Pierce and Rondo had a great game, Ray was OK but missed the dagger trey, Scal was good (what a block on Lewis!) but unfortunately Davis was in foul trouble during the whole game and he made poor decisions. Perkins was huge on the offensive and defensive end.
Pierce played well, despite some of the posts on this thread that said otherwise.
The entire game plan was to double PP every time he got the ball past half court.
He was making the plays he needed to make, usually the pass that led to the pass that got the assist. Unfortunately those things don't show up in the box score.
For that reason all most people will remember is his missed free throws after hitting the floor hard. All these people saying he didn't show up, they really don't understand that there's more to basketball than scoring. When the entire defense is structured towards stopping you, you have to make them pay in other ways.
Pierce did that for the most part all night long.
Which brings us to Rondo. The guy played far from great. Rondo had 5 turnovers and only 6 assists. Twice he cleared out going for a layup when he had no reason to do so. He took 19 shots, 5 more than the next closest Celtic. Nothing good ever happens when Rondo is taking that many shots. There's a reason teams leave him open. Move the ball Rondo! That's your job. He blew a two on one fast break because he refused to pass the ball
to a streaking Pierce on the wing.
We needed Glens offense in this game. Unfortunately he just couldn't stay on the floor because of fouls. He also kept trying to back guys down instead of using his jumper, which was puzzling since the jumper has been so lethal in this series.
Perk has been huge for us this series. He's played very well on both ends. Last night he had happy feet and that led to 5 turnovers. He also picked up some silly fouls which cost him playing time. Other than that I have no complaints about KP.
I thought Doc should have put him back in the game earlier.
Ray, what can anyone say. He's been horrid. Not just bad HORRID. And there is no one reason why that should be. He's being guarded by guys he should be schooling.
Every time he has the ball in his hands in a fast break situation I cringe. It's been that bad. He's not hitting shots. He's not getting to the line. He's been a turnover machine. He's not even making plays for other people. He's been basically useless.
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