Re: Orlando Payback

[Mister Ghost <mister_ghost@yahoo.com>]

I think it's pretty evident, Orlando didn't take the Celtics
seriously -- and why would they after they trounced them 
the first time -- and just took the night off.  I have two
words of advice for Dominique: Jenny Craig.
MG

Bob George <bgp@lightspeed.net> wrote:
>
> Missed most of the 1st half...but I sure saw enough when I got home!
> 
> What were you all thinking when you saw that pass that Pierce threw? 
> Anyone have Bird flashbacks??  Sure made me stand up and holler!  But
> leaving that great pass alone, what about his ability to steal??  He
had 5
> steals tonight, and leads the league in that category.  And his
career is
> just beginning, folks.
> 
> Yes, Orlando looked like kaka tonight, but it was a good solid
effort by
> our boys too.  Good D, excellent ball movement and passing.  In his
press
> conference, Pitino talked about how the Celtics looked like "one man
> watching four guys cut" versus "four guys watching one man shoot".  I
> thought that pretty much summed things up.
> 
> Pitino was very gracious to Orlando, and to Hardaway (zero points!!),
> saying that they "merely had an off night".  I might have been less
> gracious.  After watching Nick Anderson torch us 2 weeks ago, I at
least
> might have played the "payback time" card.  Okay, Orlando is the #2
team in
> the NBA, but Anderson was out of his mind 2 wks ago.  Nice to see
him and
> his mates come down to earth.
> 
> Pitino also mentioned that "we are not in basketball shape yet...we
are not
> yet properly conditioned".  Totally agree, and I'm glad he said it. 
> Everyone out there who is quick to complain about the makeup of the
team,
> the lack of maturity of the players, or lack of rebounding, this
> conditioning issue is often overlooked especially following stinkers
like
> Sunday at Wash. and Friday at Portland.  Heinsohn mentioned that "if
the
> Celtics play this type of running basketball, they will blow a lot
of teams
> out".  I agree.  Pitino's work is far from done.  I like what I see,
and I
> understand when we sometimes look horrid out there.  (We still need a
> rebounder, though!)
> 
> I again implore the KA-bashers to just give him time to get his full
game
> back.  He passed great tonight, doing all sorts of things that won't
show
> up in the box score.  He made some marvelous pinpoint passes
tonight, and
> paced the game well.  And he let the other men handle the perimeter
> shooting, too.
> 
> The more I see of Andrew DeClercq, the more I like.  I believe he
should be
> the starter with Riley and Schintzius off the bench in that order. 
Too bad
> DeQ isn't bigger...but he works hard and can make tough shots.  He's
no
> Kevin McHale, but at times works down low like Kevin used to do.
> 
> Nice transition game by the Celts tonight.  How many times did they
have
> "numbers"?  Wow.  Again, a few blown layups, but overall very
impressive. 
> If I were Chuck Daly I'd give my players some pep pills tomorrow, at
times
> they looked like they were just standing around on defense, and this
was
> before it got really out of hand.  By and large Orlando looked
either tired
> or lazy or both.
> 
> Bottle some of this for the Bricks on Friday night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> Bob George
> 
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> 
> 
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