Re: Terrific Balanced Scoring

[Eggcentric@xxxxxxx]

< This was a very winnable game. All it would have taken would have been 
Pierce to get his average, not 40 as you suggest. > - CeltsSteve

Or Walker to have gotten more than 6 rebounds and 3 assists, to have
not committed 4 turnovers, nor allowed ObNeal 20 rebounds and 23 
points?  Or how about if PGbs Delk and Bremer had combined for more 
than 2 assists? 

Steve - I agree that Walker has been hitting his threes (.556% to his 
season .323%), and it does appear that Artest just might have Pierce's 
number, since the only time Pierce has shot well was late in game one 
after Artest was in foul trouble and subsequently fouled out.  Artest 
reminds me of Kelvin Martin in that we consider them McNasty and
McFilthy, yet secretly wish they were playing for us.

But since you persist in comparing Pierce with Walker, let us not 
overlook that after two games, despite Pierce's poor shooting, he is 
outdoing Toine10 RPG to 7, 6 APG to 4, 27 PPG to 20.5, and .923 FT% 
to Toine's .500 FT%.  

Obviously we need both players to come up big in this series.  But what
seems to have been overlooked by you and others in the inevitable 
comparisons of the two, is that it is Pierce, not Walker, who is constantly 
double and triple-teamed.  

Without Pierce to draw the defense, no doubt Walker's career shooting 
stats would even be worse than they are.  

''IMPOSSIBLE'' cried the maddened thousands.

Egg