Good game from the C's, although I was pretty scared in the 4th quarter. I was thinking "yay, here you go" when we went up by 10 and Rondo was controlling the game and then, once again, we collapsed and let them right back in instead of finishing them...
Fortunately we did win at the end. I'm still amazed when I see that opponents are really fighting till the last second to beat us and suddenly hitting desperations 3's while I never see them do that against other teams. Strange. But when you have Ray the cooler in your team, your lead is safe in the free-throws contests.
Good game by Ray, I thought he rushed his 3 points shots and didn't take many good looks but he hit a big one at the end and his midrange game was excellent. He played well defensively too.
Rondo was Rondo (awesome
), and I liked what Sheed did in this game. Sure, he missed a lot of easy shots and layups but he got almost all the time into the paint or from midrange, like he did in the game against the Wizards. Good sign, keep it up Sheed!
KG looked great physically, improving every game. And I liked Docs substitutions, finally putting Perk back in the game at the end to go in the paint and not settle for 3 pointers.
House was hot tonight and TA made some key plays down the stretch (his steal on Wade and the made free throws just after).
There were still major problems (turnovers and missed free-throws) but it was a good win without Pierce, and the energy from the Celtics was great for the most part. However, the interior defense sucked tonight... I know Wade is an excellent player but he got too many (if not only...) open looks or clear paths to the paint.
Topic: Heat (24-24) at Celtics (30-16) 2/3 (Read 76131 times)