Split the first two. That's the road team's goal in any seven game series. Whether there was an opportunity wasted on Saturday night or not is immaterial. Win tonight, and the Sixers will return home in the driver's seat of this series.
As I watched game one, it looked like two fairly evenly matched teams to me. Both teams went on multiple runs. The Celtics did a really good job of finishing off quarters (and I think this is a direct result of Doc Rivers resting Garnett in the middle of quarters and bringing him back in for the final 2 minutes or so). I thought the Sixers showed an ability to get high-percentage looks by pressing advantages and moving the ball. It all looked repeatable to me, and Boston basically won the game due to the timing of their last run (and the Sixers running out of time).
Apparently, I was watching a different game than the mainstream media, because they saw a 92-91 win for the Celtics and it only reaffirmed that the Sixers are clearly out classed and the Celtics are going to have a cake walk to the ECF where Miami will undoubtedly be waiting for them. The game itself and really the loss didn't both me nearly as much as the reaction afterward. The Sixers dropped game one on the road after playing pretty good ball, but far from their best. They didn't surprise the Celtics. They didn't do it on the back of unsustainable shooting. Boston didn't play terribly to to allow the Sixers to hang around. It was a good game, a tight game, and the home team came out on top.
Game two is an opportunity for the Sixers to seize control of this series early on. They need to come out with the same energy they showed in game one, and couple it with a focus on executing at the end of quarters. The chess match between Rivers and Collins should be great to watch. Go out there, play your game, attack the rim and get the split heading home.
The tip is at 7pm. This is your game thread. You know where I'll be, see you here in a couple of hours.
Prediction: Back to Philly, tied 1-1, and the national media will still treat the series as a foregone conclusion.
KG had only 2 fouls called against him in 40 minutes on Saturday and one of them was a gimmie against Brand. Hard to believe that such an intense and active defender can play a game with only 1 foul called against him.
If i am collins. I am attacking KG at all times. Even it takes them out of their jump shooting plays. Either get him tired or get him in foul trouble.
Please force the issue. dribble drive, draw KG and then pass to hawes or Allen for a contested layup.
Please come strong boys...no scoops from 3 feet out!
I agree with your comments, here's hoping the Celtics take that national media perspective seriously. I'm looking for Collins to step up his in game coaching tonight. I'd like an 8 point win tonight, not needing the excitement of a last second finish this time.
Let's wear 'em out this week while the games are still every other day.
What scares me the most about game 1 is that the sixers made more 3's, had more second chance points, held Pierce to 3 FG's, had the lead after the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters and still lost.
I agree that the national media thinks that was the sixer's only chance in Boston. Maybe they are right. I really really want them to prove all these arrogant Boston fans wrong.
Living in Boston, people don't really care about this series. They are waiting for the next round too!
I hope the sixers can make them notice them tonight with a huge win! A win tonight would be the biggest sixers win since game 1 in LA.
Drive more
get to the line
make your free throws
Serioiusly - it was a pretty evenly matched game down the board last time except the sixers were 70% from the line - gotta be better
elton brand NEEDS to show up tonight that will be huge to have him be a presence. collins also must have a short leash on lou tonight or we will be doomed
Barry apparently thinks the Sixers are going to get swept. They blew their only chance at getting a win in game 1.
He's been anti-sixers from the start of these playoffs. Nobody on the sixes slept with his brother's wife.
Aaand we're off, that was quick. Hawes loses the tip.
Garnett hits a baseline J. Not sure how he got so wide open. Rondo on Jrue, Bradley on Turner.
Alright, three shots in the lane, four if you count the brand missed tip. Calm down.
Settle and weather it. Good time out.
rough shooting start, but the sixers have to get out on their bigs shooting jumpers.
Not the start I wanted to see, but the start I expected to see. Last game was just too good for our sake the way we came out in that one.
Since you have no faith in this teams ability to win against any team in the playoffs (even though they have done so - and even beat the celtics 2 out of 3 in the regular season) why do you watch these games?
quick hook for et
Fuck, Lou in for Turner.
JRUE43!
Cold shooting start means lou must enter the game - he's instant offense
It's a MUST we hold them to less than a 28-30 pt quarter after this hot start.
Jrue 4 3!
Hell of a baseline dish JRue to SH!
OK, Jrue heating up. Nice pass. Now get your first stop of the game.
Turner out after less than 3 minutes? We already lost if Doug is going to micromanage like that.
Good, active D for the first stop.
Lou draws the foul on the other end.
no way ai9 shoots as well as last game.
no way were staying in it if we cant get a fucking rebound its pathetic watching hawes
And last week he was the toast of the city...
Dammit, o-board cost us, the lane was open too many times on that possession.
lou
Push the fucking ball, Lou. God damned walking it up in a transition opp.
Seems to be a good idea to insert Lou, I don't think he's micromanaging. He's making Doc adjust to Rondo or Bradley to being able to guard Lou's penetration ability.
And taking out one of the best defenders on the team for a streaky gunner who doesn't pass
Yes - that makes sense - get in a shoot out
Yeah his 1-4 has relly ignited the offense. Fucking bullshit, you should never take out a starter that early in the game unless he did something awful.
AI9 to the line. hit 'em both.
Lavoy should be getting more and more of EB's minutes at this series goes on.
agree - kind of like Gibson in Chicago, who's a lot better than Boozer. Lavoy already looks like a better shooter than EB, who hasn't shot well in years.
I think Bass is one of those guys who will wind up being pretty inefficient if you let him keep shooting jumpers.
Great cut, Jrue. Great pass, Lou.
lou to jrue
Lou got hammered on that.
Harden up Lou on those drive/floaters, they're not calling that.
Lou w/ a nice pass to Jrue off inbounds.
jrue 3!
Great contest on that Pierce three by AI9.
JRUE43 on the AI9 drive and kick!
Jrue 4 3!
Alright, keep an eye on when Rivers brings Garnett back in, and whether Collins goes with one of his weaker lineups to end the quarter again. That killed them in the first game.
I'd love to see just one of these fucking moving screens called. There were three of them on that play.
Heck of a comeback to not only cut it to 2 pt lead, but hold BOS to only 6 pts in the last however many minutes since they opened 9-0.
6
Wow didn't know it was that long. Doug's trying to get into a ahootout though by inserting Lou, didn't you hear?
Think it's time to get Lou out. He's been terrible.
You never indicate when your proclamations are wrong - I thought I'd help you along - Lou's been terrible
Problem is, I didn't proclaim anything.
Good foul by Thad. Bad job letting Bass beat him down the fucking floor, though.
Think it's time to get Lou out. He's been terrible.
AI9 hits the jumper. Stop and a hoop, now.
if they switch that please drive and dont settle for jumpers
Jrue fell asleep there.
Shit, Thad. You have to hit that. Have to.
Hate when Thad settles like that. Especially when it's contested like that.
Turner back in. Thad, come on man. You need to do something.
lavoy
GEt back Dammit!!! they're pushing it off our makes, come on
attaboylavoy.
And Thad fucking gets beaten down the floor again. this time by steisma. what the fuck is going on?
ET catch and shoot.
ET splash!!
off a no no no cross court feed from Thad
thought it was going to be intercepted
thad to the line
Thad does not look like Thad... if that makes sense?
Lavoy, get a hand up, no? on Rondo..
PHI 21, BOS 25 after one.
Terrible start. Better finish. Way too much Lou, though. Way, way too much.
Way too little Thad, as in he looks like a shell of himself.
Hope those freebies wake him up.
I didn't see where he hurt them, he got into the lane several times, just didn't finish, he didn't kill them on D as he was on Rondo. He took a terrible 3 there at the end but floor spacing was terrible and he had to end up rushing it.
Doug just said ET 'got hit' early? did he mean giving up that Bradley 3 or hit literally?
If this game becomes the Lou show, Doug Collins should be fucking fired.
I always worry about these games where guys like Lavoy (or Vuce) seem like their most effective player, because I doubt it is sustainable. They need their primary offensive contributions to come from guys like Jrue, ET, Thad and EB.
He better not start the second quarter with Turner, Meeks, Lou on the perimeter.
And of course he does just that. Fuck me.
this backcourt will not end well
Tie ballgame.
Offensive foul on Allen, nice. Take the fucking lead.
Doug said Turner got hit, that's why he was pulled. What does he mean by "hit"?
you better call that on garnett too
Makeup call on Hawes there.
Unbelievable, we get an illegal pick called on us? And it wasn't even close to illegal. F me.
Make up call.
Great D by Allen on that Garnett post up.
I think he should be in the game whenever KG is in the game.
unfuckingbelievable they call that shit on hawes he didnt do SHIT celtics have had so many worse moving screens than that
He should play S Young instead of Jodie, that is if he's going with Lou and ET out there also.
ray allen with the scoop right in front of hawes' face...
jrue to lavoy
Jrue dish to Lavoy. Swish!
Catch the fucking bullet pass Spencer!! dag....
Celtics are taking a bunch of shitty shots. Keep the D just like this.
sissy jumper
Jrue kickout to Spencer. First lead, let's go!!
Jrue kick to Hawes for the lead. Let's fucking go.
Turner against 3 Celts. They have to foul him to keep him from getting the board.
Way to get in there and mix it up for that board ET. Foul on C's.
Jodie gets swallowed up by every screen, this is a mistake leaving him out there, he moves around like he's on skates
Where would they be without Lavoy? Crazy.
Extend this lead here, their crowd is out of it. Dammit, Bradley on ET, turnover.
Turner for there, brick. He has to take that, though. Just wish he had a prayer of making it.
ET for three? Stop taking those dude.
Jesus, Hawes. That's pathetic.
since when does turner have the green light to shoot 3s? He has no chance of making them. I've never seen him hit one except that last game when we were trying to lose.
spencer god damnit....
had to take the 3 it was a hot potato
Wow, get back guys. Everybody collasped on Rondo (Jrue, ET, and Dre) while Hollins kept toward the hoop.
Well, I mean his man was standing right there. He just can't jump.
You mean Spencer? I don't think he ever saw Hollins as he was watching to make sure Rondo didn't break contain, I think. He should have saw Hollins though, it was his man.
I'd rather have Lavoy in there than Brand.
Late whistle on Lavoy w/ the charge. come on
Lou back in for Turner. Ugh.
Refs taking over now
Pierce walked, backcourt anyway...
nice block eb
Bradley's hurt.
Terrible pass Dre. Throw it better. EB bailout on C's fastbreak w/ the block.
Go to the hole, please. Jrue, you can get by your man every time.
Wow, Hawes with the "I'll take that" block.
Heh, Spencer rips it away from Bass.
Ugh, Dre blows an easy one.
Jrue hustles, ugh C's ball still...
good push,lou layup
Keep shooting, Bass. Lou converts in the transition for the first time this month.
Lou runout. Who threw the outlet pass?
No offensive foul there, huh? Just shove him with your off hand.
hate complaining about the refs but come on
jrue layup
Atta boy, Jrue.
Yep, Ray Allen pushed off w/ the left.
Jrue taking Mr. Ward's advice going to the hoop past his man.
Hollins w/ another charge, this time on Dre. man...
that was a bit out of control but they kinda owed us on for the no call on Ray. guess not though...
yeah I agree, Dre had nowhere to go, it was a legit call I thought.
Jesus, 7 turnovers this quarter. That's unacceptable, they're wasting really solid defense.
any idea how many are offensive fouls?
2, that I remember.
yeah one on Lavoy and Dre apiece, both taken by Hollins.
Brandon Bass pushes off w/ his off hand on Lavoy.
only 2 secs on clock, be smart here
Sixers had that ball before the buzzer. took away a dunk. Lovely.
man, we had possession and a runout and they call the damn shct clock violation
Good job, take it back out, Jrue. And Hawes turns it over.
good work lavoy, come on hawes
JRUE43!!!!!!!!!!!!
JRUE43 thank god
Jrue loads one up. Bang!
Jrue came to play tonight!
jrue 3!
That pump fake to let the defender fly by was so sick.
fuckin' Jrue, yes! now get a stop.
Lavoy doesn't appear to have a low motor today
Hey, they got called for a moving pick!
Finally, moving screen on Bass. thanks
they finally called one!!!!!!!!!!
what a waste of good d
why cant we ever close out quarters it blows my mind
F me, Pierce 3 to end it. Ugh ugh ugh, big bucket for them. Man
That's fucking wonderful. He puts Meeks in and they wind up with Meeks on Pierce for the final defensive possession. Come on, Doug. That's terrible.
PHI 36, BOS 38 after two.
Back-and-forth second quarter. The turnovers were terrible, should be up by a decent margin right now.
if you abandon the 2 for 1, don't you want to get a better shot than a contested 3 anyway? If that was the best result, I'd rather just spread the floor for the standard Lou 3...ugh
does Doug really think Jodie's gonna make a 3?
Someday, yes.
that's why we can't close out quarters - Meeks is almost always on the floor. Why, I do not know.
Thad Young is still back in Philly or Chicago or wherever he was seen last. sheesh
Nothing pisses me off more than seeing Lou dribble the clock down at the top of the key at the end of EVERY QUARTER WE HAVE POSSESSION!!! Why does this keep happening?? I have no respect for Doug Collins anymore.
Not sure if Garnett got hurt, or if he's gassed, or if maybe Doc is just monitoring his minutes but he only played 13 in the first half.
Have a feeling he's saving him for big minutes in the second half.
Turner's shot at the end was awful
Is Lavoy establishing himself as part of the Sixers "core?"
Having a cheap starting PF who does not hurt you on the floor frees up about 17M in resources over their current starting PF. That can get you a good center.
If only they would have secured Lavoy next year though. They didn't, forgot the exact reason though.
There was no reason for it. It's SOP to put a team option on a second-round pick for the minimum. They just didn't do it.
Keep in mind that Thorn fucked up and didn't sign him to a multi-year deal like most 2nd rd picks get.
I know, but he is restricted and cannot sign above a certain level until 3 years from now. His 2nd year "max" is only a few million a year.
If its up to me....he gets the vast majority of Brand's minutes. He's been real impressive.
And the thing about Thad is, you could count on his energy and hustle every single night throughout the regular season. Playoffs? He's been sorely but consistently absent.
I remember them saying he was gassed at the end of the year, but he sat out quite a few days at the end and the rest between games in the 1st round. Puzzling.
It's 38-36, and Charles' analysis is "The Sixers cannot score"
Oh, and the Celts aren't trying.
seriously fuck charles barkley. literally just said the celtics arent trying.
if Bradley can't come back, that's big for the Sixers
sorry Kenny, Rondo is not a superstar.
Celtics not playing with emotion, Sixers playing hard but "can't score," according to the Round Mound.
I really don't understand their analysis. So bias. They just wanna the 6ers to get out of the way so the c's and the heat can play in the conference finals.
Seems that way. Did you see the NBA commercial for the Celtics Saturday night? Nothing wrong with promoting stars & history, but it was kinda over the top.
These guys are like the press in general. They have their narrative and nothing changes it.
Frustrating thing about that half was we held them to around 29 pts in about 22 minutes, only allowed 13 in 2nd quarter, no one, and I mean no one, is killing us from their lineup, starters or bench, and we're still down. Free throws are next to nil for both teams.
We just have to shoot better, or better yet take better shots and don't be so quick to settle. The defense is above par to this point.
If they take bad jumpers 9 times instead of turning the ball over 9 times, the offense looks a lot better right now. Probably hit at least 3 of them.
Sixers are wasting opportunities by not going strong!
Iggy is blanketing Pierce!...
Watching Jodi Meeks play defense is like watching a blindfolded man running on a frozen lake!
Is Mixville near Allen-town?
it is where former sixer Steve Mix used to shoot on the floor
"the mayor of mixville"
Yep, and Allen-town is where Lavoy Allen operates.
Sad thing is, Dre and ET are 2-9 with 4 turnovers. One of them HAS to step up to have a chance.
if they play defense as well as they did in the first, there is no reason we should lose this game. they need to come out fast and running and TENACIOUS. and they need to shoot better than %37.
not too much to ask for, right?
anyone else concerned with Lou guarding Rondo for long stretches? Gave up the penetration way too easily, just got lucky that C's didn't convert more easy looks off Rondo dishes
Honestly, I'm just concerned w/ Lou on the floor for long stretches w/ the way he's been playing.
Alright, big third quarter. They're going to KG here early in the third, I bet.
"You have to love this moving screen by Kevin Garnett." Yeah, gotta love it.
webber, "you have to love THE MOVING SCREEN"
Two straight turnovers to start the third. Wonderful.
Come on Andre, Pierce picking you?
Bass follows for putback, sheesh
Can somebody tell Iggy it's game fucking 3!
or 2
EB. Finally.
eb hit a shot
Just pitiful EVan, pitiful. No need for no-look shit man.
Fuck, Turner. That's terrible. 4 turnovers already this quarter.
we look god awful
Jrue BRICK> there's a rim up there
Jesus, Jrue brick.
That's 4 on AI9. Another illegal screen. Fucking hilarious.
ANd what do you know, illegal screen on us again, Dre. Another turnover. geez
Call those illegal screens on both sides.
Thabks.
And it was not a foul on Iggy.
4 on andre
Makeup call there.
these refs are all over the place
They didn't call the fourth on Iguodala, I guess. These refs are shit.
this is hideous. take care of the ball.
Gotta hit that, Hawes.
This game is right there for the taking. The C's look just as bad as us.
drive on brandon bass lou
And Lou has Bass on him, and proceeds to take a 22 ft'er.
BRICK...BRICK.....BRICK....
Man, gotta get some penetration. Lou and Jrue both should be able to get by their men. Those picks aren't helping, they're bringing the double.
AI9 to the line.
Nice post up by Dre there. Want to see more of that.
Garnett is completely gassed.
Refs making it up as they go along
Like that Dre spin move w/ his back to the basket. Never see him go to that.
annnnddd he missed the first freebie. come on
c'mon iggy
They're free.
AI9+1. Hit the one.
nice
we cant make SHIT
...ai9 and one
YES, Dre breaks the lid!!! +1
Andre!!!!! Yes, now is when we need to run. The Celts are dragging.
Nice take...gotta get Iggy on track.
needed that Dre
Make the DAMN FREE THROWS! or think of your son one... damn
FREE.
This team's free throw shooting is flat embarrassing. Iggy heads that effort.
come on brand, its fucking ray allen. he looks so slow out there
The Celtics have nothing. Nothing. It's evident.
But ... we can't generate anything. Pull out that Lou/Thad side pick-and-roll.
make a fucking free throw
Brand is just pathetic, except for a block or 2 he's been TERRIBLE
This game is uglier than any of the games against the Bulls, and that's saying something!
The Celtics are old and slow. We really should win this game/series.
Hawes, Iguodala and Turner have combined for 13 points. And 12 turnovers.
I'm sure Doug will pin it all on ET
EB to the line. OK, get these points, please.
EB loses a tip to Ray Allen.
Lou, stop with the SOFT shit please. Didn't you hear Brian? heh
ok make these
that was the worst fast break I've ever seen - 0 for 2 after a 2 on 1
Split the pair. Best possession in about 20 minutes.
they are shooting themselves in the food time and time again with these freebie misses
in the bonus 5 mintues left
Nice cut by Lavoy. Need him for the rest of the half.
Lavoy to the line. Split the pair, please (lowering my expectations)
ha ha - funny, and he makes 2
Lou with a tip-in??!?!?
Same exact play from Rondo to Allen. Wake up.
EB.
eb
feels like Brand's first basket of the playoffs
Oh god Brand's shot looks ridiculously flat.
Nevermind
Get this friggin' lead. RUn, run, run. We can't do shit on a break, Jrue missed 3 on that one.
Needed that three so fucking badly.
eb
EB. COME ON!
LETS GO EB HEAT UP
lou!!!
Alright, let's fucking go. LET'S FUCKING GO!
Could it be? Has EB's jumper returned?
LETS GO LETS GO WE NEED A RUN
WTF was the Dre? thanks for the tip in Lou!! come on
lavoy!!!!!!
LAVOY!!!!!!!!!
Webber....nuff said.
Whoa Lou with the huge tip in. That was some crazy elevation.
Hahaa Stiemsa with the long jumper on the other end.
YEESSSSSSSSSSS Lavoy! He has been so solid this playoffs. Please leave him in there for the rest of the game.
Lavoy Allen is the Sixers' steadiest player. Who woulda thunk it?
we're hotter than shit now, relatively speaking.
they're keeping their cool at least
The Celtics are extending handouts like your local Social Services.
Get the eff in line!
let's D up now and play some smart basketball
refs swallowing whistles on our fast breaks to the point where it's almost a disadvantage for us to be on the 2 on 1
why the sloppy play, c-webb?
you have to credit the celtics d
AI943!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BIG Dre!
AI943!!!!
Dre 4 3! Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES KEEP THIS SHIT UP
Great D, Lavoy.
ET!
et!!!!
Hit 'em both, Dre. Come on. Keep fucking stepping on their old throats.
fuck yes fuck yes fuck yes
YESSSS, needed that 3 by AI9
Thad gets a flat-footed rebound.
Lou/Thad side P&R. Ends in an ET J.
Dre misses annoooootttthhhheer free throw. He forgot his son, I think.
Great fucking D.
Bullshit fucking bailout call. God damnit.
Of course Pierce gets bailed out at the end of the quarter!
Lavoy with another sick defensive play. When the Sixers actually score, they are an incredibly tough team. This defense is just beautiful to watch.
Lavoy Allen +24
like somebody else just said, I hope he plays the rest of the game. (But can he match Ryan Hollins energy? That's what Chris Webber wants to know.)
Great defense by both teams, Sixers a little better right now.
Take a shot at least Jrue
Lavoy should have kicked that back out.
Celtics - 25 pts 1st quarter.
Celtics - 24 pts 2nd -AND- 3rd quarter.
One more.
PHI 57, BOS 49 after three.
PUT THEM AWAY.
HUGE end to that quarter we need to keep this fucking intensity up the entire 4th. CANT LET UP or else they will come back %100
Can't tighten up in this one.
And Collins has to stick with defense. No Hawes/Lou/Thad BS.
So what did i miss on the illegal screen call on Dre, yet no foul(earlier in the game)? did they not call the screen?
They changed it to three seconds or something.
brilliant...the NBA refs just suck.
Thanks
it was changed to stepping out of bounds or something. The ref checked with C Webb who said he didn't love that moving screen, so he changed it.
Come on. Do not give them any fucking life. Push this lead up to 15+.
This first third of this last quarter are crucial. Have to come out and score this first 4 minutes and set the tone. Will say a lot of how the ending is gonna go. How bad do they want it?
not very bad I guess
Man, keep Lavoy in to guard Garnett.
JRUE!
jrue layup
Yep, our softest frontcourt back in the game.
Yeah Jrue! when the sea parts, enter son!
boston going small
Bad shot, Turner.
Jeebus ET, good time to give a hard ass foul on Ray driving to the hoop there. Weak contest, he should have leveled him.
Fuck me. That's such garbage.
its just not fair...
Get Hawes and Thad out of the fucking game. That awful rebounding is inexcusable.
hawes!!!!
Jrue, keep driving. Good things happen.
Turner, get a fucking hand in his face.
You mean Thad? I'd give him the hook after these free throws.
Yeah, I corrected it, but replied to the wrong comment. Was Thad.
Fucking garbage 3 from Pietrus, who looked to have walked when picking up that loose ball. He took several steps and never dribbled.
F me!!!! they've got nothing going tonight, and Pietrus drains another one from deep.
he did WALK!! took three steps on that replay.
Good hustle, Thad. Hit the freebies.
That was Thad, not ET.
The Lou show about to take center stage. Fuck.
Hawes/Lou/Thad and the defense falls apart?
Shocking...
Collins you are a dolt sometimes.
thad to the line
Another SOFT Lou take...but nice clean up
Let's go Sixers !!!!!!!!@
With Hawes in they doubling KG and leaving wide open jumpers!
Get Allen back in!
Take out all the lousy defenders. No Lou, no Thad, No Hawes.... definitely not all 3
Seriously. What the fuck. Get Lavoy back in the game.
Another fucking double team leading to a dunk
Hold the line through this Celtics run, then put them away with your next one. Come on, stay strong. Get this win.
Take, this, Jrue. Go out there and TAKE IT.
Couldn't have been a worse 3 min start here. C's just have more energy, they've stepped it up. Will we match? Or just wilt like last game?
I'd switch the 4 and 5 now. Get Lavoy and Brand back, Lavoy at least to play KG. Doug gambled with this lineup, and lost. Cut your losses.
Good job, Thad. DEFENSE.
Hawes with the sissy shit.
ET hesitated on that double on KG. KG read it. Bradley slam.
ET, bad shot.
Bad call.
Not a reply, sorry. That was a bad double too. I'd give Turner the hook. Small backcourt with Dre LAVOY and Brand/Thad.
Allen at the five, Iguodala at the four.
good d lavoy
Great fucking D, Lavoy. Great job!
LAVOY!!!
Just go up with it off the catch Evan, it was a hobbled Ray chasing you. geez
yes lavoy.
LAVOY with another stoning of Garnett. The difference on defense between Hawes and Allen is staggering.
Yeah, Iguodala!
OK. Stops, now. Keep getting stops.
That ball was not off lavoy.
Dre with a not so good shot, it falls. come on, just keep the lead
Lavoy has played KG very well. He doesn't jump on the pump fakes and is a strong body.
Gotta play offense with a purpose. Multiple pick and rolls. Active bigs.
OK, attack. Attack. Attack!
Man, that was 3/4 down. Great board, Lavoy.
Heck of a cut ET. ohhhhh he blows it
2nd chance ........ almost turnover. 3rd chance
Rondo just fucking threw Jrue to the floor. Fucking bullshit.
5 seconds violation are you FUCKING kidding me
Please Lou, be smart.
Ugh, Turner has been awful.
WTF ET? ever heard of a timeout kid?
Had fucking Lavoy with Rondo on him and Lou takes that slop. Fuck you, Lou.
Fuck, Lou. Come on.
Where's the fucking foul there?
this not the fucking time to start collapsing guys holy shit
That's a pretty bullshit foul call on Lavoy
ET strips the bitch.
Good strip ET, way to body KG up.
ET...cmon
God damnit. Missing all these fucking easy shots. Come on.
ET disrupts his flow w/ a head fake. Just go in rhythm.
KG ties it. shit!!!
It's hurting us eb not playing.
Draw up a good play here, Doug. And don't have Turner on the trigger.
Man don't know if this is harder on the heart or the soul? They never make em easy....
No flow, but come on Evan. Put one away.
I'm still frusttrated they went to a soft lineup to start the qtr. I know they have to sub people in, but Lou/Thad/Hawes can't be on the floor. It is what kick-started the Celtics, and now they can't slow them down. They gave life to a team that was dead,,, 3 games in a row now all for the same reason.
Can't throw out soft line-ups in the playoffs when you have a lead.
Get a hoop here, come on.
The Celts are sacking up, will we?
Could have used one of your patented Lou pump fakes there
LAVOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lavoy!!!!!
ET, that's a dumb fucking foul, man.
How is that not a tech on Garnett
nobody i hate more than that man right now
I'll take a prayer on a Mon night w/ .9 on the clock.
Andre!
No tech on KG for excessive hanging on the rim. He wasn't in danger of being hurt.
Alright, let's go. Keep putting points on the board.
Stoic pride? What the fuck is this moron talking about
EVan gets murdered on a drive. still got it to fall though whew
that was off Rondo's knee, no?
That's fucking sixers ball, right off Rondo's foot.
Damnit.
Get the lead right back.
F me three times over a damn Bradley 3. sheesh
jrue 3!!!
JRUE43!!!!!!!
YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!! Jrue with a fuck you blown kiss to the crowd
Jrue says No Vaseline.
Ray 3, shit man
Get this fucking stop.
et!!!
YEAH TURNER!!!
YES EVan freakin Turner!!! please get a stop. please
GET THIS MOTHERFUCKING STOP!
Should be and one. Kg bringing out the moving screens now
It's absurd that Allen can be so wide open for a three and there is NEVER an illegal screen call on KG. Jrue is 8 ft behind because of that shit
We at least get the ball back. Last couple possessions they've been trying to free Ray for a look.
Come on.............
im freakin out
Now they have to foul again.
Be smart.....
Just inbound the ball to anyone but Dre or ET, don't let them shoot free throws.
Great defense. Lavoy, Iguodala, and Jrue were all over their men
Great to see a key defensive possession and no Lou/Meeks/Thad/Hawes on the floor.
Come on. Just get it to Jrue or Lou.
I can't take it. Good stop, now what?
Win or lose, be nice to have Andre make a few more of those free throws huh?
shhhhhhhhh!
Uh on EVan to the line. COme on kid, wipe out your shitty game right here, one and for all
We absolutely need to be up by 3. Ray Allen will kill us if we aren't. Please make these!
Clutch
good job et
FUCKING HUGE.
No threes. No threes. No threes. Boston is out of timeouts.
ET...YES!
Take the foul to give and then foul them again. Don't even let them shoot a 3. Just foul em and send em to the line.
Foul to give, Boston doesn't have any timeouts. If it gets down to 5 seconds, give the foul.
Any fouls to give?
Here come the ref Bailout on a three
they called one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fuck you KG, you had it coming. BALL GAME
FUCK YOU GARNETT!
HAHAHA
Fucking yea fuck bos
Finally they see KG. Clutch refs
I thought the foul was on Ray Allen knocking over Lavoy. But on replay KG kept poking his hip out on ET right in front of the ref.
YES YES YES!!! Lou makes the first one. YESSSSSSSSSSS second one good. Go home leprechaunites!!!
Shit. Hit both of these, Jodie.
Let's go
OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i really, really hate garnett. im so glad he lost the game for them.
huge win!!!!!!
PHI 82, BOS 81 FINAL!!!!!!!
Even my wife is pumped up.
Great job, guys. Now do it again.
Man, that was nerve-racking. Seat cushions don't stand a chance with games like these. So many guys stunk it up and we still won?
YES!!!!!!! Suck it Boston.
POTG is easy in this one.
Mr. Allen if you're nasty?
Worst 1 year contract for a second rounder ever.
Man this feels good. I feel like the Sixers have a legitimate edge in this series. I don't know what it is exactly, but it seems like the Celtics are just not as good of a team as the Bulls, even without Rose.
Sorry, this win just makes game 1 hurt that much more. Thisclose to going back home 2-0.
Yeah, I don't ever want to win the lottery, because if I do it's just going to make all the other times I didn't win the lottery hurt that much more.
Remind me when being tied 1-1 in a semifinal matchup equates security of the Larry O'Brien trophy. I mean, if the lottery is your comparison.
I just like competitive playoff basketball. And I wouldn't want to sacrifice years of good basketball for the small possibility that we get a decent player.
you're talking about different lotteries
Just saying that if something good happens you should enjoy it.
And where did I say that I wasn't? My enjoyment over this game makes me wish more and more that game 1 turned out different.
You seemed to imply that getting a split in Boston wasn't good enough. Maybe I read it wrong. Doesn't matter, I'm not bothered. We're both rooting for the same team. Go Sixers.
If only Lou didn't take that ill-advised layup.
Hell yes! Back to Philly tied 1-1. Now let's take care of the home court advantage.
Iggy should've taken the opportunity on national tv to say every KG is an offensive foul
pierce 2-9 with 5 turnovers, another good job by andre
Charles Barkley can suck monkey balls .... According to Charles it was a lucky win.
This is ridiculous. Full on rant status
I'll take 3 more lucky wins!
Chuck is such an incredible douche.
COTG?
Are Yall hearing Charles Barkley
fucking absurd.
for a former sixer charles barkley is sure a big celtic fan.
Some bright spots:
1) Lavoy - nuff said
2) Turner having the stones to shake off a bad game and still make a big shot.
3) This team didn't wilt under pressure. So important for a young team.
Great fucking win boys!
They saying the refs made a bad call on Garnett fucking haters.
I don't know how anyone can look at that reply and not say Garnett fouled Iguodala on the screen. Shaq's reasoning of "if your feet are set, it's not a foul" is just completely incorrect. Garnett leaned all the way over and grabbed Andre. Are you serious?
Shaq never did learn the rules, he ain't gonna start now.
Garnett does that Shit all the time .... Charles doesn't know Wtf he's talking about.
Charles is a fucking idiot. He acts like our last three shots were off of the scoreboard.
We're better than Boston. We were in game 1 and we blew the game. We're still better.
Charles says the Sixers don't believe they can beat the Celtics four times .... I swear he's the worst Sixer if all time.
37 minutes for Pierce
35 minutes for Garnett
37 minutes for Allen
3-13 for 8 points from Lou tonight. 4-11 for 9 points from Lou on Saturday. Someone needs to sit down with Lou and talk about his shot selection. We really need him in this playoff series.
Why do we need him? He hasn't had a single good game in the entire playoffs, and we've won 5 out of 8. Addition by subtraction, staple him to the bench and I'd actually pick the Sixers to win this series. I still think the C's win the series and the sole reason is that Lou is going to be running the 4th quarters for most of the remaining games (just like Doug did with Lou in games 5 and 6 against the Bulls, almost costing us the series).
I love the fact that the Sixers are finally winning close games after going 0-whatever in close games in the regular season. Big Marbles!
can someone point me in the right direction where i can look up what garnett did while being guarded by lavoy allen
I don't have those numbers, but I can tell you that the Sixers were +21 with him in the game. Game best!
Up in Boston, the radios are jammed full of complaining about the officials.
Biggest: Turner either traveled or Pierce fouled on the turner bucket
where were all these calls when they fouled atlanta in the out of bounds.
How bout when Rondo pushed Holiday down on the out of bounds play leading to a turnover
That was a superstar no-call for Evan. Rondo had three steps off s carry before he flipped one in earlier, except he moved away from contact. Guys are just mad that Evan finished through Rondo, Pierce, and Garnett for possibly the most critical shot in the game. The Celtics have the "heart of a champion" in victory, lest we forget. Their defeat is not God's will.
Those entitled bastards.
Doc Rivers says that Garnett was not the only one "moving" on picks tonight, if he was the only one then he could live with the calls, but refs were apparently looking for it since Garnett was called for three.
Nothing makes me happier than Celtics complaining about referees. They get more calls than even Miami.
That was a near tackle.
For all Lou's faults, thought he had some unsung big plays that weren't as magnified because they happened earlier. First was the strip he had on an obvious dunk by Brandon Bass that ended in the Iguodala reverse and-one when the Sixers were down by five (43-38) and couldn't get a shot to drop for anything. Second was shortly after that play, where Andre had a runout but couldn't finish it over Pierce and Lou somehow skied up to tip it in over a Celtic(?) to finally get the Sixers the lead at 49-47 (? I think). Next one was not really that big of a play but Lou drove right, sort of foul line extended and drew Iguodala's defender just enough to kick it out with a short pass to Andre for a 3-pointer that put us up a few more.
And Jrue coming back down after that Ray Allen 3 and kind of hesitating with Pierce on him and just sticking a 3 right in his eye. Balls. Wish he would have gotten the next one off though:)
And Evan, after pressing all night and coughing the ball up alarmingly, taking that ball to the hoop and not allowing it to be stripped from him and still able to get the shot off with some pretty hard contact from Paul Pierce. Knocking down two pressure packed free throws. Guts. Wish he would value the ball a little more:)
btw, great game thread, guys. I love the playoffs. Just love games like this. Glad to have you guys to suffer/celebrate with.
Same here. Be nice to get together and be able to watch it with each other. Four letters abound!
Dunphy just said to a buddy, "5 rebounds in 38 against Cornell and 8 boards in 30 against the Celtics. Go figure."
Nice game, Lavoy. You were the difference.
Whoever was covering Allen on that .09 bank shot will be cut tomorrow - orders from a fuming Auerbach through John Edward.
Exciting 8 games of Sixers playoff basketball so far. And simultaneously horrendous. Sixers and Celtics oughta be ashamed of themselves; I play like shit for free.
The old green mares, they ain't what they used to be. At least not yet. Pierce looked like he wanted a cool stall, a bed o' hay, a bucket of oats and a barrel o' water. Nice grooming, Iggy.
I love watching Rondo operate. More than I do Chris Paul.
Turner, in order to raise his game, had better get in dedicated shape for next season. Not sure he's up to better body sculpting though. Has the game day 'want to' but is not a superior athlete.
Speaking of traveling, take notice Sixers fans, Evan shuffles on drives like Fred Flintstone departing for the bowling alley.
Good call on Bass, Brian. Missed a lot of open Js after good start; cost Cs.
I have DCFS - Doug Collins Fatigue Syndrome. My doctor advised me to take 2 earplugs and get plenty of rest.
A holiday kiss has lost some of its lustre.