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BOSTON’S BACK!!!

thats what im talking about!!!! Its like the garden in my livingroom right now!

I really like AB and Moore as players and plus I can tell they are fit to be perfect celtics as you can tell their hard workers and really are team players. I never really liked all of Danny’s draft decisions recently, and thought thought he could have gotten more talented players but he’s really getting good guys like Moore, AB, JJJ and even GS even though we didnt draft him. I like being a team that could potentially have a very deep team with team players who all play good together like a Mavericks team of las year or Denver now then go the route of everyone else whose trying to go the star route like New York, Miami, New Jersey, Both LA teams and even Dallas as now trying to do that by not resigning their key players from a championship shit to get a chance to get DWill and Dwight

I knew he had it in him

I am stunned. The defense in the second half — by the way, Moore was almost as good as Bradley hounding the Magic point guard full court — was astounding. The D, combined with putting Pierce in charge of the offense in the second half made all of the difference. Someone asked in an earlier thread why I bother watching the game if I am predicting a huge Celtic loss. There are two answers — I love the Celtics and you never know what is going to happen.

Moore should move ahead of Bradley. He was the star of the game. Bradley is just too awful on offense. Hope Pietrus did not hurt himself too badly on that fall and wonder how long Dooling will be out with his new injury. The Celts need these guys.

Dwight Howard is a quitter. He did not work hard tonight to get his shots, get rebounds or play defense. This Orlando team is incredibly weak mentally. And, Stan Van Gundy needs to be fired. Losing to the undermanned Celtics twice in a week, including an record-shattering blowout and losing a 27-point lead at home is unforgivable. The man is a dope.

Hopefully this is the spark we needed!

Any updates on the injuries?

was a hell of a comeback. Thought about calling it a night but kept watching, and was glad I did

And welcome to the party, E’Twaun Moore (27…27?…+27!), we’re sure glad you’re here.

I was ready to go to bed at halftime! Living in Israel I had to wake up at 3:00am to watch this game. At halftime around 4:30am I was saying to myself “I’m not staying up this late at night to watch this embarrassment of a performance”. But something in me was telling me “Let’s just see how they open the 2’nd half”. When it was down to 15 I began to develop some optimism, when it was back to 21 I was about to give up again, but couldn’t… and than it happened! The year’s greatest comeback win! And now it’s 6:00am after I didn’t sleep all night and I’m to pumped up with adrenalin to go back to sleep! Celtics Pride!

Our bench is stepping up. And who else but the TRUTH. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

If the Celtics played the Wizards or Magic every night they would be the undefeated NBA Champions!

Amazing performance in following up the previous demolition of Orlando. As expected the Magic came out fired up and nearly blew the Celtics out of the building. Somehow Boston regrouped and stormed back to pull out another improbable victory.

Tonight is yet another amazing reminder of what this team can do even when shorthanded. If the Celtics can play this way missing Allen, Rondo, JO and others then they could dominate with a reasonably full and healthy roster.

Anytime the excuses for poor play roll in everyone should just watch the tape of these previous two games as a reminder of what the Celtics are capable of.

By accident Doc may have stumbled on the formula for success with this veteran group. Infusing some of the young players who have endless energy combined with the veterans’ experience appears to be a potent combination. Hopefully Doc realizes now that he has to play the bench more instead of relying solely on Rondo and the Big 3…

First half, it seemed everyone had decided the outcome in advance — Cs playing rookies+newbies, Magic doing their thing, refs doing their best to help Orlando. Then… the 2nd half. Wow! AMAZING defensive intensity by the Cs (making up for some so-so offense by guys not named Pierce or Moore). Great stuff. (Even tho the refs were just terrible all around.)

Did you catch how HAPPY the guys were after the game? Everybody hugging everybody else, even Doc seemed more joyful than I’ve EVER seen him. Guess this one meant a lot…. to send out only 2 core players and a whole bunch of new guys and still come back to win after that horrendous 1st half — that’s gotta feel great… and it did.

Btw… KG may not have had a great offensive game (6/14, 3 TOs), but he was still a defensive beast and did show us that he can still jump as high as ever on that early block on Howard. All good.

It’s clear now that this team is coming together. This season may yet be a great one for our guys. If it happens, it’ll be the most amazing season ever. Do we believe yet?? I do. This team has it in them. Whatever happens between now and May, if they’re healthy for the playoffs, watch out NBA.

I have started wearing my Celtics warm up pants and shirt for the last two games……that’s right I am the reason the Celtics are winning. I may have to start wearing the same thing for every game! It’s nice to see some positive comments lately…..

They still have the audacity to go in there and come back from 27 points shorthanded against a quality team. That’s a mindset as much as anything else, that’s what champions do. Great win.

And it worked! I think these injuries are helping us realize that the young mad dogs on this team need to play just because of the energy they bring. Then u have great two man ball with The Truth and either Bass or KG to take us home. So happy for E’Twan tonight, that kid can score and he finally calmed down and had a huge impact. His threes were great but that drive to the hoop with the soft floater might have been the nail in the coffin. Great win for our warriors in Green. GOODNIGHT!!

Where online can I go to hear the post game?

Pure championship caliber D …. Great, great wins .

But don’t get carried away too soon. Even Stan VG admitted the Magic is no longer a contender now. So we have just beaten a very good team. And look who was guarding Pierce all night. Paul’s eyes just lit up.

This two wins don’t prove the C’s can win w/o Ray and Rondo in the long run. Hopefully no one will start the trade Ray and Rondo talks again.

Norris Cole who?!

Celtics vs Cavs Game 7 in 2008 is on AKA the Pierce vs LeBron game. Just watching 5 minutes miss that team so much, I know it seems like I’m overexaggerating when I say this team is nowhere near that 08 team even when healthy but seriously, that team was so good. Just watching Perk grab too offensive rebounds after getting two misses from his teammate and immediately make the right play and throw the ball up to Pierce to restart the offense instead of the typical play of a selfish not team player and try and get his and put it back up. That team was amazing.

This team has an amazing amount of heart. Orlando is an extremely flawed team but to beat them on their court after being down by 27 in the second half missing some of our best players is pretty impressive. I may doubt his tweams ability to win an NBA title but I’ll never doubt their heart.

I love the mixture of younger legs with experienced veterans. Hope Doc continues to go to it once Ray and Rondo come back.

w/o 3/5 of starters; does this intrigue Dwight?

Pierce is so clutch….and Etwaun shoot Moore threes…….thats what we need in our back up point.

But this was only possible because no Rondo. Had Rondo played, he wouldn’t had been able to hit those open 3s that Moore hit.

i had to watch something else once halftime hit. then from my phone i looked at the score on nba.com and switched back…this was with about 5 left in the fourth. as i said i am shocked. good thing i dont play for the c’s, cuz i thought it was OVER.

Rondo/Moore
Ray/Bradley
Paul/Pietrus
KG/Bass
JO/Wilcox

Not a fan of Dooling (Turnover waiting to happen) his injury helped us win that game. Dooling doesn’t go down Moore never takes his warm ups off… Steamer stopped trying to block shots (Useless) Sasha and Quisy can be used in emergencies only

i could care less if howard wants to come to boston or not…that cat DOES NOT impress me.

I agree with the posts above.. awesome awesome win.

Doc had better learn to trust the young guys on this team after their performance against the Magic.

Maybe it would be good if we keep 2 out of our Big 4 out their everytime. Instead of Doc using the bench as an entire 5-man second unit, I think it’s best to mix up veteran smarts with youthful athleticism. It’s just up to Doc to figure out which combination workds best, chemistry wise.

Again, awesome win! Good day for C’s fans! :)

Boston used to struggle against Orlando. NOPE, NO MORE! This was the Celtics’ first win @ Orlando since Game 2 of the 2010 East Finals! :D

… that at this point in the season, we are looking to find out this team’s CEILING. When you’re looking for a ceiling — i.e., “how good can this team be?” — BAD GAMES DON’T COUNT. Even if they had 10 stinkers in a row, it wouldn’t touch the ceiling… it would only lower the floor. Only great games affect the ceiling. And we’ve had two in a row now, with tonight’s being as good as it gets.

So if you’re still on the fence, if you’re thinking “Well, it’s only 2 games, yada yada yada” — understand that these great games make a HUGE difference to this team. Not only to their confidence, not only in terms of bringing the newbies and rookies up to speed, but in terms of assessing just HOW GOOD THEY ARE. The key point is: If they are CAPABLE of this kind of greatness, then, health permitting, there’s very good reason to believe that come the playoffs, that greatness will be there…. because they have it in them.

So… you see…. ya gotta believe.

i miss the poem maker……..he can make a very good one out of this win…..go celticsssssssssssssssssssss………..

in the second half, big baby played a great game for the celtics. the missed jumpers and free throws were great. kg has played very good d on howard for 2 games now, but also still has been jumping out and helping on picks. one minute i’m swearing at pp and the next i am praising him. he has got me flummoxed tho i think orlando played good d on him in half 1. and gave it up in the 2nd. doc- it’s a crazy season— play the whole squad. after the 1st orlando game. i thought sasha deserved more time.

I really thought we were going to see a beat down tonight.

We did…the other way!

Great game BUT I still don’t trust our offense. Why? Because we’ve become a jmp shooting team. And you don’t live by the jumper, sooner or later, you die by the jumper. We need a guy who’ll get us easy points in the paint. I’m starting a campaign to trade Jermaine for Chris Kaman!

Thank god we dont have that stinker on our team. That bum wants more money and a starting position?? I wonder what his state of mind is after that loss to his former team

Whatta comeback! I was so sure Celtics were done after halftime. What happened next was MAGIC indeed!!!

Now I wouldn’t say the Celtics are back. Just as people were saying 12 games wasn’t enough to declare Boston dead…..2 games against the same team isn’t enough to declare they are officially back. But I will savor this victory til the next game.

Now if we can only get that seed where we face the MAGIC in the 1st round…well and good! 2nd round….well anything can happen. Probably the 5th seed. Question is can we get that seed?

Anybody find the post game online anywhere?

The Magic are certainly feeling the Celtic Pride right now. Pacers, here we come!

Im not going to be able to sleep. Awesome!

he has played 44 min tonight so I hope doc manages Pierce well tomorrow.

I want more moore, the guy is young and should be able to provide the same intensity like tonight.

Indiana is a legit contender in the East and better than the Magic , we should see where the C’s are now after that game.

Coincidence our two biggest victories this year were sans RONDO and RAY? Dont get me wrong, Bradley is a 3rd of the player Rondo is. Ray Allen though, should come off the bench…start Pietrus. This mix of young and old is what is fueling this mini run…please DOC, keep playing the younglings. I actually thought JJ was coming in the game but it was just Wilcox.

LIke everyone else, I just decided to watch the 2nd half to see what all the scrubs would do. Amazing!

I was very impressed by KG’s play at Center. He muffled Dwight pretty well. He looked about 3 inchs taller and with arms a lot longer. (KG considers himself 6’13" – not a 7 footer). I don’t think Dwight knows what to do with someone a lot bigger then him.

I turned the game off, I figure nothing to lose at that point and my wife has been begging me to watch GLEE on Netflix with her.

I missed a great comeback to watch Glee. I might as well turn in my man card.

—is really saying something.

These early season injuries to Doc’s top three guards—Ray, Rondo and Dooling—may be the best thing that’s happened to the team. Not because you ever want your guys injured, but because it has proven to him that he’s got some gamers who can play and that their young legs may be what’s needed to right the whole defensive ship.

Sorry folks but the wagon is full. LOL. Its funny as I scan the posts and see all the “blow it up” people trying to explain themselves. You guys believe me now? Im telling you guys this team just needed time to gel. Oh yeah KG just outplayed the most dominant bigman in the game. Blow it up huh? lol

but if we had any chance at landing DH, the last two games probably increased it a lot..

I think it helps that Orlando has lost its heart, and it appears it will be Stan’s last season as coach of the Magic.

Half way thru the second half, I switched to political stuff because it was more entertaining at the time. Somewhere in the third quarter I switched back. I am glad I did.

I apologize for being a non-believer. I am humbled by these gentlemen – true champions. I had bailed. I admit it I was wrong. It is part of being a fan. If you wish to label me a fair weather fan, you have all the right to do that. Just don’t tell Bob Cousy, Sam Jones, KC Jones, Tom Heinsohn, Satch Sanders, John Havlicek, and Wayne Embry, or Bill Russell. They will disown me. Please. I beg you.

This team still has fight in them. I give the game ball to Doc Rivers. He is a bandleader of a jazz ensemble – goes with the feeling, and has them execute the changes. I loved the Pierce to KG inside/outside game. I loved watching the kids just step up and shoot – no hesitation – they are teammates, and they are expected to produce. Glen Davis and Dwight Howard do not belong on this team.

you can look at this one of two ways. the first is that Doc had to simplify the offense without rondo in there and in so doing everything became easier. The second way to look at it is that Rondo dominates the ball and we may be better off with the ball in pierce’s hands and another shooter on the floor. I think it’s more complicated than that though. When Ray is in the game our offense becomes very predictable and very slow because we’re running ray off of multiple picks. Ray is a disaster with the ball in his hands. Pierce on the other hand, while turnover prone, knows how to set guys up. He still forces passes that he shouldn’t but he’s very good at running the pick and pop. Doc needs to give some serious thought as to whether he wants to shake up his starting line up. with JO and ray out there to start the game we;re not a particularly fast team