NBA 09-10

[Grenouille]

Thanks for being a classy Celtics fan and not uttering typical hater BS like everyone else here. Still a lot of series left.

Good luck to you...

...but not really.

While I'd love to say that this was the last they'll see of Staples Center, I'd agree that this one is probably going the long haul.

Here's to a hopefully epic game 7.

 

[pjam]

Rondo was the the difference tonight, despite Ray's record breaking threes.

Lakers were up by 3 with 5 minutes left and Rondo took over. And everytime the Lakers had a lead and the ball the Refs made ghost calls or the Lakers turned it over so they couldn't mount any runs...

Three Ghost calls on Kobe. And the Announcing crew is blind, calling no foul when Guys bodies got banged in the air in the act of shooting after making correct calls.

Refs were bad on both sides of the ball, Lakers had many more FTs in the first half, but those Kobe calls were critical, the last one he was standing straight up and these Clowns only see Rondo's fakery.

Botton Line: Laker turnovers cost them the game last 5 minutes... they must have given the ball away 4-5 times, can't do that.

One More Note: Lamar is O for ther finals, huge disappointment because he ususally picks up the slack with Fish when Kobe is out during the season.

 

[The Josh]

Rondo was the the difference tonight, despite Ray's record breaking threes.

Lakers were up by 3 with 5 minutes left and Rondo took over. And everytimne the Lakers had a lead and the ball the Refs made ghost calls...

Three Ghost calls on Kobe. And the Anouncing crew is blind, calling no foul when Guys bodies got banged in the air in the act of shooting.

Refs were bad on both sides of the ball, Lakers had many more FTs in the first half, but those Kobe calls were critical, the last one he was standing straight up and these Clowns see Rondo's.

Botton Line: Laker turnovers cost them the game last 5 minutes... they must have given the ball away 4-5 times, can't do that.

One More Note: Lamar is O for ther finals, huge disappointment because he ususally picks up the slack with Fish when Kobe is out during the season.

Come on now. Don't be one of those fans crying about the refs not helping you out. Calls went both ways equally. Kobe got one at the end of the game on perkins and he came as close to touching him as I am to you right now.

No offense but Lakers need to suck it up in game and play. Great teams wins despite any bad calls in game. Lakers are a good team they had their chances and spit up over themselves.

 

[The ill Jedi]

Does it matter? I've posted in here before. I'm just defending my hometown Celtics...

No it doesn't, I realized that, that's why I deleted my post.

Congrats to you on tonights win, but me thinking that the Lakers can go to boston and win one or two games is not .

 

[pjam]

Come on now. Don't be one of those fans crying about the refs not helping you out. Calls went both ways equally. Kobe got one at the end of the game on perkins and he came as close to touching him as I am to you right now.

No offense but Lakers need to suck it up in game and play. Great teams wins despite any bad calls in game. Lakers are a good team they had their chances and spit up over themselves.

Might help if you actually read what I said...

Rondo was the the difference tonight, despite Ray's record breaking threes.

Lakers were up by 3 with 5 minutes left and Rondo took over. And everytime the Lakers had a lead and the ball the Refs made ghost calls or the Lakers turned it over so they couldn't mount any runs...

Three Ghost calls on Kobe. And the Announcing crew is blind, calling no foul when Guys bodies got banged in the air in the act of shooting after making correct calls.

Refs were bad on both sides of the ball, Lakers had many more FTs in the first half, but those Kobe calls were critical, the last one he was standing straight up and these Clowns only see Rondo's fakery.

Bottom Line: Laker turnovers cost them the game last 5 minutes... they must have given the ball away 4-5 times, can't do that.

One More Note: Lamar is O for ther finals, huge disappointment because he ususally picks up the slack with Fish when Kobe is out during the season.

 

[The ill Jedi]

...Sorry Ill thought calls went both ways pretty fairly...

Well, it's all a matter of opinion and I thought the refs blew some critical calls. Calls that in any other situation should not have been called.

and

Yes PJam, the Lakers shot themselves in the foot with the turnovers.

 

[phoenixram1977]

This series still goes 6 or 7, we won in boston this season, just need to go there and handle business. ____ you Celtics and ____ you refs.

Didn't the Lakers go to the line more???

 

[karamazov80]

Glad to see that Boston didn't roll over. Hopefully this will be a real series.

 

[The Josh]

Might help if you actually read what I said...

I read it. You gave enough props to blance out blaming the refs. I saw what you did there.

Well, it's all a matter of opinion and I thought the refs blew some critical calls. Calls that in any other situation should not have been called.

It is. I expect you to feel the way you do. I'd wonder what was wrong if you didn't. I'm just coming from someone who is a non biased viewer. Well, I agree. Kobe should have fouled out there towards the end when I think it was rondo drove and there was contact. Ronodo's block on Fish at the end was all ball.

 

[pjam]

I read it. You gave enough props to blance out blaming the refs. I saw what you did there.

Thanks Bro. I thought I was pretty fair.

Celts also won with second chances... don't know what the stats were there but it seemed they had a lot more.

From a Lakers fan perspective I see it this way: Lakers should have won it, Boston deserved to win it.

 

[The Josh]

Thanks Bro. I thought I was pretty fair.

Celts also won with second chances... don't know what the stats were there but it seemed they had a lot more.

Its all good. I'm just giving you all a bit of a hard time.

That wins a lot of games in the long run. As I've told all my teams its the little things that win you games. If you wins most of those moments and are good at them too then you win more than you lose.

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

Was sitting in the 7th row tonight.. a few rows back of Mo Williams..

Kobe hancuffed w/ fouls Our two bigs stepped up..

Artest and Odom stepped down..

Rondo and Allen put this one on their back and won it w/ Garnett doing nothing..

 

[Bezzerkerr]

Sure Ray Allen was the star of the game, but when Rajon Rondo is playing his game the Celtics are TOUGH to beat. If Rondo is keeps attacking (making his layups) and facilitating like he was doing in game #2, the CELTICS are gonna win the series.

Two people that deserve praise are BIG BABY and Nate Robinson. These are two guys that most people laugh at (i did at the beginning of the year). Big Baby is possibly the most underrated guy on the Celtics (if not both teams). He plas very tough and gives EVERYTHING he's got. the dude is like a harder working, more skilled Anthony Mason (for those that rember Anthony Mason) I really enoy watching Big Baby play. Nate Robinson is the friggin energizer bunny, wehn Rondo plays 36 straight minutes, the Dude comes in and gives the 7 HUGE points, and more energy that DOC OCK's reactor.

This is an NBA finals for the ages, the two best teams, heated rivalies, seasoned veterans, and yound rising stars.

Basketball at it's highest level, it doesn't get any better than this!!!!!

GO CELTICS ! ! ! ! ! ! !

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

I agree.. Big Baby and Nate came thru last night when it mattered.

 

[azurepred]

I was only able to watch the first half, but I was wandering, did that guy Sheldon Williams ever play in the second half? Honestly, I think he made some of the dumbest plays I had ever seen at the end of the 1st half, and I'm curious if Doc was stupid enough to play him in the 2nd half. I thought for sure LA was gonna win because of his stupidity. Made me wander if his wife turned him to the dark side and decided to help LA out a little

 

[Grenouille]

I was only able to watch the first half, but I was wandering, did that guy Sheldon Williams ever play in the second half? Honestly, I think he made some of the dumbest plays I had ever seen at the end of the 1st half, and I'm curious if Doc was stupid enough to play him in the 2nd half. I thought for sure LA was gonna win because of his stupidity. Made me wander if his wife turned him to the dark side and decided to help LA out a little

No, thank god. Doc need to keep this guy's ass stapled to the bench the rest of this series.

Scalabrine would have been better out there.

 

[daikkenaurora]

Rajon Rondo = MVP He can play.

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

He was on last night. Knack for getting to the rebounds.. High off the glass bank shots. Speed.

Bastard..

 

[azurepred]

No, thank god. Doc need to keep this guy's ass stapled to the bench the rest of this series.

Scalabrine would have been better out there.

Yeah, I think he put him in cause he is taller than those guys, but Im not sure about that. I dont think he got 1 rebound,or made 1 basket; he made 1 or 2 stupid fouls, and I believe he turned it over 2 or 3 times..........all within like a couple of minutes. He single handedly helped LA back into the game at that point. I was just like wtf

 

[Bezzerkerr]

I can't possibly be the only one that's excited about tonight's game.

I'm as excited as I am the day of a great UFC card ! ! ! ! !

here are some interesting facts about the teams, games and series:

• In the 2-3-2 series format (since 1985), when the NBA Finals is tied 1-1, the winner of Game 3 has gone on to win the series on all 10 occasions.

• How important is Game 3 of the NBA Finals? In NBA Finals history, the series has been tied 1-1 on 32 occasions. The Game 3 winner has gone on to win 28 of those 32 series (87.5 percent).

• On the defensive end, Boston's magic number to win is 95. The Celtics are 12-0 when allowing 95 or fewer points this postseason. Boston is 1-6 when allowing 96 points or more.

• Remember that the Celtics were 3-0 at home against the Lakers in the 2008 NBA Finals, including the 39-point clincher in Game 6. Boston's averaging margin of victory in those three games was 18.3 points. Games 3, 4 and 5 will be played in Boston.

• The Lakers were just 23-18 on the road in the regular season, which was tied for third-best in the Western Conference and tied for sixth in the NBA. Los Angeles is 4-4 on the road in the postseason.

• The Celtics had zero second-chance points in their Game 1 loss to the Lakers. In Game 2, Boston had 13 second-chance points.

• The Celtics had zero second-chance points in their Game 1 loss to the Lakers. In Game 2, Boston had 13 second-chance points.

• Ray Allen made an NBA Finals-record eight three-pointers in Game 2. Seven of those were of the catch-and-shoot variety, meaning no dribbles once he caught the ball.

• To put a little perspective on how phenomenal Allen's accomplishment was, our friends at Accuscore.com simulated the game 10,000 times: Allen hit seven consecutive three-pointers 11 times in 10,000 simulations, or 0.11 percent of the time. Allen hit seven in a row in the first half in just two of 10,000 simulations.

• Rondo had a triple-double for the Celtics in Game 2. It was the first triple-double in the Finals for a Boston player since Larry Bird had one in Game 6 in the 1986 NBA Finals. The last player to have a triple-double in the NBA Finals was Tim Duncan for the Spurs in 2003 (Game 6).

• Rondo is the barometer for the Celtics. In the 2010 postseason, when Rondo's plus/minus is +2 or better, Boston is 13-0. When it is +1, even or negative, Boston is 0-6.