CG Award 12/30 vs. Fakers

[runrondo]

"Paul Pierce scored 33 points and Kevin Garnett had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six assists Sunday night to lead the Boston Celtics to a 110-91 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.


Boston took the lead in the first quarter and never relinquished it. Each time the Lakers threatened, the Celtics would pull away again.

Kobe Bryant scored 22 for Los Angeles, going just 6-of-25 from the floor. Lamar Odom had 14 points and 10 rebounds.

The victory in the final of two meetings between the teams this season ran Boston's NBA-best record to 26-3 and extended its winning streak to six straight. It also ended a four-game winning streak by the Lakers, who still have won 10 of their last 13.

The Celtics prevented Lakers coach Phil Jackson from moving ahead of Boston Hall of Fame coach Ray Auerbach on the career wins ladder. Jackson remained tied with Auerbach for seventh on the all-time list with 938 victories.

Ray Allen added 19 points for Boston and Tony Allen, filling in for Rajon Rondo, had 16.

There obviously was a lot of emotion during the game -- and a lot of jawing at the referees, who called seven technical fouls over the course of the game: on the Celtics' Garnett, Kendrick Perkins, Ray Allen and coach Doc Rivers; and the Lakers' Bryant, Trevor Ariza and Kwame Brown.

Odom also was called for a flagrant foul late in the game, with Ray Allen drawing his technical on the same play.

Garnett left the game briefly in the second quarter to get two stitches above his right eye.

Los Angeles, which trailed by double digits much of the game, narrowed the gap to 72-66 with 3:17 left in the third quarter, but Pierce scored 10 points in a row to give the Celtics an 82-66 lead at the end of the period.

Boston was up 53-45 at halftime, with Los Angeles narrowing the gap after falling behind by 17, at 45-28, early in the second quarter.

Pierce had 16 points for the Celtics and Bryant 16 for the Lakers at the break. Bryant made just three of his 15 shots from the floor, but 10 of 11 from the free throw line.

Tony Allen scored 13 first-half points on 4-of-5 shooting while playing in place of Rondo, who sat out because of tightness in his right hamstring.

The Lakers wore throwback, short shorts in the first half, particularly odd-looking in contrast to the Celtics' knee-length, today look.

Garnett and Pierce scored eight points apiece to help the Celtics to a 32-23 lead at the end of the first quarter. Bryant scored nine for the Lakers, but went just 2-of-8 from the floor."


Wow, great win, great energy for a back to back...Again, You Can't Handle The Truth...


Pierce- [glow=red,2,300] 9/19FG 33PTS 8REB 4STL[/glow]

Garnett [glow=red,2,300] 9/13FG 22PTS 12REB 6AST 3BLK [/glow]

Tony Allen [glow=red,2,300]5/10FG 16pts 4AST[/glow]

Ray Ray [glow=red,2,300]6/13FG 19pts 6reb[/glow]

Perk [glow=red,2,300]3/6FG 7PTS 7REB[/glow]

Posey[glow=red,2,300] 3/6FT 8PTS 8REB[/glow]




My Vote [glow=red,2,300]goes to Pierce[/glow]..Tony as a very very close second again because Pierce carried this team while Tony helped fill the void of Rondo very nicely...






CG Award Count
[glow=red,2,300]Pierce 3[/glow]
[glow=red,2,300]Rondo 2[/glow]
[glow=red,2,300]Ray Ray 1[/glow]
[glow=red,2,300]Perkins 1[/glow]
Garnett 0
Tony Allen 0
Scalabrine 0
Powe 0
Baby 0
Posey 0
House 0
Pollard 0

[DERRENMATTS]

This one wasn't a no brainer as the other winners have been, but my nod goes to Pierce, again. He really poured it on in the 2nd quarter when the Lakers were making a comeback (they brought our lead down to 6 pts)--he kept the Lakers at bay.

The 3rd quarter, Ray Allen had his shining moments, and Garnett also had his glory throughout the game. But Pierce's heroics stood out more.

[CelticsLoyalist]

Gotta give it to P2 this time. Prolly should have last game as well since he has been taking control of these games, but anyway. I am very impressed with Pauls leadership.

[freshnthehouse]

It will be a magical day when Pollard gets his first CG award.

[CelticsLoyalist]

Everytime Pollard fouls the man he's guarding, I always give him a CG point.

[FLCeltsFan]

Has to be Pierce again. He just took over the game on every level, willing the Celtics to win. He was close to Red and I am sure that record was in the back of his mind and he knew they couldn't lose no matter what.

[runrondo]

admin said:

Everytime Pollard fouls the man he's guarding, I always give him a CG point.

Correction, everytime Pollard fouls his man HARD i give him a CG point ;D That's what i want from Pollard, six hard fouls, but the day may come where he wins the award but Pierce has been on this crazy stretch lately...

[eddietours]

you can stop pierce you can only hope to contain him

[FLCeltsFan]

The more I think about it, Perk should have gotten some consideration here. Bynum has been on a tear lately and has been one of the reasons that the Lakers have been winning. Against Perk, last night he fouled out with only 8 points and 2 rebounds. Perk also stopped a Kobe score twice. Defense doesn't always show up in the stat sheet and often doesn't get noticed but it is what is winning games for us.

[runrondo]

Well, i agree with you..I kind of did this one quick and now that i look at it i forgot Perk and Posey because Posey had a solid game too..And Bynum seems to have trouble with centers as big as him and beefy because his long reach doesn't really help him and Perk fit that role yesterday...I credit more of our team defense because we didn't allow the entry pass to Bynum from the key because others were coming from his weak side, somewhat doubling, etc. which resulted in only 2 shot attempts hence the 8 pts. But i do credit Perk lots (and Garnett and Posey) for only letting Bynum get 2 rebounds though i must say Bynum tries to get rebounds with his reach rather than position which isn't the smartest thing to do...Still, Perk got a foul or two on Bynum, Pierce drove to him to make him pick up fouls, and Posey stuck his head in there a couple times and picked up the finally fouls and FOULS were a contributing factor to why Bynum was stopped along with the distruption of their offense...Perk played the game we needed him to play so yes he does deserve some credit here but nobody had a chance to take this game away from Pierce..Most people knew he was gonna try to take over at some point, he just loves to in LA...

And i was a little dissapointed with Perk on his free throws (he went 1/6) because it seemed like this year he had gotten a hang of his free throws and i was pretty proud/happy with him but now he seems to be back to his old free throw shooting self..