Re: One more thing...

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

The past few games, poor Mark Blount has missed a minimum of 5-6 layups.  He
seems to have a problem in this area, agreed?

Also, the team as a whole is far too inconsistent from the line.  There are
nights, albeit all too few, where we will shoot 21-23, but on the whole, a
14-23 night is more the norm.

Toine and Paul can't realistically be expected to do much more than what
they are giving at this point and it is up to the rest to do their best to
provide more support.  I wonder if OB has been surprised by the shooting of
Carr?

Cecil



----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 7:52 AM
Subject: One more thing...


> Last night was a glaring example of how, even in the best of times, the
> 3-point shot causes problems. Great shooting night for Toine and Pierce
from
> long range (11 for 22 combined), but the thing the 3-pointer doesn't do,
> when used as a primary weapon, is create opportunities for other players.
> One of the marks of a great player is drawing the double team and finding
> the open man. Neither Toine nor Pierce did that last night. They took
quick
> shots--and certainly made more than their share in a great shooting
> performance--but many of those shots were long-range bombs before the
Bucks
> had doubled or rotated. It didn't create any openings to be exploited by
> other players.
>
> The Bucks, on the other hand, took advantage of the defensive attention
> drawn by Allen and Robinson by finding Thomas and Hunter for open shots.
> Allen and Robinson certainly didn't have good games and they aren't poster
> children for passing out of the double team, but last night the Bucks as a
> team took advantage of the extra attention afforded their two stars. The
> Celtics' two stars had great shooting nights, but it didn't do a thing for
> their teammates.
>
> Mark
>