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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 23, 2007 20:31:44 GMT -5
Atlanta Hawks (13-25) at Boston Celtics (12-28) Wednesday, January 24, 2007 • 7:30 PM ET Regular Season Game #41 • Home Game #20 TD Banknorth Garden • Boston, MAProbable Starters PG:West/SG:Green/SF:Gomes/PF:Jefferson/C:PerkinsOff the BenchPowe, Kandi, Ray, Rondo, Telfair, Szczerbiak, Scalabrine InjuriesTheo Ratliff Sore Lower Back Out Paul Pierce Left Foot Stress Reaction Out Tony Allen Torn ACL, Left Knee Out Brian Scalabrine Bruised Right Knee Day-to-Day Wally Szczerbiak Right Ankle Sprain Day-to-Day Delonte West Sore Back probable Players to Watch Al has been playing some very good basketball on both ends of the court. Double doubles have become expected for him. Let's hope his progress continues and he his defense continues to improve along with his offensive moves and ability to beat the double team. Rondo has moved ahead of Telfair on the depth chart at PG. He is also running the team with West playing the 2 and this is when our team has made comebacks in the past couple of games. Word has it that Rajon has been practicing his shot for hours on end daily. This kid is already an incredible player and he is only going to get better. When Rondo comes into the game, it gets exciting. Probable Starters PG:Ivey/SG:Johnson/C:Wright/PF:Smith/SF:M.WilliamsOff the Bench:Childress/Mevedenko/Stoudamire/WilliamsInjuriesTyrone Lue Strained Groin doubtful Speedy Claxton Knee out Players to WatchJoe Johnson is their best player and is always a threat. If we can contain him, it will go a long way toward beating this team. Josh Childress came off the bench to hurt us the last time and will probably have another strong game against us. We need to defend him and try to keep him from catching fire. Story LinesWally and Scal practiced today and are listed as probable for tomorrow. Doc has said that if Wally plays he will come off the bench to bolster our scoring off the bench. Let's hope that we see the healthy Wally who can hit his shots rather than the one that shoots 20%. West sat out practice on Tuesday with a sore back again but is expected to play. He has been playing some really good basketball and has found his shot again so hopefully it isn't anything serious. .......... We lost to the Hawks in Atlanta and I believe that we have improved since then and hopefully we can pull out a win against them at home, although we haven't been playing as well at home as we have away this season. TO THE GAMEPlay as a team. We need to play more team ball instead of each player trying to get the points all by themselves. When we get more assists, we play better. Limit Turnovers. We did much better taking care of the ball against the Spurs, finishing with 13 and with just 1 turnover in the 4th period. We need to keep working on this as we can't expect to win turning the ball over 20 or more times. Defense. We are seeing improvement in several players defensively. The Spurs game was a coming out game defensively for Jefferson. Gomes has been playing very good defense and Green has improved on defense also. We need to improve our team defense and work at getting stops down the stetch if we want to win close games. The Walking Wounded. West sat out practice, Wally and Scal practiced. Will West be able to play effectively or will his back limit him once again? Will Wally and Scal play? Will they be effective? If West is our starting PG then he needs to play aggressively as he has been and not be hampered by his back. If Wally and Scal play they need to be 100% or they will be hurting more than they are helping. Will Doc continue to play Perk at 60% or will he let him rest and give Powe more time? Perk is trying hard out there but is obviously hurting and so is not able to play up to his ability. It would be better to sit Perk and let him heal and give Powe some more minutes.
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Post by The Eye of the Q is upon you! on Jan 24, 2007 13:08:30 GMT -5
I'll be back watching the Celtics after my very unsuccessful road trip to Indiana over the weekend. I was so depressed Monday, I missed the Celtics game against the Spurs.
I need a Boston win, any Boston win. I maybe late working, and the Computer at home is in the shop, but I will try to watch and keep an open mind on the young Celtics players. Having Sczerbiak and Scal back will help more. Delonte West played a heckuva game the other night. Let's hope he does not have any more back issues for a while.
So I will check in at the half and make some notes.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 24, 2007 19:07:39 GMT -5
Wally not playing tonight. Scal will be dressing but will only be used if they absolutely need him since he isn't 100% yet.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 24, 2007 19:51:38 GMT -5
West Green Gomes Jefferson and Perk starting for Boston. Hawks win the tip. Wright misses a dunk and Al rebounds. West misses from the outside. Hawks rebound. Hawks called for a travel. Green takes it to the basket and is fouled. Gerald hits both FTs. Johnson misses a jumper. Al rebounds. Al misses everything on a turn around jumper and Hawks come away with it. Hawks miss and Perk rebounds. Gomes misses a jumper. Hawks rebound. Hawks miss and the rebound is tipped around. green comes up with it. Green is fouled by Johnson. Celtics inbound. Green misses a 3 from the corner. Perk called for a foul over the back on the rebound. Smith misses and rebound goes out of bounds off Wright. West drives the lane and lays it down to Al who is fouled by Johnson as he goes up for the shot. That is Johnson's second foul. Al makes the first and misses the second. Hawks rebound. Wright misses a jumper and Al rebounds. Green called for an offensive foul as he drives to the basket. Smith misses from the corner and Green gets the weak side rebound. Delonte with a hand off to Al in the lane who goes up for 2 fakes and then lays it in. Lue misses and the Celtics rebound. West takes it to the basket and was fouled but no call. Celtics inbound on the end. West passes inside to Perk who dunks it. Childress is fouled by Al. He back rims the first FT. hits the second. West with a pass to a cutting Perk who lays it in and draws the foul. Perk hits the FT to complete the 3 point play. Pachula hits a jumper. Green hits a 3 off the catch. Smith misses and Lue gets the rebound. Perk with a nice block. Alley oop to Green doesn't work but rebound comes out to Delonte. Perk hits a hook shot in the lane. Time out with 5:44 left in the first and Celtics up 15-3
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 24, 2007 19:58:20 GMT -5
Smith misses the hoop on a hook shot. Pachulia gets the rebound but can't get a shot off and Hawks called for a 24 second violation. West has the ball taken away. He fouls Smith as he goes up for a layup. Smith hits the first. Misses the second and Perk rebounds. Gomes misses a jumper and Gree tips the rebound out but Hawks come away with it. Smith misses and Gomes rips down the rebound. Perk misses a hook shot in the lane. Hawks rebound. Williams misses a jumper. Perk rebounds. West gets into the lane and lays it in on a feed from Perk. Smith misses a layup and Perk rebounds. Gomes is fouled as he takes it to the hoop. Gomes hits both FTs. Williams misses and rebound goes out of bounds off Al. Time out with Boston up 19-4 and 2:59 left in the first
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 24, 2007 20:06:38 GMT -5
MWilliams hits a jumper from the top of the key. Gomes misses a jumper and S Williams gets the rebound. Pachulia drives into the lane and is fouled by Gomes. He front rims the first. Ray comes in for Gomes. Pachulia misses the second and Al rebounds. Green misses off the catch. Perk grabs the rebound and lays it in. Pachulia hits a jumper. West drives into the lane and lays it down to Al who hits a jumper. Hawks miss and Al skies for the rebound. Green hits a 3 from the corner off the catch. Childress takes it to the basket and lays it in. West is fouled and goes to the line. He hits the first. Powe and Rondo come in. He hits the second. Rondo with some defensive pressure in the back court. Childress loses it out of bounds. Green comes in for Powe. Telfair comes in for Al. green misses a jumper from the FT line. Hawks rebound and Childress misses a 3/4 court heave at the buzzer. Score at the end of 1 is Celtics 28 and Hawks 10
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 24, 2007 20:08:16 GMT -5
Greg Dickerson said that Wally may have reinjured his ankle yesterday when he practiced because it was sore again today with some swelling. And they called Al a malingerer.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 24, 2007 20:14:13 GMT -5
Celtics inbound to start the second. Telfair Rondo Ray Al and Powe on the floor. Green misses a jumper and Hawks rebound. Lue hits a jumper. Rondo takes it to the basket and misses a layup. Powe with the rebound and he takes it back up strong for a layup. Johnson with a jumper. Telfair misses a jumper off the catch. REbound goes over the backboard to the Hawks. Williams misses and Johnson rebounds. Childress misses a dunk but is fouled by Powe. He hits both FTs. Rondo brings the ball up. Ray misses from the corner. Hawks rebound. Rondo rebounds the Hawks miss and quickly heads up court and is fouled hard as he goes to the basket. He misses the first and hits the second. Green and Gomes come in for Telfair and Al. Rondo gets a hand on the pass and it goes out of bounds. Time out with 8:57 left in the half and Celtics up 31-16
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 24, 2007 20:23:44 GMT -5
Hawks inbound Hawks with a 24 second violation. Green misses a jumper. Powe is practically falling over backwards to get the rebound as pachulia holds him back and is called for a foul. Hawks miss and Powe rebounds. Ray misses. Green gets the rebound but his put back is blocked and Powe gets the rebound and slams it home. Green called for a foul. Johnson gets inside for a layup. Green called for an offensive foul as he tries to get to the basket. West comes in for Green who has 3 fouls. Defensive 3 second call on the Celtics. Lue misses the T. Hawks inbound with 14 on the SC. Al comes in for Ray. MWillliams misses but Smith gets the rebound and lays it in. Gomes misses and Smith rebounds. Smith misses a layup and perk rebounds. Al missses a jumper and gets his own rebound and after 2 fakes draws the foul. He hits the first and misses the second. hawsk rebound. Lue misses as Rondo gets a piece of it. Perk and Al combine for the rebound. West misses a 3 Lue rebounds. Rondo strips MWilliams shot. He gets it back and Al blocks the shot and ball goes out of bounds off Atlanta. Time out with 5:17 left in the half and Celtics up 34-20
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 24, 2007 20:28:30 GMT -5
Celtics inbound and Perk hits a hook shot in the lane. Hawks miss and West rebounds. Perk has it blocked by Smith and it goes out of bounds off the Hawks. Celtics inbound with 8 on the SC. Celtics turn it over on the inbounds pass. Johnson loses it. Smith blocks Gomes's shot. Al with a block. Perk is called for palming. Johnson misses and Perk rebounds. Rondo takes it to the basket and should have taken the shot but tries to lay it down for Perk around two Hawks and Perk didn't see it coming and it goes out of bounds. Time out with 3:28 left in the half and Celtics up 36-20
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 24, 2007 20:34:37 GMT -5
Hawks inbound and bring it up the court against pressure from Rondo. Rondo with a deflection but Hawks recover. Stoudamire misses and rebound goes out of bounds. They call it Hawks ball but then change the call to Celtics call. Al loses it out of bounds. Smith hits a layup and is fouled by Al. West hits a jumper from the FT line with 3 on the SC. Wright misses and Perk gets the rebound and is hit in the face by Childress who is called for the foul. Al with a nice fake and then lays it in. West called for a foul. Hawks inbound. Stoudamire hits a jumper. Al with two fakes and then draws the foul. Time out with 1:09 left in the half and Celtics up 40-25
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 24, 2007 20:37:54 GMT -5
Al hits a jumper. Hawks miss a 3 and West picks off the rebound. Gomes misses a jumper and Al hits the floor hard and takes a minute to get up. he his limping up the court but still on the floor. West hits a jumper. Childress hits a jumper at the buzzer. Score at the half is Boston 44 Atlanta 29. Al is walking a bit gingerly off the court. hope he is ok.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 24, 2007 20:45:37 GMT -5
Al had a right bruised knee and is expected to return. Perk was incredible during that half. His foot must be feeling better tonight because he is moving much better than he has in a long time ... Perk with 11 points and 10 rebounds in 18 minutes. And Powe just continues to impress whenever he gets on the floor. He played 5 minutes and had 3 rebounds (2 offensive) and 4 points. Al continuing to play solid with 10 points and 8 rebounds. Lets hope they can continue to play together and pull out a win in this one.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 24, 2007 21:05:59 GMT -5
Celtics inbound to start the 3rd. Starters on the floor.Gomes has his shot blocked by Wright. Hawks come away with it. Great defense and Hawks with a 24 second violation. Perk gets the ball inside to Al who is fouled as Smith falls for the upfake. He misses the first FT. Hits the second. M Williams hits a jumper. Perk hits a hook shot on the baseline. Smith hits a hook shot in the lane. Gomes hits a jumper over Smith. M Williams misses from the corner. West gets the rebound. West takes it hard to the basket and Lue is called for a foul. He hits the first and misses the second. Hawks rebound. Smith hits a jumper from the top of the key. Al misses a layup. Perk tips the rebound out to Green. Wright knocks the pass out of bounds. Celtics inbound with 14 on the SC. Green hits a 3. Johnson misses and Smith gets the rebound and put back and draws a foul on Al. He hits the FT. west misses a jumper. Al rebounds. West takes it to the basket and misses the scoop shot but draws the foul on Wright. He hits both FTs. Celtics with light pressure in the back court. defensive 3 second violation. Johnson hits the T. Hawks inbound with 14 on the SC. Smith spins into the lane and misses a layup. Al grabs the rebound. Green misses a 3 off the catch. West gets a hand on the rebound but Hawks come away with it. Childress hits a jumper. West misses layup. Hawks rebound. Smith with a dunk at the other end to cut the lead to 11. Perk with an upfake and draws the foul on Smith. Perk hits both FTs. hawks easily pass out of the pressure and get it across. Smith gets inside for a dunk once again. Smith blocks the alley oop pass to Green and ball goes out of bounds. Time out with 5:52 left in the third and Celtics up 57-46. We are making the mistake of letting them back into the game. We need to stay aggressive and build the lead back up.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Jan 24, 2007 21:11:20 GMT -5
Green, West, Al, Perk, West misses and Hawks rebound. Johnson hits a 3 to cut the lead to 8. Perk misses a hook shot. Pachulia with the rebound. Johnson hits a jumper and Perk is called for his second foul. Johnson misses the FT and Perk rebounds. Ray misses a jumper and S Williams rebounds. Al blocks Pachulia's shot. West comes away with it. Ray misses a layup. Hawks rebound. Pachulia gets to the hoop for a layup. Lead is down to 4. Green hits a jumper from the top of the key. defensive 3 second violation. Gomes comes in for Perk. Johnson hits the T. Time out with Celtics up 59-54 and 3:42 left in the 3rd.
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