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2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 2:46 am
by Celtics_Champs
I don't know who to vote for. Ray or Pierce.
Good little problem to have, huh?
Edit: going with paul after Donny and Tommy both mentioned how clutch of an assist that was from pierce. And that is true.
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 2:49 am
by pballa
tough but have to go with ray
but pierce did get us there
rondo, man too many dumb plays in the first half by him, was disappointed
gj team for making it despite the odds/refs
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 2:52 am
by exculpatory
The Truth - 29-8-6 - he made all the clutch baskets that brought us back in Q4 - until sweet Ray put the icing on the cake.
The Biscuit man was wrong for the 1000000th time. Joey, wake up, think positive, and enjoy this team and these HOFers while we have them. What is wrong with you?
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 2:54 am
by sunshinekids99
Two huge shots from Ray Allen tonight. But I had to go with Paul Pierce.
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 2:55 am
by Bigmiketruth
I voted for Pierce but man you can't go wrong. That 3 Ray hit to tie the game was pure filthiness.. i-i can't even put it into words.
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 3:04 am
by Rocky5000
Ray. Without him, all of Paul's great play would have meant nothing. 6 points from Ray within 30 seconds.
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 3:06 am
by cisco
Can Pierce, Ray and Big Baby share it? Pierce was huge in the 4th, plus the assist to Ray. Ray was clutch with 2 threes, including the game winner. Baby was clutch, with the two offensive rebounds in the waning seconds and the clutch shot, plus his first double/double.
This whole team is clutch.

Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 3:12 am
by TheSheriff
Pierce with a +14 takes this cigar. His pass and drawing the d made ray's hot possible
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 3:13 am
by Spin Move
This is a really tough call, do you give it to the guy who set up the open shot or the guy who made the open shot?
The thing is you cant, so lets look at other measusres, statistically peirce had the better game and carried us back in it, I am not a huge fan of +- but tonight it is a little telling considering how much they were on the floor together, Pierce +14 Allen -1. Baby and Rondo (besides the turnovers) had good games too.
A very close call but given the team lead in points and more rebounds and assists but fewer turnovers have to give it to the captain.
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 3:19 am
by Jammer
Ray Allen
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 3:21 am
by Jammer
Legs at the end, plus a solid overall game.
Isn't that the argument PP's lovers give when he's clutch in the last 60 seconds?
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 3:35 am
by Spin Move
One can argue that given how clutch the shot was outweighs the difference in stats between him and pierce, and that argument has merit, I just disagree with it since it was a great pass by pierce to set it up, pierce shouldered the load the last few minutes to put us there and the plus minus difference of 15...when they played most of their minutes together means that pierce played much better without his wingmate then Allen did making his contribution more valuable.
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 3:45 am
by wayupnorth
O captain! My captain! PP gets my vote.
It's almost too sweet to have two players that clutch on the same team. It wasn't pretty all the way but boy, was that a satisfying ending.
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 4:38 am
by Fencer reregistered
I didn't see the game, as usual -- but who did better at the defensive end? It's not obvious from the box score what the Sixers' rotations are, since Green started but didn't play a lot of minutes
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 5:15 am
by Bad-Thoma
Ray was clutch, but Paul was the warrior who kept it close enough for Ray to be clutch, got to give it to superman.
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 5:48 am
by MalReyn
Gotta give it to Ray. Hitting a last-second shot gives him a huge boost, despite PP setting him up and great play in the 4th. So impressive for Ray to have those legs at the end of the game after playing 43 minutes.
Not that you can go wrong either way.
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 6:25 am
by Scalamental
MalReyn wrote:Gotta give it to Ray. Hitting a last-second shot gives him a huge boost, despite PP setting him up and great play in the 4th. So impressive for Ray to have those legs at the end of the game after playing 43 minutes.
Not that you can go wrong either way.
Exactly.
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 6:30 am
by exculpatory
Isn't it awesome that 2 of our future HOFers were clutch as hell tonight?
Paul 29-8-6 and singlehandedly keeps us in the game and brings us back in Q4. Ray with 2 super clutch 3s (gamewinner set up by Paul as in the past). This cigar unequivocably belongs to the Truth, but we obviously could not have won this game without Ray Ray's "ice in the veins" daggers at the very end.
P.S. Jammer, it is pristinely clear from many of your posts that you are certainly not a Pierce lover; indeed, even now, you consistently undervalue him and do not realize that he ranks only a bit behind Kobe and King James amongst wings in the NBA. If this were 2003-2006 (when Paul was carrying garbage teams on his back night after night, being doubled and tripled teamed on every play, and still willing us into the playoffs as an eighth seed a few times all by himself), you would be a charter member of the "trade Paul for Darius Miles or Corey Maggette or whomever" fan club.
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 9:58 am
by BillessuR6
I went with PP. He is just an amazing player! He carried us throughout the game and Ray finished it off. It is just a joy having to clutch players on one team.
And I have to give credit to Davis! 42 minutes played, I don`t even know how he did it. A very solid performance from him and some huge jumpers in the 4th quarter. He really is playing well in the last couple of weeks!
Re: 2/3/09 CELTICS @ Sixers Victory Cigar
Posted: Wed Feb 4, 2009 10:53 am
by Mahoney_jr
Can't we split the cigar? I can't vote... maybe that's because I'm European and more used to a tied game
