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Post by FLCeltsFan on Mar 31, 2006 12:21:23 GMT -5
at [glow=green,2,300]Saturday, Apr. 1, 8:30pm Celtics at Bulls TV: FSNE, NBALP Radio : WRKO 680 AM[/glow] This is a big game for both Boston and Chicago. Boston is 3 games back and Chicago is 1.5 games back of the 8th play off spot. We have 2 days off between games and Chicago will be playing on the tail end of a back to back as they play the Bobcats tonight. Philly plays a home and home against the Knicks this week so we shouldn't expect any help from them, although you never know. The Knicks may develop some pride and heart and decide to play one of those nights. They are playing not to be the worst team in Knicks history so that should give them a little incentive. Keys to the game: Defense. We need to defend both inside and on the perimeter. Too often we defend the basket and then leave teams to beat us from the arc, which they do. Chicago is capable of bombing away from the perimeter and we have to defend out there. We need to defend Gordon better to keep him from taking over in the 4th. Focus. Chicago is going to defend and we need to keep our focus. We can't let pressure defense take us out of our game and make us turn it over and take bad shots. We have to keep our focus, especially in the 4th when we tend to let up and let teams beat us.
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Post by Celtic17 on Apr 1, 2006 0:24:50 GMT -5
Might I see this game? Iowa like....
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 1, 2006 20:51:56 GMT -5
Yes! Got the Celtics feed tonight... good omen. Pierce, Raef, Gomes, West, Wally starting. No changes for the Celts. Raef jumping center and Celts win the tip. PP gets Deng in the air as he goes up for a shot and will go to the line. He hits both FTs. Nociani shoots an airball. Sweetney gets the rebound, misses the put back, and gets the rebound, and is fouled by Gomes on the second put back attempt. Raef misses a 3 and Sweetney rebounds. Duhon misses from outside and Gomes rebounds. Wally hits a baseline jumper. Nociani misses inside and West rebounds. Wally hits a 3 from the side. gomes gets a steal. West hits a wide open 3. Hinrich misses a 3. West called for a foul on the rebound. Deng hits a jumper. PP gets a pass from Raef on a backdoor cut to the basket and lays it in. Sweetney with a short jumper in the lane. PP misses a jumper. Duhon rebounds. Nociani hits a jumper. Wally backs into the lane and passes out to Raef who misses a 3. Bulls throw it away. Gomes misses and West draws a foul on the rebound. Wally hits a jumper. Raef called for a foul on Sweetney in the lane. Sweetney hits 1 of 2 and RAef rebounds. Duhon called for a foul on Wally. Gomes front rims a jumper and Bulls rebound. Sweetney powers inside and lays it in. Wally hits a step away jumper from the FT line. Nociani misses a hook and Celts rebound. Nice pass inside to Gomes who lays it in. Time out with 5:27 to go in the first and Boston up 18-10. Good start for the Celts. Hope we don't let up.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 1, 2006 21:00:21 GMT -5
Bulls miss and Celts rebound. Celts miss and Gomes rebounds. Wally misses and Bulls rebound. Duhon takes it in for 2. Celts throw the ball away. West just picked up his second foul. Perk and Tony in for Boston. Gordon comes in for the Bulls. malik Allen makes 1 of 2. tony gets it to Perk under the basket who is fouled as he goes up for a shot. Perk hits both FTs. Tony with some pressure in the backcourt. Perk gets a block and Celts throw the lead pass away. MAllen misses and PP rebounds. PP called for an offensive foul as he takes it to the basket. Not a good foul at all. Refs are calling it for the bulls so far. Technical foul on Doc. Duhon hits the T. Greene in for the Celts. Chandler in for the Bulls. PP drives the lane and is fouled. PP is slow to get up and is hobbling as he goes to the bench for the time out. 2:58 left in the first and Celts up 20-16. I would say that there were at least 3 or 4 bad calls against us so far. I don't blame Doc for being upset.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 1, 2006 21:10:15 GMT -5
PP makes both FTs. Celts trapping inthe back court. Gordon throws it away out of a double team. Good defense by the Celts. Gomes shot is rejected by Chandler. Defensive 3 sec violation on Chicago. PP makes the T. Celts inbound on the side. PP takes it hard to the basket and is fouled. PP misses the first. hits the second. Bulls throw it away. Gomes called for a foul and Deng hits both FTs. Bulls extending the defensive pressure. Scal misses a 3 from the corner. Chandler rebounds. PP picks off a bad pass and takes it the length of the floor but can't finish the layup. Scal rebounds. Greene hits a turn around jumper. Harrington throws it off Scal out of bounds. Bulls inbound with 6 on the SC. Deng steps out of bounds and turns it over. PP back rims a 3 and Duhon grabs the rebound. Gordon drives to the basket and is fouled by Scal. Gordon hits the first. Green in for the Celts. Gordon misses the second. Scal rebounds. PP takes it to the basket and draws the foul on Chandler. PP hits both FTs. Duhon misses a half court shot at the buzzer. Score at the end of 1 is Boston 28 and Chicago 19.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 1, 2006 21:19:54 GMT -5
Bulls inbound to start he second. Tony with a nice block from behind. Bulls inbound with 15 on the SC. Pargo misses a 3 and perk grabs the rebound. Perk called for offensive interference as he jammed a ball that wasn't off the cylinder yet. Green called for a foul. Bulls inbound. Harrington hits a turn around jumper over Green. Tony spins baseline and hits a hook shot. Duhon misses and Green gets the rebound. Green with a nice pull up jumper. Perk called for a foul. Harrington misses the first. hits the second. Bulls get a steal, Nociani misses and Greene gets the rebound. Celts turn it over out of bounds. Perk gets caught in the air and picks up his second foul. Wallly in for Green. Harrington hits both FTs. Scal airballs a jumper and the rebound goes out of bounds. Nociani misses a layup. Perk rebounds. Scal backs in the lane and kicks out to Greene who hits a tough turn around jumper. Perk called for his 3rd foul. Time out with Boston up 34-24 and 8:19 left in the half.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 1, 2006 21:27:12 GMT -5
Perk back on the bench. Raef in the game. hinrich hits both FTs. Celts throw it away and Nociani takes it hard to the basket and lays it in. West hits a jumper. Pargo misses a jumper and Celts rebound. Raef misses a 3. nociani rebounds. Bulls miss and Wally rebounds. West misses a jumper and Wally rebounds. Wally hits a jumper on the baseline. Gomes called for a reach in foul. His third. Tony comes in for Gomes. harrington hits both FTs. Wally misses a The rebound is tipped around and Wally comes up with it and lays it in and is fouled. Great play by Wally. time out with Celtics up 40-30 and 5:52 to go in the half
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 1, 2006 21:36:12 GMT -5
Wally at the line and completes the 3 point play. Celts pressing in the back court. Gordon hits a 3. West misses a leaner in the lane and Bulls grab the rebound. hinrich has his shot rejected out of bounds by Wally. harrington misses in the lane and Celts rebound. Wally misses along the baseline and Tony is there for the rebound and put back. Gordon misses and Nociani rebounds and is fouled on the put back. He misss the first and hits the second. PP is fouled as he shoots but no call. Bulls rebound but turn it over. Tony gets inside and hits a layup. Bulls miss and Sweetney rebounds and is fouled by Raef. Sweetney hits both FTs. PP misses a step away. Bulls rebound. Sweetney gets the ball inside and lays it in. Tony takes it to the basket and is fouled as he lays it in. Tony misses the FT. Bulls rebound. Bulls pass goes out of bounds. Time out with boston up 47-38 and 2:58 left in the half.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 1, 2006 21:46:51 GMT -5
Celts inbound and bring it up the court against light pressure. Raef misses a 3 and Bulls rebound. Bulls throw it away. Bulls going small with 3 PGs on the floor. Pp drives baseline and Duhon called for a reach in foul. PP drives the lane and spins but can't lay it in. bulls rebound. Gordon hits an open 3. Gordon picks off a bad pass. Pargo hits an open 3. and the celts are letting the bulls' pressure rattle them again. Wally is fouled as he drives baseline. Celts inbound on the side. Raef hits a jumper. gordon takes it hard to the basket . Raef called for a foul. Gordon misses the first. Scal in for Raef. hits the second. Greene and Green in also. Celts miss and Greene tracks down the rebound. Sweetney called for a foul on Green as he goes up for an alley oop pass. he misses the first FT. hits the second. Greene called for a foul on Gordon. Celts over the limit. Gordon hits both FTs to cut the lead to 3. Time out with Boston up 50-47 and 23 seconds left in the half. 20 seconds on the SC for the Celts. Inbound pass comes in to Greene. Scal misses a 3. Green flies in for the rebound and passes to Tony cutting to the basket. Tony slams it home. Time out with 2.8 sec left in the half for the Bulls. Long pass goes out of bounds. Greene gets the pass into Scal cutting to the basket who lays it in and is fouled. Scal hits the FT. Bulls inbound and miss a half court shot at the buzzer. Score at the half is Boston 55 Chicago 47.
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Post by ferbo on Apr 1, 2006 21:56:45 GMT -5
I think it likely that Green will bypass West at the 1. He seems to me to be a good bit quicker in terms of getting the ball over the line and kind of blowing by his guard.
West, on the other hand, seems to me to be slow getting to the point of setting the offense up, and most of the time he apopears to continue his dribble until a second defender jumps out to cut him off.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 1, 2006 22:00:42 GMT -5
Nice half time feature on West. Tommy said that Green was talking about his headband and said that he has been wearing it that way since high school and he plans to keep wearing it that way because that is his "look".
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 1, 2006 22:08:33 GMT -5
Bulls inbound to start the third. Sweetney misses on the baseline. PP rebounds. Wally with a fall away off the glass. 3 second violation called on Nociani. Gomes misses a jumper from the top of the key. Bulls rebound. hinrich hits a 3. Raef misses a 3. Bulls rebound. Bulls miss a 3. Celts rebound. Wally misses a 3. Bulls rebound. Nociani misses in the lane but Sweetney gets the rebound and put back. Wally hits a jumper. hinrich hits a runner in the paint. raef hits a jumper. hinrich hits a jumper on a catch and shoot. Gomes called for a foul as he sets a screen. That is his 4th. Bulls turn the ball over out of bounds. PP misses a jumper and Bulls rebound. Sweetney hits a hook shot in the lane. Time out with Boston up 61-58 and 8 minutes up in the third.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 1, 2006 22:14:08 GMT -5
Celts inbound and Bulls press in the back court. West hits a 15 foot jumper. Duhon is fouled by Wally as he tosses up a shot. he hits both FTs. Wally hits a jumper from the corner. Deng called for an offensive foul as Raef draws the charge. Bulls pressing on defense. Raef hits a jumper from the top of the key. Deng misses and West rebounds. West to a cutting Wally who lays it in. Boston up 69-60 and 5:52 left in the third
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 1, 2006 22:29:45 GMT -5
PP deflects a pass out of bounds. Bulls inbound Hinrich takes it right to the basket and lays it in. West misses a jumper. Hinrich rebounds. 3 second violation on Chicago. PP drives baseline and kicks it to a cutting Raef who slams it. Bulls miss and rebound is tipped around. Celts come away with it. West misses a layup. Bulls rebound. Bulls miss and Wally hits a jumper. Chandler hits a layup and PP is called for a blocking foul. Chandler misses the FT PP rebounds. Wally misses from the corner. Bulls rebound. West picks off Gordon's pass. Perk is fouled as he takes it to the basket. he misses both FTs. Bulls rebound. Hinrich hits an open 3 from the top of the arc. Nocioni called for a foul on PP. Celts inbound. West misses a pull up jumper from the FT line. Gordon rebounds. Bulls miss and Celts rebound. pp misses and Greene rebounds. PP misses again bulls rebound. pargo misses and Chandler called for basket interference. Celts inbound. Greene brings it up. PP called for an offensive foul. That is his 4th. Green in for PP. Tony called for a reach in foul. Bulls inbound. Deng hits a hook shot in the lane. greene loses the ball and is called for a foul trying to get it back. Pargo at the line hits both FTs. Bulls cut the lead to 2. Perk with a nice pass to a cutting West. West is fouled as he takes it to the basket. West misses the first FT. hits the second. hinrich misses a 3. Perk gets the rebound. West throws it away. Gordon hits a 3 to tie it at 74. Greene misses a 3/4 court shot at the buzzer. Terrible quarter for us. Pierce is 1 for 11 with 2 TOs and 4 fouls. Gomes is 1 for 5. West is 3 of 10. We need to hit our shots. Wally is really shooting well. We let their defense rattle us again.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 1, 2006 22:38:06 GMT -5
Celts inbound to start the 4th. Greene, Gomes, Wally, allen and Perk on the floor t. Celts miss and Greene rebounds. Greene hits a 3. Deng misses and Chandler misses the follow up but draws the foul. Chandler misses the first hits the second. Perk throws it away trying to get it to Wally in the corner. Deng misses a 3. Greene rebounds. Wally misses a 3. Bulls rebound. Perk causes Bulls to turn it over out of bounds. Offensive foul called on Wally. Hinrich takes it to the basket for a layup. Wally takes it baseline and hits a shot while being plowed over. Technical called on Hinrich. Wally hits the T. he hits the FT. Greene called for a foul. hinrich hits both FTs. Greene misses and Gomes gets the rebound but misses the put back. Bulls miss and Celts rebound. Gomes takes it to the basket and is fouled. Time out with Boston up 81-79 and 8:27 left in the 4th.
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