The Boston Celtics @ the Washington Wizards - April 9, 2008

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #61 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 8:33 am

Not an I blame Eddie but just an observation.

If he plays starters heavy minutes might we infer he's practiced them hard the days since the last game over the weekend?

If so, I wonder how hard other teams go in practice that are also playoff bound? Since most of them are resting their starters in preparation for the playoffs, I'd assume they're walking in practice.

Not colliding with teammates to the point of injury.

BigA · Post #62 » by **BigA** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:41 am

Have no idea how hard they are or should be going in practice, but this would be a good time for them to start playing some defense again in the actual games.

Soup's Uncle · Post #63 » by **Soup's Uncle** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 12:53 pm

Man, KG had 19 in the first half of the Bucks game. Hopefully BTH knocks him around a bit tonight. Actually, Jamison would be guarding KG and that always spells disaster.

hands11 · Post #64 » by **hands11** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 1:36 pm

I was wondering the same thing about practice but didn't want to start into anything that seemed negative about EJ.

Today is the day. Huge game tonight. Lots to evaluate about this team.

Though no one game makes or breaks a season, this one is huge.

We have a lot of gelling to do in a short period of time.

EJ has a lot of his plate. Hopefully he come up with a good game plan and gets his players in at the right time and in good combinations. So much to look at in this one.

Is CB ok?
How does AJ recover ?
Will GA produce another high assist game like against Miami ?
Is NY ready to contribute in prime time ?
Will AB continue to produce running with GA ?
Will we start to see the return of better D ?

I think we should see good results regarding all these issues and I think we can take them, again.

My biggest concern is the D. You have to look at what players and what style we were playing when we played our best D.

newslowsad · Post #65 » by **newslowsad** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 5:14 pm

jholmbe1 wrote:
Butler, Songaila updates

Caron Butler and Darius Songaila collided during practice today and sustained what the team hopes are minor injuries. Butler is day-to-day with a bruised right knee and Songaila is day-to-day with a mild left ankle sprain. X-rays on Butler's knee were negative (meaning no serious damage) but he was said to be walking with quite a limp after practice.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/wizardsi ... l#comments

Hopefully this is not an issue for tomorrow or for the playoffs. We just refuse to get 100% healthy - the curse lives on.

Didn't read that until this morning, just shook my head. Caron, what are we going to do with you man?

mls737 · Post #66 » by **mls737** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 5:39 pm

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:Not an I blame Eddie but just an observation.

If he plays starters heavy minutes might we infer he's practiced them hard the days since the last game over the weekend?

If so, I wonder how hard other teams go in practice that are also playoff bound? Since most of them are resting their starters in preparation for the playoffs, I'd assume they're walking in practice.

Not colliding with teammates to the point of injury.

I know Eddie gave the team Monday off, and you don't need to be practicing terribly hard to have a freak collision with someone. It doesn't sound to me like Eddie is running the guys too hard.

celticfan42487 · Post #67 » by **celticfan42487** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 9:25 pm

hermitkid wrote:Boston rested KG, RA and PP tonight. Makes you wonder whether those guys are going to play heavy minutes tomorrow trying to get some payback.

Actually we played them 20 minutes that game.

The game before we DNP-CD them.

Right now were at the stage of trying to get our bench players to do something [with Tony Allen not recovered it's been ugly because all we have our defenders or 3 point shooters and our backup bigs offensive talent extends to layups

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So were putting them in tougher situations to try and see if they can form something and improve themself while resting the Big 3. One or maybe even 2 of the Big 3 should play >30 minutes tonight. Anymore then that and were not doing what were suppose to.

We played our bench last night to the point MIL took them to overtime! So wins aren't exactly that high on our list.

dandridge 10 · Post #68 » by **dandridge 10** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 10:06 pm

celticfan42487 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Actually we played them 20 minutes that game.

The game before we DNP-CD them.

Right now were at the stage of trying to get our bench players to do something [with Tony Allen not recovered it's been ugly because all we have our defenders or 3 point shooters and our backup bigs offensive talent extends to layups (]

So were putting them in tougher situations to try and see if they can form something and improve themself while resting the Big 3. One or maybe even 2 of the Big 3 should play >30 minutes tonight. Anymore then that and were not doing what were suppose to.

We played our bench last night to the point MIL took them to overtime! So wins aren't exactly that high on our list.

I actually would feel more confident if your team played your Big 3 more. The Wiz tend to play harder when there is more of a challenge. Based on past history, I can see the Wiz losing to Boston's bench. We always play down to the level of competion.

hands11 · Post #69 » by **hands11** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 10:47 pm

dandridge 10 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I actually would feel more confident if your team played your Big 3 more. The Wiz tend to play harder when there is more of a challenge. Based on past history, I can see the Wiz losing to Boston's bench. We always play down to the level of competion.

Not sure if that is true from a talent stand point or it has to do with some of the worst teams were really quick and we didn't adjust with match ups. Either way, we have an added spark now because we have GA active.

I wouldn't look to much to the past when he wasn't active to determine what will look like moving forward.

hands11 · Post #70 » by **hands11** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:00 pm

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Wizards2Lottery · Post #71 » by **Wizards2Lottery** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:14 pm

lol at Brendan trying to post up Kevin Garnett

Wizards2Lottery · Post #72 » by **Wizards2Lottery** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:15 pm

If I'm a Wizards fan in the stands, I beat every **** bandwagon Celtic fan up.

Wizards2Lottery · Post #73 » by **Wizards2Lottery** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:24 pm

why am i talking to myself. Someone join me!!!

WizBiz · Post #74 » by **WizBiz** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:25 pm

Nice hook by Haywood.

newslowsad · Post #75 » by **newslowsad** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:25 pm

Pierce is going to kill our historically AWFUL perimeter D all night.

WizBiz · Post #76 » by **WizBiz** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:26 pm

Now i get to watch Gil for the first time since November...hope he doesn't disappoint.

P'Oed · Post #77 » by **P'Oed** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:26 pm

i never understand why they can't just stay on their man. They play off their f'ing man every time and leave a wide open 3. Does Eddie tell them to do that? like geez man

WizBiz · Post #78 » by **WizBiz** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:27 pm

Should've been a foul...

Wiz99 · Post #79 » by **Wiz99** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:28 pm

Someone please tell me why EJ just took out Wood, our best defender, and replaced him with Songaila, who now has to man up with KG?

Does this make any sense?

Wizards2Lottery · Post #80 » by **Wizards2Lottery** » Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:28 pm

damn we never pull down long rebounds