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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 3, 2006 21:11:59 GMT -5
at [glow=green,2,300]Game #74: April 4, 2006 7:00 pm TV: FSNE, SCORE, League Pass Radio: WRKO[/glow] There is going to be a bit of a drama surrounding this game. After Green's dunk in the last game, there have been many threats and call for retribution on Green and Allen coming from the Toronto media. I can see Green and Allen being booed on every touch. I really wouldn't put it past one of the Raps to try to prove their manhood and give a hard foul on one of the kids. While I would love to see more of Green in games I don't think this game is the one to do it. I would almost say keep him on the bench in this one. Tony can take care of himself but I would hate to see Green get hurt over something stupid like this. With Bosh out, we should win this one easily. We need to see more Perk tonight and less Raef. When Bonner comes in we need to stay on him defensively because he loves to beat us from outside. MoPete is another shooter we need to stay with on the perimeter. We need Perk clogging the middle though. Should be interesting to see now that they aren't playing for the playoffs if they play hard and play for pride or if they tank and go for the lottery pick. It will say a lot about this team over the next 9 games. Key Matchup... Gomes vs Villanueva. With Bosh out, Villanueva has picked up his game, even scoring 48 in a game last week. Gomes is quick enough to stay with him and hopefully keep him from scoring at will. He needs to make him work on defense as well. Should be an interesting match up of promising Rookies!
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Post by The Eye of the Q is upon you! on Apr 4, 2006 11:54:42 GMT -5
No game is an easy one for the Celtics. Especially against the quick outside shooting teams like Toronto. Sounds like the Toronto media is hyping this game up based on the last second show time dunk just to gin up interest of this irrelevant game. Both teams deserve credit for competing despite their poor records.
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Post by BCHISTORIAN on Apr 4, 2006 13:49:00 GMT -5
i hope perk will get 48 rebounds
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 4, 2006 18:11:39 GMT -5
Pregame warm ups....
Yahoo!! Celtics feed tonight. I was afraid I would have to listen to the Raps announcers talking about how classless the Celts are. I need my Tommy fix!! It is confirmed that Perk will be back in the Celtics starting lineup. A loss tonight for Toronto will mathematically eliminate the Raptors from the playoffs. Tommy referred to Perk as a character guy of the nth degree and said if anyone has earned their right to play it is Perk. Doc said that Perk is back to where he was before he was injured and he gives us a better defensive presence in the middle and he is one of the better defenders if not the best defender on our team. Doc is saying that if the young guys want playing time they will work for it and that we are lucky that we have young guys who do work hard. He said we haven't played well defensively this year and that Toronto is a scary team unless you defend them. West Perk Wally Pierce and Gomes starting for the Celts. Almost tip off time.
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Post by ferbo on Apr 4, 2006 18:12:45 GMT -5
In light of rthe comments Doc made about playing kids, fact that he is likely to start Perk is very encouraging.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 4, 2006 18:20:49 GMT -5
Perk center for the Celts against Sow. PP and EWill giving each other a hug. Raps win the tip. Perk gets a block on James' first shote attempt. Williams misses a 3 from the corner. Sow called for a foul on the rebound. West walks is down. PP drives the lane and kicks to Wally in the corner. Wally misses a 3. Villanueva hits a long jumper. PP takes it to the basket and can't finish but is fouled on the rebound and put back attempt. He misses the first and hits the second FT. Mo Pete hits a jumper off of a pick. Wally beats Villanueva and dribbles into the lane and is fouled as he takes it to the basket. Wally hits both FTs. Peterson hits a jumper and is fouled by PP as he runs by. Mo hits the FT to put Toronto up 7-3. PP loses the ball and Villanueva takes it in for a layup. Perk gets the ball in the paint and hits a hook shot. Villanueva misses a jumper and Perk gets the rebound. PP once again dribbles around until he loses control and Willaims ties him up for a ju,mp ball. Twice in a row PP has dribbled himself into trouble. Raptors get the tip. Peterson hits the floor as he is fouled by PP. He is slow to get up and time out called. Raptors up 9-5 and 8:56 left in the first. Pierce is clearly off his game tonight so far. He twice dribbled into a turnover and already has 2 fouls.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 4, 2006 18:33:40 GMT -5
Pierce on the bench with 2 fouls and Tony replaces him. The replay shows that Peterson ran into one of his teamates and was shook up. Peterson hits both FTs. Celts lose it out of bounds with 1 sec on the SC. Delonte misses off the catch and Raptors get it back. James misses and Sow keeps the rebound alive. Villanueva tracks down the rebound. Gomes fouls Villanueva as he drives to the basket. He hits both FTs. Perk inbounds to West who brings it upcourt. Villanueva called for a blocking foul. Celts inbound on the side. Wally gets it in to West. Wally hits an open jumper on a nice feed from Gomes. Sow hits a jumper from around 18 ft. Perk called for a travel as he backs in against Sow. villanueva misses a jumper and Wally grabs the rebound. Wally hits a jumper over villanueva. Peterson misses a jumper and Villanueva gets the rebound, spins in the lane and hits a fall away jumper. Perk is called for an offensive foul. Raef replaces Perk and Raef picks up his first foul 15 seconds after he comes in. Peterson hits both FTs. Wally hits a leaner in the lane. Villanueva misses a jumper and Raef and Delonte combine for a weak side rebound. Wally dribbles into the paint and turns it over. Peterson hits a jumper on the feed from james. Gomes hits a jumper. Tommy said that he would be interested in James coming back to Boston. Raps miss. Sow misses the tip in. Celts grab the rebound and Raef its a 3. James misses a jumper in the lane. Gomes rebounds. Tony hits a layup. Williams hits a jumper from the corner. Gomes hits a jumper from the top of the key. Raps miss a jumper. Tony takes it to the basket and lays it in to tie the game. Tony gets a hand on the pass but Sow gets it anyway and hits a jumper. Gomes misses a jumper, Raps rebound and Williams takes it to the basket and lays it in. Villanueva called for a foul. Without Perk in there the Raps are taking it to the hoop with little resistance. Time out called with Raptors up 27-23 2:08 left in the first.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 4, 2006 18:40:56 GMT -5
Gomes at the line and the first FT goes in and out. Second one is off the front of the rim. West and James tie it up and jump ball called. First toss comes down in the middle with James ending on the floor. Raps win the tip on the second toss. Raps miss a jumper. Celts rebound. Raef hits a 3 from the top of the arc. James misses a jumper West rebounds. Raef hits another 3. Araujo misses a hook shot and Boston rebounds. West tries to force a pass into Gomes and the pass is picked off. Graham hits a jumper. Wally drives the lane and kicks out to Gomes who misses a jumper. Tony runs in and grabs the rebound and is fouled on the put back attempt. Tony hits the first. Scal and Green in. (Think maybe Vito Scalabrine is the designated muscle to protect Green?? ) Tony hits the second. Peterson takes it to the basket and lays it in. Green fumbles the pass and Raps get a steal. Peterson misses a jumper at the buzzer. Score at the end of 1 is tied at 31.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 4, 2006 18:48:42 GMT -5
Celts inbound to start the second quarter. We played terrible in the first quarter and the game is tied. If we can get it together and stop turning it over and start hitting our shots and defend a little, we should win it. Green, Greene, Raef, Scal, and Tony on the floor. Raef misses a jumper and Bonner rbounds. Peterson leans in and hits a jumper. Scal drives baseline and gets it to Gerald and gets a soft shot to go down. No boos for Gerald which is nice. Araujo lays it in and is fouled. Araujo hits the FT. Scal misses a 3 and Bonner rebounds. Barrett takes it in the paint. Greene gets a block and Scal comes away with it. Greene gets it stripped by Graham and Peterson takes it in for a slam. PP comes in for Scal and Doc is going small. Raef takes it to the basket and lays it in and is fouled. He misses the FT. Raps rebound. Allen with a steal and a good pass to a cutting Raef who lays it in. Barrett misses a layup Raef rebounds. Gerald takes it hard to the basket along the baseline and is fouled. Time out with 8:43 left in the half and Toronto up 38-37
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 4, 2006 18:56:11 GMT -5
Green hits both FTs. Green with a steal. Gets it nicely to Tony who slams it. Second delay of game on the Celts. Peterson hits the Tech. Bonner hits a 3 from the corner. Green hits a long jumper. Peterson hits a jumper from the top of the key. Green misses a 3 from the top of the arc. Graham hits a jumper quickly at the other end. PP takes it to the basket and is fouled by Graham. PP misses the first and hits the second. Peterson misses a catch and shoot jumper. Green turns it over. Bonner comes up short on a jumper. Sow misses the put back and Bonner is there to get the layup on the third attempt and is fouled. Gomes in for Green. Bonner hits the FT. Defensive 3 second violation. Time out with 5:48 to go in the half. Raptors up 48 -44
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 4, 2006 19:04:08 GMT -5
PP hits the T. Celts inbound on the side. PP misses a jumper and Sow grabs the rebound. Bonner hits a deep 3. PP gets the ball under the basket and scoops it up and in and is fouled by Bonner. PP misses the FT. West replaces Greene on the floor. Bonner travels on his way to the basket. West brings it up the floor. Raps not pressing in the back court. Peterson called for a foul as PP takes it baseline. Pierce takes a knee to his thigh and is rubbing it. He back rims the first FT. hits the second. West pressing in the back court as James brings it up. Peterson misses a 3 and Bonner grabs the rebound. James misses a jumper and Raef rebounds. West sets his feet and hits a jumper. Bonner misses a 3 and PP rebounds. Pp misses a jumper and gets hit own rebound. He kicks it to Raef in the corner who hits a 3. Bonner hits a 3 from the top of the arc. you would think some one would guard him out there on the perimeter. PP takes it to the basket and is fouled by Graham. Time out with the game tied at 54 and 2:54 left in the half. Just before the time out, Perk came in for Raef.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 4, 2006 19:13:14 GMT -5
PP hits both FTs. West pressuring James as he brings it up. Graham misses a jumper and PP rebounds. PP misses a 3 and Sow rebounds. Peterson takes it to the hoop and misses. Celts get the rebound. PP misses in the lane and Gomes gets the rebound and put back. james hits a jumper over Gomes. Wally hits a 3 off the catch. Defensive 3 second violation on Perk. James hits the T. Raps inbound on the side. Graham misses a layup as he is fouled by Perk. Graham hits both FTs. Perk inbounds to West who brings it up. Still no back court pressure. Wally dribbles around the arc and Araujo runs into him and Wally will shoot 2. Wally hits both FTs. West stays with James as he brings it across. James takes it to the basket and is fouled by Gomes (his second). James hits the first. Green comes in for Gomes. he hits the second FT. Green misses an open 3 from the corner. Raps rebound. Bonner misses a 3 at the buzzer. Score at the half is Boston 63 Toronto 61... No one is playing any D. First team to play defense should win it...
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 4, 2006 19:28:12 GMT -5
Recap of the first. Violet Palmer is one of the refs... Raef came off the bench to score 16 on 6 of 7 shooting. Pierce had a bad first with 8 points on 1 of 5 shooting and 6 of 10 from the line. He also had 2 turnovers and 2 quick fouls in the first. West 1 of 5 from the field as well. No one playing defense as is obvious from the high scoring half. We need to play defense in the second half while continuing to shoot the ball well. Green came in and did a nice job while he was in there with some nice shots and a couple of nice passes.
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Post by The Eye of the Q is upon you! on Apr 4, 2006 19:28:22 GMT -5
Halftime Review
Missed the opening the 6 minutes and the Celtics seemed to settle into good ball movement and easy opportunities. Toronto got the same thing so the score is high as predicted.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Apr 4, 2006 19:34:36 GMT -5
Celts inbound to start the 3rd. Starters back on the floor for the Celts. Perk called for a travel. Williams leans into Perk and Perk gets the fouled called on him. Williams hits both FTs. PP drives the lane and lays it in but is called for a travel before the shot. Travelling called on Villanueva as he drives to the basket. PP drives the lane again and is fouled by Sow. PP hits both FTs. Villanueva hits an outside jumper just inside the 3 point line. West with a good pass inside to Gomes who lays it in and Tommy does his You better believe West is a PG routine. Villanueva gets a put back. West misses a jumper. Villanueva rebounds. Villanueva misses a jumper. Gomes rebounds. PP hits a jumper off of a nice pick by Perk. Williams blows by Gomes and takes it to the basket and lays it in. PP misses a jumper. Williams rebounds. Toronto loses it out of bounds. Time out with Score tied at 69 and 8:32 left in the Third.
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