Perk is offensive!

[Bossco]

Just a few comments on some particulars of last game. Perk had 12 points and 13 rebounds in the first half! He was 6/9 from the field. Can someone please explain to me why he only had 2 official field goal attempts in the second half? (he was also 2 for 2 at the line) By the way - those two fg attempts came in the first 2 minutes of the second half.

Do you know what the score was when Perk hit those free throws? I will tell you: 84-67. We held a 17 point advantage while Perk was being involved in the offense. Why does a team go away from what is working?

McDyess fouls out with 4:04 left in the game and we don't go to Perk on the block, not even once? Who is going to cover Perk? They couldn't stop him even when they had all there players in there. We had a very obvious advantage and we simply went away from it. Perk was going great on offense but we simply reverted to the idea that he is only a "role player" and offense is "supposedly" not his role. I say that is garbage! Basketball is a 5 on 5 game. You have to be able to use all of your player's abilities and not "peg" someone as a one dimensional player.

Perk can score. He has shown us this. He should be part of the offense. I believe this is a huge mistake by the coaching staff.

If Perk is a threat on offense it completely opens up the opportunities for the other 4 players on the floor. If he is just a designated defensive/rebounding role player - his man can basically ignore him and help defend on others.

In my opinion we lost the lead because we simply forgot what helped us get us the lead.

Perk should be given offensive opportunites throughout the game, keeping the opposing defense honest.

If doc can encourage Ray to keep shooting when when he can't throw it in the ocean, doesn't make sense to go to a guy who IS scoring and doing it very efficiently? (.615%)

P.S. I also think that players (any players) play harder when they are allowed to taste a little scoring. I think that it is a boost to the rest of their game. It gives them more confidence, and they feel that they are a more complete part of the team. Perk only had 3 more rebounds in the second half - maybe it had something to do with his lack of scoring opportunities - I don't know.

[RockinRyA]

i agree with jvg when he said that he would go to perkins on the offense for some times if he was a coach

[ForexPirate]

i agree with the poster - why do we get Perk going and then as the game goes on go in another direction.  Keeping Perk in the gameplan for the entire game and not just part of it is obviously good for the team.  They play better all around.  Have you noticed that the opposition rallies at the end of games when the celts get away from involving Perk in the game plan? 

It is almost like they go in to a prevent D.  As we all know, many football teams stop being offensive and taking it to the other teams when they get a lead and focus on their defense for the last quarter.  Prevent D's often result in losses for the team that was a ahead.

We need to game plan for the fourth quarter like we do to open the game and get Perk involved to keep the offense flowing and freewheeling.  Too much taking the first shot that shows in the 4rth quarter.

I think it is poor coaching that doesn't involve all 5 players in the game plan.  Detroit must pay when they focusd their defense on three players and roam a player off rondo.  The celts must find a way to exploit that.

[ram]

Perk scored 8 FGs by:

1) Offensive rebound putbacks (3)
2) Drive and dish by Rondo (2)
3) Pass out of double teams by PP and KG (2)
4) recovered a loose ball off a Rondo steal from Prince

The Celts do not run plays for Perk very much and with good reason. He is not a polished low post scorer. The Pistons would be thrilled if the Celts fed Perk down low all night.

Just let him play his role of defense, offensive rebounding and getting to the front of the rim off double teams.

[jgod213]

The reason Perk was getting his was because he was hitting the glass, HARD.

When he gets offensive rebounds, the team expects him to go ahead and go back up with it, and that's exactly what he was doing.  Further, KG and the gang got him involved early with a couple of easy looks under the basket.

The second half was a different story because the Pistons brought out their full court trapping and doubling defense.  Perk is not as effective in these situations because he isn't skilled enough to help the team break the trap; also, the Cels were not getting good looks from the floor and had terrible spacing - this means that Perk wasn't getting rebound opportunities or easy touches under the basket.  Posey became the better option at that time because he can handle the ball to a degree as well as open up the floor to help offset the traps and double teams.

I agree in that Perk needs to get more looks, especially when he is feelin it, but when the Pistons bring out their aggressive D, it's up to Rondo, Pierce, and Allen to quickly break that press and get into the offense.  If they can successfully do that, than Doc can keep Perk in the game, if they can't, he needs to put in a smaller lineup - it's really as simple as that.