Orlando @ Boston Game Thread 2:30 ABC

[meatball sub]

We lay the pimp hand down hard here on the trolls, Hilltop. Not just the mods, but all of us. We may bicker amongst ourselves from time to time when the team isn't playing so well. But if trolls get out of line, we band together and bring da ****' ruckus!

[armageddon]

Late post but.....this team is now just a bunch of whining pussies. The only tough players out there are Rondo, Perk, and occasionally Pierce. No one wants to fight for rebounds, they don't want to box out, they don't want to take it strong to the hole, they don't antagonize other players, they don't foul hard, they don't intimidate anyone.
This has always been the rap on KG and Allen, and now they are worse with age and injuries. This is the reason Ray must be traded, not because of his play, but to add some balls to the starting lineup.

[sportsrock37]

:lol:

Hey, thanks for trolling. Its tools like u that deserve to be banned. The regular season victory doesnt equal playoff victory. We blew in the third and it was obvious the refs werent going to call the 5th foul on Dwight when there were easily 3-4 occasions were they made no calls on obvious fouls again him.

He had to play all 24 minutes of the 2nd half to play 32 minutes for the game, which is 3 minutes below his season average. When was the last time you saw any of the other top 6 players in the NBA play only 32 minutes in a nationally televised game or only 8 minutes in a half? (Lebron, Kobe, Wade, Melo, Paul) Dwight was pretty clean for the most part in the 2nd half. There were a couple times when he could have gotten called for a foul, but it's hard to call a foul when the Celtics just stop attacking him. If they were constantly attacking I think he would have been in foul trouble(like he was in the 1st half).

Normally with Dwight it balances out. He hammers some people on drives that don't get called, then gets called for ticky tack stuff like Pierce running into him while he was stationary and hands up or the play against Sheed for his 3rd foul where Sheed were battling for position and Sheed grabbed his arm. Most of the fouls called on Dwight are ticky tack and he certainly doesn't get his moneys worth, while he does hammer guys on penetrations without a foul. Then on the other end he gets pushed in most of his moves(usually the driving hook in the middle of the lane) without a call. Dwight is the hardest person in the NBA to ref because he dishes out a lot of punishment but takes more punishment then anyone else in the league. Kinda like with Shaq.

I agree with you on the first part. Season series certainly doesn't equal a playoff victory. Despite winning 3 straight in the Garden and 5 out of the last 6 against you guys, I'm certainly not wanting to see the Celtics in a playoff series. Healthy or not. You guys will be a tough out for anyone again. I know it's rough going through this type of stretch, but I think the Celtics will turn it around and will be really really scary for anyone to play against in the playoffs. Magic have been through a tough stretch as well and once we finally got relatively healthy we broke through it and have been on a roll lately. I expect the same to happen from the Celtics. They are too good and too talented of a team to not.

[Biznit]

LOL @ blue and white, dudes crazy

Good game. Ini both games it looked like the Boston starters ran out of gas in the second half or get carelessvwith the ball.

[Hilltop]

We lay the pimp hand down hard here on the trolls, Hilltop. Not just the mods, but all of us. We may bicker amongst ourselves from time to time when the team isn't playing so well. But if trolls get out of line, we band together and bring da ****' ruckus!

Haha yeah I noticed. I guess it's understandable since you people get quite a lot of trolls on a regular basis. I'm pretty sure Laker fans and Cavs fans drive by every now and then too (LA fans especially).

[MyInsatiableOne]

I couldn't catch the game today buy saw we were outscored by 25 points in the 3rd quarter, 25 POINTS! 36-11. How the hell does that happen? I'm at a loss for words.

Same here, was hosting a family gathering so couldn't watch the game, but caught the recaps after...horrid again, blowing a game to a team we outplayed in most facets of the game...we should be 3-1 against Orlando this year, not the other way around...