[Game thread] Portland @ Boston

[PDXKnight]

I've lost a lot of respect for Garnett. He played with more class in Minnesota. At least Boston won't have to work very hard for a title.

Later in his time in Minesota, KG started to act like an arogant a#%hole. I guess he's just getting more desparate to win this late in his career.

[mojomarc]

On a different note i will say this and i KNOW for a fact i will get ripped for saying this. If Webster cannot be more aggressive and start averaging 12 to 14 points a game then i think KP should consider trading him.

Webster played a pretty damned solid game. He only got 18 minutes, but I really have no idea why. He was aggressive on defense, though, and got called on fouls against Pierce.

[Yangsing]

Yeah sure Oden will bring some much needed interior defense and toughness next season but it's not next season. LMA, Channing, and Joel to a less extent need to learn not to be as soft as girls.

[Ripcity4life]

Mojo i agree to a point but you have to admit the refs have tended to give Boston the benefit of the doubt when calling fouls. However it's pretty much a proven fact a veteran and the team who is more aggressive tends to get the calls.

[doogul]

Can we please stop complaining about the refs? We're more classy than that.

I kinda wish Martell would have gotten more playcalls in the 3rd. He was heating up and we suddenly started ignoring him. I realize he got in foul trouble, but that was long afterward.

[Joebiscuit]

Good game You guys have a hell of a team. I would be ecstatic if I was a blazers fan. Roy is a stud and lamarcus aldridge will be one as well. Plus you guys have a strong bench.

[listerine]

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And listerine, I dont think we really deserve to win this anyways.. our interior defense, as you said, was awful... But the officiating tonight has been blatant

I know that will get edited, but someone who comes into this forum to be a little punk is exactly that.. KG must be your idol

Ummm... Am I the "little punk?"

Anyway, we can be bitter at the refs and KG if we like, but we really just got outplayed. The Celtics were very aggressive on D. They forced us to play a scrambling game late into the shot clock and we ended up throwing the ball away time and again. Blazers played a sloppy game. Nuff said.

About the officiating - almost all the offensive fouls were offensive fouls. Same with the travelings.

[TradeMachine]

Anyone else get a kick out of that Watch the language Heinsohn saying the Blazers got the better end of the stick with the refs?


That was the most horribly officiated game of the year.

[ph1sh55]

whining about the ref's in a game like this is silly. Blazers got noone to blame but themselves. Sounded like sans joel they were a little intimidated, which isn't out of the question for being such a young team. Aggressive celts D resulted in many of our turnovers which killed us. I'm sure its a learning experience just gotta take it out on miami next.

[DeezXXnutZ]

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[TradeMachine]

whining about the ref's in a game like this is silly. Blazers got noone to blame but themselves. Sounded like sans joel they were a little intimidated, which isn't out of the question for being such a young team. Aggressive celts D resulted in many of our turnovers which killed us. I'm sure its a learning experience just gotta take it out on miami next.

We would have lost this game regardless of the refs, but did you watch the game? Aggressive Celts D? How about bumping, hand-checking, and tripping instead.

Watch the language. That's twice now

[listerine]

I kinda wish Martell would have gotten more playcalls in the 3rd. He was heating up and we suddenly started ignoring him. I realize he got in foul trouble, but that was long afterward.

They tried to get it to him. They were running him through screens, but Boston (I think it was Pierce on him) managed to run through the screens. They also rotated at the right time to cut off any open shot from Martel.

That was veteran defense. They saw who was getting the hot hand and quickly adjusted to cut it off. The Blazers wasted a lot of clock trying to get it to Martel and ended up empty every time.

[PDXKnight]

whining about the ref's in a game like this is silly. Blazers got noone to blame but themselves. Sounded like sans joel they were a little intimidated, which isn't out of the question for being such a young team. Aggressive celts D resulted in many of our turnovers which killed us. I'm sure its a learning experience just gotta take it out on miami next.

You have a point that the blazers were playing weak post defense but it didn't help the Blazers for the refs to make so many calls against them at crucial times. Granted, the Celtics played with more intensity but there's no excuse for reffing like the reffing shown in this game.

[mojomarc]

Mojo i agree to a point but you have to admit the refs have tended to give Boston the benefit of the doubt when calling fouls. However it's pretty much a proven fact a veteran and the team who is more aggressive tends to get the calls.

Exactly--you make fouls as often as the other team commits them, and Boston has a bunch of wiley veterans who know how to make fouls on the other team through aggressive play. Frankly, I wish we were about ninety times better at it ourselves than we have been so far this year. We'd blow teams away if we were. I'm confident, however, that it will come. Roy certainly seems to be learning this year.

[Wizenheimer]

the officiating was uneven, but Boston's defense was excellent. They worked hard at it.

It wasn't required that portland throw the ball away on about half a dozen occasions either.

And it would be nice to see a game where portland doesn't give up an offensive rebound after a free throw.

This was a winnable game, but Boston outworked the blazers and leveraged their experience into a win.

And about Webster...I thought he played well, you know why?..Pierce was 3-11 for 12 points and that was mostly webster's defense responsible.

[Walton'sBeard!]

Not that impressed by Boston. Yeah, yeah, they'll win 60+ games, but I'm not sure they would crack 50 in the Western Conference. Blazers had easily their worst game in 50 days (unforced errors and failing to stick with a gameplan) and still had a chance to win late.

Does Boston remind anyone else of the Spurs? I'm mean that in a bad way. They are slow, plodding and ugly. They play dirty and fall back on their big name players getting big name player calls instead of showing actual talent. What a dull team. I thought they were supposed to be dynamic and exciting.

[DmoneyH3]

must be nice playing 8 on 5..my God...Kg is like the new Wade...The guy seems like such a damned jerk, always showing our guy up by staring at them on the ground, talking smack the whole game, learn some class Garnett.
We played like hell, but it would have been much closer had it been a fair game, and everyone knew that. I can't wait for Oden to posterize KG next year..try for your ring now C's, cause we are taking them all!

[J~Rush]

Not that impressed by Boston. Yeah, yeah, they'll win 60+ games, but I'm not sure they would crack 50 in the Western Conference. Blazers had easily their worst game in 50 days (unforced errors and failing to stick with a gameplan) and still had a chance to win late.

Does Boston remind anyone else of the Spurs? I'm mean that in a bad way. They are slow, plodding and ugly. They play dirty and fall back on their big name players getting big name player calls instead of showing actual talent. What a dull team. I thought they were supposed to be dynamic and exciting.

Boston reminds me of the spurs because of their stifling defense. I thought the game Boston played tonight was disgusting basketball, but winning basketball. The spurs play beautiful and winning basketball. I think the main difference is the movement the spurs get on offense, while Boston looks for mismatches and goes from there.

[DmoneyH3]

Not that impressed by Boston. Yeah, yeah, they'll win 60+ games, but I'm not sure they would crack 50 in the Western Conference. Blazers had easily their worst game in 50 days (unforced errors and failing to stick with a gameplan) and still had a chance to win late.

Does Boston remind anyone else of the Spurs? I'm mean that in a bad way. They are slow, plodding and ugly. They play dirty and fall back on their big name players getting big name player calls instead of showing actual talent. What a dull team. I thought they were supposed to be dynamic and exciting.

PERFECT ANALYSIS! Couldn't have said it better myself. We played our worse game since the Spurs, on their home court, and still should have beat them. I agree, they are a tad overrated. It is only January, but come April and May those 3 guys are going to be worn out.

[TradeMachine]

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Watch the language. That's twice now

Gotcha. Just emotional of the loss, mojo. Didn't see your initial edit.