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Tough Loss

If you didn't stay up you can catch the highlights here. Although the fact that they showed KG's put back dunk and not Rajon Rondo's is inexcusable. The footage is weak on that Rondo dunk and it does not do it justice. I screamed when it happened.

Some points from the game:

  1. It was good to see Kevin Garnett back. But he's definitely rusty.
  2. It's not easy to beat the Celtics. Towards the end there Ray Allen and Eddie House each hit a three that at the very least made it interesting.
  3. How about Paul Pierce dunking over Marcus Camby?
  4. Camby's 3 was a back breaker.
  5. It felt like a playoff atmosphere.
  6. Celtics fans can complain about the Nuggets shooting 49 free throws to the Celtics 28 as long as those same fans did not ignore the drastic advantage Boston had in that area (34-13) against San Antonio on ABC. Also the Celtics have to shoot better from the line (67.9%). As a side note the Nuggets had a solid advantage even before Boston started fouling on purpose.
  7. One of the best outcomes of the KG injury is that Leon Powe showed he can contribute. He continued to do so last night.
  8. Kenyon Martin can bring a lot more to the Nuggets than I thought he could after all the injuries and surgeries.
  9. Bottom line the Celtics had to come up with some stops and they were not able to do so. The defense was shaky at best.
- That's it for now. I've got some Golden State Warriors info on the way...

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Great points, just wanted to add one thing...
I agree with you Jim on all of your points but as far as it being a tough loss, I have to disagree.  If the Denver Nuggets (or any other team in the league for that matter) need to play playoff basketball in order to beat us with a rusty KG and sub par shooting from outside (ie. R Allen missed a wide open 3 that would have cut the lead to 2 with 54 seconds left) then to me thats the best case scenario in a loss.  I know that 9 losses was really sexy, especially at this point of the season but when u put it in  perspective, we only have to worry about one team from the west and its a pretty safe bet it won't be the Nuggets....

by Xavier33 on Feb 20, 2008 4:59 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Definitely true
In no way do the Celtics have to dwell on that one. Although they did give up a lot of points. I'm amazed by how hard it is for teams to beat the Celtics. It almost always go down to the wire. That has to excite Celtics fans as the spring approaches. Thanks for the comment.
Green Bandwagon: Celtics '08 or bust. Are you on the bandwagon?

by Jim Weeks on Feb 20, 2008 5:21 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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