[Hobbs]

Bawwwston. I hate them.

[Hobbs]

Quick start for us.

We've looked like an actual NBA team for a while now. We're still going to lose a lot, but it's much better than the pathetic display we put out earlier this season.

[Hobbs]

Wilcox destroying us. Sure wish we had a power forward.

[Kstat]

Monroe is not responding very well to last night's benching.

[Stefan S]

Great game!
Big Ben on the floor again!!

We seem to play w/o concern for a score
we just run our plays and play tough D

a quick start helped, but we play well on both ends

[Hobbs]

Rondo and Wilcox have been great for Boston. Everyone else has been pretty meh.

For us, most everyone has been ok. Knight, not so much, but he hasn't compouned it by making a ton of bad shots or passes.

[RodimusPrime]

Nice to see our team remaining competitive against good teams despite the refs working them over.

[Stefan S]

just when I wanted to say we are using Gordon in the right way
and, if we are paying him this cash, that's the way to use him
3 foul

The refs seem to give home team lots of calls
Big Ben foul total bullshi

[rpmfla]

Well, it seems like about half an hour since the Pistons did anything positive on the offensive end. The Celtics are gifting a close game by only making half of their FTs. Pistons group out there has no offensive game at all.

[Stefan S]

the foul on O'Neil changed the momentum
the first call we got, I think

all 50/50 calls went home team way

[Stefan S]

Originally Posted by rpmfla

Well, it seems like about half an hour since the Pistons did anything positive on the offensive end. The Celtics are gifting a close game by only making half of their FTs. Pistons group out there has no offensive game at all.

they play very tough D
Gordon was not on the floor
and Monroe was on the bench too

still, 9-2 run
7 by Stuckey (15 total)

[Dave Bing]

Chris Wilcox is the best finisher the C's have had in decades.

[Hobbs]

Tommy Heinsohn just called Greg Monroe fat. He didn't use the word fat, but that's pretty much what he meant.

[Dave Bing]

Tommy sober tonight?

[mn3]

Heinsohn is an idiot; he has always been an idiot.

[mn3]

Originally Posted by Dave Bing

Chris Wilcox is the best finisher the C's have had in decades.

Yeah :P

[Stefan S]

Originally Posted by mn3

Heinsohn is an idiot; he has always been an idiot.

not really (though his comment are objectively idiotic)
he is a homer
and he knows how to play to the crowd of homerz

[Dave Bing]

Heinson can be enormously critical of the C's as well. He will rip them for a lack of effort.

This would be a highly improbable victory if we hold on. At the Garden?

[Stefan S]

+1
holy smoke!

[Hobbs]

Up 1 after 3 quarters. Rondo and Wilcox still the only Celts to really do much. Have to figure Allen and Pierce are going to try and take over in the 4th.

Stuckey doing some real damage out there for us. Started off missing a lot of shots, but getting to the line. Now, he's making the shots. Monroe having a typical Monroe game.

[Stefan S]

Originally Posted by Dave Bing

Heinson can be enormously critical of the C's as well. He will rip them for a lack of effort.

This would be a highly improbable victory if we hold on. At the Garden?

true for sure
the flip side are Tommy's points

wasn't he a coach at one time?

[mn3]

Did "Fat Boy" put us ahead?

[tin mad dog]

Hearing George Blaha say "Flo Rida" every half hour is pretty damn funny.

[Hobbs]

Gordon has been pretty old school Gordon-like tonight. Some dumb errors, but he brought the J. He needs to chuck to be worth anything to us. So, throw those 3s up there.

[Stefan S]

a great game
a great run

BG is on fire
(sell high?)

[mn3]

Fat Boy continues to play pretty well against the Celtics.

[Stefan S]

Wow! +11

also, BG is on fire (sell high?)
the Garden is his place

[Hobbs]

Ben Wallace with 9 rebounds in 13 minutes tonight. He took a lot of Jerebko's minutes (and you can't argue with the result).

Knight getting much better at defending Rondo as the night went.

[Hobbs]

Ben Gordon saves us from a total collapse. Seems like we were permanently stuck for a while.

[zdwtr]

Victory! They are playing with system. Wait and see..

[Hobbs]

Garnett not playing was pretty key for Boston, but it is clear that the Pistons are not the same team as earlier in the year. Our lottery pick is getting less pretty as the days pass.

[Orwellian O.]

Damn...that was a very a loseable game tonight. The ping pong gods were not smiling upon us.


Stuckey was in beast mode.

[tin mad dog]

Well, that was weird. Is that their first win this year against a +.500 team?

[tin mad dog]

Originally Posted by Hobbs

Garnett not playing was pretty key for Boston, but it is clear that the Pistons are not the same team as earlier in the year. Our lottery pick is getting less pretty as the days pass.

Oh. I didn't really see much of the game so I missed that he was out. That explains things a little better. Still, we were the road team and had played last night.

[mn3]

Rondo had a huge scoring game, but Pierce and Allen shot a combined 4-16 in the game. Rondo as his team's primary scorer is a great way to lose a lot of games. That kid is great, but he's an awful shooter - and when he takes the majority of the shots, that's perfect for opposing teams.

[Hobbs]

We beat Orlando and Indiana early this year and Portland. They've all got winning records.

[FadedMario]

What a great game. Boys looked good tonight. Been really impressed with Maxiell lately (shocking).

[FadedMario]

Originally Posted by tin mad dog

Hearing George Blaha say "Flo Rida" every half hour is pretty damn funny.

Yup.

[Stefan S]

Speaking about the ball, suppose that in each of the last two drafts we can draft 4 positions higher, so

2010 we have a shot at
Derrick Favors
Wesley Johnson
Cousins
Ekpe Udoh

in 2011 we can draft
Tristan Thompson
Jonas Valanciunas
Jan Vesely
Bismack Biyombo

to wit, it's best not to f@^! too much with the ping balls and the gods of basketball

plus, it's so much fun to see them growing

[Stefan S]

Originally Posted by mn3

Rondo had a huge scoring game, but Pierce and Allen shot a combined 4-16 in the game. Rondo as his team's primary scorer is a great way to lose a lot of games. That kid is great, but he's an awful shooter - and when he takes the majority of the shots, that's perfect for opposing teams.

I was thinking the same.
he was efficient tonight 15-27, 35 points
but, for sure, he dominated the ball.

his greatest strength is to get others involved
he failed in this respect
(part of it was our D, we played them tough)

[Kstat]

Credit to Monroe for not Daying it in the 2nd half. He anchored this W.

[papalawrence]

Originally Posted by Kstat

Credit to Monroe for not Daying it in the 2nd half. He anchored this W.

Was following on Yahoo and he had 6........flipped back a bit later and he had 18. He must have had a hot stretch. Nice to see him bounce back this way following his poor performance last eve.

[Jeff Hause]

Good win, even without Garnett.

[ghandi]

Yeah any win against the Celtics is a good win, especially in the gawden

[Forsh]

Originally Posted by stefan s

speaking about the ball, suppose that in each of the last two drafts we can draft 4 positions higher, so

2010 we have a shot at
derrick favors
wesley johnson
cousins
ekpe udoh

in 2011 we can draft
tristan thompson
jonas valanciunas
jan vesely
bismack biyombo


to wit, it's best not to f@^! Too much with the ping balls and the gods of basketball

plus, it's so much fun to see them growing

valanciunas!!!!

[Billl]

22/9 is turning into a regular night at the office for Monroe.

Also, Frank needs some credit tonight for the game plan. He made rondo a scorer and had everyone else stay at home on their man. Even when rondo was lighting it up, we stuck with the game plan. He even benched Daye in favor of Wilkins to keep Pierce from getting a chance to get going.

[Jangul]

What the recent winning turn for the team solidifies in my mind is that Rodney Stuckey is easily the second most important player on this team. His groin injury was probably the biggest reason we looked so dismal to start the season. When he's healthy, we're the team I thought we would be before the season began, which is extremely problematic for our lottery prospects. If only the season was shorter.

[hack]

Dunno. New coach; shortened training camp. You expect that Frank's ways are starting to sink in and that that's going to be reflected in the W/L record as well. Hard to pin responsibility on one thing or another.

[El Axe]

Last night, as I was flipping around, I'm pretty sure I read on the ESPN scroll that Ben had announced his retirement at the end of the season. The News & Freep don't have anything about that.

I could have misread the small scroll. Anyone else see something like that?

[hack]

I think I saw that somewhere, yeah.