Raptors (6-9) at Celtics (11-4) 11/26

[Tenacious D]

And, baby has had a very nice game tonight.

BBD has been so-so.  his D has been ok but the rebounding has been lousy.  He's been good when set up underneath but lousy with his outside shot and in the post

Agreed. Plus, he has taken a ton of shots

..And made 50%! That's not shabby.  Take that any day to Sheed's shameless chucking.

[MaxAMillion]

Doc needs to do a better job of rotations.  Ray can't be playing 40+ mpg until Delonte gets back.  Either play Wafer or Bradley OR figure out a way to get Marquis 25+ mpg where he's backing up Pierce and Allen (and keeping them around 35 mpg).  

Small problem, the bench isn't very good. When they come into the game, the lead goes away. I doubt Doc trust any of them to be consistent outside of BBD.

[Neurotic Guy]

Lot's of complaining about this team -- yet 12-4.    C's have definitely made a number of games more difficult than they should have.  But really, 12-4 translates to 60 wins.  Winning ugly may not feel as good as winning dominant -- but they are winning.

[Q_FBE]

Good win but we haven't exactly solved their outside 3 point game. Toronto is Phoenix East. Phoenix gives us a lot of problems.

Good thing we got those early leads in both halves.

[Adelaide Celt]

Good 1st and 3rd quarters, poor 2nd and 4th quarters.

We'll take the W. Hope to see Von Wafer stand up and play some good minutes to relieve Ray/Paul.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

Good 1st and 3rd quarters, poor 2nd and 4th quarters.

We'll take the W. Hope to see Von Wafer stand up and play some good minutes to relieve Ray/Paul.

Shaq was on the bench both times.

[Fafnir]

Solid game overall. Poor rebounding in the second and the Raptors hit a ton of 3s late to get close.

Glad to see Rondo back, though he was a bit rusty.

[Drucci]

Nice win, we didn't keep the lead at the end and got sloppy at times but it was still an easy win. I wish Rondo would have sit out this one to get a full week of rest but he looked OK (only 13 assists, a bad game for his standards ).

Shaq was dominant once again and he is shooting over 80% at the FT line in his last 3 games, amazing!

The only negative was that Baby is still in a big slump, forcing shots and playing atrocious D. Hopefully he breaks out of it soon.

[Jon]

Doc needs to do a better job of rotations.  Ray can't be playing 40+ mpg until Delonte gets back.  Either play Wafer or Bradley OR figure out a way to get Marquis 25+ mpg where he's backing up Pierce and Allen (and keeping them around 35 mpg).  

Small problem, the bench isn't very good. When they come into the game, the lead goes away. I doubt Doc trust any of them to be consistent outside of BBD.

Well I don't entirely agree with that.  If you mean that the bench isn't as good as our 5 superstar starters, then I agree with you.  But Robinson, Daniels, and Davis could all start in this league. 

What I'm simply saying is that Doc could do a better job of simply working Marquis Daniels into the rotation.  Daniels is really just backing up Pierce.  But if Doc was more careful, he could play Daniels 25 mpg, have him backup Pierce and Allen, and keep Pierce and Allen at a manageable 35-36 mpg.