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DanF

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From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:11 AM
Subject: Interesting stuff from S. Smith of the Philly Inquirer


> I think this is very revealing. It's called "settling" and the Celtics did
a
> lot of it Sunday. I expect them to be back in attack mode tonight.
>
> Here's the clip:
>
>
> In four games during this regular season, the Celtics launched three-point
> shots with abandon, more than 20 a game.
> In a 99-83 Sixers win on Dec. 17, the Celtics shot 7 for 26. On Jan. 25,
> Boston registered 7 for 29 from beyond the arc. On March 22, the very game
> during which Allen Iverson broke his left hand, the Celtics shot 11 for
29.
> They lost every single one of those games.
> The only game the Celtics captured during the regular season was a 100-94
> victory at the First Union Center on March 4, when they took 20
> three-pointers. In Games 1 and 2 of this playoff series, they took 18 and
19
> three-point shots, respectively.
> "They didn't get caught up in threes in those games," one Sixers player
> said. "Part of our plan was to make sure they did."
> In the games they didn't, Derrick Coleman couldn't defend Walker because
> Walker would fake a jumper and drive into the lane. The same with Pierce,
> who had a field day against Aaron McKie in Game 1. Keeping the Sixers
> off-balance and wondering if the Celtics were going inside or out made it
> virtually impossible for the Sixers to defend them.
> The Celtics forgot about such an offensive strategy on Sunday. Now,
they're
> in a hole.