Re: "On the road again."

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

This was not one of OB's best games. Even coaches have bad ones. The refs,
who I usually support were awful. Seems the home court has the advantage of
several momentum altering calls per game. A bump on one end is a overlooked,
but a foul on the other. That's sports.

DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: "JB" <JBMetzEA@yahoo.com>
To: "Celtics Stuff" <Celticsstuffgroup@Yahoogroups.com>; "Celtics@igtc"
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Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 7:12 AM
Subject: "On the road again."


>    There are several things that stand out from last nights game.
>    The first half was pretty good. The opening five minutes or so, Kenny
and
> Vitaly had 13 or our 15 points. Walker was 1-4, Pierce was 0-3. Vitaly had
> two offensive rebounds in that short period of time. When Vitaly picked up
> his third foul, mid way through the second period, when Mason bulled into
> him and bounced back, Marc Blount came in and played pretty well. Walker
hit
> a few threes and Pierce found some range as we tied the score as the half
> ended. I did notice that we attempted 19 threes in that half. A bad sign.
>    Starting Blount in the second half, turned into a big mistake. He,
again,
> looked like "Little Boy Lost," as the Bucks ran off 10 straight and never
> looked back. In addition, Anderson had no one to pass to, that was moving
> without the ball.
>    The ref's in that early third period span, were no help at all. Pierce
> and Anderson got hammered, time and again, with no calls, but Ray Allen
got
> the call every time he was bumped. Even Mason, was getting the calls, but
I
> don't remember Vitaly, Anderson, Walker or Pierce getting to the line at
> all. Kenny got his frustration technical and was finished for the night.
In
> general, our players took the lack of calls well, but you could see on
their
> faces, how hard it was.
>    As the game deteriorated, Vitaly never got back in, until early in the
> fourth quarter, for some meaningless, early garbage time. I also wondered
> why Palacio, who was utterly useless, stayed in most of the second half.
> Forte finally got in, with two minutes left.
>    I don't see the point of starting Eric Williams. With his post up game
> going unnoticed, as we have other offensive options, he becomes a
perimeter
> player. His best use, seems to me, is to come in after the offense begins
to
> deteriorate, to focus on getting a good shot and/or going to the line, to
> slow down the other teams run.
>    Eric Strickland played the game. Never stopped, never will.
>    If Battie is out for any duration, we must get another big man. Walter
> McCarty became our backup power forward and center. That won't get us into
> the playoffs.
>    Pierce's wrist looked serious. The way he grimaced, after a slash by
Glen
> Robinson, I sensed a break or bone chips. Something very painfull on what
> seemed to be less than major contact.
>    Without looking at the box score yet, it seemed to me that Walker and
> Pierce were looking ahead. I didn't see the intensity on getting back on
> defense, rebounding, passing or running the wings, that is needed to stay
> with a team like Milwaukee.