Putrid Defense, Pathetic Offense, and Downright Criminal Officiating

[Edgar]

Eddie was in the game to give us better spacing (and because Ray Allen freaking fouled out)....but he didn't make enough shots, I think he made one 3 pointer late.

That is an issue.  That is an aspect they have not addresses yet with the loss of Posey. 



The Celtics bench has some talent, but they are missing certain key skills (or size) at key spots.

yes
House 3s are more constant
but Poseys 3s were kind of clutch
wonder when Pruitt ( the only one at bench right now) will get his share
or when we will get another option

P.s. To play BBD AND Powe its becoming boring and irrational ,just like playing Gomes and Powe

[Redz]

The Celtics look like a bunch of frightened girls on the road. I have no hope of a repeat this year.

Yep, they looked pretty  frightened winning in Atlanta in a hostile environment, down late...They've lost 3 flippin' games on the road and we're headed into the New Year.

On the bright side it's nice to have something to complain about

[RebusRankin]

Bellinelli drew a ton of offensive fouls where he flopped as well.

[Scalablob990]

Hmmm....since that Laker game everyones been a bit crabby I see  Hopefully these two swift kicks to the butt will wake the team up again and we wont have to worry.

[Jaycelt]

And, of course, I can't understand Pierce in the last minutes of the game! He looked like "Oh, you don't give me the ball... ok then, do whatever you want, I'm out of this!!". I was expecting him to step up and take over, but he not only failed to meet my expectations, to be precise he was never aggressive, he didn't even try to get to the ft line!

I'm calling BS on this. Pierce was the only guy hitting his shots.  He was on the floor with guys who can't shoot (Rondo, TA, Powe, Davis) and guys who couldn't hit their shots last night (KG, House).  All Golden State had to do was to collapse to keep Pierce from driving and double team him to get the ball out of his hands.  This is exactly what we did to Kobe. Kobe passed the ball and other Lakers stepped up.  Pierce passed the ball and no one else wanted it. TA passed up wide open shots. KG looked 1st to pass even when he was unguarded under the basket on one occasion.  Rondo refused to shoot and drove only to pass to other guys who didn't want to shoot.

Pierce did exactly what he was supposed to do under these conditions on the few occasions he actually touched the ball in the fourth quarter.  He made plays to get wide open shots for his teammates and his teammates didn't want them.

[nba is the worst]

Secondly, there was absolutely criminal officiating. Leon Wood had such an agenda it made me sick. It was a continuation of the Laker's game, which was one of the most poorly officiated games in my memory. The disparity in calls was ENORMOUS.

I notice no one on these pages agreeing with you.  The facts are these:

In the Laker game, they got 7 more free throws on 7 less fouls than the C's.
In the Warriors game, they got 2 more fts on 9 less fouls.

After all the favorable officiating the Celtics get, this was NOT EVEN CLOSE to criminal!

The biggest reason for these two losses:

Unforced turnovers.

Defense in the 4th quarter.

Fix those two things, that's all the C's have to do.

[cornbreadsmart]

bellineli looks like rambo.

[Rondo_is_better]

Secondly, there was absolutely criminal officiating. Leon Wood had such an agenda it made me sick. It was a continuation of the Laker's game, which was one of the most poorly officiated games in my memory. The disparity in calls was ENORMOUS.

I notice no one on these pages agreeing with you.  The facts are these:

In the Laker game, they got 7 more free throws on 7 less fouls than the C's.
In the Warriors game, they got 2 more fts on 9 less fouls.

After all the favorable officiating the Celtics get, this was NOT EVEN CLOSE to criminal!

You can't just look at the free throw disparity, chief. There were innumerable instances of BS calls that did not result in freethrows.

For example, all of Bellinelli's flops. Four of them, in fact. They all drew offensive fouls, and they weren't even close to being real fouls. If you saw the replay, you could see him pushing his own momentum backwards. These fouls being called caused Ray Allen to foul out, and play poorly the whole game due to fact that he was

a) unable to play aggressively while in foul trouble

b) in a negative head space

c) playing without any rhythm

and d)unable to get any decent position, because any jockeying for position was an automatic offensive foul... for Ray Allen, mind you. Not any of the other Celtics. Not any of the Warriors. Just Ray Allen. When one ref calls four BS offensive fouls on one player, and they are seen giving each other looks and lots of lip, that makes me think this:

AGENDA! HEYO!

I don't think the league is corrupt. I don't think Leon Wood is corrupt, at least in the sense that I don't think he gambles. I just think he had personal motivation to get Ray out of that game. That's some serious bull, and frankly, i don't care if no one on these boards agrees with me. I know I'm right. That's all that matters.