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Post by DERRENMATTS on Dec 10, 2005 16:06:07 GMT -5
Last to,e we had back to back road games, we pulled out a win with an impressive performance (against the Hornets). We lost to the Spurs last night and will now have to face the tough Dallas Mavericks team.
Hopefully, we show more life and game plan tonight. We cannot allow other teams to dictate how we play. We can't allow teams to force us to play individually.
Raef needs to score because it opens up the floor for us. Delonte needs to keep attacking the basket because he's proving that this is a very real skill he has in his repetoire.
Pierce needs to come off of screens to get open shots. Last night, he did a lot of one on ones and the Spurs shut him down. Ricky's shot started coming back and hopefully its better tonight.
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Post by esco33 on Dec 10, 2005 17:12:07 GMT -5
I don't expect a win tonight. Hopefully, we play better then last night, and make it competitive. Hopefully the young guys continue the improvement (recurring theme)
Supposedly, I heard something of a smaller lineup tonight? Don't know what that is all about, but I am not a fan of smaller lineups because we get killed on the boards. We may score a lot of points, but we will get killed on the glass, and give up even more points.
One thing that is frustrating is Perk getting only 20 minutes last night. He needs to get 30-35 minutes unless he is in foul trouble. The guy can rebound. That it what we need, not Mark Blunt postups.
We need to start at least developing these young guys, because we are NOT competitive right now. We are losing anyway. We might as well lose with the youngens, so that we can start winning with them maybe by the end of the year at least, instead of continuing to lose with the vets, (Blount, Scal, etc.)
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Post by The Eye of the Q is upon you! on Dec 10, 2005 20:16:59 GMT -5
You guys sound like a broken record. Play the young'hans. We're losing. We hope to show improvement. BLAH BLAH BLAH.
It has been this way since Larry Bird retired, unfortunately.
Is the team capable of getting better?
I guess the only reasonable reply is, time will tell.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Dec 10, 2005 20:41:35 GMT -5
Stuck with the Mavs announcers. UGH!!! Starters for the game are PP, Ricky, West, Perk and Blount
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Dec 10, 2005 20:45:10 GMT -5
Mavs win the tip. Dampier lays it in around Perk. Pierce misses his first shot from the corner. Perk with the rebound. PP penetrates and lays it in. Drive and Jam by Dampier. Ricky hits his first shot from the outside. Mavs miss and Celts get the rebound. West loses it out of bounds on the baseline. Mavs lose it out of bounds. Nice pass inside to PP who is fouled before the shot. Celts inbound. Pierce drives the lane and draws the foul.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Dec 10, 2005 20:46:40 GMT -5
PP makes both FTs. Score is 6-4 Boston. Mavs walk it down . Terry hits a one handed runner in the land. Ricky scores quickly at the other end. Time out Mavs. Score 8-6 Celts.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Dec 10, 2005 20:51:57 GMT -5
Mavs inbound. Griffin missed a shot in the lane and Perk rebounds. defensive 3 sec call on Dallas. PP makes the FT. They are talking about what a good rebounder Perk is. Boston inbounds. Blount misses a short hook shot. Dirk rebounds. Griffin hits a jumper. Mavs get a steal. Dirk makes a pass inside to Dampier who hits a lay up. Ricky hits a fadeaway jumper. Dirk hits an outside jumper. Ricky misses a 3 pointer. Blount gets the rebound and misses a dunk. Mavs rebound and get a goal tending call on the shot. Dallas knocks the ball out of bounds with 15 on the shot clock.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Dec 10, 2005 20:55:43 GMT -5
Pierce hits a leaner in the lane. Score 13-14 Dallas. Dirk hits a jumper. Nothing but net. Blount hits a fade away on the other end. Dirk shoots and it goes in and out. long rebound to Terry and he is fouled by West. Al comes in for Perk. Dirk's shot is short. West with the rebound. Gets it back on a give and go and scores the lay in. harris misses and Al gets the rebound. West ahead to Ricky and Blount is called for an offensive foul. Daniels misses a shot, Boston gets the rebound. Steal by Daniels who takes it to the basket for a jam.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Dec 10, 2005 20:58:10 GMT -5
Gomes in. Pierce comes across the lane and hits. Delonte with a steal. Pierce misses a layup but Al follows the miss with a tip in. Daniels misses Mavs get the O rebound and hit a shot in the lane. West's shot is rejected. Mavs run but Celts are back quickly. Van Horn misses but get another O rebound. Delonte commits his second foul. Time out. Celtics are up 1
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Post by The Eye of the Q is upon you! on Dec 10, 2005 21:01:14 GMT -5
Celtics are trying out there, but Desgna Diop, the big bust in Cleveland is kicking our butt now. He has turned into a player. Blount is playing terrible and needs to be replaced. Where is LaFrentz?
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Dec 10, 2005 21:05:30 GMT -5
Mavs inbound Harris hits a jumper and is fouled on the shot by Greene. Hits the FT. Greene, Blount, Pp, Gomes, and Al are on the floor. Al hits a baby hook in the lane. Raef in for Blount. Dickau in for Greene. Harris fouled on the shot and will shoot 2. Hits both FTs. Dickau bounces ball off a Mav out of bounds. Celts inbound Pierce misses and Mavs rebound. Harris almost loses ball but recovers. Mavs miss and Al rebounds. Offensive foul on a drive to the basket. Ricky in for PP. Mavs miss and Al rebounds. Dickau misses a shot in and out. Mavs rebound. Van Horn hits a 3 at the buzzer. At the end of the 1st quarter, Mavs lead by 5 after scoring the final 5 points of the quarter including the shot as the quarter ended.
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Post by The Eye of the Q is upon you! on Dec 10, 2005 21:07:06 GMT -5
Q at the quarter - very dissapointing end of the first quarter. Seems like um ah, doc is struggling with his substitutions...not sure what he's thinking...anyways ah, it close, but it looks like Dallas is on the verge of breaking this thing open...I hope I am wrong. Thankyou!
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Dec 10, 2005 21:10:41 GMT -5
Boston inbounds to start the second. Ricky misses a 3 and Dirk rebounds. Dirk fouled by Dickau. Mavs inbound. Harris drives to the hoop and missed a scoop shot and is called for an offensive foul. Celts lose the ball and Mavs lose 2 shots under the basket. Raef saves the ball from out of bounds and Ricky comes up with it. Ricky a nice pass to Dickau who hits the 3. Mavs miss the shot and foul on Raef away from the ball. Mavs inbound. Harris is fouled on a drive to the basket and will shoot 2.
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Post by The Eye of the Q is upon you! on Dec 10, 2005 21:13:08 GMT -5
Doc Rivers needs to pull Dan Dickau out of the game. Deven Harris is absolutely killing us right now and ah this game is going to get out of hand if we don't maintain our intensity.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Dec 10, 2005 21:15:56 GMT -5
Hits both FTs. Jefferson misses a shot on a spin move. Terry hits a short jumper in the lane. Time out. I HATE these announcers. They spent about 4 minutes talking about how Ricky never gives up the ball and is a selfish player and the one guy mentioned that he is averaging 5+ assists a game and the other guy said that he just handles the ball so much that he falls into a few assists. Steal by Mavs on the inbounds. Dickau commits a foul and West comes in for Dickau. Al falls for aball fake and jumps right into Dirk. Dirk makes both FT's Blount in for Al.
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