The Celtics (46-12) play the final game of their west coast trip tonight when the clash with the Clippers (14-43) in L.A.. Boston is coming off of a blowout win in Denver on Monday and want to keep positive momentum alive as they attempt to keep up with the Cavs in the battle for first in the East. The Clips (7-21 at home) are absolutely pathetic as usual. Did Mike Dunleavy really think stocking a roster with the likes of Zach Randolph and Ricky Davis was going to work? As we've seen before any team is capable of stepping up on a given night in the NBA, and the champs coming to town usually brings everyone's best effort. Let's go Celtics!
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Whoever wins the 1st quarter will win this game. Got to be honest, don't have an amazing feeling about it. The Clips, despite their ridiculousness, do have a lot of talent.
Glen Davis shooting seems to be improving big time...not just from last year but even as this year has gone one.
Clippers announcers are actually amazing. Something tells me one was a former Celtic. Let me see who they are.
(One just called PP Rickey Pierce)
HA! ONE IS MICHAEL SMITH!!!! Holy shit. Amazing.
Ricky Davis just abused Pruitt.
"quick, beautiful move leading to a bad shot"
-announcer about Zach Randolph....could not have summed up his game more.
If Zach Randolph cared about defense even a little bit he'd probably be one of the 10 best players in the league. Plus passing once in a while probably wouldn't hurt.
When Michael Smith played for the Celtics I saw his speak at a temple...which is funny that a Catholic went to go see a Mormon speak at a temple. Not sure why we did.
C's down 2 with 3:16 to play.
I said I didn't feel good about this one. As soon as we didn't pull away early I knew it would be a long one.
Glen Davis misses BOTH free throws...C's' still down 2.
Great block Perk!!!
PIERCE JUST GOT THE DUMBEST TECH!!!
2:01 LEFT IN A TIE GAME AND HE SHOVES A GUY FOR A HARD/CLEAN FOUL. IDIOT MOVE!!!
Luckily the Clips miss the T and the score is still tied...now Pierce takes his free throws.....and hits 1 of 2! C's up 1 with 2:01 to play.
Randolph is such a ball hog and tosses up a crazy airball and they get the shot clock violation.
Pierce wants it....
calls a timeout. Looks like he re-dislocated his thumb! OUCH!
2nd dislocation for pierce tonight - went to locker room earlier.
Tie game, 50 seconds left, C's ball...
Davis fouled out, Rondo to the line....Baron Davis should get a technical for not leaving the floor.
Big Baby - never shoot again under 2 mins left.
RONDO!
Hits the first...
Baron Davis fouls out - which is interesting as hell as he hits game winner vs. us a lot
Misses the 2nd....
C's up 1 with 33.6 seconds to go. LA ball....timeout.
an airball falls in Randolphs hands for a lay in. Cant blame Cs...very lucky.
Celts with ball 19.4 left
Dammit! Randolph with o-board and score. LA up 1.
Great defense by Perk for naught there. He is a beast defensively tonight.
Boston down 1 with 19.4 to go. Play smart!
in to Pierce.....keeps ball...to the hole...stops...shoots...misses. Yikes.
Foul. Need to foul again.
Pierce misses from the free throw line, Ricky D rebound, fouled.....ugh! 6.5 to go.
Randolph fouled - going to line. 5.2 left - no timeouts.
misses first FT.
Baron Davis trying to act like he is the head coach.
Hits 2nd FT
here we go. Rondo turnover to lose it. Terrible loss. Awful end to a good road trip.
Down 2 with 5 seconds....Rondo tried to leave it for House and just lost the dribble out of bounds....game over. Terrible.
Clippers win 93-91.
I had a horrible feeling about this game all along and unfortunately was proven correct.
My 3 stars.....
1-Eddie House
2-Leon Powe
3-Ray Allen
Pierce and Big Baby could both easily have won stars tonight but I'm still upset about Pierce's tech and Davis' shot selection down the stretch was not great. Still, I'm being harsh because they lost.
When there is a loss the stars tend to go to who contributed to the loss the least. In this case I think my 3 are good picks.
"We were awful," coach Doc Rivers said. "We absolutely did not deserve to win that game. I thought we played small all night. We pouted all night. We just thought we could just show up and win a game and we didn't. We didn't make the extra pass all night. We walked the ball up the floor all night. There were so many things we did poor. The fact that we actually had a chance was amazing."
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