Ugh. I dont want to hear anymore talk about the Celtics until after the game Sunday. God forbid we lose to New York tomorrow night or Miami on Friday, it will be hysteria
I agree that Rondo shouldn't have been shooting the ball in OT. There are times where I wish he would shoot, but at a critical time when he's not shooting well, he should defer. He's no Ray Allen where he can snap out of a bad streak easily. He needs a few more years experience before he can be clutch. I don't want to discourage Rondo from shooting. It's the only way he'll get better, and he has shown significant progress. But there are good times and bad times to shoot, and OT was a bad time. Pierce was having a horrible shooting night, but I would have rather he took the shots than Rondo.
I'm not concerned about the Cavs yet. I still think the Celtics can handle them. They demolished them in the preseason. I know it was the preseason, but both teams were pretty much treating it like a regular season game because it was the last one before the season started. I think in the playoffs, the Cavs would win a couple, but I think the continued onslaught of KG, Pierce, and Allen every night would wear them down because Lebron has to do so much. But who knows. The Pistons couldn't beat them, but the Spurs had no trouble.
I agree that Rondo shouldn't have been shooting the ball in OT. There are times where I wish he would shoot, but at a critical time when he's not shooting well, he should defer. He's no Ray Allen where he can snap out of a bad streak easily. He needs a few more years experience before he can be clutch. I don't want to discourage Rondo from shooting. It's the only way he'll get better, and he has shown significant progress. But there are good times and bad times to shoot, and OT was a bad time. Pierce was having a horrible shooting night, but I would have rather he took the shots than Rondo.
I'm not concerned about the Cavs yet. I still think the Celtics can handle them. They demolished them in the preseason. I know it was the preseason, but both teams were pretty much treating it like a regular season game because it was the last one before the season started. I think in the playoffs, the Cavs would win a couple, but I think the continued onslaught of KG, Pierce, and Allen every night would wear them down because Lebron has to do so much. But who knows. The Pistons couldn't beat them, but the Spurs had no trouble.
yea, and the fact that drew gooden was on fire in the 3rd quarter...no one expected that to happen
I agree that Rondo shouldn't have been shooting the ball in OT. There are times where I wish he would shoot, but at a critical time when he's not shooting well, he should defer. He's no Ray Allen where he can snap out of a bad streak easily. He needs a few more years experience before he can be clutch. I don't want to discourage Rondo from shooting. It's the only way he'll get better, and he has shown significant progress. But there are good times and bad times to shoot, and OT was a bad time. Pierce was having a horrible shooting night, but I would have rather he took the shots than Rondo.
I'm not concerned about the Cavs yet. I still think the Celtics can handle them. They demolished them in the preseason. I know it was the preseason, but both teams were pretty much treating it like a regular season game because it was the last one before the season started. I think in the playoffs, the Cavs would win a couple, but I think the continued onslaught of KG, Pierce, and Allen every night would wear them down because Lebron has to do so much. But who knows. The Pistons couldn't beat them, but the Spurs had no trouble.
Um, no.
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I was there. The Cavs were trying to make it a game in the first half and failed miserably. The Celtics were putting on a clinic. It wasn't so different from the regular season where in 9 of the 13 games they played they completely distanced themselves from the competition. All it takes is a better game from KG, Pierce to shoot better than 33%, Ray Allen not to miss 2 FTs in a row, or Drew Gooden not make 9 shots in a row for the Celtics to have won that last game. The Cavs were playing well, and the Celtics were playing poorly outside of Ray, and the Celtics still almost won in regulation.
I was there. The Cavs were trying to make it a game in the first half and failed miserably. The Celtics were putting on a clinic. It wasn't so different from the regular season where in 9 of the 13 games they played they completely distanced themselves from the competition. All it takes is a better game from KG, Pierce to shoot better than 33%, Ray Allen not to miss 2 FTs in a row, or Drew Gooden not make 9 shots in a row for the Celtics to have won that last game. The Cavs were playing well, and the Celtics were playing poorly outside of Ray, and the Celtics still almost won in regulation.
The Celts very well might have taken the game seriously, but the Cavs haven't taken a single preseason game seriously in two years. Sometimes I actually wish they'd put a little more of a serious effort (particularly defensively) in the preseason but they just don't.
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A true sign of greatness is when people start hating you. If he wasn't great, you wouldn't hate.
Not really sure why people still doubt the Celtics. They're ridiculously good this year. I don't think their depth is really any worse than the Cavs'.
There will be naysayers until they play the Spurs, Mavs, and Suns. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen until January 31 when they play the Mavs. Their first big test against the West is Utah at the end of December, but Utah lost to the Knicks, so I don't think it will be viewed in the same light. Next would be Houston. At the beginning of the season, I would have said Houston was elite but not so much anymore.
The Celtics have only beaten 3 teams that are currently over .500 right now and lost to 2 of them, so there will be skeptics for awhile.
I know we played sloppy against the Cav's and of course who wants to lose?
But it's not like they totally blew us out.
I am not afraid of these guys when we meet again. I would however put House and Posey in a little more if Rondo struggles. He is still very young, and House and Posey could have been utilized better.
That said, the two games we lost were by a total of 9 points.
A total! We're going to
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