8 and Uh-Oh! a CBW review of the Celtics/Heat game

[Ryan W]

Rondo and Posey were the main reasons we built our
15-point lead in the 3rd and beginning of the 4th
quarter.   And perhaps not so coincidentally the Heat
started making their comeback when House replaced
Rondo early in the 4th quarter.  Rondo was one of the
bright spots of this game, as evidenced by Pierce,
Garnett, and Doc's comments after the game.  I think
the view from the doghouse might be a little askew.

Ryan
--- Jeff White <jwhite128 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Rondo has 9 points (on 4-for-7 shooting), 10
> assists, 7 rebounds and only 2
> turnovers -- and hits a clutch jump shot in the
> final two minutes -- and
> he's the problem?  That's not the way I saw it.
> 
> Boston had a 15-point lead late in the third quarter
> and relaxed, as so
> often happens to NBA teams in that situation.  The
> blame can be spread
> around for the fourth-quarter collapse.
> 
> I'm all for bringing in a veteran PG, but let's be
> honest.  The C's aren't
> going to get Steve Nash or Jason Kidd.   Unless the
> Clips buy out Sam
> Cassell, whatever PG the C's add is going to have
> plenty of flaws.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Jeff White
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/16/07, Snoopy the Celtics Beagle
> <snoopy at celticsbeagle.net> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, The Undefeated Season continues.
> >
> > However, Bob Cousy put it best--and most
> straightforwardly--when he
> > said "they probably didn't deserve it".
> >
> > Tonight's game saw the Heat playing extremely good
> defense against
> > the Celtics, enough so that Boston's passing game
> was a
> > joke.  Despite getting Shaq in early foul trouble,
> the C's failed to
> > put together a run to really blow the game open.
> >
> > Miami's offense without Shaq is Dwayne Wade
> recovering from injury
> > and Ricky Davis hoisting up really bad shots. 
> They'll never put
> > together an offensive explosion.  All you have to
> do is play equally
> > solid defense and then play team-oriented offense.
> >
> > This is a game where the Celtics showed that
> Rondo, nice a guy as he
> > might be, is not a starting PG for this team.  He
> came unglued and
> > was unable to establish the offense.
> >
> > I was actually scared when Tony Allen came in,
> thinking that in a
> > game with this much banging around, his knee brace
> might end up
> > twisted into a pretzel, but he actually came up
> with a few good
> > defensive moves.
> >
> > For all their vaunted offensive capacity, Pierce,
> Garnett and Ray
> > Allen had not so great nights.  When the Celtics
> DID manage at last
> > to get a double digit lead, they let it slip away.
>  Had the game
> > lasted another 10 seconds, Miami might very well
> have won.
> >
> > This, I very SINCERELY hope, was a wake-up call to
> the Good
> > Guys.  The team offense was nonexistent.  The team
> defense was mostly
> > a case of getting lucky as Miami missed crucial
> free throws.
> >
> > We. Need. A. Veteran. Point. Guard.
> >
> > Rondo makes a nice backup, but that's it.  He's
> not experienced
> > enough to handle a night like this.  I don't know
> who's really and
> > realistically available, but we need him, NOW.
> >
> > Tonight's game provided the NBA with a blueprint
> on how to beat
> > Boston.   Use a hard, scrambling defense, and if
> your offense is even
> > average, you have a good chance to win.
> >
> > The Celtics didn't win this game so much as they
> didn't lose
> > it.  They can do better, the HAVE done better, and
> they NEED to do
> > better, or next Sunday night, they'll be 8-1, and
> falling fast.
> >
> > Next game is on Sunday, on NBA tv vs the Orlando
> Magic.
> >
> > And that's the view from the doghouse.
> >
> > Snoopy the Celtics Beagle
> > Please visit the
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> Website
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