Post game Chatter.......
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:29 pm
KG........
"Wind feels fine, I want to get into more minutes," Garnett said. "I'm sure my minutes are going to go up. I'm picking up the ball with [Rajon] Rondo and causing turnovers, showing hard on defense, calling out the coverages. And you just don't do that when you are out of shape or don't have the lungs to do that.
"I'm in decent shape, just probably not 48-minute shape. If Doc needed me play 48, I could do it off just sheer will but I can't say I'll be productive. But you will have 100 percent effort. But for the most part I'm back in the swing of things, I know my role here, I'm not going outside of that - being aggressive on the defensive end, talking, being a presence, whether that was blocking shots, talking very loudly, taking up the ball and doubling the ball. All the things I've done that have been successful for me."
Once I calmed down and reality set in, it was probably best I did listen to people," Garnett said. "The powers that be set me down and it was a lot worse than what I thought it was, actually, the MRI showed that.
"But it's just being competitive, man, just being a beast and trying to go out and play through anything. In my career I've been able to play through a lot of different injuries that you guys have no idea about. As you get older, some of those things come out of the shadow but I'm learning to deal with that."
BBD....
"Any shot is easy to make when you know the team has confidence in you," Davis said, "when your teammates know you can hit the big shot, any shot."
Asked about his career-high point total, Davis said: "I wasn't really paying attention, I was just playing. I hope I can get another one soon. I don't think teams really look at me as a serious option, but as I gain more experience I can hit those shots."
Davis had been in the starting lineup while Kevin Garnett recovered from a right knee strain. But Davis returned to a reserve role in the last two games.
Doc....
"He's just doing his job and spotting up to his area," coach Doc Rivers said of Davis. "When he floats outside of his area, those are the front of the rim shots. But, when he catches it in his shooting zone he makes his shot. He's going to be the guy open a lot with the other guys collapsing the defense."
"There was a five-minute stretch [Friday] night in the third quarter where I said, 'Hey, that's the Celtics,' " Rivers said. "I felt like our team was back. You could actually see it for that one stretch - Kevin was sprinting the floor, the ball was moving, we were getting stops, It reminded me of the team we had a month ago and it was good to see. But we have a lot of work to do as well trying to get the starters back in their rhythm together."
Ray.....
The Celtics were credited with 30 assists against Memphis, led by Rondo's 10, six from Ray Allen, and four from Stephon Marbury.
"Every time we have 30 assists we win," Allen said. "The bad scenario for us is when we have less than 20 assists and we are struggling, and that makes it harder on our defense."
Sweet......
"Wind feels fine, I want to get into more minutes," Garnett said. "I'm sure my minutes are going to go up. I'm picking up the ball with [Rajon] Rondo and causing turnovers, showing hard on defense, calling out the coverages. And you just don't do that when you are out of shape or don't have the lungs to do that.
"I'm in decent shape, just probably not 48-minute shape. If Doc needed me play 48, I could do it off just sheer will but I can't say I'll be productive. But you will have 100 percent effort. But for the most part I'm back in the swing of things, I know my role here, I'm not going outside of that - being aggressive on the defensive end, talking, being a presence, whether that was blocking shots, talking very loudly, taking up the ball and doubling the ball. All the things I've done that have been successful for me."
Once I calmed down and reality set in, it was probably best I did listen to people," Garnett said. "The powers that be set me down and it was a lot worse than what I thought it was, actually, the MRI showed that.
"But it's just being competitive, man, just being a beast and trying to go out and play through anything. In my career I've been able to play through a lot of different injuries that you guys have no idea about. As you get older, some of those things come out of the shadow but I'm learning to deal with that."
BBD....
"Any shot is easy to make when you know the team has confidence in you," Davis said, "when your teammates know you can hit the big shot, any shot."
Asked about his career-high point total, Davis said: "I wasn't really paying attention, I was just playing. I hope I can get another one soon. I don't think teams really look at me as a serious option, but as I gain more experience I can hit those shots."
Davis had been in the starting lineup while Kevin Garnett recovered from a right knee strain. But Davis returned to a reserve role in the last two games.
Doc....
"He's just doing his job and spotting up to his area," coach Doc Rivers said of Davis. "When he floats outside of his area, those are the front of the rim shots. But, when he catches it in his shooting zone he makes his shot. He's going to be the guy open a lot with the other guys collapsing the defense."
"There was a five-minute stretch [Friday] night in the third quarter where I said, 'Hey, that's the Celtics,' " Rivers said. "I felt like our team was back. You could actually see it for that one stretch - Kevin was sprinting the floor, the ball was moving, we were getting stops, It reminded me of the team we had a month ago and it was good to see. But we have a lot of work to do as well trying to get the starters back in their rhythm together."
Ray.....
The Celtics were credited with 30 assists against Memphis, led by Rondo's 10, six from Ray Allen, and four from Stephon Marbury.
"Every time we have 30 assists we win," Allen said. "The bad scenario for us is when we have less than 20 assists and we are struggling, and that makes it harder on our defense."
Sweet......