Crazy game. The Celtics dug a huge hole for themselves by turning over often, and in ways that gave the Bobcats easy transition points. Their defense during much of the game was also half hearted. A lot of lazy passes and rotations meant they were down double digits late in the fourth.
House came in and the Cs came alive to steal the game. Twice the Cs hit big threes to go into an extra period. One by House, one by Ray. Then Ray hit two threes in the second OT to win the game for us. Doc went small to get back in the game with Pierce at the 4. It worked well enough but the lack of rebounding almost cost us the game in the first OT when the Bobcats got 4 offensive rebound and held the ball for almost two minutes with the lead.
The Celtics stole a win and moved back into a tie in the loss column with Orlando. The C's own the tie-breaker at the moment.
My votes:
Paul Pierce 1
Kept us in the game by bearing the offensive load through regulation. He faltered in OT just slightly though.
Ray Allen 2
Came alive from 4-14 to get to 8-20 and carried us in OT.
House 1
Sparked the comeback in the fourth.
Rondo 1
Recovered from a poor start to put up a solid game. His clutch free throws sent the game into OT.
Perk 1
He turned it over a LOT. But several were bad offensive foul calls. But he dominated the paint by blocking and altering a ton of shots. Most of his blocks came late when the C's needed every single stop to scratch out the win.
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