That game last night was atrocious, boring, and frustrating. As it was happening I kept thinking "I've been waiting all week for this?" The Celtics didn't belong on the same court as the Lakers. Kevin Garnett looked like a shadow of his former self, missing shots inside and looking slow on defense. Paul Pierce put up the least effective 24 and 9 I have ever seen. Perk was quiet inside and couldn't control the glass. Our bench did nothing. No one could hit a shot. We hit ONE three! Rajon Rondo didn't control the flow of the game. Speaking of Flo, apparently the refs decided her son wouldn't be allowed to suit up for game 1.
The game wasn't about any of that though. It was about Pau Gasol's total evisceration of this Celtics team. He had Kevin Garnett for breakfast, lunch, dinner, 4th meal, coffee, and dessert. He was the best player on the court for much of the game. He had 14 total rebounds and EIGHT offensive rebounds! I'm not even gonna look up how many blocks he had because it was embarrassing. We're going to have to find a way to contain Pau if we want to win this series.
Having said that, it's much too early to panic. Pau will be hard pressed to replicate tonight's effort 3 more times this series. I have a feeling we'll hit more than one 3 a game. Ray won't spend the whole series in foul trouble. We'll get something off the bench, and we won't get killed on the boards. We've seen it a million times: A team gets destroyed in game one then bounces back to take game 2. I'm sure we'll get bombarded with the stat that Phil Jackson coached teams are 8234925301123349576 and 0 when they win game one of a series. It's a pretty impressive stat, but it doesn't mean shit. This Celtics team believes it can win, and they'll show up ready to go for game 2 on Sunday.
If not, US-England is only 8 days away.....
-Aloy
It's laughable that a fag like Pau Gasol can control a series. That guy has to be the biggest asshole in sports not named Lebron. Seriously dude, go to the rim ONCE without yelling or begging for a fucking call. Pussy basketball players
ReplyDeletehahahaha all the starters were minus in the plus/minus last night... can we get krypto in the game!? guys pure energy and was +10.
ReplyDeletekg-start playing tough again.
perk-get physical and for fucks sake box out.
rondo-go past fisher, farmar, that fucking jerk sasha, and rapist every time.
celtics team-make crisp passes that don't get deflected every single time.
refs-don't get so whistle happy.
There was literally a foul on 50% of the Lakers' possessions last night. The game was borderline unwatchable. Put the fucking whistles away
ReplyDeletehahahahaha i wanna say that there were 18 foul calls in the first quarter, so absurd
ReplyDeleteisn't that basketball as a whole?
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