Celtics (37-26) at Hawks (37-25) 4/20

[mc34]

To some of the admins - could you guys make open threads as new blog posts? It's so much easier to have the auto-refreshing posts on the main page.

[j804]

They've got 30pts already ??

wow

[alajet]

What's Ryan Hollins' season high?

[thestackshow]

Bradley 10 points in the first quarter, show his array.

Too bad Bradley is playing with a bunch of scrubs lol.

Bradley stopped playing agressive and he started trying to get teammates involved, thats where he messed up, he is the best player on the team, he needs to score not pass the ball to a bunch of scrubs like Daniels.

[j804]

I cringe every time Bass tries to create a shot for himself.

[alajet]

What's Ryan Hollins' season high?

Checked. It's 15. Looks far, far away.

[bostonman1]

Brandon Bass playing no defense while also going
0-5 from the floor so far, maybe he is upset at Doc not giving him the night off.

Memo to Marquis Daniels --- please don't try to lead the fast break, just stick to missing layups.

Avery looks awesome at least, he is playing with such a high level of confidence right now

[mc34]

I cringe every time Bass tries to create a shot for himself.

Me too. Bass is a far superior set jump shooter than Baby, but Baby was better posting up and creating his own shot.

[Senninsage]

Bradley is playing extremely well. Scoring inside and from mid-range. Only positive that really jumps out at ya about this game so far. However, in fairness, the Hawks have hit some really amazing shots, though.

Bradley is looking fantastic, and might very well be on his way to a new career high tonight, but our guys face a monstrous uphill climb in an attempt to win today's game. The Celtics can very easily get back in this one, but we need some defense stops, and we need to cut down on our foolish turnovers. On one particular play, marquis tried to do way too much, and it led to a silly turnover. And if I had to point to a bigger flaw in Bradley's game right now, is that he can really fall asleep sometimes on offense, which sometimes lead to too easy of a bucket. Bass will need to step up for the team tonight as well.

[thestackshow]

lol @ that flop by hollins.

[Senninsage]

lol @ that flop by hollins.

At least he's putting out the effort LOL.

[alajet]

Avery is shooting the ball pretty well. Nice start for him.
But he needs to do a bit of work in terms of passing as he runs the point.

Lol at Hollins flying to the floor.

[bostonman1]

The defense was horrific but it's amazing to me that the Celtics offense with scrubs looks better than the offense often does with Rondo, Pierce, KG and Ray.  Nice to see Avery leading an energized attack instead of plodding up the court and running the shot clock down.

The Celtics are near the bottom of the NBA averaging only 23 points per quarter --- great to see the bench exceed that number at least for one quarter

[Celts Fan 92]

pretty good quarter Avery did his thing if the hawks dont win by 10+ points I kno we got em in the playoffs

[thestackshow]

Bradley is looking exactly like Westbrook tonight.