Re: eastern previews

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

I guess I see your point, Jon, but the utah and
atlanta games spooked me.  Losing to the Jazz without
Karl Malone or Stockton (for most of the game) is bad.
 The team kept giving up open jump shots on the weak
side.  We were badly outrebounded.  Hopefully this can
stop soon.

--- jmc@ptc.com wrote:
> "Ozersky, Joshua A" <OzerskyJA@corning.com> said:
> >  The preseason hasn't been too promising, though.
> 
> I like all your other comments, Josh, but I beg to
> differ on this last one. 
> I think the Celtics preseason was excellent
> preparation for the regular 
> season.  You don't look at record, you just look at
> their overall 
> competitiveness, and how they did in the last few
> games.
> 
> Here are the scores of Celtics games in the
> preseason:
> 
> Wed 13    Charlotte                              L
> 103-110        -7
> Fri 15    Atlanta (@ Providence Civic Center)    W
> 104-79        +25
> Tue 19    at Charlotte                           L
> 117-120   OT   -3
> Wed 20    Utah (@ Gaylord Entertainment Center)  W
> 108-104   OT   +4
> Sat 23    at Utah                                L
> 92-93          -1
> Mon 25    at Atlanta                             L
> 99-105         -6
> Wed 27    Washington                             W
> 97-92          +5
> Thu 28    at Washington                          L
> 101-102        -1
> 
>                                                     
>  Last year's
>                                                     
>   winning %
> They outscored Utah       in 2 games by  3 points.  
>    .740
> They outscored Atlanta    in 2 games by 19 points.  
>    .620
> They outscored Washington in 2 games by  4 points.  
>    .360
> 
> Charlotte outscored them  in 2 games by 10 points.  
>    .520
> 
> Analysis:
> The C's played 4 teams twice each.  Those 4 teams
> all had winning 
> records 2 years ago, and 3 of them did last year. 
> 
> Overall they outscored their opponents by 16 points.
>  The only blowout 
> was on the positive side.  Even if you only count
> the last week as 
> being meaningful in any way, the C's were outscored
> by only 3 points.
> 
> They were 3-1 in "home" games and 0-4 in "road"
> games. 
> 
> They lost their 5 games by a total of 18 points, and
> just 15 points 
> if you take out the overtime.  That averages to just
> 3 points down 
> per loss.   No loss was more than 7 points.  2
> losses were by 1 point 
> and another in overtime. 
> 
> Considering that last year's preseason blowout wins
> against Toronto got 
> the C's overconfident, I'll take a 3-5 preseason
> with lots of close, 
> frustrating, motivating losses, and no blowout
> losses to shake their 
> confidence.  
> 
> Jon Mc
> 
> 


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