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["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm concerned about the apparent Delk injury, but last 
night was a basket from being the best win of the season.

Had we won, let's face it, we'd be jubilant, end of 
discussion...no finger-pointing. Stephen Jackson misses 
that three, it would be the best comeback win of the year 
for Boston. 

We got beat by a perfect Tim Duncan pass down the stretch 
(brilliant catch by Robinson too). And Jackson's three 
also was an amazing make. How often do people take, much 
less hit contested three-pointers like that? He squeezed 
it off between two defenders.

Otherwise the game was a hard fought and methodical 
Boston come back. Everyone boxed out well too.

Our offense could stand to improve tonight, in order to 
remove the margin of error. I think Walker/Pierce had 
five assists combined. That won't get it done. 

But it was still close. 

This was again a night where the Walker boxscore was 
better than his actual play. Right now he's neither a 
power forward nor a point forward. H

He's just a guy who looks to outscore people, but can't 
do it efficiently with his chuck-and-duck "no look" 
shooting mechanics.

And at some point (if not this season than in future 
years) Paul Pierce will be a 40% shooter on treys again 
like last year. Right now his misses aren't even close to 
going in. If he is named an All Star, it will be off his 
reputation.

I've seen Walker pass and create far better than his 
nearest forward rivals (Garnett etc.). I've seen Pierce 
back when he was a great shooter, in addition to all the 
other talents he has. 

The captains can both play a LOT better. But if they 
perform even 5% better, that will be a win on many nights.

Despite everything, last night was still a close call for 
Spurs. A Celtics win would have felt earned, that's how 
good it was.

Obviously its not helpful to snowball a tough loss any 
more than necessary. I felt terrible to, initially.

If the players think about last night at all, they should 
think of it mainly as progress. As for the captains, they 
need to focus better and be leaders again, if we want to 
turn this season around.

Joe H.

p.s. Have you ever seen a block like Kedrick's highlight 
number on Tim Duncan? Brown got so high that he blocked 
it straight down onto the 7-footer. 

I hope this kid figures it all out eventually. He looked 
fine out there I thought. More confident with each game, 
and that's the biggest thing with a kid like that.

Some have described Kedrick as clueless in terms of court 
sense, but its not quite that exactly. Its more like he's 
risk averse. He doesn't often do stupid things out there, 
like other Celtics players would have done at his age. 
He's role playing for this team. You'd never sense this 
guy averaged 4 assists or well over 20 points, at any 
level of the game. 



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