Celtics (34-7) at Magic (27-18) 1/27

[cfoo]

I think every game we've lost this year has been on a last second shot or it seems like it.

[runrondo]

We're a good team and we don't get blown out often..Only teams that have beaten us by double digits is the bobcats..

[cfoo]

that dreamshake Rondo did on Howard went to waste. That was sweet. I love it when rondo suddenly turns into Hakeem. It seems so out of place but its part of his game. It's weird. It's almost like when Rondo was younger he was taller than everyone he played against and developed this ridiculous post game that he rarely uses.

[mev17]

Not a bad game, except for a horrible stretch in the third quarter where they went from up 3 to down 16. They went completely away from team basketball and played too much one-on-one IMO. One reason I felt Howard had so many blocks (6 I believe) is that we were so predictable for a stretch -- whoever had the ball was going to over-dribble and attack the basket -- we needed more ball movement. I was pretty upset after the game, because we outplayed them for the most part except that horrible third-quarter stretch.

Also, we need a big man badly. We are horribly thin at players 6-10 or above; take away KG and/or Perk and we are a very short basketball team. I felt that really hurt us today.

[DERRENMATTS]

mev17 said:

Not a bad game, except for a horrible stretch in the third quarter where they went from up 3 to down 16. They went completely away from team basketball and played too much one-on-one IMO. One reason I felt Howard had so many blocks (6 I believe) is that we were so predictable for a stretch -- whoever had the ball was going to over-dribble and attack the basket -- we needed more ball movement. I was pretty upset after the game, because we outplayed them for the most part except that horrible third-quarter stretch.

Also, we need a big man badly. We are horribly thin at players 6-10 or above; take away KG and/or Perk and we are a very short basketball team. I felt that really hurt us today.

Totally agree on both paragraphs, Mev. That stretch in the 3rd is what killed us (but ain't it amazing how many times we came back from double digit holes?).

And yes, we do need big man help--preferably a guy who can score in the post as well. I really feel this will be beneficial for us, and I feel that Powe proved that in the 1st half.

Terrific to see Powe getting playing time early in the game. And he did not disappoint.