I often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and bloggers
are saying about the Celtics after playing the Celtics. Here's a dose
of 'enemy chatter' from Cleveland.
I suppose that is what happens when half of your roster is subsidizing their salaries with social security checks. Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Rasheed Wallace combined to shoot 2-for-13 (15%) in the fourth quarter, and looked as if someone had forgotten to give them their Ensure at halftime. The Celtics have had difficulty playing well for entire games, and tonight was no exception.
I know Ray Allen’s only shooting 35% from three (same percentage as LeBron; stop shooting threes, Ray!), but does he ever miss a three when he has a good look and his feet are set? I’ve never been able to shake the notion that he’d shoot like 60% from deep playing next to LeBron.
By this point, there weren't many Celtic fans in attendance with any air left in them, and the Garden crowd grew smaller and smaller throughout the 4th quarter. Likewise, the Celtics shrunk to shells of their first half selves, missing every basket and getting outraced to every loose ball. But Cleveland was riding a magic carpet of emotion and never let up, stretching the lead to 20 and going out with a bang.
Am I missing anything?
Oh yeah: To anyone who wants to make the excuse for Boston that they played without Paul Pierce, I don't want to hear about it. We played with no centers for almost 3/4s of the game. You can't win this argument.
Hey FTS, the reason the Cavs won the game is because they played without centers for 3/4s of the game. Shaq's injury was not a detriment, it was a blessing in disguise. It forced Mike Brown to switch his personnel, to go "small," a move he never would have made.