Another loss to a bad team

[Steve Ouellette]

Al didn't receive a single pass in the second half. The only time he touched it was when he rebounded it. That was the most frustrating part of another frustrating game.

And the final possession was again horrendous.

Steve O

---- Eric Albert <Eric at ericalbert.net> wrote: 
> 
> >"Cecil Wright" <cecilw45 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >Anyone not like the job Al Jefferson did tonight?
> 
> Well, yeah -- up to a point.  That point was a few minutes
> into the game.  By then, Al owned the Grizzlies: brilliant
> offensive moves that resulted in scores or fouls.
> 
> And that was basically it, from an offensive view,
> for the game.  I think he took *one* more shot the
> rest of the game, a game in which he played 33 minutes.
> (He took five shots, total.)  How can that be?
> 
> I saw that the Griz adjusted to deny Al the ball, and
> twice Al dropped passes, but still -- 5 shots in 33 minutes! 
> Don't the Celtics have any plays to get Al open?  Against
> the Grizzlies??
> 
> I know Al got a dozen boards, but I continue to see him
> as a very soft rebounder.  If no one's on him, or the ball
> falls cleanly into his hands, he'll grab it.  If the ball's above
> his head, he taps it, and rarely controls the results.  If
> someone else is fighting him, that someone else usually
> wins.  Al just has below-average hands.  They're not
> Blount-level hands, but they're way below Perk or Pierce.
> 
> If Al's going to be a potent weapon, he's going to need
> to do it on the offensive end.  The Celtics should be looking
> for him to score 20 a night, if he's playing 30+ minutes.
> They need to find him a way to get him the ball in a place
> he's comfortable and in a way he can catch it.  Al can do
> the rest.
> 
> -- Eric
> 
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