CG Award 12/19 vs. Pistons

[runrondo]

"Chauncey Billups hit two free throws with one-tenth of a second left and the Detroit Pistons handed the Celtics their first home loss of the season, 87-85 on Wednesday night.

The Celtics (20-3) had matched their best start ever, also achieved by the 1963-64 team that eventually won the NBA title. Boston had won its first 12 home games, its most since a club-record 17 by the 1957-58 squad.
Billups, who scored 12 of his team-high 28 points in the final quarter, was fouled by Tony Allen. On the previous possession, Billups' turnover gave the Celtics a chance to grab the lead.

Richard Hamilton added 21 points for Detroit (18-7) in a matchup of the Eastern Conference's top teams.

Kevin Garnett led the Celtics with 26 points and Ray Allen, who returned after missing the last two games because of a sore right ankle, had 24, including a game-tying 3-pointer with 18.9 seconds to play.
"


Was an amazing game but obviously ended in an ugly way..No way should you ever lose when your tied with 5.1 seconds and have the ball..At least make sure the time runs out so they don't get another chance...



Garnett- 9/15FGS 26pts 12reb Great game but he did kind of dissapear in the 4th quarter

Ray 9/13FGS 24pts 5reb Huge game especially after missing 2 games..Amazing shots, game, and dunk

Rondo 7/10FGS 14pts 7ast Awesome 1st half, but unluckily we couldn't see him abuse Billups more or see if he could in the second half because of the refs...

Pierce 5/16FGS 11pts 4ast. 4reb. Never into the game, shouldn't driven to the net more just like on the final play..Celts seemed to force it to Pierce for some odd reason and never realized Pierce was just losing it as they kept forcing it...

Bench was nonexistant...Posey had 0pts and no effect on the game which isn't a good sign..Baby got 0pts..And the bench as a whole had 5pts..Not good...


My vote goes to Ray Ray for coming back and playing spectacular...He shot 9/13 which is great since he's shooting pretty poorly lately and hit amazing contested shots...Tough loss but we're still 20-3 and getting better


CG Award Count
[glow=red,2,300]Pierce 1[/glow]
Garnett 0
Ray Ray 0
Tony Allen 0
Rondo 0
Perkins 0
Scalabrine 0
Powe 0
Baby 0
Posey 0
House 0

[CelticsLoyalist]

Ray gets this one hands down! He came to play and certainly did not like the Pistons at all! That emphatic dunk, fade away 3 and then the clutch 3 with seconds left was amazing. My only question...why did Doc sit him during crucial stretches? I woulda put either Ray or Posey on Billups myself, but whatever.

[findawgg]

Rondo set the tone, and made Detroit respect him. The turn of the game came when Rondo was on the bench and Hunter forced 3 turnovers with the half court trap.

--Fin

[FLCeltsFan]

findawg said:

Rondo set the tone, and made Detroit respect him. The turn of the game came when Rondo was on the bench and Hunter forced 3 turnovers with the half court trap.

--Fin

Exactly. This proves to me that we need another point guard. Rondo obviously can man the point in the starting lineup. When he goes to the bench, House can handle teams that don't press or play tough defense, but when we face teams like the Pistons who will play defense against us, he just isn't what we need.

[cfoo]

I voted for Ray. He was amazing this game.

[eddietours]

hey you know guys while l was watching the game last night l was standing in front of the tv the entire game maybe l got too hype for the game btw it feels good to have a good team again it felt like the 80s again am not too worry about the lost our bench only give us 5 points also pierce had a off night and we almost won the game any way l voted for ray

[runrondo]

It's nice to see all these votes guys, thanks...Looks like Ray Allen wins the second CG Award..