A Dynasty Apart - The Boston Celtics.

[Reaperwolverine]

Game - NBA 2K13
Mode - Association(Coach mode)
Rosters - Opening Day Roster with injuries(with slight tendencies changes)
Team - Boston Celtics

Season Length - 82
Team Chemistry - On
Player Roles - On
Trade Deadline - On
Preseason Games - On

CQF - 7 Games
CSF - 7 Games
CF - 7 Games
NBA Finals - 7 Games

Quarter Length - 12 min
Sim Quarter Length - 12 min

I will be playing through the Whole game as the coach, calling out defensive sets, rotations, matchups, etc

I will try not to do any major shakeups and make trades that make at least some sense for both sides(although NBA does have some loop-sided trades).

Hope you guys enjoy it.

[Reaperwolverine]

The Boston Celtics have just announced that after a promising offseason of retooling the roster for another run at the Larry O'Brien Trophy after taking the eventual champions Miami Heat to Game-7 of ECF, they have hired a new special adviser Jaswant Singh out of India. This move comes as a bit of surprise as they select a completely unknown guy to work at their front office. His role, although not exactly clear, would be in coaching advisory as well as transactions.



Danny Ainge, President of basketball operations of Boston Celtics had this to say, "He is an extremely brilliant kid with bright future. We are just counting on him to learn under Doc (Rivers) and possibly take over the reins down the road after he decides to hang it up. That being said it is a long way down the road and in the mean time we just want him to soak up all the knowledge he can working under Doc and learning his ways."



Doc Rivers, Coach of Boston Celtics(who seemed uncannily happy) said, "He provides a new perspective to this organisation. After working with him during summer and preseason this was more of a formality to give him an official contract and we welcome this kid into Boston Celtics family."

When asked what he hoped to achieve, Mr. Singh said,"I just hope to help this team towards the championship. This team has the perfect mix of veterans, young guys and hustle players and we believe we can compete with anybody in this league."

No major changes or blockbuster trades are expected but in NBA, you can never be too sure.

[Reaperwolverine]

NBA Injury Overview(on this poorly photoshoped picture)

[Reaperwolverine]

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

Note: Celtics traded Kris Joseph to Kings for 13' 2nd round pick.
Celtics Signed Tracy McGrady for 1yr-1.35 Mil with team option on second year.



PG ----



SG - ------(Injured-Shoulder)



SF -------



PF ----



C ----------

[Reaperwolverine]

Boston Celtics @ Miami Heat

Opening day in the NBA and we have a Eastern conference rivalry



Before the game, the Miami Heat Received their championship rings.

Starting Lineups

Boston Celtics ---- R.Rondo-------C.Lee-------P.Pierce---J.Green------K.Garnett
Miami Heat ------- M.Chalmers---D.Wade----L.James---U.Haslem---C.Bosh
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1st Quarter

Heat started hot with a 12-4 run before this KG perimeter jumpshot



Boston subs J.Sullinger for P.Pierce for his first minutes as a Boston Celtic

he immediately grabs couple of rebounds and green throws down a monster




Meanwhile D.Wade and C.Bosh are doing whatever they want to do against the Celtic defense.


This series of events silences the crowd

Rondo steals the ball



Passes 2 Green



3 on 1 fastbreak



Green Posterizes Lebron


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End of 1st Quarter

Miami Leads 31-22

Miami has a 7-1 edge in Off. Rebounding, 9-4 edge in Def. Rebounding and 8-2 points in the paint.
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2nd Quarter

41-32 L.Barbosa subs in and right-away makes Boston's 10 points on 2 layups and 2 threes

43-34 Finally someone else scores. Rondo dishes off to F.Melo for his first basket in the NBA.

43-34 Barbosa with defense and rebound & a steal on back to back possessions. Celtics with 2 blown fastbreaks.

47-36 Heat with Off rebound on back to back poss. 9-1 edge on Off rebounds, 23-10 overall.

47-38 Barbosa with block and pass for easy Wilcox dunk. #TakingOver

47-40 Barbosa with steal and assist on rondo's tough layup. #BeastMode

47-43 BARBOSA 3 with lebron in his face. melo and wilcox dunks are only plays that havent involved barbosa. #StealOfTheSeason

47-43 Barbosa draws foul on Chalmers. he has the best performance to contract ratio in this game.

47-45 Bass layup on pass by... BARBOSAAAA. Heat take timeout to clean their wet pants.#CheatCodeMode

49-45 R.Allen juked terry for easy layup. I was waiting for Barbosa to come out of nowhere to block the shot.

51-45 R.Allen for open layup on a fast break.#Odd

51-47 Barbosa for wide open layup.#IAmRunningOutOfTheseThings

53-50 Pierce for corner 3 of barbosa assist.#BenchSpark

53-50 Meanwhile lebron is 2/12 for 4 points, 4 assists

53-52 53-52 Pierce's second basket in 26 seconds a tough layup.

57-52 Lebron with a blow by dunk and a fastbreak layup to end the quarter.
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Halftime Report

Miami Heat
D.Wade------17pts(7/11)
Heat with advantage of 42-30 points in paint, 12-2 second chance points and 26-13 rebounding edge. Lebron having a quiet game
and Wade and Bosh picking up the slack

Boston Celtics
L.Barbosa----15pts(6/9)
Barbosa playing Great while Pierce and Garnett have mediocre games.


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3rd Quarter


59-54 Rondo to Green allyoop to start the third. Barbosa on bench




63-54 Rondo and Green try again but Green blows the dunk. Lebron and Wade show how it's done on the other end

66-56 Bosh has 19 pts 10 rebounds while controlling the paint.

66-59 Green with an and-1 on an offensive rebound off KG miss. That's rare

70-59 Miami beating Boston to every loose ball and rebound.

72-59 Nobody able to contain Wade. We need Bradley back

85-63 Barbosa has cooled down, every Heat player has heated up

85-65 finally Rondo scores after a 2 min Celtics drought

89-67 Chalmers laying it in a wide open paint

89-69 Rondo and Barbosa trying to save the game

91-71 While lee craps on his role as a defensive stopper, Rondo oops bass




91-73 Lee finally stops an oop and McGrady shows Battier why he was a superstar

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93-71 WAAAADEE destroying Celtics

93-75 End of Third
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End of Third

Wade 35 pts, Bosh with a Double-Double.

No Celtic has scored more than 15 points or grabbed more than 3 rebounds. NOBODY

Heat has 40-19 rebounding edge, 14-4 Second chance points
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4th Quarter

101-79 same old Barbosa/Rondo trying to save the game, Wade, Bosh destroying the Celtics.

105-85 See Above

111-87 See above again with this attack on the rim



117-92 Offensive rebound by Sullinger. A rare good sighting in an otherwise horrific game

117-95 Rondo with a block on one end and an and one layup on the other trying to dig his team out

119-97 Rondo to McGrady ally oop




121-97 scrubs for both team are in. Game Over

127-97 end game
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Final Thoughts

Player of the Game-----D.Wade - 41pts-5rbs-8ast-1stl-2blk and other general dissection of Boston Defense


The game started with heat playing red hot and controlling most of the game except the second quarter run by the Celtics.

Lebron had a bad shooting game(20pts/10rbs/7ast/10 of 25 shooting) while Wade(41pts/5reb/8ast) and Bosh(25pts/14rbs) turned into monsters.

Barbosa had a decent overall game(19pts/3rbs/3ast/3stl) while single handedly controlling the game in the second quarter.

Green started good early in the first quarter and faded out over the course of the game(17pts/3rbs/4ast)

Rondo had the best game out of every Celtic(17pts/4rbs/10ast/2stl/2blk) while trying for a run in the 4th quarter

KG(10pts/3rbs) and Pierce(8pts/2rbs/1stl) were most disappointing while Terry(2pts/2rbs) and Lee(0pts/2rbs/2ast/2stl) were let downs too.

Sullinger had a decent first NBA game(4pts/7rbs) and McGrady did what was expected of him(6pts/2ast/1reb/3 of 3 shooting).

Celtics go home with a disappointing start to their season.

Look Forward to the next Game.

[Mark.]

Nice coverage. Actually quite interesting that you are doing the coach thing. Maybe some slider tweaks are needed, you got absolutely destroyed on the boards, but not sure if tweaking the user ones affects your team if you are just coaching

[Durant35]

Great start! This is def worth following! I have some suggestions though, you might want to download Jao's watermark replay remover. Also use uniform sizes.

Anyways, this is really great! Been waiting for a Celts association.

[Stephen Curry]

Great start! This is def worth following! I have some suggestions though, you might want to download Jao's watermark replay remover. Also use uniform sizes.

Anyways, this is really great! Been waiting for a Celts association.

I agree, this is one worth following. And the uniform sizes would really make the presentation better.

[Reaperwolverine]

Great start! This is def worth following! I have some suggestions though, you might want to download Jao's watermark replay remover. Also use uniform sizes.

Anyways, this is really great! Been waiting for a Celts association.

I agree, this is one worth following. And the uniform sizes would really make the presentation better.

Thank you. Really appreciate the support and hope you enjoy.

Nice idea with the Jao's watermark remover and yea sizing can use some work.

Thanks again.

[Reaperwolverine]

Around the League: NBA News

After a good first game, L.Barbosa has become hot property around the league with offers like:






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Trailblazers report that their 6th pick in 2012 NBA draft D.Lillard has torn his MCL and will be out for the season for surgery and rehab.

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Milwaukee Bucks @ Boston Celtics


Boston Celtics have their first home game of the season and the garden is packed to the top with over 17,500 fans cheering for a win.

Lets get started

Starting linup

Celtics --- Rondo------Lee----Pierce-----Green----Garnett
Bucks ---- Jennings---Ellis----Daniels---Henson---Udoh

(Surprisingly no Dalembert or Illyasovsa in starting 5)


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1st Quarter

0-2 Ellis starts early with first bucket of the day.

2-2 Rondo feed to KG for a lay in

2-4 Ellis drive by and layup

4-4 Rondo to KG mid Jumper

6-4 Lee with rebound and step back mid range jumper. Did not expect that.

6-6 Daniels with free layup inside

8-6 KG with 2 free throws

10-6--

Rondo with a steal on one end



Outlet to Lee



Pass to Green



MONSTER WINDMILL SLAM!!!

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12-6 Rondo to Lee mid range J

12-6 Green with a monster block on Ellis





BTW. Green is actively defending Ellis as he always goes off for 40-50 points on us so trying to avoid that.

12-8 Jennings with runner in the lane

14-8 Garnett with another free throw line J on assist by Rondo

14-10 Ellis with pullup Jumper in transition

14-12 Jennings with another runner in lane

14-14 Ellis with contact layup. Tie game

16-14 Rondo to Green Ally-OOp








SUB: Sullinger-->Green
.....Barbosa -->Lee
.....McGrady -->Pierce
.....Bass -->Garnett


16-17 Ellis with and-1 bucket

16-19 Dalembert with putback

16-22 Ellis for 3

18-22 T-Mac with quick move inside

18-24 Dalembert again

20-24 Sullinger in assist from McGrady

20-26 Dallembert with another putback. Bucks with 5-0 Off. Reb Edge. 13-7 Overall.

20-28 Ellis with Layup

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End of 1st Quarter

Milwaukee with 20-12 Points in the paint advantage, 7-0 Second chance points & 16-9 Rebounding edge.

M.Ellis with 16pts/3reb/1ast

S.Dalembert with 6pts/5reb/2Oreb in 4 minutes

Killing us inside would be an understatement.

Boston going 9/23(39%) on field goals and no three pointer made

K.Garnett with 8pts/1reb/1stl

J.Green with 4pts/2reb/1blk

R.Rondo with 2reb/5ast

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2nd Quarter (A.K.A Leandro Barbosa time)


22-28 KG jumpshot to start the second quarter

22-30 Jennings makes Barbosa fall from 5 feet apart





(The awkward moment when I named a Quarter after him)

22-32 Sanders fastbreak dunk

24-32 Green with a leaning out of bounds jumper

24-34 Udoh with Putback slam

26-34 KG Turn around Fadeaway.

26-36 Dalembert layin ti in.

28-36 Green free throws

28-37 Henson free throws. Bucks with a 8-1 Off reb. advantage.

30-37 KG jumper. 14pts/3reb for KG

30-39 Henson Putback Dunk

32-39 Pierce lay in

34-39 KG FASTBREAK SLAM (ast. Pierce)









37-39 Pierce-Garnett high pick n' roll results in wide open 3 for Green.





37-41 Jennings to Udoh Ally-oop

39-41 Sullinger cleaning up Barbosa's mess








41-41 Rondo drive and kick to Barbosa for 2

41-43 Ellis with another blow by layup

43-43 Rondo with 2 Off. Rebounds on the same possession and an assist to Bass for Mid Jumper. he now has 40% of the total team Off. reb.

43-45 Ellis with pullup jumper

45-45 Barbosa with mid jumper of his own on ast by Rondo

45-47 Jennings layup in wide open paint

45-47 Monster block by Udoh on Barbosa.



45-49 Sanders with transition layup

45-51 Daniels with wide open layup

47-51 Rondo with layup of Melo's pick

47-53 Daniels lays it over Terry.

50-53 Terry dances on Daniels and a step back 3. #Revenge

50-53 Terry forces Daniels to a 8-Sec Voilation. #HeIsMadNow

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Halftime Report



Bucks shooting 47% from the field, 42-22 points in the paint advantage, 11-4 Second chance points, 9-5 Off. Reb advantage.

M.Ellis -- 20pts/6reb/2ast in 22 min
S.Dalembert -- 8pts/5reb in 7 min.
M.Daniels -- 6pts/3reb/2ast in 17 min


Celtics shooting 43% on field goals and have only a 29-24 rebounding deficient.

K.Garnett -- 16pts/4reb/1stl in 15 min
J.Green -- 11pts/4reb/1blk in 15 min
R.Rondo -- 2pts/5reb/8ast in 18 min
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3rd Quarter


52-53 Rondo to KG layup

52-55 Ellis with and-1 lay-in and free throw miss

54-55 Rondo to Green Ally-OOp lay in






54-57 Ellis with a Very tough layup over Green.

54-59 As if Ellis wasn't making contested layups, Celtics give him a Wide open one in transition.

54-59 Henson blows wide open oop.

56-59 Rondo with mid range jumper.

58-59 KG Freethrows.

58-59 Bucks get 3 chances at the basket. Misses them all.

60-59 Pierce with long 2 in transition. Crowd goes crazy.

60-61 Jennings with layup off pick 'n Roll.

62-61 KG Layup on pierce handoff. #Weird

62-63 Ellis pulls-up, gets hit, makes the shot, No Call.

64-63 Pierce to Green ally-oop off the pick n' roll.






64-65 Daniels layup

66-65 KG free throws

66-67 Jennings scores on Terry

66-69 Dunlevy J(r). See what I did there

69-69 KG And-1 Layup

69-71 Ellis elbow pull-up.#Get Avery back

69-73 Ellis over KG. #BeastMode

71-73 Terry layup

71-75 Everybody (even Daniels) can can score on Terry.

73-75 Barbosa inside for KG

73-75 Daniels scored on Terry. AGAIN.

75-77 Rondo to Melo ALLY-OOP.






75-77 Rondo misses a half court heave.

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End Of Third


Celtics with a decent 46-41 rebounding deficient, 19 bench points & 22 assists.

K.Garnett -- 29pts/6reb/1ast/1stl/1blk/0 Turnovers in 27 min
J.Green -- 15pts/6reb/2blk in 22 min
R.Rondo -- 4pts/8reb/12ast in 26 min
J.Sullinger -- 4pts/5reb/2blk in 13 min


Bucks with 62-38 points in the paint, 11-4 second chance points & 11 Off. rebounds.

M.Ellis -- 32pts/8reb/2ast in 34 min
B.Jennings -- 12pts/3reb/5ast in 31 min

M.DANIELS -- 12pts/3reb/2ast in 28 min
S.Dalembert-- 8pts/6reb in 10 min.
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4th Quarter


77-77 Pierce j of Rondo assist

79-77 This sequence gets the crowd roaring

Green steals the ball





Passes to Rondo



Kickout to pierce



Long 2





81-77 KG slams after Oreb. We don't have an answer for Ellis, They don't have an answer for The Big Ticket.


81-80 Sanders dunks and 1 after Oreb.

81-82 Jennings with cherry pick layup.

83-82 KG with turnaround J. #Money

85-82 Rondo steals



Runs a Play





Green Monster Windmill.



Then forces jennings out of bounds



87-82 Sullinger fouled on putback and makes the freethrows

89-82 Sullinger with big one handed putback



89-84 Ellis cherrypicks

91-84 Rondo Mid range jumper. Bad shooting night so far 3/10

93-84 Pierce with Hail-merry layup.



93-86 Ellis with step back jumper

93-88 Ellis with transition layup.#TakingOver

95-88 Rondo to Sullinger inside.

95-98 HOLYMOTHEROFGOD Celtics have a rebounding advantage of 49-47

95-90 Ellis with another pull-up J. He has scored Bucks's last 6 points and has 40pts on 19/34(55%) shooting.

97-90 Rondo to Green reverse Ally-OOP.





99-90 Rondo to Sullinger in Transition. WAIT WHAT???

99-90 CELTICS JUST HAD 2 CONSECUTIVE OREB. We are officially in a different dimension.

102-90 Green just semi-posterised Jennings(And-1).





102-93 Jennings for 3

102-93 You know game's over when Rondo starts trying Fadeaway 3-Pointers. Scrubs in, Game over.

102-95 End Game
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Final Thoughts

Player Of The Game----Tie b/w

R.Rondo -- 6pts/9reb/18ast/2stl in 38 min
&
K.Garnett -- 33pts/8reb/1ast/2stl/1blk/0 To in 34 min.

Celtics had a slow start but they clawed their way back into the game and blew it open in the 4th quarter.

They ended with 27 points of the bench12-13 Oreb deficit and 42-38 Dreb edge(54-51 overall)

KG was vintage scoring the ball with all those turnaround and mid range Js

J.Green had a outstanding game with 22pts/12reb/1stl/2blk.

J.Sullinger turning to be a monster with a Double-Double (12pts/12reb/4Oreb/2blk) in his SECOND NBA game.

P.Pierce had a quiet 10pts/6reb/5ast game. He just had a bad shooting night missing wide open jumpers.

R.Rondo proved again that he doesn't need to score to control the game. he can do that with his timely passes and rebounding.

C.Lee had a below average game hitting 2 jumpers early then disappearing for the rest of the game. He did end up with a +/- rating of +15 with 4pts/3reb/2ast.

Everybody else had forgettable games.

Celtics Bounce back at home after the disappointing loss to get 1-1.

Look forward to the next game.

[Reaperwolverine]

Boston Celtics @ Washington Wizards

Starting Lineups

Celtics ----- Rondo-----Lee---Pierce-----Sullinger---Garnett
Wizards --- Crawford--Beal--Webster-- Nene-------Okafor

Sullinger is getting the nod over Green due to the massive frontcourt of Wizards.
But still i expect us to get killed on the boards and points in the paint


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1st Quarter

3-0 Lee with a wide open 3 to start the game

3-2 Beal with mid range of the dribble

3-4 Beal with open lay in.

5-4 Rondo makes contact layup

5-4 Garnett forces a miss inside they get the Off. Reb. and Pierce Blocks the shot

7-4 Sullinger freethrows

7-6 Nene with the OReb putback. Here it goes.

7-6 Wizards block consecutive shots. Good thing they suck at fastbreak without Wall.

10-6 LEE WITH OREB. AND-1 PUTBACK!!!

12-6 KG layup off Rondo dish

12-8 Crawford with easy layup inside

12-10 Nene quick inside shot

12-12 Crawford wid mid Jumper to tie the game

14-12 Lee with mod ranger of his own

14-14 Beal with OReb putback. You know you are in trouble when 6'3" 2-Guard do that to you.

14-16 Webster with free dunk on the fastbreak

14-18 Crawford with free layup inside.

16-18 sullinger with Off putback. hope we see more of that

16-20 Beal with 2 freethrows

SUB

Barbosa-->Rondo
Terry---->Lee
McGrady-->Pierce
Green---->Sullinger
Bass----->Garnett

18-20 McGrady mid range J

18-22 Singelton with free dunk inside

18-24 Livingston over Terry

18-26 Livingston over Terry. AGAIN.

19-26 T-Mac Freethrows

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End of 1st

Beal(8pts/4reb/3ast) and Lee(8pts/3reb) are having nice games.

Wizards have 15-11 Reb advantage and 20-10 points in the paint.

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2nd Quarter

19-28 Terry is a defensive blackhole.

21-28 Green with drive and layup

24-28 McGrady with the spotup 3

26-28 Barbosa with easy Layup inside.

29-28 We have our first highlight of the game.

Green Drives off the post and Slams over Barron's Head for an And-1 Dunk







29-30 Beal with mid range J

31-30 Wilcox with OReb. putback on the break.

34-30 KG with a steal on 1 end and a CORNER 3 ath the other.









34-32 Martin with mid J

34-34 Ariza freethrows

36-34 Lee with a 2-Handed Hammer




38-34 Melo with a 1-Handed Hammer of his own




38-36 Okafor with OReb putback

40-36 Green to a cutting Barbosa for a easy layup

40-38 Okafor just juked Melo without the ball. Maybe thats why he is a long term project.




42-28 Barbosa with easy layup off Green screen.

42-40 Crawford with his bread n' butter shot (contested mid J).

44-40 Green freethrows

44-42 Crawford easy layup off screen

46-42 Green with tough layup inside

46-44 Barron with layup over Green

48-44 Rondo grabs the OReb which results in a Bass Mid J

50-44 Barbosa with tough layup inside

50-46 Seraphin cherrypicks

53-46 Barbosa with open 3 off the down-screen from Bass

53-48 Webster with easy layup inside

56-48 Bass with and-1 dunk off Rondo pass

59-48 Rondo with the strip and a and-1 dunk.






59-50 Nene with a last milisecond putback before the break.

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Halftime Report




Wizards playing terible in the first half not taking advantage of the big frontline they have and are struggeling without J.Wall
They have only a 36-34 second chance points advantage.

B.Beal------ 10pts/4reb/4ast/1stl on 4/10 shooting. Not bad for a rookie
J.Crawford-- 10pts/2reb/3ast on 5/12 shooting.


Celtics Playing Good, boxing out on rebounds, running out on the break and converting 52% of their FGs
Also they are not getting killed on the boards with only a 22-21 deficit.

C.Lee ----- 10pts/4reb
J.Green --- 9pts/2reb/3ast
L.Barbosa - 11pts/2ast

P.Pierce having a bad game 0pts/1reb/1blk 0/5 on FGs, 0/1 on 3s

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3rd Quarter

62-50 Pierce trying to turnaround his performance with a 3 to start the third.

64-50 KG freethrows

64-52 Crawford freethrows

64-52 Sullinger called for traveling standing straight up. Rookie Treatment.

66-52 Lee freethrows

68-52 Rondo with another steal and a tough layup.






68-52 Lee with a big block on Crawford




68-54 Crawford with mid J. Nothing bothers this guy.

70-54 Sullinger with Oreb putback.

70- 56 Crawford freethrows

70-58 Webster fastbreak dunk

73-58 Green burns a sagging off Okafor with a wide open 3.




73-58 Only way to be decent on defense with Terry is to go to a 2-3 Zone or double Terry's man in iso.

73-60 Okafor Oreb putback

75-60 Green with OReb putback of his own shot.

75-62 Beal freethrows

77-62 Garnett layup of Barbosa feed.

77-64 Beal tough layup

79-64 Rondo with OReb layup of his own shot.

79-66 Crawford to Beal Ally-OOp. 1st of the game

79-68 Livingston with free layup inside.

79-70 T-Mac-Green try to oop but fail miserably. Meanwhile seraphin hits a mid J

81-70 T-Mac mid J of his own

83-70 Rondo to KG for layup. then a Rondo steal and a blown layup by Barbosa.

83-72 Barbosa scrwes an easy pass to Green and Beal converts on a mid J.

83-74 Beal hits another Mid J

83-76 Okafor with OReb. layup. They are starting to comeback

85-76 Pierce freethrows

85-78 Webster free layup inside.

87-78 Rondo to Bass Ally-OOp layup







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End of 3rd Quarter

Wizards still trying to comeback after that strong first quarter.

B.Beal------ 20pts/7reb/4ast/1stl on 8/20 shooting.
J.Crawford-- 16pts/2reb/5ast on 6/16 shooting.
E.Okafor --- 8pts/9reb1ast/1stl on 4/5 shooting.

Celtics playing terrific, shooting 49% from field, 54% form 3.
Thae have aRebounding advantage of 33-32(10-10 OReb)

R.Rondo ----- 9pts/3reb/7ast/3stl.
J.Green ----- 14pts/3reb/3ast in 22 min.
C.Lee ------- 12pts/4reb/1blk
K.Garnett --- 11pts/7reb/1stl/1blk

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4th Quarter

89-78 Seraphin Blocks Rondo's shot and saves it to KG for an easy layup inside

89-80 Nene layup over defense

92-80 Jet with a 3 off a Rondo feed

92-83 Beal with a 3

92-85 Okafor with a mid J

94-85 Rondo to Green ALLY-OOP





97-85 Rondo to Pierce 3

97-86 Rondo with a Monster block on Okafor.



Kidding. He was called for a foul.


99-86 Lee with a Dolphin like slam




99-88 Beal with an up and under.

101-88 Green mid J off the Rondo drive n' kick

101-88 Okafor blows 2 freethrows

101-89 Nene with 1. Wizards choking on freethrows in the 4th(2/6).

103-89 Sullinger OReb. lay-in.

105-89 Pierce freethrows. #BlowOutInMaking.

107-89 Sullinger with baseline Jumper of rondo feed which guves him a double-double(10pts/10reb)

107-91 Crawford with Mid J.

109-91 Green with a THUNDEROUS ALLYOOP from Rondo.





109-93 Crawford with Mid J

111-93 Rondo with spin layup to get a Double-Double(11pts/13ast)

111-95 Beal with baseline drive and layup

113-95 Pierce with a hop jumper.

113-97 Beal with layup in traffic.

113-99 Okafor with OReb putback

113-101 Nene with OReb putback. #TooLate

115-101 Lee with a monster slam.



117-101 Garnett with a vintage Dunk.



117-103 Crawford with last basket of the game. Game Over.
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Final Thoughts



Player Of The Game: R.Rondo -- 11pts/3reb/14ast/3stl


Wizards played good in the first but it was downhill from there.

Their top scorers were highly inefficient(B.Beal--12/30, J.Crawford--9/22), and they failed to take advantage of their big frontcourt, Getting out-rebounded 43-40.



Celtics started slow but EXPLODED in the second quarter for 40 points and never looking back.

Surprisingly they had a 43-40 Rebounding ADVANTAGE, shot 51% from the field, 61% from 3 and 94% from freethrow.

Celtics bench came up big, outscoring Wizard's bench by 53-20.

R.Rondo(11pts/3reb/14ast/3stl) played well, setting up teammates, picking off passes, scoring some points. Overall a good game.

J.Green(20pts/4reb/3ast) played as the first option with pierce having a bad game and fit right in.

C.Lee(16pts/5reb/1stl/1blk) played mainly off spot on passes from Rondo on spot-ups and cuts. Nice bounce back performance after poor last game.

K.Garnett(15pts/9reb/1stl/1blk) had a decent game and provided the defensive precence on some drives.

L.Barbosa(11pts/3ast) played well in his role as a scorer/ball handeler off the bench.

P.Pierce(12pts/3reb/1stl/1blk/3-16 shooting) looked every bit of a 35 year old player. he failed to make a basket in the first half when he was made to create his own shot, but made some spot-up 3s off Rondo feeds. I suspect he might be in a slump.

J.Sullinger(10pts/11reb) had a good game in his first NBA start, providing some size up front taking the rebounding load off KG.

T.McGrady(8pts/1reb/2ast) had a decent game scoring some points, getting some assists, handling the ball with Rondo on bench.

Everybody else had OK game.



Celtics win a game they expected to win and gave some rest to their older players(KG-23min, Pierce-25min)

Next they return to Boston to take on the Wizards again.


Look forward to the next game

[Mark.]

Nice stuff mate, loving the recaps.

[Reaperwolverine]

Nice stuff mate, loving the recaps.

Thanks man. Really nice to see you guys are enjoying it.

[Reaperwolverine]

Washington Wizards @ Boston Celtics


Season series 1-0 Boston.


Starting Lineups

Celtics --- Rondo-----Lee----Pierce----Sullinger--Garnett
Wizards --- Crawford--Beal---Webster-- Nene-------Okafor


No lineup changes as it worked out perfectly for us.

I do hope to start better and force them into bad shots.


Also J.Terry got injured(Sprained ankle) so he will be playing lesser minutes


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1st Quarter


2-0 KG mid J after defense collapsed on Sullinger down low.

2-2 Nene Rolls to the basket.

4-2 Lee blocks Beal's shot and gets a easy dunk on the break.





4-4 And Beal cherrypicks to the other side for an open jumper.

6-4 KG with another mid range jumper off pick n' pop.

6-6 Okafor with a Dunk over KG's head

6-8 Okafor with another lay up inside.

6-8 4 possessions each side and nobody has scored a basket. It might be top class defense but somehow i feel it's the shitty offense.

8-8 FINALLY Lee's mid J ends the drought.

8-10 Okafor with another layup over Garnett. Looking to have a big game.

8-12 Beal with a fast break dunk.

8-14 Beal with a layup inside.

8-16 Okafor with another layup. We gotta stop him.

10-16 Sullinger with an off board and a layup.

10-18 Crawford with mid J

13-18 Rondo with a steal of a stupid pass and Pierce with a trailer 3

15-18 Pierce freethrows

SUB

Barbosa--Rondo
McGrady--Lee
Green----Sullinger
Bass-----Garnett


15-20 Livingston with a layup off the screen

17-20 T-Mac with a layup under the basket

SUB

Terry--Pierce


19-20 Terry to Melo indide for a layup.

19-21 Vesely freethrow

21-21 Melo with a putback dunk



21-23 Martin scores under the basket

23-23 Barbosa freethrows

23-25 Wizards with 2 off boards and mid J to end the quarter

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End of First Quarter


Wizards are 18-10 on points in paint and 16-13 on rebounds trying to use their frontcourt more than the last game.

E.Okafor ---- 8pts/2reb/1blk
B.Beal ------ 6pts/3reb/2ast
J.Crawford -- 4pts/5ast/1stl


Celtics are just 36% from the field (compared to 46%) but still trail by only 2 so that's encouraging.

R.Rondo ------ 0pts/5reb/4ast/1stl
P.Pierce ----- 5pts/1reb/1ast
J.Sullinger -- 2pts/3reb/1ast

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2nd Quarter


25-25 Bass with a turnaround J from the elbow showing off what he learnt from KG

25-25 Rondo with a steal but ends up out of bounds

25-27 Ariza with a dunk

27-27 Seraphin fronts KG on the block and pays for it

29-27 Green with Oreb putback. A good sign for us

29-29 Barbosa called for block on a charge. Livingston hits freethrows

31-29 Melo with another Oreb nd putback. Guess he took my Project comments too seriously.

31-31 Crawford scores on the break

33-31 Livingston lays it inside

33-33 Melo just drove past Vesely and Jammed it home. If he's taking this 'Project thing this seriously', in that case - Project,Project,Project,Project,Project,Project,Project,Project,Project,Project,Project,Project,Project.





33-33 I am more than willing to give Crawford Fadeaways on contested long 2s if he keeps taking them.

33-33 Melo just called for a 3-sec voilation. Guess he is a project after all.

33-35 Okafor with a slam inside.

33-35 Rondo to Pierce Ally-OOp.#UltraRare





33-37 Okafor with another Oreb and freethrows

37-37 Green-Sullinger Pick n' Roll is Killer Offensively. Leaves the Paint wide open.

37-38 Seraphin Gets Oreb and is fouled

39-38 They leave the paint wide open and Jet cuts to the basket for a Rondo dish

39-40 Seraphin with anither Oreb. Wizards with a 7-5 Oreb advantage. Could have been worse.

41-40 Sullinger with a quick move inside to score on Seraphin.

41-42 Beal with a spin move on Pierce

41-42 Crawford with another fadeaway contested mid J miss. 3-14 from the field. Keep it up man.

43-42 And another one. Meanwhile Pierce hits moderately contested layup.

45-42 Pierce with another mid range J

47-42 And another Pierce Mid J. Pierce with 13pts on 5/7 shooting

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Halftime Report



Wizards trailing by 5 shooting 37% with Jordan Crawford killing them with his fadeaways.

E.Okafor ---- 12pts/3reb/1blk
B.Beal ------ 8pts/3reb/4ast
J.Crawford -- 6pts/6ast on 3/15 Shooting


Celtics despite their "Rebounding Woes" have kept the game even on the boards (27-27).

They are taking better shots and forcing worse.

P.Pierce --- 13pts/2reb/1ast

FAB-FREAKIN'-MELO --- 8pts/2Reb(Both Off.) on 4/4 shooting.

R.Rondo --- 0pts/7reb/7ast/2stl. I think he will have a Double-Double with 0 points.

J.Sullinger --- 6pts/4reb/1ast

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3rd Quarter


47-44 Beal with a reverse layup to start the third



47-47 Beal fouled on the break. And-1

47-48 Crawford fouled. Makes 1

47-50 Beal with a mid J. He's trying to win the game himself and to his credit, succeeding.

47-52 Webster steals it off Pierce and dunks at the other end. 10-0 Run to start the quarter.

48-52 Wizards run wnded by the coldest player on the planet right now. Rondo with 1 freethrow made.

48-54 Crawford on a fastbreak dunk.

48-56 Nene Oreb putback. 14-1 Run.

50-56 Finally, Lee with a Mid J

50-58 Beal with Mid J of his own.

50-60 Crawford layup.

52-60 KG with a turnaround over Okafor

52-62 Nene shoots a 3, Comes up short, Okafor puts it back in. #GodHatesUs

54-62 Pierce hits a mid J

54-64 Carwford with a Lay-in

56-64 KG with a monster slam off Rondo feed.





56-66 Even NENE IS HITTING MID-Js

56-68 Nene dunks it inside

58-68 Sillinger with a layup inside

58-70 Seraphin freethrows

58-70 And just when you think we weren't giving up enough points, Terry checks in.

60-70 Bass with Oreb putback

60-72 Beal with an easy layup inside.

63-72 Terry with a 3

63-73 Singelton with Oreb on his own shot and fouled. Terry checks out(Cheers madly inside)

65-73 Barbosa fouled

65-73 Wizards's Ultimate Super Secret Killer Play Of Doom.










65-75 Beal with a Off Board and layup

68-75 Pierce with a DEEP 3

70-75 Barbosa freethrows

70-77 Beal with layup

72-77 FAB-FREAKIN-MELO with another Off board and putback!!!

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End of 3rd Quarter


Wizards gaining the Rebounding edge back 42-36 and 54-40 Points in the paint.

B.Beal ------ 23pts/6reb/5ast/2stl and Scoring at will (11/18 FG).
E.Okafor ---- 14pts/5reb/1ast/1blk
J.Crawford -- 13pts/3reb/8ast/1stl and despite all his efforts(6/20 FG), Boston is still losing


Celtics hanging around with more second chance points(?) 12-8 and shooting 43% from the field.

P.Pierce ----- 18pts/3reb/2ast on 7-11 Shooting
J.Sullinger -- 8pts/4reb/1ast
R.Rondo ------ 1pts/8reb/8ast/2stl

FAB-FREAKIN-MELO -- 10pts/3reb(all Off) on 5-5 Shooting.

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4th Quarter


72-79 Crawford freethrows

74-79 Barbosa freethrows

74-82 Crawford And-1 Freethrow

76-82 Garnett Layup over Seraphin

76-84 Crawford with lay up. He Is Hot

78-84 KG mid J

78-84 And Crawford cools down with a (Surprise) Contested Fadeaway 3.

78-86 Crawford breaks Rondo's ankels and hits a mid range J

80-86 KG with a baseline J

80-88 Beal again.

82-88 RONDO's FIRST BASKET OF THE GAME. Inside up and under.#StartingTheComeback

82-90 Beal with a dunk on Green's head

84-90 Green Freethrows

84-92 Webster inside.

86-92 It was a Rondo to KG allyoop but I am so freakin mad that you'll never see it.

86-84 DEFEND THE F***IN' PAINT.

86-96 GODDAMNIT!!

89-96 PIERCE WITH A 3.

89-98 SERIOUSLY??? A CONTESTED MID J.

91-98 Garnett with a Putback. Thank you Garnett. I needed that.

91-100 DAMN YOU NENE.

93-100 Rondo makes a Contested Mid J. This game is messing with my brain.

95-100 KG with a hook over Okafor. Calming down.

97-100 Green with an And-1 layup(misses freethrow).#WeCanDoThis #IHope

97-101 Crawford with a freethrow.

97-103 Crawford Mid J.

97-105 Okafor with a layup inside.

97-107 Boston fouls. Crawford hits both.

100-107 Pierce for 3

100-108 Beal makes 1 freethrow.

102-108 Rondo with Mid J. #TooLate.

102-109 Beal with another freethrow.

102-109 Scrubs in. Game Over.
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Final Thoughts


Player Of The Game: Bradley Beal --- 33pts/8reb/6ast/2stl


Wizards played great Controlling Boards(55-46), getting turnovers(6-9) and running on the break(18-9).

B.Beal(33pts/8reb/6ast/2stl) played like a potential superstar scoring at will and doing whatever he wanted.

J.Crawford(29pts/3reb/11ast/1stl) showed he is an underrated passerand an Inefficient scorer(11/28).





Celtics bench palyed good (35pts), but there was no 40 point quarter to save them this time around. A 3rd Quarter run by Wizards blew the game open and they just couldn't recover

P.Pierce(24pts/5reb/2ast) started bad but picked his game up as it went along.

K.Garnett(22ts/5reb1ast/1stl1blk) Played consistent and, like Pierce, Picked up his game late game but it was too late.

R.Rondo(7pts/9reb/12at/2stl) unfortunately cable T.V. Rondo showed up tonight, scoring 0 points by the half and generally not intrested in getting the win.

FAB-FREAKIN-MELO(10pts/3reb) was a huge revelation scoring 10 pts and 3 Offensive Rebounds in 5 MINUTES.

J.Sullinger(8pts/5reb/3ast) played decent grebbing some boards, making some shots.

L.Barbosa(8pts/1reb/1ast) made 0/5 shots, getting 8 points in freethrows.

J.Green(6pts/8reb/2ast) played average game and failed to do anything out of the ordinary.

Everyone else had a forgetable game.


Celtics fall (2-2) in a game they were heavily favoured to win (especially after last game).

Next up they have a home game against the Sixers.

Look forward to the next game.

[Durant35]

Great recap and all, but try to highlight only the important plays IMO. It would shorten it.

Anyways, I like how Rondo's becoming a lob machine for Green. Thunder fans still ain't forgettin Uncle Jeff!

[Mark.]

I actually think I have to disagree with Durant35 here, I like the recap style, it is something a little different (apart from drghost's) if anything, perhaps put the play by play in "[code]" tags to tidy it up a little and that would allow the Quarter summaries to stand out a little more. Dunno. I like it either way

[Reaperwolverine]

Great recap and all, but try to highlight only the important plays IMO. It would shorten it.

I try to screenshot the important plays(and Allyoops) and bold and color the moderately important plays to be easily recognizable but Thanks for the input.

Anyways, I like how Rondo's becoming a lob machine for Green. Thunder fans still ain't forgettin Uncle Jeff!

I think Rondo always wanted an athletic wing on the team to throw lobs to, like he was reported to want Rudy Gay or Josh Smith on the team.
Also he said in an interview with B/R that he wanted Dr.J as his legend teammate.

So Green and Rondo fit perfectly I guess.

I actually think I have to disagree with Durant35 here, I like the recap style, it is something a little different (apart from drghost's) if anything, perhaps put the play by play in "[code]" tags to tidy it up a little and that would allow the Quarter summaries to stand out a little more. Dunno. I like it either way

I think I'll start to highlight end of quarters more as I've noticed they are not as easily recognizable now that you mention it.

[Reaperwolverine]

Philadelphia 76ers @ Boston Celtics


Starting Lineups

Celtics -- Rondo----Lee-----------Pierce---Green---Garnett
76ers ---- Holiday--Richardson--Turner---Allen----Hawes


Division rivals in town as Boston looks to bounce back from a bad loss and 76ers looking to continue their undefeated status


Injury Report

A.Bynum--- Bone Bruise - Out/Season
T.young--- Sprained Wrist - Hurt/1-2 Weeks

A.Bradley--- Sprained Shoulder - Out/2-4 Months
J.Terry--- Twisted Ankle - Day - Day

*Advance apology if I get frustrated or boring in between. The game crashed at the beginning of the 4th quarter on the previous attempt and I had to start over.


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1st Quarter

2-0 Pierce Fadeaway to start the game

2-2 Holiday runner in the lane



4-2 Green throws down a Monster while Turner tries to be the Ball-Handler.(See what I did there. Han, Han. No. Okay. )





4-2 Lee rejects Turner on a layup



6-2 Pierce layup



6-2 And 76ers liked the Wizards's Ultimate Super Secret Killer Play Of Doom. that they try it out themselves







8-2 Pierce Freethrows

8-5 Allen with And-1 Dunk



10-5 Rondo to Green Ally-Oop





12-5 Rondo To Pierce for a fastbreak Jam

12-7 J-Rich layup

14-7 Pierce Fadeaway

16-7 Rondo with a Eurostep layup

18-7 Rondo with a Steal at one end and a Jam at the other

18-9 Holiday layup

18-11 Holiday layup

18-13 Holiday with Off. putback

20-13 KG with a layup

20-15 Turner layup

22-15 Pierce Mid J

22-17 N.Young Freethrows



25-17 KG throws a dangerous crosscourt pass to Lee for 3





25-19 Holiday with Off. putback



27-19 Rondo to Green Ally-OOp





27-20 T.Young Freethrow

SUB

Bench -- Starters

30-20 T-Mac stepback 3

32-20 T-Mac blocks Young and Jet hits Mid J

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End of 1st Quarter

Rebounding is tied at 13-13 as Celtics shoot (FG/3pt/FT) 58/40/100% while holding 76ers to 33/0/80%

P.Pierce -- 12pts/2reb on 5/9 Shooting
R.Rondo --- 4pts/2reb/4ast/1stl

J.Holiday -- 10Pts/6reb/2ast while Single-Handedly keeping them in the game

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2nd Quarter

32-21 T.Young Freethrows



34-21 Ball breaks an arm on the putback attempt. Not really.



34-23 Young putback

34-25 Holiday floater

34-27 Young layup on the fastbreak

34-29 Holiday to T.Young allyoop

36-29 Rondo easy layup

36-31 Bass flops on T.Young drive leaving him wide open.

38-31 Barbosa to T-Mac inside layup

38-33 Allen makes a contested Mid J

38-35 Holiday makes the easy layup

40-35 KG makes a hook shot



40-35 KG blocks Moultrie's shot on the fastbreak



42-35 KG with a slam off the Pick n' Roll

42-37 T.Young layup

44-37 Barbosa layup off a Backdoor cut

44-39 Turner Mid J

46-39 Another Barbosa backdoor Cut

47-39 Rondo freethrow



47-39 Melo's Monster block on Hawes



49-39 Melo Off Putback

51-39 Rondo with a steal and Pass to Barbosa for a Mid J

51-41 holiday layup

53-41 T-Mac freethrows

53-43 Wright off a backdoor cut

55-43 T-Mac contested layup

55-45 Richardson Freethrows

55-47 J-Rich Fastbreak Dunk

58-47 Pierce And-1 Dunk

58-49 Turner Over Barbosa in the post

60-49 Barbosa Freethrows


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Halftime Report



Boston shooting 56/25/88% while holding 76ers to 42/0/77%

P.Pierce ----- 15pts/3reb/1ast
T.McGrady ---- 9pts/1blk in 8 min
R.Rondo ------ 7pts/1reb/7ast/2stl
J.Sullinger -- 0Pts/5reb


76ers hold a rebounding advantage of 26-21

J.Holiday ----- 16pts/8reb/5ast
T.Young ------- 12pts/3reb/2ast
J.Richardson -- 6pts/2reb/2ast

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3rd Quarter


62-49 Rondo steals the ball and dunks it to start the quarter

62-51 J-Rich finishes the ally-oop layup

64-51 Pierce with an up and under move.

64-53 Holiday Mid J



66-53 KG Emphatic putback



68-53 KG layup



68-53 Lee blocks a Richardson drive.



69-53 Rondo freethrows

69-55 Holiday with a contested layup

71-55 KG dunk off the roll

71-57 T.Young Freethrows

73-57 Pierce with a nice spin layup

73-59 Hawes with a layup

73-61 Hawes with a steal on the inbound and a One handed dunk

75-61 Pierce blows by Turner for a layup

75-64 J-Rich spotup 3

78-64 Pierce to trailer Lee for 3 on a fast break

78-66 Turner mid-J

80-66 Pierce with a long 2

80-68 T.Young with a quick spin move on KG

80-70 J-Rich with a inside shot

82-70 Pierce with a punpfake & mid J

82-72 Holiday Freethrows

84-72 Sullinger Freethrows



86-72 Bass posterises Allen



86-75 N.Young crosses Pierce in the backcourt and walks up to a Free-3

86-77 Holiday doing whatever he wants to do.

88-77 Pierce freethrows

88-79 N.Young Pulls up for a Mid J



88-79 Bass blocks Wayns



88-81 Allen with a putback


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End of 3rd Quarter


Celtics scoring efficiently - 56/30/84% & Playing good defense 45/33/84% causing them to survive the rebounding draught - 30-39


P.Pierce --- 27pts/4reb/3ast
R.Rondo ---- 10pts/2reb/7ast/3stl
K.Garnett -- 12pts/5reb/3ast/1blk



J.Holiday ----- 24pts/9reb/8ast
T.Young ------- 16pts/6reb/2ast/1blk
J.Richardson -- 13pts/4reb/2ast

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4th Quarter

88-83 Holiday lays it up to start the quarter

90-83 Green Mid J

90-85 Turner freethrows

92-85 Bass w/ Oreb and foul

92-87 Holiday to T.Young allyoop

94-87 Bass with another Oreb putback

96-87 Sullinger With a Oreb. Orebs on back to back to back possessions. Suddenly this ain't the Celtic we all Know

96-89 Turner layup

98-89 Green with a Oreb. Everybody's joining in.



100-89 Rondo to Lee for an Ally-Oop.





100-89 T.Young Blows 2 Freethrows

102-89 Pierce with a Signature Stepback J

104-89 Green makes allen stumbell and pops a J

104-91 J-Rich layup off the cut

106-91 Green Freethrows

106-91 Stiff Defense by the celtics causing 76ers to pass mid-air 3 times and miss twice.

106-93 Holiday layup

106-95 Holiday another layup

106-98 T.Young And-1 spin layup

108-98 KG Fadeaway.

110-98 ROndo with a steal and dunk

112-98 Pierce layup

112-100 Holiday with another Oreb and Freethrow

114-100 Pierce with a J over Turner

114-102 Hawes with a Oreb

114-104 Turner with a layup.Scrubs in, Game over
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Final Thoughts.



Player of the Game: P.Pierce - 33pts/4reb/3ast/0To 14-26 shooting



76ers (and by 76ers, I mean J.Holiday) controlled the boards as expected(52-43), and exploited the points in paint(72) but could not defend the Celtics as they shot 54% from the field.


Boston Celtics score nicely 54/27/88% and Defended well 44/33/77% which caused them to come out as winners despite having a big rebounding disadvantage.


P.Pierce(33pts/4reb/3ast/0To) once again came through for his team. The Truth put the team on his back anytime 76res made a run and steerd them through.

J.Green(14pts/9reb/1ast/1stl) was a good complimentary scorer to Pierce. Picking his spots on scoring, he turned his attention to rebounding.

K.Garnett(14pts/5reb/3ast/1blk) gave exactly what you expect out of him, Make a few shots, grab a few boards, drop a few dimes, defend the paint.

R.Rondo(12pts,2reb,9ast,4stl) helped the celtics gain control early and then, with his team up, went into cruise mode hopping up at random passes to grab a few steals.

J.Sullinger(4pts/10reb) gave what was expected out of him, although he made only 2 shots, he attempted only 4.

C.Lee(8pts/4reb/3ast/2stl/2blk) had an off shooting night missing 3 3-pointers early in the first before making one(goingt 3-11 overall, 2-7 on 3s), but he did other stuff to help out, especially guarding J.Richardson.

T.McGrady(9pts/1reb/1blk) along with L.Barbosa(8pts/2reb4ast) were the primary ball-handelers and scorers off the bench.

B.Bass(8pts/4reb/2blk in 9min) was efficient off the bench and hit the Off board hard(3 Orebs).

F.Melo(2pts/2reb/1blk in 4 min) is showing signs of development and may break regular rotation by the end of the year.

J.Terry(2pts/1ast) is given the free pass as he was hobbled by a twisted ankle and still contributed for 6 min.

C.Wilcox(0 across the board) was forgettable(Literally).




Boston gets a win against a division rival for the home fans before starting theit 2 game road trio starting tommorow against the Bucks.


Look forward to the next game.

[Reaperwolverine]

Boston Celtics @ Milwaukee Bucks


Season Matchup - 1-0



Starting Lineups

Celtics --- Rondo-----Lee--Pierce-----Green----Garnett
Bucks ---- Jennings--Ellis--Dunleavy--Ilyasova--Dalembert


Nov-2 matchup ended with Boston on top , a Vintage scoring performance from Garnett, Strong performances from Green, Rondo and Sullinger and a bad shooting night from Pierce.


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1st Quarter

0-2 Bucks with 2 Orebs and a layup to start the game. If this is the signs of things to come, It's gonna be a long night


3-2 Green posterises Ilyasova on a drive for an And-1



3-4 Green Blocks Ellis shot and Dalembert puts it Back

5-4 Green with a below the rim dunk

5-7 Jennings with a And-1 floater

8-7 Green makes a spinning layup in traffic. AND-1. Refs calling it close. Ilyasova in foul trouble.

10-7 Rondo makes freethrows.

***Expert Tip to Fool CPU : Put a smaller defender(Lee) on a bigger wing player with no post game(Mbah A Moute) and Voila! you have a free missed basket.

10-9 Jennings with a putback

11-9 Rondo freethrow

11-11 Ellis makes a Mid J

13-11 Pierce scores in the paint

13-13 Dalembert with a Jam inside

15-13 Rondo to KG Oop misses, Rondo recovers the ball and makes a floater

15-15 Dunleavy fastbreak layup

17-15 Garnett avoids the D with a double clutch layup

17-15 Lee throws down a monster but called for charging.

17-16 Ellis Freethrow

19-16 Lee Mid J

19-18 Ellis pulls up for a J

19-20 Udoh Mid J

21-20 Pierce Mid J

24-20 Green with a Three. Green is scoring the ball on one end and defending Ellis at the other.

24-22 Ellis layup

24-24 Ellis another layup. Just when you say it...

25-24 Green Freethrow

25-24 Green forces Ellis Backcourt.

28-24 Barbosa 3


30-24 Bass hits the Off board hard.



30-26 Ellis hits a fadeaway in T-Mac's face.

32-26 Barbosa hits a contested layup

32-28 Ivyasova putback

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End of 1st

Celtics shooting 52/40/75% and have a Dreb edge of 9-8.

J.Green -- 12pts/1reb/1blk
R.Rondo -- 5pts/2reb/3ast


Bucks have a huge advantage in Orebs 7-2

M.Ellis ------ 11pts/2reb/2ast
S.Dalembert -- 6pts/3reb(All Oreb.)/1Blk

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2nd Quarter

34-28 Rondo freethrows

34-30 Udoh Putback


36-30 Green Throws Down a One-Handed Monster Jam



36-30 Rondo forces a backcourt voilation

38-30 Wilcox Mid-J layup thingy.

38-32 Henson with a Jam


40-32 Sullinget steals the ball, drives 3/4th length of the court and lays it up. #InfinitePotential







40-33 Henson freethrows

42-33 Sullinger layup off the cut.

42-35 Henson dunk

45-35 Lee for 3

47-35 Rondo steals the ball and Barbosa finishes

47-37 Ellis Mid J

47-39 Ellis pull up Leaner

50-39 Barbosa spotup 3

50-41 Ellis layup

50-43 Jennings Mid J

52-43 Barbosa Pullup mid J

55-43 Barbosa corner 3

57-43 Pierce mid J

57-45 Dalembert putback

57-47 Dalembert eavy bucket

59-47 T-Mac trys to cherrypick and gets an And-1 layup(missed freethrow)

59-49 Dunleavy freethrows

60-49 Melo freethrow

60-51 Daniels dunk

60-53 Ellis floater

62-53 Jet mid range pullup


64-53 Terry accidently steals the ball and Green says hello to the rim.





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Halftime Report




Celtics with a big lead at the half mainly due to their efficient scoring 53/55/69%, and the ability to get steals(6-1) and score points off them(12-1). The bench providing scoring help and extending the lead(28-11).

J.Green ---- 16pts/2reb/1blk
L.Barbosa -- 15pts/1reb/1stl
R.Rondo ---- 7pts/3reb/7ast/1stl/1blk

And everybody sharing rebounding load(4players w/ 3reb, 3 w/ 2 and barbosa w/ 1). Truthfully, nobody is really standing out and we are getting killed.




Bucks trailing even after a big advantage on Oreb(11-2) and Overall Rebounding(31-19) due to their lacklusture defense and inefficient scoring(48/0/71%)

M.Ellis ------ 19pts/2reb/3ast
S.Dalembert -- 10pts/5reb/1blk in 9 min.(Seriously, nobody brings energy off the bench better than this guy).
B.Jennings --- 7pts/3reb/4ast

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3rd Quarter

67-53 Pierce And-1 Layup

67-55 Dalembert on a spin-Off off KG for a layup.(I dont Know if I wrote that right but you get the point).

67-58 Jennings stepback 3

69-58 Pierce up and under

69-60 Ellis freethrows


71-60 Pierce throws a high Ally-Oop to Green!!!

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71-63 Dunleavy for 3

73-63 KG high off the board

73-66 Ellis stepback 3

75-66 KG one handed throwdown

77-66 Green rips off Ellis and Rondo finishes the play

77-68 Jennings Drive n' Dish to Dalembert.

77-70 Ellis coast to coast layup

79-70 KG putback


81-70 Green makes a tough spinning layup with Ilyasova all over him



83-70 Rondo Mid J


83-70 KG had enough of Ellis

Where he blocked the shot.



Where it landed



83-72 Udoh putback

85-72 Terry with a pull-up J

85-74 Jennings over Terry

85-76 Sanders scores over Barbosa

85-78 Udoh putback

85-79 Mbah A Moute Freethrow

85-81 Ilyasova layup

85-81 Fab Melo with his second Off. 3-Sec Voilation.

85-83 Daniels putback off his own shot

88-83 Lee with a 3 to end a 13-5 run

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End of 3rd

Celtics continue the same story, Efficient scoring(52-50-71%), forcing turnovers(10-4), Steals(7-2) and Getting killed on the boards(44-27) especially Off boards(15-3).

J.Green ---- 20pts/3reb/1ast/1stl/1blk
R.Rondo ---- 11pts/3reb/10ast/1stl/1blk
K.Garnett -- 8pts/4reb/1ast/1stl/1blk


M.Ellis ------ 26pts/2reb/3ast/1stl
S.Dalembert -- 14pts/6reb/1blk
E.Udoh ------- 8pts/9reb
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4th Quarter

88-85 Ellis Mid J

90-85 KG layup

90-87 Jennings layup

92-87 KG anothet post score

92-88 Udoh freethrow

94-88 Pierce to Green another OOP





94-90 Dunleavy Cherrypics

96-90 Pierce Hook Shot

96-93 Dunleavy 3

98-93 Rondo doubleclutch layup

100-93 Rondo layup inside

100-95 Ilyasova putback

102-95 Green freethrows

104-95 Pierce finds a cutting Green for an easy dunk

106-95 Green steals the ball and fakes out Ellis before laying it up.#FutureStar

106-97 Dunleavy layup

108-97 Sullinger dunk inside


110-97 Rondo steals a pass and Pierce makes a difficult Reverse layup





112-97 Green steals the ball in the backcourt and Dunks it



114-97 Now Rondo Steals it and dunks it. That makes it 4 steals in last 5 Bucks possessions.#CallTheCops

114-99 Finally Ellis scores a layup

114-101 Jennings Oreb and freethrows

116-101 KG checks in and shows off the fresh legs.





116-103 Dunleavy Oreb off his own shot

116-105 Dunleavy Layup. Now with 14 in second half

119-105 Pierce wide open 3 off a KG kickout

119-107 Ellis mid J

121-107 Lee breaks Ellis's ankles and buries a mid J

121-109 Ilyasova layup inside.

121-109 Rondo Oreb and blown Freethrows

121-111 Ellis Mid J

123-111 Rondo Freethrows.Scrubs in. Game Over

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Final Thoughts



Player of the Game : J.Green - 30pts/3reb/1ast/3stl/1blk


Bucks have to be disappointed with the loss as they totally controlled the boards(55-36overall, 20-6 Off. Boards) but coulden't control the ball giving up too many turnovers.


Celtics played like a well oiled machine Getting Steals(12-2) and forcing Turnovers(15-4) to run the break(14-10).

They shot well(54/50/70%) and defended better(49/44/73%) and made it a blowout.

J.Green(30pts/3reb/1ast/3stl/1blk) played like the scorer he was expected to be when the Celtics traded one of their favourite players. He attacked the hole early and often on one end and contained their best Offensive player on other.

R.Rondo(19pts/4reb/12ast/3stl/1blk) Played like a franchise player should play, controlling the offense, making plays for himself and others and playing suffocating defense(Jennings shot 6/16, 3 stl).

P.Pierce(18pts/3reb/6ast/2stl) showed why he is still the Celitcs 1st Offensive option as he can create for off the dribble for himself and others

K.Garnett(14pts/4reb/2ast/1stl/1blk) played good defense, bothered shots and made a few buckets when he got the chance.

L.Barbosa(15pts/1reb/1stl) was good as the primary scorer and ball handeler off the bench.

J.Sullinger(6pts/8reb/1ast/1stl) was a big help on the boards ina game where Celtics were beaten badly in that department.

C.Lee(10pts/4reb/2ast) made some open shots, helped on the boards and defended well.

T.McGrady(2pts/4reb) was decent as a complimentary ballhandeler/rebounder off the bench.

J.Terry(4pts/1reb/1ast/1stl) despite the injury posted a respectable stat-line.

Everyone else had forgettable game.


Celtics grab a win on the road to start this 2-game road trip.

Next up they play against a recovering D.Rose-less Chicago Bulls.

Look forward to the next game

[Durant35]

Uncle Jeff's having a breakout season! Excited on how he matches up with the Thunder!

[Reaperwolverine]

Uncle Jeff's having a breakout season! Excited on how he matches up with the Thunder!

He has been great for us right off the heart surgery too. And the Thunder game is one of the games I am truly looking forward to. Too many storylines to miss that one (Rondo vs Westbrook, Perkins vs KG, Green vs Durant, Pierce vs Durant in the clutch.)

[Reaperwolverine]

Boston Celtics @ Chicago Bulls


Starting Lineups

Celtics -- Rondo-----Lee------Pierce---Sullinger--Garnett
Bulls ---- Robinson--Hinrich--Deng----Boozer-----Noah


Playing against a big lineup, expect us to get killed on the boards(again).


Injury Report

A.Bradley --- Sprained Shoulder - Out/2-4 Months

D.Rose --- Torn ACL - Out/Season
R.Hamilton --- Torn Ligament Foot - Out/2-4 Weeks


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1st Quarter

0-2 Deng starts with a Oreb putback to start the game. Usually a bad sign but we did win the previous game that started like this

0-2 And Deng blocks Pierce. Now that's a bad sign

2-2 Lee takes it inside for a dunk.

4-2 Rondo makes a floater on the break.

4-4 Boozer makes an And-1 layup(misses freethrow)

6-4 Sullinger Puts it back

6-6 Robinson layup inside

9-6 Sullinger And-1 layup

9-8 Hinrich layup

9-10 Deng with a give n' go layup

11-10 Rondo copies Deng. Makes a a give n' go layup.

11-12 Robinson Dunk inside.

11-14 Boozer layup inside

14-14 Lee with a Three.

14-16 Noah with a Off. putback

16-16 Sullinger with a Putback

16-18 Robinson layup

16-20 Hinrich layup. Bulls's guards doing whatever they want

18-20 Sullinger lays it up inside. Looking promising

18-22 Noah freethrows

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Bench --> Starters

18-24 Teauge steals and Robinson finishes

20-24 T-mac to Green Allyoop





20-24 TERRY BLOCKS TEAGUE's SHOT!!!(JAWS ON THE FLOOR)

22-24 And makes a pull-up J

24-24 Bass Freethrows

26-24 Rondo makes a Steal and a layup.

26-26 Hinrich makes a layup

28-26 Bass Dunks it inside

28-28 Butler Mid J

28-30 Hinrich layup

30-30 Green fouled on a dunk attempt. Makes freethrows

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End of 1st

Celtics continuing theit thievery from previous game, getting steals(3) and running on the break.

J.Sullinger -- 9pts/4reb
R.Rondo ------ 6pts/3reb/2ast/1stl

Bulls failing to completly establish themselves on the boards(12-10) as the game is tied heading into the second

K.Hinrich -- 6pts/3ast/1stl
J.Noah ----- 4pts/6reb

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2nd Quarter

33-30 Barbosa And-1 layup

33-32 Noah running hook

36-32 Funny thing. Green runs through a couple of baseline screens, gets open pass on the elbow three but sees Noah closing in and passes back to Barbosa. Noah falls back seeing this and Barbosa passes back to Green for a Open-3







36-34 Noah layup

36-36 Noah off-ball cut

36-36 Jet just missed a wide open 3 and a layup on consecutive possessions.

38-36 Barbosa fastbreak layup

40-36 Barbosa catches the ball in the corner drives baseline lays it in

42-36 Pierce floater

42-38 Robinson Layup

44-38 Barbosa Mid J

44-40 Deng layup off the cut

47-40 Barbosa And-1 Layup

47-43 Robinson 3

49-43 Rondo with a floater off the glass

49-45 Robinson layup

49-47 Hinrich layup on the break

51-47 Barbosa Eurostep layup

53-47 Green post-move score

54-47 Barbosa freethrow. The beast of the second quarter is back.

54-50 Robinson And-1 layup

54-51 Noah freethrow

56-51 Garnett faces up Gibson and spins off him for an easy layup

58-51 McGrady blows by Butler for a layup.

58-53 Teague with a putback

58-55 Robinson layup over Barbosa.

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Halftime Report




Celtics having a HUGE contribution from their bench on offense and defense out scoring their bench 32-4.

L.Barbosa ----- 15pts/5reb/2ast
J.Sullinger --- 9pts/6reb
R.Rondo ------- 8pts/4reb/2ast/1stl
T.McGrady ----- 2pts/2reb/3ast


Bulls controlling the boards but not dominating as expected (25-21) as theit 2 PG lineup is getting them easy buckets.

N.Robinson --- 20pts/3ast
J.Noah ------- 11pts/14reb
K.Hinrich ---- 10pts/3ast/1stl

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3rd Quarter

61-55 Lee with a wide open 3 off Rondo feed.

63-55 Lee with a steal and Rondo freethrows

65-55 Sullinger tip-in.

65-55 KG (7'1") Blocks Robinson(5'9") from Behind.



65-57 Noah freethrows

65-59 Noag running Hook

67-59 Garnett fadeaway over Noah. Mr. Intensity vs (1st in line to replace) Mr. Intensity

67-61 Noah takes Garnett Off the dribble and lays it up.#It Is On.

69-61 Rondo lobs it to Garnett and Noah goaltends.





69-61 Aaand Thibs checks Noah out.#It Is Off.

69-63 Gibson putback

69-65 Gibson with a contested off-balance jumper.

71-65 KG steals the ball and lee is fouled at the other end.

73-65 Bass gets blocked Lee recovers the ball and the ball somehow ends up in Bass's hands again and is fouled.

73-68 Belinelli makes a wide open 3 with Jet assigned to him. Somehow Jet was playing better when he was injured.

75-68 Bass drives and lays it up. Noah Goaltends it again.

75-70 Robinson makes a mid J.

77-70 Jet with a off-ball cut and a running hook.

79-70 Barbosa with a steal and layup.

79-70 Green forces a 8 second voilation.

81-70 Pierce with a wide open Mid J.

83-70 Green with a off ball cut and wide open Dunk



83-72 Gibson spinmove inside.

83-74 Gibson mid J

85-74 Green dunks over Gibson.

85-76 Robinson layup over Rondo.

87-76 Pierce misses a wide open 3 and Sullinger puts it back.

87-76 And Pierce with another wide open miss.

87-78 Gibson dunks it inside off the cut.

89-78 Pierce drives for a wide open layup instead taking a wide open jumper.

89-80 Robinson freethrows

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End of 3rd

Celtics bench still a big factor in the game(44-17) as they look to put the Bulls away.

L.Barbosa -- 17pts/7reb/4ast/1stl
Sullinger -- 13pts/12reb
R.Rondo ---- 10ots/4reb/5ast/2stl

Bulls still keeping it close due to the amazing play by their guards and their rebounding(39-32)

*Sorry I forgot to note the Bulls players

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4th Quarter

89-82 Deng with a Off putback to start the 4th. We played a good game after giving this exact same play on the 1st possession of the game.

91-82 Barbosa layup inside after pumpfake in the corner.

91-84 Deng freethrows

91-86 Boozer layup on the break.

91-88 Robinson stepback J

93-88 Sullinger hits a Mid-J

93-90 Robinson Again. Not Sure If Highly Underrated Or Bad Defense

95-90 Sullinger left open for mid J again.

96-90 Rondo freethrow

96-92 Deng layup

96-94 Gibson with another weakside cut.

98-94 Garnett freethrows.

98-96 Robinson freethrows

98-98 Hinrich layup.

100-98 Melo dunks on an assist by McGrady.

101-98 Defensive 3-sec voilation. Lee hits the Tech Freethrow.

101-100 Robinson layup in transition

103-100 Rondo blocks Robinson at one end and Lee takes it full court and dunks it at the other







103-102 Hinrich hits a contested toung layup.

105-102 Green freethrows.

105-104 Noah scores inside.

105-106 Pierce misses a corner 3 and Hinrich makes a J on the break.

107-106 Green cuts to the basket and dunks it inside.

107-108 Robinson freethrows

109-108 Garnett scores as he rolls to the basket.

112-108 Garnett again the roll-man. AND-1

114-108 Rondo finds Green on the break for the dunk



116-108 RONDO STOLE THE BALL AND PIERCE HITS A MID J IN DEFENSE's FACE.

116-108 The best way to make Pierce miss is to leave him wide open.

118-108 Green makes the layup to put in the Dagger with 0:13 to go.

118-110 Boozer makes a mid J. Game Over.

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Final Thoughts.

Player of the Game : L.Barbosa - 19pts/7reb/5ast/1stl


Bulls were a team carried by 4 players only. N.Robinson(36pts/4reb/8ast), J.Noah(19pts/18reb), L.Deng(12pts/8reb/1ast/3stl/2blk) and K.Hinrich(14pts/2reb6ast/1stl).


Celtics were limited on the boards(40-50) but with their bench scoring almost half of their points, they just outlasted their opponents.

L.Barbosa(19pts/7reb/5ast/1stl) played like he was in Phoenix again getting out and running in the open court whenever he can, Making tough layups, playing good defense, grabbing boards and making passes. A Great Overall Game.

J.Green(21pts/2reb/1ast/1stl) had a nice game off the bench providing scoring, making his shots and coming up with a couple of loose balls.

J.Sullinger(17pts/12reb) provided scoring and rebounding against a big defensive Chicago lineup. Exactly the role required of him.

R.Rondo(11pts/4reb/7ast/3stl/1blk) with Barbosa and Green scoring the points, Rondo turned his attention to defense , passing and getting the hell out of the way.

K.Garnett(13pts/4reb/1ast/1stl/1blk) did a lot of things just not as much as we are used to. He did steady the ship with his scoring and defense late in the 4th quarter and helped put the game away.

P.Pierce(8pts/2reb/6ast) had a bad shooi=ting night(again) so he started spreading the ball around. Also he made a highly contested mid J to make it an 8 point game late in the 4th.

C.Lee(13pts/4reb/2ast/2stl) made the open shot, played bad defense(33 POINTS FROM A GUY 8 INCHES SMALLER THAN YOU!!).

T.McGrady(2pts/2reb/4ast/1stl) played the primary distributor off the bench and held his own.

B.Bass(8pts/1reb/1ast) played efficiently in limited minutes as another big body to throw at Chicago.

Everybody else had forgettable game.



This was a good win for the Celtics against a conference rival and one who they will likely meet in the postseason


Next they travel home to take on another big frontcourt in Utah Jazz.

Look forward to the next game.

[Mark.]

Good win over the Bulls, Jeff Green really playing well for you! Maybe you should try Pierce at the two with Green starting at Small Forward?

[Reaperwolverine]

Good win over the Bulls, Jeff Green really playing well for you! Maybe you should try Pierce at the two with Green starting at Small Forward?

Yea I thought about that too but Pierce is too slow to guard SGs especially since i frequently use Fullcourt Press. Maybe I'll use it where matchups are favorable (Big 2s & 3s).

Also we already are too deep at the guards with Bradley coming back in 3 months so I am already thinking about potential trades to have a cleaner rotation.

I will really appreciate suggestions which don't involve blowing up the roster (Rondo,Pierce,Green,Garnett,Sullinger and preferably Bradley stays) and/or helps getting rid of bad contracts (Terry,Bass and to an extent Lee).