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Celtics Basketball => Celtics Talk => Topic started by: AB_Celtic on January 27, 2013, 04:10:40 PM
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Jeff Green is the reason we won this game. His defense on Lebron was fantastic the entire game. He never let up. I am incredibly proud of and happy for Green. I hope he can keep this going.
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Loved his defense too. He played incredibly well. Very active.
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Jeff has been great ever since we were on a winning streak about 10 games ago. I have nothing bad to say about him now . He is scoring about 10 points, rebounding a few here, passing a few out there. He is making our bench strong
I agree, tonight he was great on defense vs Lebron. I was hoping in OT he would explode to the rim for one of his dunks to get the crowed going insane
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That's what he's there for. He's not exactly a "Lebron stopper," but he hassled him and made him work all game. I love the way he took on the challenge today.
I am so jacked from this win.
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I agree absolutely 100%
Lebron was in beast mode tonight, and Jeff Green was absolutely amazing - Lebron barely got one or two open shots, everything else was tightly contested with a hand practically on the ball.
Then that massive charge he took on Wade towards the end of the game...
He wasn't too bad offensively either.
He has really made a HUGE improvement defensively lately, and I love the fact that he's stepped up defensively when he's been matched up against great scoring SF's like Durant, Lebron and Melo - it's like his defense has reached another level in those games.
Did a nice job on the rebounds as well.
If he keeps playing defense like this he's earning his paycheck, even if his offense is inconsistent.
Today marks the day where Danny's offseason effort greatly pays off. Without all of that depth in our lineup we'd never get through a double OT game like this - these games last season we were just out of breath, but today our younger guys stepped up and helped us pull this one out. Also that depth is going to help us with Rondo out.
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That's what he's there for. He's not exactly a "Lebron stopper," but he hassled him and made him work all game. I love the way he took on the challenge today.
I am so jacked from this win.
There is no such thing as a LeBron stopper.
This was as good as it gets.
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Green's offense was okay, his rebounding was terrible, but his defense on LeBron all game, making Bron work for his points (not that you could tell from LeBron's stat line), that was super encouraging. The sustained work on defense, very impressive.
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No doubt, finally the Green we signed and all hoped to see. Hope he keeps his performance level up.
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That's what he's there for. He's not exactly a "Lebron stopper," but he hassled him and made him work all game. I love the way he took on the challenge today.
I am so jacked from this win.
There is no such thing as a LeBron stopper.
This was as good as it gets.
I agree with this. You don't stop Lebron, you just make it hard as possible on him. Great game, great effort from Green. C's showed a lot of guts today.
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People ask why we spent the money on Green's contract. This win is why. He just needs more confidence in his offensive game. He has been playing sold defense. He will benefit from more minutes.
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Green's offense was okay, his rebounding was terrible, but his defense on LeBron all game, making Bron work for his points (not that you could tell from LeBron's stat line), that was super encouraging. The sustained work on defense, very impressive.
How was his rebounding terrible?
I think he only had about 4 rebounds, but he fought hard for a few of those and really battled. If he always rebounded with the aggression that he did today I'd be thrilled.
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I'm more interested in seeing Green have some signature games on defense where he doesn't have to score for people to think he had a great game than I am interested in seeing him put together a string of 20-point games.
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Jeff Green played very well today.
His defense on LeBron was very good, and the effect was visible not so much in the shots that LeBron missed as it was in the shots LeBron didn't take. LBJ was in full-on attack mode. He would have taken 40 shots today if we let him, but Green forced him to give up the ball several times while also keeping him off of the foul line.
34 points on 31 shots is something you can live with from LeBron.
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LeBron was sleep walking and still had the stat line he had.
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The more minutes that Jeff Green plays the more he will contribute.
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I was shocked at how well he played defensively against him. He's never shown this ability before and I have no idea where it came from, but I am pumped.
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Also, this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo42plnxKNU
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I was shocked at how well he played defensively against him. He's never shown this ability before and I have no idea where it came from, but I am pumped.
I've been a big supporter of Green's defense this year, and I've always liked his defense on Carmelo, but I've had zero confidence on Green's defense on LeBron. A big surprise at his effectiveness today. Don't know if it's sustainable, but it was nice to see. Also, I wonder if the small line up affects it any.
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LeBron was sleep walking and still had the stat line he had.
lol, he most definitely wasn't sleep-walking. LeBron was aggressive all night, and he was hitting contested shots all over the place.
I'll say it again: Green's defense helped most in the shots that LeBron didn't take, both from the field and from the line. Nobody was stopping LeBron from having a solid shooting night tonight.
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I was shocked at how well he played defensively against him. He's never shown this ability before and I have no idea where it came from, but I am pumped.
I've been a big supporter of Green's defense this year, and I've always liked his defense on Carmelo, but I've had zero confidence on Green's defense on LeBron. A big surprise at his effectiveness today. Don't know if it's sustainable, but it was nice to see. Also, I wonder if the small line up affects it any.
That's where I've been too, particularly uncomfortable with him guarding Lebron. I was shocked that Pierce wasn't the one guarding Lebron on the last couple possessions when most important considering his past success doing so. Huge vote of confidence from Doc there in Jeff Green.
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Green's offense was okay, his rebounding was terrible, but his defense on LeBron all game, making Bron work for his points (not that you could tell from LeBron's stat line), that was super encouraging. The sustained work on defense, very impressive.
How was his rebounding terrible?
I think he only had about 4 rebounds, but he fought hard for a few of those and really battled. If he always rebounded with the aggression that he did today I'd be thrilled.
He had 4 boards in 40 minutes. That's pretty terrible.
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Do we call out KG like that when he only has 4 rebounds? I love the double standard on this board!!!:-(((
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Look there's always room for improvement, especially with how physically gifted this guy is, but he's building a foundation.
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Solid defense!
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Do we call out KG like that when he only has 4 rebounds? I love the double standard on this board!!!:-(((
are you new here? lol
JG scored 17 against Hawks, people asked why he couldn't score 20? LOL
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Do we call out KG like that when he only has 4 rebounds? I love the double standard on this board!!!:-(((
Absolutely, if KG has a bad rebounding game, people say he had a bad rebounding game.
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Green's offense was okay, his rebounding was terrible, but his defense on LeBron all game, making Bron work for his points (not that you could tell from LeBron's stat line), that was super encouraging. The sustained work on defense, very impressive.
How was his rebounding terrible?
I think he only had about 4 rebounds, but he fought hard for a few of those and really battled. If he always rebounded with the aggression that he did today I'd be thrilled.
He had 4 boards in 40 minutes. That's pretty terrible.
Jeff did have a particularly poor game rebounding I noticed. It was to the point where KG came out and challenged a shot in the lane (Wade?) toward the end of the game and I thought "why did kg do that? now pierce is our only other player capable of grabbing the board?" (that was the possession that pierce got "pushed" according to hubie and lebron got the o-board and a bucket.
EDIT: I should add that I was still extremely happy with his defense today!
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As someone who has been a strong Jeff Green hater, he showed a lot today and the last few games. His defense was fantastic today, as it was on Melo a few days ago. Remember last year when Bass tried to guard Lebron, who just ended up shooting free throws all day and night? Green did a commendable job on him today.
He still has some serious flaws, poor rebounding, limited moves on offense, but I have been really impressed with his play over the last few games. Slowly, I'm starting to (kind of) see why Ainge made the investment he did.
It was interesting to see him at PF down the stretch today. Worked well against a small ball team like Miami. He is really becoming a solid defender. Very happy to see that.
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If you can "hold" LeBron to only 34 points on 31 shots, I don't care how many rebounds you get.
The key to the win was Green and AB making LeBron and Wade work for their points. Together they took only 11 Fts in 99 minutes, and Wade shot 6-20 for only 17 points.
Green was all man today. I wish he'd play like this on a nightly basis.
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With Rondo out, It's finally time to START GREEN!
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As Green's professed admirer, I didn't even think he had a good game today until I read all your posts. :\
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OKC game was his best folks.
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Green's offense was okay, his rebounding was terrible, but his defense on LeBron all game, making Bron work for his points (not that you could tell from LeBron's stat line), that was super encouraging. The sustained work on defense, very impressive.
How was his rebounding terrible?
I think he only had about 4 rebounds, but he fought hard for a few of those and really battled. If he always rebounded with the aggression that he did today I'd be thrilled.
He had 4 boards in 40 minutes. That's pretty terrible.
Well he is a bench player, playing the small forward position
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LeBron was sleep walking and still had the stat line he had.
Wow didn't know this was a Heat thread
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Green's offense was okay, his rebounding was terrible, but his defense on LeBron all game, making Bron work for his points (not that you could tell from LeBron's stat line), that was super encouraging. The sustained work on defense, very impressive.
How was his rebounding terrible?
I think he only had about 4 rebounds, but he fought hard for a few of those and really battled. If he always rebounded with the aggression that he did today I'd be thrilled.
He had 4 boards in 40 minutes. That's pretty terrible.
Well he is a bench player, playing the small forward position
I think he spent the majority of the game at the 4, as did LeBron. Could be wrong though.
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Green's offense was okay, his rebounding was terrible, but his defense on LeBron all game, making Bron work for his points (not that you could tell from LeBron's stat line), that was super encouraging. The sustained work on defense, very impressive.
How was his rebounding terrible?
I think he only had about 4 rebounds, but he fought hard for a few of those and really battled. If he always rebounded with the aggression that he did today I'd be thrilled.
He had 4 boards in 40 minutes. That's pretty terrible.
Well he is a bench player, playing the small forward position
I think he spent the majority of the game at the 4, as did LeBron. Could be wrong though.
True. Just like Charles and Kenny says
"What do you call a power forward with 4 rebounds? A small forward" lol
Amare Stoudemire rings a bell
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Green's offense was okay, his rebounding was terrible, but his defense on LeBron all game, making Bron work for his points (not that you could tell from LeBron's stat line), that was super encouraging. The sustained work on defense, very impressive.
I thought, while it took him a while to get going, his defense on LeBron in the latter part of the 2011 playoffs was pretty good.
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Green's offense was okay, his rebounding was terrible, but his defense on LeBron all game, making Bron work for his points (not that you could tell from LeBron's stat line), that was super encouraging. The sustained work on defense, very impressive.
How was his rebounding terrible?
I think he only had about 4 rebounds, but he fought hard for a few of those and really battled. If he always rebounded with the aggression that he did today I'd be thrilled.
He had 4 boards in 40 minutes. That's pretty terrible.
Well he is a bench player, playing the small forward position
I think he spent the majority of the game at the 4, as did LeBron. Could be wrong though.
True. Just like Charles and Kenny says
"What do you call a power forward with 4 rebounds? A small forward" lol
Amare Stoudemire rings a bell
Yeah, Amare was not and is not a great rebounder. Not as bad as Green, but not very good either. Although I don't think Amare could've D'd up Lebron on his best day.
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Green's offense was okay, his rebounding was terrible, but his defense on LeBron all game, making Bron work for his points (not that you could tell from LeBron's stat line), that was super encouraging. The sustained work on defense, very impressive.
How was his rebounding terrible?
I think he only had about 4 rebounds, but he fought hard for a few of those and really battled. If he always rebounded with the aggression that he did today I'd be thrilled.
He had 4 boards in 40 minutes. That's pretty terrible.
Well he is a bench player, playing the small forward position
I think he spent the majority of the game at the 4, as did LeBron. Could be wrong though.
True. Just like Charles and Kenny says
"What do you call a power forward with 4 rebounds? A small forward" lol
Amare Stoudemire rings a bell
Yeah, Amare was not and is not a great rebounder. Not as bad as Green, but not very good either. Although I don't think Amare could've D'd up Lebron on his best day.
Green gets the game ball with KG on his tail they played great
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re: Green's poor rebounding numbers, keep in mind he was sticking close to LeBron all game long. That kept him away from some rebounds. Don't get me wrong, that is an area of his game he needs to improve, but I'm not shocked or too upset about him not having that many boards today.
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His defense when LeBron was isolated was better than he's shown all year, but Green still struggles massively when he gets screened. He just doesn't fight through it 9 times out of 10