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Re: Some perspective
« Reply #15 on: May 11, 2008, 08:27:02 PM »

Offline NoraG1

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I agree as well.  As I have posted in other forums, I think that the legacy of losing in the playoffs throughout the careers of the Big 3, as well as Doc Rivers as a player and coach, matters. . . it makes it harder to be loose and overcome in road games, since they have NEVER done it before, etc.

I think it's why they are now I see their play based on emotion as opposed to fundamentals.  I think fear of labels is indeed hanging over their head and it's causing some unneeded panic.

I posted earlier today that the Celts could stand to steal a page out of Manny's book and just relax a bit.

Let the game come to them and not force so many things on the offensive end.

There's definitely a lot of fear. They're not handling the pressure well. They keep going away from the game plan and trying to play one-on-one instead of playing their game. Why is that? Fear. Lack of belief in what they're doing.

There's only two players on this team that have shown consistent composure during the playoffs and they are James Posey and Sam Cassell. It's becoming an issue that nobody in the starting lineup has kept it together.

The 2 players with championship experience.

Re: Some perspective
« Reply #16 on: May 11, 2008, 08:28:31 PM »

Offline guava_wrench

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we've got sum questionable calls too..they have a tuff job and ref's never really had fans..we need to make those easy bucket..we get great looks but cant make it fall...before i blame refs i'll blame doc..if it aint workin dont wait till we 20 points down...pull our stars out early and get the bench in...when the starters are playin poorly the bench comes in...score bucket which gets are starters goin...doc should do that more so on the road..

You only know that it didn't work after the fact.

The #1 people you should blame are the players. After them, you can move on to the coaching staff. With the veterans we have out there, they need to get it done. No coach can force players to maintain their intensity, and we seem to have players that can't match their opponents intensity for 48 minutes on the road.

Bottom line is we are up 2-1 and every series in this round went 2-1. If we win all our home games we make if to the next round. If we win even a single game on the road, it is hard to imagine not winning the series. Let's see what happens in game 4.