Its not Garnett's fault...he steped up

[Matt34520]

KG put on a great performance tonight. Eddie House was key aswell. Ray and Paul did not play well, which was one of the many reasons we lost.

The refs decided this game. Everything went against us, I knew this was going to happen.

I must admit, I think Boston played well tonight overall. We could have won tonight's game.

We'll see who laughs last in Boston on Sunday...

[Dakid21KG]

agree'd. Rondo didn't play well either.

Perk, KG, House were the only ones that played tonight

[Joebiscuit]

No one played well. In fact KG has been the only one playing well in the play-offs. Alllen and PP have been just plain bad.

[Matt34520]

Its funny because its all so predictable. I knew this all was going to happen. Only I thought we would lose by more.

[cisco]

Don't forget House. He stepped up as well. I didn't think Paul played that badly. He didn't shoot well, but I thought some of the turnovers were due to Paul having to handle the ball (House was being pressured) with Rondo on the bench due to his terrible play. We need Rondo to be consistent so he can run the team throughout the game. The last thing the C's need is for Paul to have to handle the ball in the 4th quarter, because he can be turnover city in that situation.

[cisco]

agree'd. Rondo didn't play well either.

Perk, KG, House were the only ones that played tonight

with the exception of a couple of good defensive plays, I thought Perk was horrible... and especially terrible offensively. Can the guy make a wide open layup. Geez!

[magicfan4life05]

KG was awesome tonight, he really did all he could for his team

When he went to the bench at the end of the 3rd, he started pounding his head because of the deficit and he was taking it really hard

I felt bad for him

For all the bashing he gets about his intensity, its because his love for the game

[Green Menace]

KG proved he is our MVP. It

[The Rondo Show]

Perk: I did not think he stepped up at all and think he has really hurt our offense this series. There's really no excuse for a guy who takes nothing but shots from 6 feet in to shoot as poorly as he has this series. Considering how little he adds to our offense, he really needs to be a much better rebounder than he is. His D is very good, but that's about all he adds.
KG: Very good once again. Unfortunately, our 2nd (Pierce), 3rd (Ray) and 4th (Rondo) best players all played poorly once again and his efforts were wasted.
Pierce: He really needs to step it up offensively. He's just been awful, at least for his standards, at the offensive end. Several awful turnovers and 5-15 shooting. I thought his defense on LeBron was very good once again and thought LeBron going off had more to do with him going into superstar mode than Pierce not playing well defensively. Pierce has played about as well as anyone could play against LeBron defensively.
Ray: Has been a ghost offensively. Doesn't do much well and doesn't do much poorly right now...he's almost unnoticeable. Not being aggressive at all, looks slow and is having a hard time getting by the likes of Wally and Pavlovic.
Rondo: Very poor game for him. The team looked far better with House in there tonight. He should be able to blow by Delonte whenever he wants.

House: Very good game, and surprising game to me at least, considering he's been glued to the bench for a long time and he has always done pretty poorly in the playoffs. Clearly earned himself the backup PG role over Cassell tonight.
Posey: Another bad game for him, I thought. He can't hit the 3 ball at all over the past few games and his D on LeBron has been very soft the last couple games. Pierce is doing a much better job defending LeBron right now. Posey started out this series phenominally, but he's not playing well at all right now.

[FunkyMonks2]

KG carried the Celts for the majority of the night but he did wilt a little down the stretch when he missed a open 4-6 ft. shot and traveled on a play that should have resulted in basket in the final three minutes, 2 costly plays. I still want to see him take charge late in games. Pierce played bad offensively tonight but still made some good things happen down the stretch with his penetration.

[dinoz]

Don't forget House. He stepped up as well. I didn't think Paul played that badly. He didn't shoot well, but I thought some of the turnovers were due to Paul having to handle the ball (House was being pressured) with Rondo on the bench due to his terrible play. We need Rondo to be consistent so he can run the team throughout the game. The last thing the C's need is for Paul to have to handle the ball in the 4th quarter, because he can be turnover city in that situation.

Ease off on Rondo and his "terrible" play. He found guys early and no one made a makeable shot. Cleveland hedged on Rondo with their bigs, and problem is, Perk and Baby had trouble finishing once each got the ball.

[Al n' Perk No Layups!]

KG was the man in this game, Hou$e came up big too.

[GuyClinch]

Rondo wasn't really "bad" he just was scared too look for his shot. He needs to play aggressively on the road like he does at home. he looks like a different player at home.

With no player is there a bigger gap on our team.. It fairness Rondo is one of the youngest guys..

But what is up with Ray Allen? it's a puzzler. Wally seems to have the edge on him. That's SAD.

Pete

[ShaqSlamsU]

Ray Ray is getting 16 mil to be a gimp jump shooter in the playoffs, man, why bother having a guy like that on a team and paying him that $$ might have just got Kapono in the off-season or something.