Celtics/Nets game update 4th quarter

[Snoopy the Celtics Beagle <snoopy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jiri Welsh opened up the scoring for the Good Guys, then turned the ball 
over.  *sigh*...  When Davis stole the ball, Williams stole it back.  When 
Williams stole the ball, Jefferson slammed it home.  Story of the game, here.

For every good move made, like when Mihm dunked, there'd be a turnover.  Or 
Jiri would steal the ball, only to have Rogers easily block his 
shot.  Ricky Davis is one of the few offensive bright spots for the C's as 
he dunked the ball once more.

Mike James rebounded a miss and got it to Davis--as Davis is one of the few 
C's who apparently remembers where the hoop is.  Time was called with 7:57 
left as the Nets wanted to keep that 92-74 lead and maybe put someone on Davis.

Time came back in and Davis stole the ball, getting fouled to prevent a 
layup.  Ricky made both (YAY), and also made a jumper on their next 
possession.  Now, if only the C's can play some defense... Timeout was 
called with 5:58 left in the game and the Nets up, 99-80.


Justice prevailed after the timeout as Kenyon missed both free throws after 
a Mike James foul.  Pierce rebounded the second miss and Hunter converted.

But Kenyon put the Nets into triple digits, keeping ahead of any possible 
Celtics surge.  Ricky Davis made two at the line, and Mihm did steal 
another ball.  But the C's just weren't able to convert often enough.  Nor 
were they stopping the Nets at the other end.

With 3:45 left, Obie officially gave up, sitting Pierce and Mihm.   After 
hitting more free throws, Davis sat in favor of Waltah.  It was left to the 
bench to show the flag and try to keep the score remotely reasonable. With 
2:05 left, time was called as the Nets lead had ballooned to 106-90.

During this timeout, the Nets finally sat their starters--something of an 
insult, as they obviously wanted to run up the score in a game they had 
total control of.  The final minute or so was sloppy as both benches 
emptied.  Kendrick Perkins did make both his free throws at least. 
Unfortunately, he forgot to bounce the ball on the next possession and the 
refs rightly objected to that.

There were turnovers for the Nets, too; but as before, the C's couldn't 
make them pay with points.  In fact the C's scored about three points in as 
many minutes as the Nets closed it out, 110-91.

Cookies and crumbs:

Cookies go to:

Ricky Davis, as he had 26 points, went 7-7 at the line, and had 5 steals.

Brandon hunter had 9 rebounds.  Lousy scoring, but we need SOMEONE to rebound.

Jim O'Brien. He saw the crappy defense and didn't whack any of the 
players.  That takes monumental restraint.

Celtics fans, for not turning in their season tickets after this disaster.


Crumbs left for:

Paul Pierce, with truly horrible shooting.  Not that the rest of the 
team--except Davis--was much better.

the Celtics defense--the sad thing is, the C's would have had a fighting 
chance if they'd played some effective defense.

ABC, for not allowing SOMEONE to show the game on TV live, no matter how 
badly it ended for the C's.


I'm going to go have a cookie now, to get the bad taste out of my mouth.

Bleah.

And that's the obstructed view from the doghouse.

Snoopy the Celtics Beagle
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