The Cs did not have a merry Christmas, and their New Year was not a happy one. Now missing 40% of their starting lineup, Boston has dropped three of their last four. Read on to find out which Celtic pine-rider caused Doc Rivers to lose a year off his life by firing a late-game three. I’ll give you a hint: he’s a dumbass.
Random Observations:
- Highlight Recap: Patrick Patterson with a nasty putback slam. Linas Kleiza knocks down a deep buzzer-beater. The top 10‘s got the rest covered. Take note of play #8: Javale McGee steals the ball, creating a one on zero break, but does not decide to take off from the freethrow line. As much as I wish he did, it was probably a smart decision.
- Lowlight Recap: Scenario #1: Celtics down three, 1:16 remaining, 15 on the shot clock… and for some reason Doc Rivers didn’t want Glen Davis shooting a three. Come on Doc, no faith in the big fella? He’s an 18.8% career three-point marksman! Ray Allen and Paul Pierce were on the floor, you say? Pft, Ray Allen had just bricked one. Give someone else a try. Scenario #2: Bobcats down four, 1:42 remaining, Boris Diaw is about to remind us all why we can’t stand him. The guy is five feet from the rim with an open path for a dunk, but since he’s Boris Diaw, he still tries to pass the ball. Upon realizing there’s no Bobcat in better position to score than himself, he’s petrified, but realizes what must be done. Nervously, Boris moves towards the basket. He shoots the uncontested two footer, but comes up about a foot short. The officials allowed him to catch his own airball (should’ve been a travel), but he missed another bunny, and then knocked the ball out of bounds while falling flat on his ass. This looks like something you’d see from the worst player on a rec league team. You know, that fat guy who only plays when the game’s decided yet is still afraid to shoot the ball. That’s basically Boris Diaw, except he somehow got a multi-million dollar contract to do it professionally.
- The Celtics gave up a 29-point third quarter to the Hornets which put them in a nine-point hole entering the final period. Boston fought back and had it all tied up with about a minute and a half left, but Trevor Ariza knocked down a clutch triple in the face of Paul Pierce as the shotclock expired. Ariza was just 2-7 from the floor in the game, and it was an extremely difficult shot… Pierce couldn’t have possibly defended it any better. Tough break for the Cs. They obviously had plenty of time to tie it up, but if you read the lowlight recap then you already know what happened. New Orleans ended up taking it 83-81. Chris Paul led the Hornets with 20/11 and six steals. Emeka Okafor added 18/13 with three blocks.
- DeMaR DeRoZaN scored a career high 37 points, but did so in typical DeRoZaN fashion. Fantasy basketball enthusiasts know what I’m talking about. The rest of his line: 3 boards, 0 dimes, 0 threes, 0 steals, 0 blocks. Back to real life… the other Craptors struggled, and the Rockets took care of business with a 114-105 victory. The rest of Toronto’s starters combined to shoot 17-57, while Houston got a much more well-rounded effort from their guys. Six Rockets scored in double figures and the starters got 65 points worth of help from their bench. Kevin Martin has scored 20+ in eight consecutive games.
- Even after Boris Diaw’s choke-job (refer to the lowlight recap), the Bobcats had a chance to beat the Warriors at the buzzer. Stephen Jackson had the ball in his hands with seven seconds left, and he wasn’t about to give it up against his former squad. Jackson slowly walked up to the three-point arc and pulled the trigger over his old buddy Monta Ellis… wide left. It was a questionable decision. Jackson had plenty of time to take the ball to the rim, was 1-5 from three in the game, and the ‘Cats only trailed by one. It is what it is, though, and what it is is the first Charlotte L of the Paul Silas era. North Carolina native Stephen Curry scored 24 for the Warriors. Monta Ellis had 25.
- The Lakers picked up the final win of 2010 by defeating the Sixers 102-98. LA never trailed, but the game still went down to the wire. Thad Young tied it up with a three-point play at the 1:33 mark, and the Sixers stayed within one possession until the final seconds. Jrue Holiday and Lou Williams each had good looks at three-pointers to win it, but they both missed, and Kobe iced the game with two freethrows. Bryant scored 33 on 13-24 to lead the Lakers. Andrew Bynum collected 15 boards, and Lamar Odom scored 18 off the bench. Jrue Holiday and Lou Williams put in most of the work for Philly down the stretch. They scored 19 and 18 respectively.
- The other games: John Wall dropped 19 of his 25 in the third, but the Wizards still weren’t able to climb out of the gaping hole they dug in the second quarter. Indiana ended up taking that one by nine. Brook Lopez almost had that second double-double of the season… he came up just two boards short as the Brooklyn New Yorkers lost to the Bulls 90-81. Carlos Boozer did his thing with 20/15. Jamal Crawford scored 20+ (26) for the first time in weeks in a Hawks loss to Oklahoma City. KD went for 33 and Russell Westbrook had a triple-double (23/10/10) as the Thunder took it by nine. Vince Carter and Jared Dudley scored 19 each to lead Phoenix to a 92-75 victory over Detroit. The Pistons bricked 15 threes and 10 freethrows.
Quote of the Day: Alvin Gentry on… defense?
“I told the guys ‘We are going to start judging our defense from this day forward.’”
Better late than never, I guess.
Photo of the Day: Nate Rob…
Female Fans: “Aw look, he’s so cute, and so tiny!!! Aw…”
Kid Fan: “HIGH FIVE DOOD!”
Nate: “FML.”
I know these guys get paid a ton of money and we all feel like we’d love to be in their shoes… but it’s gotta suck to deal with these morons all the time. I despise the typical sports fan, and they don’t even chase me around trying to get high fives and autographs. I’m not trying to sound like a miserible jerk (even though that’s probably exactly what I am), but you know who I’m talking about. That douchebag that thinks he knows everything about every league, but really only follows his hometown team and gets all his info from a combination of ESPN and the local sports radio tards. Here in New England, he’s that guy that says Rajon Rondo is the best point guard in the NBA and would argue that Kendrick Perkins doesn’t suck. He can probably name 10-15 players from teams other than the Celtics, and they happen to be the non-Celtics on his fantasy team, who he constantly describes as “nasty”, even though he’s never seen them play before.
/rant.
