Big Baby’s absence was felt in that regard alone.

It’s an unfortunate loss. But understand the C’s recently added new players and they’re not yet custom to the Celtics style of defense or offense. In the future the Celtics need to be more aggressive on defense and have to better communicate.

we would have been blown out…only because nenad was scoring were we able to even make some sort of comeback. Perhaps one would say if perk was in there we would have never been down that much…that is highly unlikely because perk aint no hulk, its team defense

0-for-10 in FG attempts!

Where’s Rondo been the last few games?
And to speculate further – where’s Rondo been since ‘the trade’?

Not gonna lie, my second thought after hearing about the Perkins trade (the first being CENSORED) was “Uh oh, Rondo’s lost his bwest fwend!”

Rondo is tempermental at best and I think the Perk trade has soured him a bit – his body language is just off as is his game. Perks was his one mate, closest in age as well and he’s lost that bond and while I don’t doubt he’ll turn it on for the playoffs, I can’t shake the feeling that he’s the one holdout in terms of accepting the new guys – it seems like he is grudgingly shouldering the burden -

‘Oh great, extra minutes.’ ‘Oh great, gotta teach these new idiots, discards and buyouts, how to be ready for my passes. In the middle of a season’.

I remember quotes from his college coach and Doc as well about when he gets frustrated when his teammates can’t keep up or miss passes and the like. He corrected that over time with the core and the rest of crew – but since the trade he seems to be dogging it, to the detriment of the team and our win/loss column.

I think he needs to get a little more professional but he’ll probably continue it until the playoff push. Hopefully we don’t lose first seed in the process. I love Rondo, but man is it hard to root for the guy when he mails it in and pouts like this.

I didn’t have the game DVRed or anything, but just by memory it seemed to me that a good few of Jordan’s dunks were not entirely Krstic’s fault. Part of it was our perimeter D was not keeping their men from penetrating, and Krstic was rotating to help, leaving his own guy, so a lot of Jordan going nuts was not really his fault. That’s how it seemed, but I can’t verify since I didn’t VCR it.

That’s pretty much how I see it as well.

Mostly kidding. A healthy Arroyo and or West running the team will make a lot of posters here flee the Rondo bandwagon. The crazy thing for me is its his head. He can stay in front of his man but won’t. He can make free throws in practice but not the game.
My suggestion is the guys chip in and buy him a shirt that says “STOP GAMBLING”

Once West comes back and Arroyo gets another good game or two under his belt, Rondo will experience an unseen “injury” and sit for a couple/three/four games. This may be just what the Doc ordered to snap him out of his little funk.

If they are in a funk because of Perk, they need to get over it. It’s a business first and foremost. Although I hated to see him go, he is gone, period. Play basketball the way you know how.