Re: The mystery that is Obie and other thoughts

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

Pots had food poisoning and didn't play in the SA game. So maybe he's still
under the weather. Ball movement was bad in general. They were also tying up
our defensive rebounds giving them time to set up. Can't afford 17 turnovers
against a team like Portland, we're just not that good yet. This game was
winnable.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 8:15 AM
Subject: The mystery that is Obie and other thoughts


> Vitaly was "fine" according to Obie, but still played just five minutes
last
> night. Is Battie that indispensable? Was Obie watching the winning streak?
I
> know Vitaly isn't that great, but he was in the middle of one of the best
> stretches of his career. He was rebounding like a madman. Battie had four
> rebounds last night. You knew Battie would get his minutes somewhere, and
> they are at Vitaly's expense. Heaven forbid we sit Eric Williams down and
> play Rogers or Antoine a little at small forward. For the life of me, I
> don't understand some of the things Obie does. By the way, Obie, if you're
> looking for a reason why Tony Delk is better suited off the bench, last
> night was your answer.
>
> The defense again was shaky and once again the ball movement was pretty
> poor. Portland was intense on the defensive end. If the Celts had made a
> concerted effort to move the ball and make them work a little, I'm betting
> we would have taken some of the spring out of their steps.
>
> I know the Blazers are playing great right now, but the Celts win this
game
> with a better effort. When we look back on this season, one of the regrets
> is going to be all the home losses. This isn't a good home team for some
> reason. They focus on the road, but at home they seem to be in too much of
a
> comfort zone. I hope these guys think about these home losses when they're
> playing at Milwaukee in Game 7 of the second round of the playoffs. You
> can't let this many home games slip away.
>
> Anyway, it's good they're having a practice day today and the Cavs
tomorrow.
> Hopefully they can smooth out some of the problems and start another
streak.
>
> Mark