RE: thoughts on Grizzlies loss

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

the game was very poorly called, but that's not why we lost.  Neither is
Kenny, who actually played some good D (although he lost control of a key
steal in the closing minute by trying to dribble it instead of diving on the
floor and grabbing it.)  Bottom line:  we didn't execute on offense.
Palacio blew a bank shot, Pierce blew a layup, Eric took a bad three, kenny
missed an open 15 footer.  Twon should have been a little more selfish; he
kept getting the ball to Pierce, who didn't deliver.

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Cecil Wright [SMTP:cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca]
	Sent:	Wednesday, February 14, 2001 1:45 PM
	To:	OzerskyJA; 'Rich Davies'; Celtics IGTC POST
	Cc:	bsk@bskball.com
	Subject:	Re: thoughts on Grizzlies loss

	Did Randy Brown re-injure himself?  Kenny just can not cut it in the
last
	few minutes defensively against strong point guards.

	Wide disparity at the free throw line also.  Howard and Max were all
over
	the refs several times.  Were all of Pierce's fouls legit?

	Cecil (who gives us a chance against the Sonics)



	----- Original Message -----
	From: "OzerskyJA" <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>
	To: "'Rich Davies'" <rich@daviesdesign.com>; "Celtics IGTC POST"
	<celtics@igtc.com>
	Cc: <bsk@bskball.com>
	Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 6:31 AM
	Subject: thoughts on Grizzlies loss


	> Here's my take on the game, and the last I have to say about it:
	> it was a really good game between two teams who both played
	> well.  Forget about Vancouver's record; they have some talented
	> players, and they were looking to make a statement game.  We
	> played them well, but they kept surging back, and out inability to
	> execute our way to two points in the final minutes hurt us.  The D
	> was pretty good, but we took lousy shots.  Hopefully that will
	> provide a wakeup call on offense.  I thought we played great
	> defense until transition off bad shots killed us in the final two
	> minutes.  We missed a bunch of layups in there, too any one of
	> which would have sufficed to win the game.
	>
	> I'm going to take the luxury of not watching the Sonics game.
I'll
	> just read the score in the morning.  Let's get this L out of our
	> system and get on with life.
	>
	> I'm still hoping for three wins out of this road trip.  I had
hoped this
	>  would be one of them, but the Grizzlies play us tough.  And for
	> some reason, this team tends to underperform against "lousy"
	> teams - though I don't think the Grizzlies are such a lousy team;
I
	> would much rather have their roster than Atlanta, Washington, the
	> Clippers, the Nets, or some other poor teams.
	>
	> -----Original Message-----
	> From: Rich Davies [SMTP:rich@daviesdesign.com]
	> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 12:45 AM
	> To: Celtics IGTC POST
	> Subject: Oh boy
	>
	> C's lose a crock of game in the final minutes. The only thing
worse
	> than the
	> refs was the C's shooting in the 4th. Bad, bad loss. Very bad tone
	> for the
	> rest of the trip. Here come the bashers and the Toine-haters...
	>
	> Rich D.
	>