Well played, Rondo
"... I could just throw it right at his face..."
Celtics - 128 @ Suns - 108
KG sits out tonight, Pierce takes the first half off, Tony Allen is doing God knows what, but it doesn't seem to matter. Johnny turns 23, receives and installs rocket sneakers and has a career high 32 points. C's pull down +10 rebounds by the third without their lead big man, had 21 points on the Suns at one point and Patrick O'Bryant gave a standing O for every Celtic possession. Who says moral support doesn't help? Well, maybe not as much as 63.4% from the field.
Unfortunately, a tough game for Perk, serving up piping-hot turnovers and shooting free's like his eyes were closed, but he is still the man. Doc made the right call to take him out after a couple fouls and then the celtics got going. Shaq posed a small problem but then gravity set in. No one else on the Suns really wanted to pick up the torch though (there, among other areas, are where the Suns are missin' Amare), as the Celts had control almost all of the game.
People may wonder why the celtics can still play so well without Garnett, since he is such an important part of this team. The development of Scalabrine, Poe and Davis has allowed Doc and Tom to be completely confident coming into this game. I mean, I don't really remember any glaring mistakes between the 3 of them. The rebounding duties were spread perfectly by the rest of the team, the intensity was there anyways, the alley-oop and post/pivet game aren't necessary when Rondo gets to the rim at will and those mid-range J's? Oh, Baby's got those. That's how you compensate for no Garnett without missing a beat. It almost felt like he was there. And I know Ray Allen was there. 31 points between a few free throws, some Ray-Allen-patented, off-screen 3's and some nice drives.
Oh, yea, broadcasters wanted to talk about the "red hot suns" cause it's such a convenient pun that they dont even have to pay their writers, but really: clippers, clippers, thunder. Sure 140-times-3 is impressive, but i don't think even the suns expected to repeat that style against the celtics. And you'd think they'd stop and go hmmm... We aren't going to drop 140 this time, maybe we should try some defense, but I don't think that idea made it to the floor. They basically held the door open for Rondo and Allen or fouled on sight.
Side note, As much as I hate ads, the viking who tried to impale the flatscreen TV was pretty funny, thanks Capital One.
So yea, if we can keep up this level of play, which is asking a lot, we will have home court advantage. This isn't a bad position to be in by any means, but that shooting percentage won't stay at 63%. The celtics are going to have to find other ways to win without the big ticket, especially when they play teams with defenses. Next up: @ Denver, who are 6-2 this month (all road games). As I write this they are nearly tied with the Bucs in the second quarter, but tomorrow they are back home from their long road trip. I'm sure this will be a tougher game for the C's than today's.Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2009/02/scoring-match-you-say-bring-it.html
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"... I could just throw it right at his face..."
Celtics - 128 @ Suns - 108
KG sits out tonight, Pierce takes the first half off, Tony Allen is doing God knows what, but it doesn't seem to matter. Johnny turns 23, receives and installs rocket sneakers and has a career high 32 points. C's pull down +10 rebounds by the third without their lead big man, had 21 points on the Suns at one point and Patrick O'Bryant gave a standing O for every Celtic possession. Who says moral support doesn't help? Well, maybe not as much as 63.4% from the field.
Unfortunately, a tough game for Perk, serving up piping-hot turnovers and shooting free's like his eyes were closed, but he is still the man. Doc made the right call to take him out after a couple fouls and then the celtics got going. Shaq posed a small problem but then gravity set in. No one else on the Suns really wanted to pick up the torch though (there, among other areas, are where the Suns are missin' Amare), as the Celts had control almost all of the game.
People may wonder why the celtics can still play so well without Garnett, since he is such an important part of this team. The development of Scalabrine, Poe and Davis has allowed Doc and Tom to be completely confident coming into this game. I mean, I don't really remember any glaring mistakes between the 3 of them. The rebounding duties were spread perfectly by the rest of the team, the intensity was there anyways, the alley-oop and post/pivet game aren't necessary when Rondo gets to the rim at will and those mid-range J's? Oh, Baby's got those. That's how you compensate for no Garnett without missing a beat. It almost felt like he was there. And I know Ray Allen was there. 31 points between a few free throws, some Ray-Allen-patented, off-screen 3's and some nice drives.
Oh, yea, broadcasters wanted to talk about the "red hot suns" cause it's such a convenient pun that they dont even have to pay their writers, but really: clippers, clippers, thunder. Sure 140-times-3 is impressive, but i don't think even the suns expected to repeat that style against the celtics. And you'd think they'd stop and go hmmm... We aren't going to drop 140 this time, maybe we should try some defense, but I don't think that idea made it to the floor. They basically held the door open for Rondo and Allen or fouled on sight.
Side note, As much as I hate ads, the viking who tried to impale the flatscreen TV was pretty funny, thanks Capital One.
So yea, if we can keep up this level of play, which is asking a lot, we will have home court advantage. This isn't a bad position to be in by any means, but that shooting percentage won't stay at 63%. The celtics are going to have to find other ways to win without the big ticket, especially when they play teams with defenses. Next up: @ Denver, who are 6-2 this month (all road games). As I write this they are nearly tied with the Bucs in the second quarter, but tomorrow they are back home from their long road trip. I'm sure this will be a tougher game for the C's than today's.Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2009/02/scoring-match-you-say-bring-it.html
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