Another loss to a bad team

[Sean Giovanello]

I didnt get to see much of the game - but 9 TO from Pierce!!!  What the hell
happened?

Also, in terms of Gerald, were the mostly jumper points or did he take the
ball to the rack?

On 12/7/06, Berry, Mark S <berrym at battelle.org> wrote:
>
> The Al thing is outrageous. Apparently we weren't happy with him scoring
> every time he touched it and putting their entire front line in foul
> trouble in the first three minutes of the game.
>
> Pierce was awful.
>
> Gerald Green can play. He's still a clueless kid, but are we really
> going to keep down this path as a 5-12 team while that kid rots on the
> bench? Really? We're going to play Tony Allen instead?
>
> How does Doc still have a job? How?
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
> Behalf Of Steve Ouellette
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 6:28 AM
> To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Another loss to a bad team
>
> 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
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > The Boston Celtics Mailing List
> > celtics at igtc.com
> > http://www.igtc.com/mailman/listinfo/celtics
>
> _______________________________________________
> The Boston Celtics Mailing List
> celtics at igtc.com
> http://www.igtc.com/mailman/listinfo/celtics
>
> _______________________________________________
> The Boston Celtics Mailing List
> celtics at igtc.com
> http://www.igtc.com/mailman/listinfo/celtics
>