I heard Garnett say something like that before the game, that the Cavs are at home so they will get more calls – just like Atlanta did all 3 road playoff games. I think that one of the reasons for lack of energy on the road are the lack of calls the Celtics know they are going to get. Why try hard on D if the refs will bear the home team out with a call? Why drive to the hoop if you’ll get scratched and clawed like Paul Pierce with no foul call, yet LeBron James gets wind blown on him and he gets to the line? Why get back on D if Sam Cassell will just jack up a brick, wasting a possession? Why play good D consistently throughout the game when you don’t have your home crowd fans reminding you to do it? Are they too old to play D every playoff game so they save their energy just for home games? Do the Celtics only play good team D when their back are against the wall in games they feel like they MUST win? (protect home court in the playoffs – Game 7 Atlanta, D non-stop all game long) Is it too hard for a newly jelled team to focus every playoff game? Are the Celtics intimidated by other teams fans, arena, refs on the road? Is it too noisy, distracting to communicate on D on the road? Are the Celts not good enough to beat any playoff teams on the road based on the energy difference for both teams? Were they given orders by Wyc and Co. to play as many home games in the playoffs as possible to offset the luxury tax costs?? (lol ok that’s a stretch but then again, so is taking a 37-win 8th seed to 7 games with a 30 point home-road point differential swing, and blowing them out by 34 in game 7) Whatever the reasons are, Doc has got to get these guys to play with the same intensity on the road.
Topic: Garnett knows the Celtics won’t get the calls on the road (Read 3072 times)