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Re: Victory Cigar: 1/7/13 - Celtics @ Knicks 102-96
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 4:24 pm
by Berkcelt
ermocrate wrote:My vote to Jeff Green who made Melo insane with his defense...
I really liked Green's defense on Carmelo, too; I thought it was much more impressive than his offensive which I thought was pretty typical for him — he just happened to have Steve Novak guarding him much of the night.
Re: Victory Cigar: 1/7/13 - Celtics @ Knicks 102-96
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 4:27 pm
by Berkcelt
StojkoVrankovic wrote:I know many folks will disagree with this, but I wish we got rid of the VC and just made post game threads.
The majority of the time it becomes a pissing contest and we loose focus on the TEAM.
3 wins in a row. First win against the best defense in the league, 2nd/3rd win over top 3 teams in the East. All done as a team
The guys are finally within their defined roles and our man/team defense has really picked up
I love our TEAM right now
I agree with that. It's nice homage to Red, but the Celtics are all about team.
Love how the team is clicking. It is really time to make hay with this homestand upcoming.
Re: Victory Cigar: 1/7/13 - Celtics @ Knicks 102-96
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 5:23 pm
by Valid
GrandTheftRondo wrote:You know what else I loved about last night's game? Jeff Green. He was fantastic. Pierce got in foul trouble early and Green came in and attacked, played defense and grabbed rebounds. We didn't miss a beat with Pierce off. He also made it his mission to attack Novak at every opportunity which led to his benching which helped us down the stretch (we could've gone at him defensively, but offensively he is a great shooter). That's what Green is getting paid to do! Now it would be even better if he can keep it up.
What was most impressive about Green's performance was that he did it on a big stage. On the road at MSG? Doesn't get much bigger than that. Gives me confidence that he'll be able to do it in the playoffs.
Re: Victory Cigar: 1/7/13 - Celtics @ Knicks 102-96
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 5:23 pm
by ermocrate
Berkcelt wrote:ermocrate wrote:My vote to Jeff Green who made Melo insane with his defense...
I really liked Green's defense on Carmelo, too; I thought it was much more impressive than his offensive which I thought was pretty typical for him — he just happened to have Steve Novak guarding him much of the night.
That's were Melo started to get nervous, then KG went for the dagger...
Re: Victory Cigar: 1/7/13 - Celtics @ Knicks 102-96
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 5:51 pm
by syk1235
Shamrock wrote:When Bradley get's his shot back this team is gonna be extremely tough to beat. The only teams we really should be focused on beating is the heat. Once the Knicks come down to earth it's gonna be the Celtics and the Heat battling it out in the conference finals.
I think we match up pretty poorly with the Bulls...
Re: Victory Cigar: 1/7/13 - Celtics @ Knicks 102-96
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 5:53 pm
by Valid
syk1235 wrote:Shamrock wrote:When Bradley get's his shot back this team is gonna be extremely tough to beat. The only teams we really should be focused on beating is the heat. Once the Knicks come down to earth it's gonna be the Celtics and the Heat battling it out in the conference finals.
I think we match up pretty poorly with the Bulls...
The Bulls aren't beating the Celtics in a seven-game series. They just don't have the firepower.
Re: Victory Cigar: 1/7/13 - Celtics @ Knicks 102-96
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 5:55 pm
by Scraptor
Just want to give you guys kudos on the win. Every year people say the Cs are done, but legends never lose their hunger. And it's amazing how contagious it is with your young guys.
Also, whenever I start to feel glad for hapless Knicks fans, something like this happens, they wish injury on others, and they reveal themselves to be a bunch of clowns yet again. I really hope they get knocked out in the first round.
Good luck the rest of the way.
Re: Victory Cigar: 1/7/13 - Celtics @ Knicks 102-96
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 5:57 pm
by Tenbomber
ermocrate wrote:My vote to Jeff Green who made Melo insane with his defense...
Mine too!
He took up the slack for Pierce when the captain got in foul trouble and changed that game around!
I have to say that when Pierce and KG retire, Green could well become a team leader!
It has to be much harder to replace a legend than it is to be one.
Re: Victory Cigar: 1/7/13 - Celtics @ Knicks 102-96
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 7:54 pm
by MassAttack
Valid wrote:syk1235 wrote:Shamrock wrote:When Bradley get's his shot back this team is gonna be extremely tough to beat. The only teams we really should be focused on beating is the heat. Once the Knicks come down to earth it's gonna be the Celtics and the Heat battling it out in the conference finals.
I think we match up pretty poorly with the Bulls...
The Bulls aren't beating the Celtics in a seven-game series. They just don't have the firepower.
They lack the firepower for the heat, not the celtics. All those second chance points noah will be giving them will more than make up for it. They'll be a tough out for our team unless we're clicking on all cylinders offensively. Thibs doesn't believe in resting his guys so maybe they won't even be a factor though and will have dead legs for the playoffs, minus rose.
Re: Victory Cigar: 1/7/13 - Celtics @ Knicks 102-96
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 8:09 pm
by Valid
Noah can beat you one game. He can't do it over the course of a seven-game series. I think over the course of a long, drawn out series like that, the Celtics' overall talent and depth would be too much for Chicago.
Re: Victory Cigar: 1/7/13 - Celtics @ Knicks 102-96
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 8:21 pm
by Darth Celtic
i went with KG. He got in melo's head and destroyed him.
Re: Victory Cigar: 1/7/13 - Celtics @ Knicks 102-96
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 5:10 am
by sully00
Berkcelt wrote:StojkoVrankovic wrote:I know many folks will disagree with this, but I wish we got rid of the VC and just made post game threads.
The majority of the time it becomes a pissing contest and we loose focus on the TEAM.
3 wins in a row. First win against the best defense in the league, 2nd/3rd win over top 3 teams in the East. All done as a team
The guys are finally within their defined roles and our man/team defense has really picked up
I love our TEAM right now
I agree with that. It's nice homage to Red, but the Celtics are all about team.
Love how the team is clicking. It is really time to make hay with this homestand upcoming.
Having been apart of starting the Victory Cigar I will again state that it was never intended to be a player of the game award that it morphed into so that people could champion their binky. It was supposed to be about the play or player that was key to the win to kind of kick off the post game thread. At the time we had 3 studs and a bunch of roll players and it was really more about them than KG. Pierce, and Ray. I agree the player of the game pissing contest is stupid.
Re: Victory Cigar: 1/7/13 - Celtics @ Knicks 102-96
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 5:48 am
by big_ticket
Darth Celtic wrote:i went with KG. He got in melo's head and destroyed him.