UNDEFEATED SO FAR IN 2008-2009 SEASON
After what was easily the most emotional championship ceremony I have ever seen, our Boston Celtics played just well enough to defeat the completely retooled Cleveland Cavaliers 90-85. My "completely retooled" I mean "the same team as last year, only with a different ballhog 'point guard' at the top of the key." Still, the Celtics had to sweat this one out, as BronBron bricked a layup and two freebies in the final moments and the C's were able to hold on. It was actually really weird to watch this game because it had a strinkingly similar storyline to the playoff games last year. KG couldn't make a shot, Ray Allen looked awful, Leon Powe was getting buckets but looked a little out of control, Pierce and Lebron are trading buckets down the stretch... then it comes down to Ray Allen for the clinching freebies. Weird. Anyway, since it was such an emotional game and it was the first game of the season, it's hard to draw a lot of conclusions, but here goes anyway.
1) Mo Williams doesn't add a whole lot to the Cavs (although that three at the end and the rebound were clutch), but the Cavs are still capable of beating the Celtics every single game. I don't understand it. The Cavs will get a huge game from Lebron, two decent enough games from two other starters, two terrible performances from the other two starters, and a couple buckets off the bench, but yet at the end of the game they have the same amount of points as the Celtics. How the hell does that math work!?
2) Rondo is going to have a ridiculous year. Despite foul trouble, he had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals (against just two TO's) in a shade under 30 minutes of play. He led the team in FT attempts and FG percentage. I am already regretting not buying my Rondo jersey for the playoffs last year...
3) The Celtics have a very good 8-man rotation. Leon Powe was great off the bench with 13 points in 23 minutes. Eddie House couldn't find the range from downtown but you know he'll come around... but the real worry coming into the season was Tony Allen. Well, I hate to remind everyone again, but we here at I*Heart*Celtics love Tony Allen and he didn't disappoint. Memo to Bill Simmons- your skepticism about Tony Allen makes us skeptical of you. True, he shouldn't be shooting any threes. Why he does that, no one knows, but he is aggressive going to the rim. If the Cavs were smart, they'd have signed a Tony Allen clone. Why they didn't draft Douglas-Roberts I will never understand. I love the Celtics bench though- they have four guys that can score a lot of points in limited time. Hopefully Bill Walker and O'Bryant will develop so the C's can have some backups for "D," too, because they're going to need that against deeper, more aggressive teams in the post.
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After what was easily the most emotional championship ceremony I have ever seen, our Boston Celtics played just well enough to defeat the completely retooled Cleveland Cavaliers 90-85. My "completely retooled" I mean "the same team as last year, only with a different ballhog 'point guard' at the top of the key." Still, the Celtics had to sweat this one out, as BronBron bricked a layup and two freebies in the final moments and the C's were able to hold on. It was actually really weird to watch this game because it had a strinkingly similar storyline to the playoff games last year. KG couldn't make a shot, Ray Allen looked awful, Leon Powe was getting buckets but looked a little out of control, Pierce and Lebron are trading buckets down the stretch... then it comes down to Ray Allen for the clinching freebies. Weird. Anyway, since it was such an emotional game and it was the first game of the season, it's hard to draw a lot of conclusions, but here goes anyway.
1) Mo Williams doesn't add a whole lot to the Cavs (although that three at the end and the rebound were clutch), but the Cavs are still capable of beating the Celtics every single game. I don't understand it. The Cavs will get a huge game from Lebron, two decent enough games from two other starters, two terrible performances from the other two starters, and a couple buckets off the bench, but yet at the end of the game they have the same amount of points as the Celtics. How the hell does that math work!?
2) Rondo is going to have a ridiculous year. Despite foul trouble, he had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals (against just two TO's) in a shade under 30 minutes of play. He led the team in FT attempts and FG percentage. I am already regretting not buying my Rondo jersey for the playoffs last year...
3) The Celtics have a very good 8-man rotation. Leon Powe was great off the bench with 13 points in 23 minutes. Eddie House couldn't find the range from downtown but you know he'll come around... but the real worry coming into the season was Tony Allen. Well, I hate to remind everyone again, but we here at I*Heart*Celtics love Tony Allen and he didn't disappoint. Memo to Bill Simmons- your skepticism about Tony Allen makes us skeptical of you. True, he shouldn't be shooting any threes. Why he does that, no one knows, but he is aggressive going to the rim. If the Cavs were smart, they'd have signed a Tony Allen clone. Why they didn't draft Douglas-Roberts I will never understand. I love the Celtics bench though- they have four guys that can score a lot of points in limited time. Hopefully Bill Walker and O'Bryant will develop so the C's can have some backups for "D," too, because they're going to need that against deeper, more aggressive teams in the post.
Alright, that's all for now.Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2008/10/celtics-make-case-for-being-title.html
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