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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 1, 2006 21:02:29 GMT -5
Celts inbound to start the 45h. Gomes cuts to the basket and misses the layup. He is called for the foul on the rebound. Posey misses a 3 and West pulls the rebound away from Shaq. PP misses a step back jumper but is fouled on the shot. PP hits both FTs. Shaq banks home a leaner from the baseline. Wally cuts to the basket and is stripped. Ball goes out of bounds off the Celtics. Gomes called for a reach in foul. heat inbounds. Shaq is fouled as he goes for a layup. he hits the firstand misses the second. Rebound is tipped around and Miami comes away with it. Wade misses a jumper but Shaq tracks down the rebound along the baseline. Shaq misses and Gomes rebounds. PP takes it to the basket and is fouled. he hits both FTs. williams misses a jumper and haslem gets the rebound and put back. PP drives to the basket through traffic but misses the layup. Posey hits a 3. Timeout with Miami up 54-52 and 8:40 left in the 3rd
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 1, 2006 21:07:02 GMT -5
Raef turns it over. heat misses and Wade rebounds but throws it away. West takes it to the basket and lays it in. haslem hits a layup. Wade called for a foul going for a steal. Gomes makes a bad pass and turns it over. Haslem takes it to the basket and lays it in on the fast break. Shaq blocks a PP shot. Heat come away with the rebound. Wade takes it in for a layup.. Time out calle dwith Heat up 60-54. 6:45 left in the third
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Post by Celtic17 on Mar 1, 2006 21:14:21 GMT -5
Looks like we need a player or two to pick up more of the scoring load, to help out PP.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 1, 2006 21:15:39 GMT -5
West brings the ball up the floor. PP takes it hard to the basket and is fouled by Posey. He hits both FTs to cut the lead to 4. Celts extending the pressure full court. Posey misses and Wally rebounds. West's pass inside to Gomes is knocked out off Miami with 16 on the SC. PP is fouled by Posey. PP is back at the line. he hits both FTs. Lead is down to 2. Heat miss and Gomes rebounds along the baseline. Wally misses from the corner and Posey grabs the rebound in traffic. Haslem misses a jumper and PP rebounds. Ball out of bounds off Miami with 19 on the SC. Pierce inbounds to Gomes. West misses a 3 and Shaq rebounds. Shaq hits a turn around on the block over Raef and is fouled. he misses the FT and Raef rebounds. Wally back rims a 3. Raef tips the rebound out to Gomes. Wally misses again and Heat come away with it. Wade is fouled. he hits the first FT. Al and Walker come in. Wade hits the second. Nice bullet pass inside from Wally to PP who slams it with 2 hands. heat turn it over and West gets the steal and takes it all the way to the basket and lays it in. Time out with Heat up 64-62 and 3:18 left in the third.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 1, 2006 21:24:43 GMT -5
Walker misses a runner and Al rebounds but has it taken away by Haslem who puts it up for 2. West takes it to the basket and lays it in. Wade has the ball tied up in the paint by Greene. heat get the tip. Haslem misses but Mourning gets the rebound and put back. Al in the paint spins between two defenders and lays it in. Al called for a foul on Wade. Wade makes both FTs. Celts called for a 24 sec violation. Not a good possession. Payton hits a 3 from the corner. Pierce is fouled as he makes a move to the hoop. PP hits both FTs. Greene with a steal. Ball knocked out of bounds off Miami. Celts inbound along the baseline with 21 on the SC. Another 24 second violation for the Celts. Miami get it back with 2.6 on the clock but don't get a shot off. Miami leads at the end of 3 73 -68.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 1, 2006 21:31:00 GMT -5
Last few possessions our offense seems very tentative and no one wants to take the shot. Good to make the extra pass but we aren't getting a good shot off of it.
Heat inbound to start the 4th. Al, Scal, Greene, Allen, PP on the floor for the Celts. Mourning misses a hook and rebound goes out of bounds off the Heat. Al loses the ball and Payton quickly down the floor lays it in. Greene loses the ball but dives on the floor and gets a jump ball. Heat get the tip. Allen called for a foul blocking a Wade shot. Wade hits both FTs. Tommy is pointing out how Wade palms the ball West's shot is partially blocked and heat come away with it. Walker hits a layup. Time out with Heat up 79-68.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 1, 2006 21:41:06 GMT -5
sorry ... missed a couple minutes. PP at the line hits 1 of 2 and Miami rebounds. anderson fouled by PP. He misses the first and hits the second. PP has his shot blocked. Gomes rebounds. his shot is no good and heat come away with it. Walker misses a 3 and Raef rebounds. West hits a 3. heat miss and Celts come away with it. PP is fouled. Celts inbound. heat come away with the ball. Wade misses a jumper and West rebounds. . pass comes back out to West and he hits another 3. Lead is down to 4. shaq with a bullet pass underneath to to Anderson. Wally is called for a foul but replay shows it is a block. Anderson hits both FTs. PP's layup rolls around the rim and out but he tips it back in. Walker hits a 3 from the top of the arc. PP drives the lane and kicks it back out to Raef who hits a 3. Shaq misses a hook along the baseline and Wally rebounds. West hits another 3. Time out called with Heat up by 1 85-84. 6:11 left in the fourth
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 1, 2006 21:45:53 GMT -5
Williams misses a jumper and PP rebounds. Gomes hits a jumper from around 18 ft. Boston takes the lead by 1. Walker buries a 3. PP misses a runner in the lane and Gomes swoops in for the put back and gets a Tommy Point. Walker takes it to the basket and lays it in. Gomes misses a jumper from the other side and Anderson rebounds. Shaq hits a hook in the lane. PP goes baseline and kicks it back out to West who drills a 3 from the corner. Time up 92-91 with 3:50 left in the game.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 1, 2006 21:53:12 GMT -5
Anderson hits an outside jumper from the corner. PP takes it through a crowd in the paint and lays it in. Wade takes it to the basket and hits a driving dunk Raef turns it over. Raef is called for a foul on Wade. he hits the first and misses the second. Gomes rebounds. PP is stripped in the lane but Anderson called for a reach in. He rattles home the first. Second one bounces off the back of the rim. Miami rebounds. Walker misses a deep 3 but Anderson tracks down the long rebound. Wally picks off a pass but loses it out of bounds. Wade takes it to the basket but loses control and it goes out of bounds. Miami inbounds. Walker hits a 3. Celts call time out with Miami up 100-94 and 58 seconds left in the game.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 1, 2006 21:56:44 GMT -5
West inbounds on the side. Gets it to Gomes. Anderson knocks it way. PP tracks it down in the back court. he takes it to the basket and is fouled. PP hits both FTs to cut it to 4 with 42 sec. Miami using up some clock. Williams hits a 3 with 19.3 seconds to go. Heat up by 103-96. Time out called.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 1, 2006 21:59:38 GMT -5
West inbounds on the side to Raef. PP misses a deep 3. Wally rebounds. West misses a 3 and Wade rebounds. Celts lose 103 - 96. Hard fought game. Still short handed and still hurting but played hard and didn't give up.
Tossing it back to Q for the post game wrap up.
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Post by The Eye of the Q is upon you! on Mar 1, 2006 22:05:17 GMT -5
Q's endgame -
The Miami Heat has too much talent for us. We made Antione and Shandon Anderson beat us tonight (which is exactly what you were supposed to do if you are Miami's opponent) and they hit their shots. Their second team for crying out loud would whip the pants off 80% of the teams in this league. Miami is a final 4 NBA team.
I think we are making excellent progress and will come back against Indiana on Friday.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 1, 2006 22:10:24 GMT -5
Great post game analysis Q. I like the effort. They are developing some chemistry out there and play hard. Al is still not 100% but played well in limited minutes but you could see he was still a step behind. Wally is definitely not playing 100%. His jumper is flat. We need his knee to heal so that his offense will be back on track. Raef played very tough with that bandage on his eye (5 stitches) and a shiner. He had 10 rebounds. Pierce continues to play tough in spite of the pain and bursitis in his elbow. We need to get Perk back for an inside presence. Gomes continues to impress. West was more aggessive in the end of the game and played very well, hitting some big shots down the stretch. Our bench is still weak and no one on the second team wants to shoot. Once Perk comes back we may have a little more spark off the bench with either Al or Gomes coming off the bench with possibly Raef.
West won the Tommy Award tonight.
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Post by mev17 on Mar 2, 2006 2:33:45 GMT -5
In this game the injuries to our young bigs caught up to us. Miami had a 15-7 advantage on offensive rebounds, and we did not block a single shot all game. Once Perkins is back and Jefferson is playing regular minutes (nice to see him back, but only limited minutes for now) we will be stronger in the paint and not have as many 50% shooting efforts against us.
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Post by eja117 on Mar 2, 2006 9:36:35 GMT -5
When we have four guys on the floor that can hit 3 pointers it gives us a nice chance to spread the floor and the team was definitely more patient with that. Not tons of forcing. heck. Time ran out on a few shots.
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