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Post by The Eye of the Q is upon you! on Mar 12, 2006 15:34:28 GMT -5
Good News!
As posted on our brother website Celtic-nation
West, Perk expected back tonight!!
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According to an interview with Doc Rivers, Perk and West are expected to play tonight, both looked great in yesterdays practace, West will start, Perk will come off the bench.
FINALLY we'll have all of our pieces back in place. In a week we'll start finally seeing what we've really got here.
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We still will have our hands full playing one of the hottest teams in the NBA in Denver who is cleaning up on their eastern team. Maybe Tony Allen can throw a monkey wrench into Carmelo Anthony's game and screw things up.
I probably cannot watch this game as they block the Denver games not on national cable (TNT, ESPN, ABC, or NBA). It is just a contract issue with my local cable company. I know little about the Nuggets because of this. After the NCAA selection show, I will tune into Grande and Max at WRKO.com
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 18:14:08 GMT -5
West, PP, Raef, Wally, and Gomes starting for the Celts. Raef jumping at center. Anthony is playing. Camby and Martin going to try to give it a go tonight. Uniforms look really nice. Nuggets win the tap and get a long pass to Ellson under the basket and is fouled by PP. He hits 1 of 2 and Gomes grabs the rebound. West misses a 3 from the corner. Nuggets rebound and Patterson gets a layup as they are taking it right at PP trying to get the second foul on him. Time out with Nuggets up 3 - 0
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 18:20:03 GMT -5
Pierce hits a jumper. Camby hits a jumper from the top of the key. I was really hoping Camby wouldn't play. West takes it to the basket and gets a nice bounce as it goes in. Anthony takes it quick to the basket for 2. They are leaving West alone but he is hesitating on his shot. Wally misses a jumper. Denver rebounds and Camby called for an offensive foul. Patterson fouls PP as he spins around him to go baseline. Celts inbound. Raef misses a jumper at the SC. Nuggets rebound. Travelling called on the nuggets. PP back rims a 3. Nuggets rebound. Anthony hits a jumper. Gomes takes it hard to the basket and lays it in. PP gets a steal. West takes it hard to the basket and blows by his defender and lays it in. Anthony makes a driving layup and is fouled. He hits the FT. Wally spins baseline and hits a fall away jumper.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 18:23:11 GMT -5
Phone call... sorry. Denver up 17-10 with 6:25 left. Gomes called for a travel going baseline. Anthony hits a jumper. Al doubled on the baseline and he kicks it out to PP who hits a jumper. Camby misses and Camby called for a foul on the rebound. Time out with Denver up 19-12. 5:26 left in the first
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 18:29:58 GMT -5
Celts bring it up. Martin is in and covering Al. PP misses a jumper Ellson rebounds. Patterson hits an 18 ft jumper. PP goes backdoor and Al finds him on the cut and he lays it in. Nuggets miss and Gomes rebounds. Al is fouled and at the line. First rattles in and out. Greene in for Wally. He hits the second. Anthony hits a jumper over Gomes. PP misses a jumper over Buckner but is fouled. He misses both FTs coming up short both times. Nuggets rebound. West called for a foul. Nuggets inbound. Miller takes it down the lane and lays it in. Gomes jumper rattles in and out. Martin misses but Elson rebounds. Time out with Nuggets up 25-15 and 2:35 left in the first.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 18:30:46 GMT -5
We are getting out hustled, out shot and out rebounded. Our defense is very lax as well. Hopefully they wake up soon or this game will be out of reach.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 18:39:44 GMT -5
Perk is on the floor!!!!! Perk is on the floor!!!! Anthony is at the line and hits both FTs. Greene brings it up the floor. Greene hits a jumper from the FT line. Martin goes at Al and backs him in and hits a jumper over Al. PP takes it to the basket for a quick 2. Nuggets throw it away. Najera fouls Al in the paint. Al hits both FTs. West breaks up the pass and knocks it out with 18 on the SC. West out and Allen in. Buckner misses and PERK REBOUNDS!! PP hits a 3 on a nice pass from Greene to find the open man. Allen called for a foul. Buckner misses the first and hits the second. PP hits his second 3 in the row. Perk cut to the basket and everyone reacted to him and left PP alone. Najera misses a jumper and Allen rebounds. PP drives the lane and draws 3 defenders. He kicks it out to an open Tony in the corner who nails a 3 at the buzzer. Score at the end of 1 Nuggets 30 Celtics 29
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 18:46:24 GMT -5
Celts inbound to start the second. Al is fouled in the lane. Celts inbound. Al loses the ball. Anthony takes it to the basket for a breakaway dunk. Al goes to the basket and up and under and lays it in. Boykins hits a jumper from the FT line. They called an offensive foul on Perk that was a terrible call. Buckner hits a jumper. Steal by Boykins and thows it away. Perk backs in and misses a hook and al misses the tip. Nuggets rebound and Martin hits a jumper. Wally hits a tough fall away on the baseline. Boykins misses a jumper and Perk rebounds. Anthony steals the ball and takes it in for a fast break dunk. Wally misses a jumper and the rebound tipped around. Perk scrambling for it but Buckner come away with it. Al called for a foul on Najera. Time out with Nuggets up41-33 and 8:26 left in the half.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 18:52:42 GMT -5
Nuggets inbound. Martin misses a jumper and perk rebounds. Tony takes it in the paint and Miller called for a foul on the shot. Tony hits both FTs. Wally, Greene, Tony, Perk, Raef on the floor. Buckner hits a 3. Perk with good hands to get a pass under the basket from Raef and jams it home. Greene called for a foul. Camby hits a jumper. Raef misses a 3 and Nuggets rebound. Nuggets miss and Perk rebounds. Perk gets the pass inside and spins away from the defender and lays it in. Boykins hits a jumper. Wally takes it in the paint and hits a short jumper. Miller lays it in. Greene takes it to the basket and misses the layup. Martin rebounds. Patterson misses on the baseline. perk rebounds. boykins called for a foul on PP. Nuggets up 50-41 and 4:22 left in the half.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 18:58:10 GMT -5
Gomes makes a quick move to the basket and jams it. Camby misses and Gomes rebounds. Raef misses a 3 from the corner. Gomes gets the rebound and Patterson called for a looseball foul. Celts inbound. PP shoots it in a crowd along the baseline and misses. Nuggets rebound. Nuggets turn it over out of bounds. West, PP, Gomes, Raef and Wally on the floor. PP takes it to the basket for 2. Miller with a layup on a nice pass underneath. PP misses a jumper but gets his own rebound and is fouled. Time out with Nuggets up 52-45 and 2:35 left in the half
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 19:05:07 GMT -5
PP at the line. He hits the first and front rims the second. Nuggets rebound. Anthony hits a turnaround jumper. Raef with a nice pass inside to Wally who is knocked down on the shot and will go to the line. Wally hits both FTs. Nuggets bring it up and Gomes pressures in the back court and the trap causes a travel. Gomes fakes it and has it knocked away and gets it back and lays it in. Anthony gets a layup. PP takes it to the basket and lays it in. Alley oop inside to Anthony who jams it. PP takes it hard down the lane and lays it in. miller has it poked away by West Raef grabs the loose ball and gets it to West who flies up the floor and jams it. Mello misses a heave at the buzzer. Score at the half is Nuggets 58 and Boston 56
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 19:11:28 GMT -5
We got down early and then fought back to within 1 at the end of one. Then we let them get back into it and backed off a bit and got down again and then came back to within 2 at the half. We can't win by playing catch up the whole game. We need to come out in the third and pick up where we left off with good defense and finding the open man and playing hard. Perk played very well. In 11 minutes he had 5 rebounds, 4 points and 1 assist and looked to be in good shape for being out that long. We just need to come out hard in the third and play better defense. Denver is shooting 70% and are bound to cool off... at least I hope so. We weathered some great shooting from them and are still right there in it. We need to come out hard, defend well and have patience on offense.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 19:33:45 GMT -5
Celts inbound to start the 3rd. Ball knocked out with 13 on the SC. Gomes misses a jumper at the FT line. Nuggets rebound. Anthony misses a 3. Celts rebound and Wally takes it to the basket and gets a driving layup. Nuggets come back very quickly and Patterson slams it. West takes it to the basket and lays it in. Patterson misses up and under but is fouled by PP and is at the line. he hits 1 of 2 FTs. Wally hits a 3. Raef called for a foul. Patterson hits 1 of 2 and West rebounds. Shot clock never started and refs stop play. They are taking 3 seconds off the clock and Celts inbound on the side. PP makes a move to the basket and stops and pops and hits. Anthony misses and Raef rebounds. PP misses a jumper and Wally rebounds. Wally misses a jumper and gets hit own rebound. RAef misses a 3 and Denver rebounds. Miller misses and Gomes and Elson go down hard on the rebound and it goes out of bounds off Celtics. Denver inbounds it. West called for a reach in. Miller is at the line. He hits 1 of 2 and Elson called for a push on the rebound. West gets it to PP who bulls his way to the basket and lays it in. Raef called for his 4th foul. Al is in for Raef. Miller at the line. He hits the first and misses the second. Gomes rebounds. PP loses the ball as he dribbles at the top of the key and they get a layup on the other end. West misses a jumper and Nuggets rebound. Miller misses a jumper and Gomes gets the weak side rebound. West cuts to the basket and gets the pass from PP and lays it in. Nuggets miss and Wally rebounds. West misses a 3 and Al misses the tip in. Rebound tipped around and Anthony comes away with it and Patterson gets a layup on the other end. Wally misses a 3 and Camby rebounds. Wally called for a foul. Time out with Boston up 69-68 and 5:58 left in the third
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 19:42:48 GMT -5
West, PP, Gomes, Al, Wally on the floor. Anthony on the line. He hits both FTs to put Nuggets up by 1. Nuggets extend the pressure into the back court. PP misses a jumper and Al rebounds. Gomes hits a jumper on a catch and shoot. They called Gomes for a foul but ignored the fact that Anthony walked before hand. Anthony hits both FTs. Delonte loses the ball and Miller takes it to the basket for 2. West lost the ball again. Elson misses a 3 and Celts come away with the rebound. West hits a jumper. Miller misses and Al rebounds. Wally hits a straight on 3. Nuggets get an alley oop to Anthony all alone under the basket. Al is fouled in the lane. Greene in for Wally. Perk is coming in for Al who is at the line. he back rims the first and hits the second. Miller takes it all the way to the basket and lays it in. gomes hits a 15 fto jumper. Al called for a foul on Miller as he drives to the basket. Perk now in for Al. Miller at the line. Hits both FTs. West brings it up. gomes misses a jumper and Anthony rebounds.Buckner misses and PP rebounds. Pp takes it to the basket and is fouled. Time out Nuggets up 80-79 2:30 left in the third.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 12, 2006 19:51:44 GMT -5
PP at the line. he hits both FTs. Gomes and west pressuring in the back court. anthony hits a jumper from the top of the key. PP takes it in the paint and it goes off his knee out of bounds. Tony is in for Wally. Defensive 3 second violation on Greene. Boykins hits the Tech. Nuggets inbound with 14 on the SC. Nuggets shoot an airball that goes out of bounds. PP takes it inside and kicks out to gomes who misses the jumper. Nuggets called for a foul on the rebound. Perk at the line. he back rims the first. One of the refs has been taken to the hospital and there are only two in the game now. perk hits the second. Buckner misses and the rebound goes over the backboard and back to the Celts. Al in for Gomes. Greene takes it through the defenders down the paint and lays it in. Al rejects the shot and Greene scrambling for the rebound and it goes out off Denver. Green in for Al . Foul call on Buckner. PP at the line. he hits the first and Al back in for Green. PP hits the second. Buckner hits an open 3. Perk misses a heave at the buzzer. Score tied at 86 at the end of 3.
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