What a maddening game. Yes, the way Boston played most of the game, it probably shouldn't have even been in it at the end, but that's just it -- they made SO many mistakes, just way too many mental blunders. I saw a lot of good things, but after four days of rest and practice, and against a team that was on the second half of a back-to-back -- on the ROAD nonetheless -- Boston's play tonight was largely inexcusable. Bass turning INTO a double team, Garnett flopping in an attempt to draw a foul but instead giving Mahinmi an uncontested shot, Garnet getting blocked TWICE in the fourth, Boston playing good defense only to surrender the offensive rebound -- multiple times, Boston rallying multiple times to tie or go ahead and then doing something foolish to fall behind again, Boston missing three straight shots with the scored tied 77-77, and in the end, Boston playing TERRIBLE defense on two straight possessions near the end to fall behind by five. I'm trying to stay positive, but this kind of performance under the particular circumstances is discouraging.
Topic: Mavericks (5-5) at Celics (4-4) 1/11 (Read 74936 times)