5/13/10: Cavs @ Celtics, 2nd Round, Game 6

[UConn Celtics Fan]

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GAME 6
Celtics Lead 3-2
Thursday, May 13, 2010
8:00 PM Eastern
ESPN/WEEI/ESPN Radio

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[CaptChris]

It is time to prove you have it. You have to show up! NO EXCUSES! It is for all the marbles.

Play SMART. Play D. Play HARD. HUSTLE.

BB & TONY LIGHT THE FIRE.

[CaptChris]

We are not playing SMART. Rondo has 4 T/O's in the 1st. PP threw one away. Our ball-handling oul shooting STINKS.

[CaptChris]

Rondo is getting smoked by Williams -- 20 Pts.. PP is dribbling us into trouble. Pass the darn ball. Garnett is shooting well. Perk hit some foul shots. Ray only got 5 shots. TA is hustling, and scrapping. BB played some good D.

We made a bunch of DUMB plays. TA committing a foul with ball out of bounds. PP out of control with the ball, getting 3 fouls early. Wallace with the T.

We have to move the ball, Rondo has to start playing WILLIAMS.

Come on guys PLAY SMART. DUMB KILLS.

[ThroughThatDoor]

He's cut, he's cut, the Russian is cut!!

[meta4]

if the c's play like this from this point on, we can take it all, anything's possible!

[OB- wan]

LMFAO

Never saw a team quit like that. LBJ is leaving

[setshot33]

Funniest part of tonight's game?

Mark Jackson saying that the Cavs needed to dance when they're down 14.

Absolutely hilarious.

KG was awesome tonight. Every time we needed a bucket to calm us down, KG in the post: 2 points.

Rondo and KG had a great series.

[ThroughThatDoor]

He wasn't saying that they needed to dance while they were down 14. He was saying that if they were going to spend the regular season with this laid back swagger and fun, that needed to carry over to how they play in the post season especially when they face adversity and it didn't. That was almost shocking how they just conceded the series with a few minutes left and quit on it. I think we're getting closer and closer to having to face the fact that Lebron has all the talent in the world, but he doesn't have IT. Jordan, Bird and Magic had IT. They had much better teams and coaches than LeBron had, no doubt, but they still had that killer instinct which Bron only has in spurts. It's a little depressing. We all want Bron to have that and I think he wants to have it as well, but it might just not be in him.

[OB- wan]

I disagree with the dance and have fun BS like you did in the regular season.

How about, take the game seriously and act like a champion if you want to be a champion. When did Larry, Magic, Jordan, Russell and guys like that dance around and act like they are taking pictures of each other?

[Celtics17]

No dancing and posing for pictures for the Celtics in this series. They were too busy playing basketball.

That was an awesome performance from 8 guys throughout.

I really don't care what the excuses for Lebron James are; his elbow hurt, he wanted to get his coach fired, he couldn't stop thinking about going to New York and making a Spike Lee Joint, or, whatever. I saw what the Celtics D did in that series. I know it's all about help and bigs closing lanes and recovering and all that, but I gotta give huge credit to Paul Pierce, Tony Allen, and Ray Allen for the way they collectively battled James. The bigs, from KG to 'Sheed, hustling, covering, my gosh, even rebounding, yeah, that was pretty nice to see, as well. Leave Rondo to just be a playmaker out there defensively. So what if Mo goes off every once in a while. It's worth it when created turnovers turn into easy baskets.

Congratulations, Celtics, for beating the Cavs, and their dancing machine. Let's go get a little Magic.

[RAH]

That was almost shocking how they just conceded the series with a few minutes left and quit on it.
Yes, what was up with that - there was about a minute left in the game, the Cs were up by 9 and had the ball, and Cleveland didn't foul, even when Rondo had the ball. Rondo was dribbling right in front of a guy and he didn't foul him and the seconds just ticked away. Then Rondo passed to Ray Allen and then to Pierce, so their foul chance was pretty much gone anyway. You can win a game with a minute left down by nine if you play the foul game (and it is foul to watch!). I don't understand the way they play sometimes.

The big thing I dislike about playing against guys like LeBron or Wade is that a lot comes down to the refs. When superstars like them take the ball to the basket, it is all on the refs to decide when they get fouled. And, since they really get fouled practically every time if you go by the letter of the law, it puts too much of the game on the refs' judgement. No, I don't know a way around this problem, since it seems like the nature of the game, but it is still very worrisome when you face players like this. The fact that LeBron did very little driving to the basket is another mystery, although, of course the C's shutting down the lanes had a lot to do with it. LeBron still could have been a lot more aggressive and we would have been in bigger trouble, IMHO.

[CaptChris]

Let's see! Rondo decided to play some "D" in the 2nd half. Williams scorched him for 20 in the 1st half, and only got 2 Pts. the rest of the game. Garnett was terrific. He gave it all he had. PP hit a couple of "3"'s. Ray didn't shoot well, but only got 8 shots. Perk played "D". Wallace shot well. 4 - 8! Tony hustled, BB played some "D". They all played hard, and move on the Orlando.

Perk and Rondo better practice the Foul Shots. They were a combined 7 -- 15 = 47%. Celtic shot a crappy 64% -- 21 -- 33. That will kill you in a close game. We only had 13 T/O's, which was an improvement.

[Celtics17]

He wasn't saying that they needed to dance while they were down 14. He was saying that if they were going to spend the regular season with this laid back swagger and fun, that needed to carry over to how they play in the post season especially when they face adversity and it didn't. That was almost shocking how they just conceded the series with a few minutes left and quit on it. I think we're getting closer and closer to having to face the fact that Lebron has all the talent in the world, but he doesn't have IT. Jordan, Bird and Magic had IT. They had much better teams and coaches than LeBron had, no doubt, but they still had that killer instinct which Bron only has in spurts. It's a little depressing. We all want Bron to have that and I think he wants to have it as well, but it might just not be in him.

We don't all want Lebron James to have IT. Personally, I want him not to have IT. Neither, I believe, does the Boston Celtics basketball team.