Re: A foul delay

[Rich Davies <rich@daviesdesign.com>]

It wasn't necessarily a specific call that I had in mind; it was the general
lack of fairness in the calls. I mean, come on; 44 free throws to 18???
Ridiculous. It seemed that the C's could not look twice at "Mr.
I'm-Not-A-Franchise-Player" without being called for it, but on the other
end, there was a suspicious lack of whistles for Pierce or Walker when
driving the lane. Now there were certainly occasions where they didn't
deserve a call, but unfortunately the refs made no distinction; it was just
no calls at all.

But like I said before, Walker and especially Pierce need to drive in
anyway--the refs will not change their behavior if you change yours.

Also, though many have chastised Walker for shooting so many 3's, it was
obviously his 3-pointers that kept us in the game in the 1st half, and I was
disappointed when he passed up an open 3 that could have secured the lead
late in the game, passing it off to someone else (Pierce?) ultimately
resulting in a turnover. No need to get shy about your 3's now, Toine.

Anyway, Thursday we'll be discussing our matchup with Detroit. :-)

Rich D.

> From: "Shawn Niles" <shizzjr@hotmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:32:19 -0400
> To: dforant1@nycap.rr.com, rich@daviesdesign.com, celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: A foul delay
> 
> The only call that really bothered me was the 3 second call on Rodney. It's
> not like the ball was out on the perimeter. Paul was in the lane and was
> upfaking and they make that call? Seemed like a reach to make that call.
> 
> 
>> From: "Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
>> To: "Rich Davies" <rich@daviesdesign.com>,   "Celtics IGTC POST"
>> <celtics@igtc.com>
>> Subject: Re: A foul delay
>> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:23:29 -0400
>> 
>> Yo, I'm with you all the way. Except for some sloppiness, the Celts played
>> a
>> whale of a game. Intense defense on both sides. A few shots missed at the
>> end could have spelled doom for the Phillyettes. The big difference was the
>> turnovers, Celts by 9+. More snap needs to be put on the passes. A few
>> bounces here and there wouldn't hurt either. Many were telegraphed.
>> 
>> DanF
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Rich Davies" <rich@daviesdesign.com>
>> To: "Celtics IGTC POST" <celtics@igtc.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 4:18 PM
>> Subject: A foul delay
>> 
>> 
>>> Well, the Sixer's had to play a pretty good game to beat the C's, and
>> they
>>> did (with a little help)--despite the fact that we outrebounded,
>> outblocked,
>>> outassisted them and had a better shooting percentage.
>>> 
>>> But consider these Philly stats:
>>> 
>>> FG%   3P%   FTA   STL   TO   PTS
>>> --------------------------------------------
>>> Game 3  :  .446  .545    44    13    9   108
>>> Season  :  .436  .299    26     8   14    91
>>> 
>>> I don't think Philly can have another game like today's again, let alone
>> two
>>> more in a row.
>>> 
>>> I sure wish the refs would let the C's play, though, and stop bailing
>> out
>>> Iverson. He had more free throws (20) than the entire Celtic team (18).
>>> Really doesn't look good for the league.
>>> 
>>> However, Pierce has got to go to the rim anyway. Heck, they *all*
>> should've
>>> been going to the rim late in the game. Oh well, they had the game,
>> despite
>>> the problems, just let it slip away late.
>>> 
>>> Now that the C's have seen the Sixers' best shot, and only barely lost,
>>> they'll close them out on Wednesday. The series 'W' has only been
>> delayed.
>>> 
>>> Rich D.
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