Blown leads

[keltsfan]

Yeah an anti-press lineup would help but I do believe Allen needs to be in
there to open up the floor on those hellacious traps the Pistons are
throwing around in crunch time, especially if he's conquered the shooting
woes.  He's much better at creating for his teammates than is Cassell at
this point.   

While the on the ball pressure has been suffocating, it's the Celtics'
inability to effectively deal with their own mental/emotional stress in the
pressure filled closing minutes of the game that is the primary concern for
me.  I wouldn't say that Pierce was any more calm than Garnett last night.
In fact, the only two that looked like they had their wits about them were
Allen and Posey. 

Honestly, if the Celtics win the championship this year with how poorly
their mental performance has been in tight crunch time playoff games, it
would be a real testament to their determination and will to win.  

Ravi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On Behalf
Of Enrile,
> Roy
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:32 PM
> To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
> Subject: RE: Blown leads
> 
> Instead of a closer lineup, I hope Doc thinks of doing an anti-press
> lineup for a few minutes when needed.
> Rajon, Sam, Paul, Posey, Garnett
> 
> Whichever of our coldblooded, confident PG's doesn't have Hunter on him,
> brings the ball up.   Then there'd be 3 calm vets to help Rondo move the
> ball around.
> 
> We need KG on the floor at that time, but he doesn't count as a calm vet
> because over the years he's shown that he's wound up tight & emotional
> under pressure, and stops being physical on O.  Also, he wants wins so
> badly that he cries during John Thompson & Bill Russell interviews when
> he talks about the game (You wouldn't catch Bird or Duncan doing that).
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
> Behalf Of Peter Delevett
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 11:40 AM
> To: celtics at igtc.com
> Subject: Blown leads
> 
> The inability to maintain large leads is really
> disturbing. I'm wondering if Doc should designate a
> "closers" lineup of some of our most aggressive
> players who will look to keep attacking rather than
> try to sit back and protect a lead; say, Cassell,
> Posey and Powe, maybe with KG and Ray.
> 
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