Celtics (12-11) at Bulls (13-9) 12/18

[mr. dee]

Ugh. This is just frustrating to watch. No ball movement, no defense. Just horrible bball right now.

[blink]

The bulls offense is so simple sometimes.  guys screening and then cutting to the basket and guys hit the cutter.

we seem to have trouble doing something so simple and effective.

[BballTim]

Give Jeff Green a shot against Belinelli. Please!

Really, I can't believe Doc hasn't done that yet.

I would love to know how many minutes Jeff Green and Paul Pierce have played alongside one another on the wing.

I looked up Pierce's top twenty lineups (lineups with ten minutes or more) and none of them had the two out there together on the wing. Plenty of small-ball lineups where they played alongside one big man but none alongside two big men.

Just did the same for Jeff Green. None in his top twenty either (lineups with 7 minutes or more).

  You may know this but on nba.com under the stats tab they have advanced stats, and one of the choices is player vs player. Plug in PP and Green for the two players and it will show you how much time they play together and how the team performs when both or just PP or just Green are in the game.

[Galeto]

If Doc is going to parcel out the minutes so that winning is really difficult against a solid team like the Bulls, who also match up really well with the Celtics, then Rondo, Pierce, Bass so on going hard and trying to win is just wasted, futile effort.  It sucks.

[GronkSpike]

Did he pull a hammie? 

[Who]

Rondo is keeping Boston in this game. They'd be down 20-30 points now if not for Rondo.

[Change]

C's interior defense hasn't been the same since Perk trade.

Can we get a redo? OKC won't probably but one can dream.


Rajon Rondo MVP MVP MVP

[vinnie]

This is a pretty bad team right now. The defense is atrocious. They must be mentally fatigued tonight.

[ScottHow]

Rondo came to play, is this on national tv? 

[raynman]

Joakim NOah's getting a triple double? REALLY?
And what the EFF is happening to Jeff Green ? He's just wasting a valuable roster spot on my fantasy team!

[albas89]

Defense is hard to watch right now... offense not much better! If it wasn't for Rondo, this game would be an epic blowout... 0-3 road trip, this is just great!

[vinnie]

So have we seen all of Jeff Green's good games for the year? He has disappeared again. 

[mr. dee]

The bulls offense is so simple sometimes.  guys screening and then cutting to the basket and guys hit the cutter.

we seem to have trouble doing something so simple and effective.

This. When we play simple defense, everyone is picking it up. Same with the offense.

[mr. dee]

So have we seen all of Jeff Green's good games for the year? He has disappeared again. 

Yeah. Green has just played 10 mins. So awful 

[rondofor3]

Terrible call on Terry. He got mugged.