That was so wide open, and he's expected to capitalize when hes wide open in front of the hoop. That play made him look like a 4th grader out there.
I mean, everybody missed shots and stuff like that, but that was such a momentum ruiner right there.
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Current Celtics Roster:
PG- Rajon Rondo, Gabe Pruitt
SG- Ray Allen, J.R. Giddens
SF- Paul Pierce, Bill Walker
PF- Kevin Garnett, Leon Powe, Brian Scalabrine
C- Kendrick Perkins, Glen Davis
Three baskets and a key steal. And Im not sticking up for what he did in the first three and a half quarters...that was terrible
Fair enough.
I understand off games happen, but Kevin Garnett is getting paid $20 mill to make sure those off games don't happen against teams like Orlando and opponents like Dwight Howard. Same with Ray.
Oh well. 8-1. Hopefully this was a wake-up call and they can pummel G-State on Wednesday.
__________________ "Paul Pierce is the (expletive) truth. Quote me on that and don't take nothing out. I knew he could play, but I didn't know he could play like this. Paul Pierce is the truth."
- Shaquille O'Neal
"Kirilenko's eyes started to tear in the locker room as he talked in a shaky voice about his frustrations and inability to stop Pierce. He played just four minutes in the final quarter because of his inept defense, but his small consolation was that none of his teammates could do any better."
- Salt Lake Tribune
"I think he is at a point in his career where he gets very distracted by having a hand in his face."
- Portland forward Buck Williams on Larry Bird, before Larry Legend dropped 49 points, 14 rebounds, and 12 assists in a double overtime win
I'm not sure how that last play took 7.2 seconds. The ball rolled on the ground, Pierce picked it up, dribbled to the three point line and shot it. That should've taken maybe three seconds at most. The rebound and quick pass afterward took the rest of the clock? It was a bad play, but I don't see how it took that long.
Unfortunately, I didn't see most of the game because Comcast Sports Net kept bugging out, so I just caught the end of the fourth quarter. Sounds like they played pretty horribly, but the box score still says they shot 53.3%, and they outrebounded the Magic 41-28. The 44 free throw attempts by the Magic sounds kind of ridiculous. Seems like that and the turnovers cost them. They were mentioning that KG may have had the flu, so that may explain his lackluster play. Looks like a lot of hate for Ray Allen going on here. Maybe he was trying to show up Rashard Lewis? I just hope his selfishness doesn't continue. I don't think it will. If anything, KG won't let it, but I think Ray is smart enough to know it's not helping.
I have tickets for the rematch on Dec. 23. Should be fun. I think the Celtics will fare much better on their own court.
Oh. And at least the Patriots kept their streak alive. Man, they humiliated the Bills. It's like watching a video game with the difficulty set to easy.
I'm not sure how that last play took 7.2 seconds. The ball rolled on the ground, Pierce picked it up, dribbled to the three point line and shot it. That should've taken maybe three seconds at most. The rebound and quick pass afterward took the rest of the clock? It was a bad play, but I don't see how it took that long.
Unfortunately, I didn't see most of the game because Comcast Sports Net kept bugging out, so I just caught the end of the fourth quarter. Sounds like they played pretty horribly, but the box score still says they shot 53.3%, and they outrebounded the Magic 41-28. The 44 free throw attempts by the Magic sounds kind of ridiculous. Seems like that and the turnovers cost them. They were mentioning that KG may have had the flu, so that may explain his lackluster play. Looks like a lot of hate for Ray Allen going on here. Maybe he was trying to show up Rashard Lewis? I just hope his selfishness doesn't continue. I don't think it will. If anything, KG won't let it, but I think Ray is smart enough to know it's not helping.
I have tickets for the rematch on Dec. 23. Should be fun. I think the Celtics will fare much better on their own court.
Oh. And at least the Patriots kept their streak alive. Man, they humiliated the Bills. It's like watching a video game with the difficulty set to easy.
Would make sense, he wasnt so much bad... just quiet
The one play he was in, he pushed Dwight 18 feet back and forced him to shoot a jump shot, which I will take any day.
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Current Celtics Roster:
PG- Rajon Rondo, Gabe Pruitt
SG- Ray Allen, J.R. Giddens
SF- Paul Pierce, Bill Walker
PF- Kevin Garnett, Leon Powe, Brian Scalabrine
C- Kendrick Perkins, Glen Davis
The way they were calling fouls on established pros (Garnett) in the paint against Howard, there's no way in hell Davis would've lasted more than five minutes.
__________________ "Paul Pierce is the (expletive) truth. Quote me on that and don't take nothing out. I knew he could play, but I didn't know he could play like this. Paul Pierce is the truth."
- Shaquille O'Neal
"Kirilenko's eyes started to tear in the locker room as he talked in a shaky voice about his frustrations and inability to stop Pierce. He played just four minutes in the final quarter because of his inept defense, but his small consolation was that none of his teammates could do any better."
- Salt Lake Tribune
"I think he is at a point in his career where he gets very distracted by having a hand in his face."
- Portland forward Buck Williams on Larry Bird, before Larry Legend dropped 49 points, 14 rebounds, and 12 assists in a double overtime win
The way they were calling fouls on established pros (Garnett) in the paint against Howard, there's no way in hell Davis would've lasted more than five minutes.
True, but Scal was doing the same thing... Davis may have fouled out pretty quickly but he could have gotten some big offensive boards and put backs along the way
K, didn't get to watch this one, and I'm hearing you guys about the shot selection, Allen's selfishness and T Allen.
How do you think the substitution patterns/personnel selection affected things. It seems that Doc didn't see that Glen was the one to leave in for one. Do you get the feeling that HE was the one that wanted them keying off Garnett when Pierce was hot?
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When they made their run, Garnett and Allen were on the pine for a lot of it. Simple as that. But because they're Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, Glenn decided to put them back in, much how he would do with Pierce even if he was having a terrible game and his replacement was fantastic. Pierce was on fire. When they came back in, Garnett immediately hoisted up a double-teamed fifteen foot fadeaway, which, predictably, missed. Allen jacked up a three off the dribble which also missed. This after House and Posey had hit huge, HUGE threes back to back. Pierce never re-found his rhythm offensively, it stagnated, and a couple questionable calls later we're suddenly down six.
Take what you want from that. And I don't know if I can positively characterize Ray's play as selfish, but he was overhandling, not giving the rock up to Rondo (who played really well, first few mins notwithstandng), and seemed genuinely more interested in finding the range on his shot than actually winning the basketball game.
__________________ "Paul Pierce is the (expletive) truth. Quote me on that and don't take nothing out. I knew he could play, but I didn't know he could play like this. Paul Pierce is the truth."
- Shaquille O'Neal
"Kirilenko's eyes started to tear in the locker room as he talked in a shaky voice about his frustrations and inability to stop Pierce. He played just four minutes in the final quarter because of his inept defense, but his small consolation was that none of his teammates could do any better."
- Salt Lake Tribune
"I think he is at a point in his career where he gets very distracted by having a hand in his face."
- Portland forward Buck Williams on Larry Bird, before Larry Legend dropped 49 points, 14 rebounds, and 12 assists in a double overtime win
can doc draw up some damn plays for ray allen instead of having him hang around the 3?!?!?!
what a waste of having ray allen on the team...the only way hes gettin a shot off is him dribbling around to get free while everyone on the team watches..
Thanks Pdub. I see what you mean about how that went down.
Re: Allen and Doc drawing up plays. I guess I'm hoping the players do it on their own. I still don't have a lot of faith in him as a coach.
They have been pretty much free-lancing, which has worked so far, but set plays work when you hit the snags.
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Game 9: BOS (8-0) vs ORL (8-2)
