Re: Timbermutts

[opi@unesco.org]

The list is kind of hard on Paul Pierce. He shot 9-14 last night. The transition
from college big forward to NBA guard has been rough, but more of a success than
a failure and a credit to Pierce's determination and work ethic. He's no Vince
Carter, but he's been lighting it up this month including that 38 point game.

Dan Forant wrote:

> You won't get any calls with 6 secs in the game. Pierce to me looked like
> he was backing up and moved into Garnett, he may have been celebrating
> prematurely when the Wolves guy hit the winning 3. He's known for loafing
> on defense. Every play is critical in this type of game. Especially the
> free throws.
>
> At 12:15 AM 3/23/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >I can't single out one miss by Eric Williams who, though he has hit several
> >3's this season, is really not a 3 point shooter.  I can't believe he is
> >actually shooting 3's at a 33% clip.
> >
> >I thought that Toine had a subpar game, missing 4 freebies as well as going
> >9/21 from the field.  As a team, we missed 8 free throws.  Cut that in half
> >and we win.  We shot 54% from the field but only 71% from the line.
> >Conversely, they shot 48% from the field, despite Garnett's career night but
> >knocked down 90% from the line.
> >
> >Free throws, IMHO is a large weakness of ours.  Lack of concentration,
> >improper mechanics, whatever the problem, the players need to tighten that
> >aspect up.
> >
> >Having said that, we still should have won this game and you're right about
> >the non-call on the Garnett screen.  No question about it, as illegal as
> >you'll ever see.  We won't challenge for the top o the heap this year, but,
> >we should be worth watching real soon.  We are playing the good teams tough
> >now.  We'll be winning these games shortly.
> >
> >Cecil
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Richard & Cynthia Davies <rdavies1@maine.rr.com>
> >To: Celtics Newsgroup POST <celtics@igtc.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 11:07 PM
> >Subject: Timbermutts
> >
> >
> >> Well, tough loss tonight. Could've pulled this one out if Eric Williams
> >had
> >> hit his 3-pt. attempt -- would've given us a 3 point lead with under a
> >> minute to go.
> >>
> >> Paul's 3 to tie it up with 6.7 left was huge, and if the refs had had the
> >> guts to call the foul on Kevin Garnett down at the other end (knocked
> >Pierce
> >> down as Pierce was trying to defend against Anthony Peeler), Mr. Peeler's
> >> game-winning 3 would have been waved off, Paul could've shot a couple
> >> freebies at the other end and sealed it up.
> >>
> >> But, you know, could've, would've, should've. Now the Celts face a real
> >> must-win against the Sixers Friday night. I just know a loss on Friday
> >would
> >> be too mentally deflating for the C's to overcome.
> >>
> >> Rich D.
> >>
> >
> >