STEPHON MARBURY MISSED THIS SHOT, ALONG WITH 5 OTHERS
The Celtics dropped another frustrating game to the Miami Heat last night. After getting obliterated in the third quarter, the Celtics crawled back into the game with a ridiculous 16-2 run in the fourth but they still came up a bit short. The Heat are going to be either the fourth or fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, yet the Celtics almost pulled out the victory on the road despite playing a rookie 3-guard against Jermaine O'Neal in the post (advantage: Bill Walker) and missing five guys who have started a game for the Celtics this season.
As I mentioned earlier this week, my big worries were about the foul problems of the Celtics' front line. Inspired, Mikki Moore managed to commit four fouls in the first quarter without even starting the game. Amazing. Combine that with Stephon Marbury's confused-looking 0-6 performance from the field and I think it's safe to say that these guys are not anywhere close to the PJ Brown/Sam Cassell pickups the Celtics got last year. The big difference is that while PJ Brown made his career by fitting himself into a team's offensive and defensive schemes properly, Mikki Moore has made his career by being a spazz that you expect to suck but actually doesn't. As for Sam Cassell, he may have taken some of the worst shots in Celtics history, but he was at least crafty. Stephon Marbury isn't, at all, unless we're talking about his craftiness in convincing an intern to have sex with him in the back of a van.
The silver lining is that Bill Walker looked great, Leon Powe looked great, and presumably once Rondo and KG get back those guys will be able to step up even more in limited roles. Let's not get all panicky- just figure that the bench needed some minutes anyway. While Doc's "we would rather have a healthy KG and be the 7 seed" argument is garbage considering the Celtics didn't win a friggin' road game until the Eastern Conference finals (not the NBA Finals, thanks Jeremiah) last year, this is not the team going to the playoffs, and the Celtics didn't even look that bad!Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2009/03/half-of-celtics-barely-lose-to-heat.html
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