First Round Game 6 Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks 5/2/08 8:00 PM (ESPN, CSN)

[Onslaught]

This is the first time I've ever been ashamed to be a Celtics fan.

[GroverTheClover]

I hope they lose Game 7. Maybe this is a knee jerk reaction but maybe we shouldn't have traded for KG and Ray. That way, I'd still be used to losing and wouldn't be stressing out even more during finals. It's torture, first they tantalize us with excellent play early on, and now they just can't get it done.

[EJPLAYA]

Worst decisions of the game by Doc. 1- Pulling out Rondo and inserting Sam there towards the end. 2- Putting Rondo back in at the very end. There is no way on earth that Ray shouldn't have been the one bringing the ball up the floor. Rondo shouldn't have even been out there... Now you have a loss of the game, and of Rondo's confidence being yanked. I have been a big Doc supporter, but that was a bonehead couple of decisions.

[Green Mountain]

2007 Dallas      2008 Boston      

C-  Dampier             Perkins       Offensively Challenged big men
PF- Dirk                Garnett       Jumpshooting 7 footers
SF- Howard              Pierce        Slashers
SG- Stackhouse          Allen         Jumpshooting specialists
PG- Harris              Rondo         Young quick pgs with poor jumpshots

Now compare the 2007 Warriors and the 2008 Hawks. Someone tell me this is not scary.

[vinnie]

Another blown double-digit lead.  Tired team?  Bad coach?  Players that just can't do it when it counts?  Played to hard all year to get the 66 wins?  All I know is I would have preferred to be going to the Garden Sunday to watch game 1 of the next round.  It is going to take a lot for me to generate a great deal of enthusiasm for gane 7 against a 37 win team.  Unfathomable.

[cdif911]

still have another game, celts haven't lost at home - have homecourt throughout the playoffs, maybe the homecooking can carry them all the way... keep your heads up people, the sky hasn't fallen... there's obviously a lot of problems being exposed in this series, but they are all correctable - please don't blame doc completely - the players are making mistakes too - I think PP's tech hurt us, as it made us have to go for 3's in spots instead of 2's - Leon didn't have the game he had in Boston, the foul discrepancy was crazy, Rondo didn't play up to par, Ray forced a lot of bad shots, etc. etc. etc. Murphy's law was in place tonight, you learn from it, you dominate game 7, you move on.  

[Redz]

This is the first time I've ever been ashamed to be a Celtics fan.

Weren't around for the ML years, huh?

[Scribbles]

We need a real coach 1st and foremost.  Second nobody wanted to step up and take a shot.  Three I'd like to see some T.A. playing time along with a few for House.  Fourth we will not be beating Clevland, that is if we beat Atlanta if we can't win on the road.  

Serioulsy I'm getting sick of this as I'm sure all of you are.  Doc supporters need to man up and admit he's a complete moron when it comes to important games.  He's a good guy but a bad coach. I just don't get it why screw up your rotation in the playoffs when it was so solid throughout the whole year?  Oh and another thing I love PJ Brown but he is to old to be out there and it clearly shows.  I mean when I'm screaming we'd be better if Scal was active you must be pretty bad.  He just doesn't have it anymore.  

On the Pierce foul, I thought it was a foul as he grabbed that Ogre Zaza but it shouldn't have been called.  Tell me if Lebron or Kobe does that would they be whistled for it like Pierce?  I think not.  If the refs are calling a game like they have been then Doc needs to somehow get a brain and tell the C's to attack the bucket and give up the three's.  I'm just sick to my stomach over this its unreal.  Even if we do win I'm in serious doubt about beating Clevland.  Heck I'm even unsure we will win game 7.  I hate to say this but it seems the ATL fans are way more into the game than the Boston fans are, but it may be the tv.  The Hawks are do for a good game in Boston.  Let's just hope its next season that they are do for a good one.  

[Kuberski33]

This is the first time I've ever been ashamed to be a Celtics fan.

Weren't around for the ML years, huh?

Or the Todd Day era.....

[NoraG1]

still have another game, celts haven't lost at home - have homecourt throughout the playoffs, maybe the homecooking can carry them all the way... keep your heads up people, the sky hasn't fallen... there's obviously a lot of problems being exposed in this series, but they are all correctable - please don't blame doc completely - the players are making mistakes too - I think PP's tech hurt us, as it made us have to go for 3's in spots instead of 2's - Leon didn't have the game he had in Boston, the foul discrepancy was crazy, Rondo didn't play up to par, Ray forced a lot of bad shots, etc. etc. etc. Murphy's law was in place tonight, you learn from it, you dominate game 7, you move on.  

Good attitude. Trying to get there but not there right now. **Deep Breaths** LOL

[str8hoops]

Hopefully we'll see more of the Brown, Cassell, Posey, Powe, Pierce lineup that started the fourth.  That was awesome.

[kw10]

2007 Dallas      2008 Boston      

C-  Dampier             Perkins       Offensively Challenged big men
PF- Dirk                Garnett       Jumpshooting 7 footers
SF- Howard              Pierce        Slashers
SG- Stackhouse          Allen         Jumpshooting specialists
PG- Harris              Rondo         Young quick pgs with poor jumpshots

Now compare the 2007 Warriors and the 2008 Hawks. Someone tell me this is not scary.

Ok it is scary, I did wish you didn't post that. But ,knock on wood, it's not the same situation, the bench, and the fact that these players are hungrier.

[KJ33]

I love the Celtics, but they absolutely deserve to lose this series.  Win or lose on Sunday, this is now officially an embarrassment.  Oh, I hate Doc.

Thing is they play like they should at home but completely forget about how they played at home on the road. I don't get it. They better figure out how to win on the road.

Not really, that is why they played to secure home court, if they never lose at home, they don't "have" to win on the road.  Of course, if they lose at the Garden, all of that changes, but far too much is being made of the road thing for a team that is guaranteed home court advantage against any team they face.

[vinnie]

There is no excuse that a 66-win team cannot beat a 37-win team on the road in three straight games.  This team is struggling and could well lose on Sunday.

[Green Mountain]

We need a real coach 1st and foremost.  Second nobody wanted to step up and take a shot.  Three I'd like to see some T.A. playing time along with a few for House.  Fourth we will not be beating Clevland, that is if we beat Atlanta if we can't win on the road.  

Serioulsy I'm getting sick of this as I'm sure all of you are.  Doc supporters need to man up and admit he's a complete moron when it comes to important games.  He's a good guy but a bad coach. I just don't get it why screw up your rotation in the playoffs when it was so solid throughout the whole year?  Oh and another thing I love PJ Brown but he is to old to be out there and it clearly shows.  I mean when I'm screaming we'd be better if Scal was active you must be pretty bad.  He just doesn't have it anymore.  

On the Pierce foul, I thought it was a foul as he grabbed that Ogre Zaza but it shouldn't have been called.  Tell me if Lebron or Kobe does that would they be whistled for it like Pierce?  I think not.  If the refs are calling a game like they have been then Doc needs to somehow get a brain and tell the C's to attack the bucket and give up the three's.  I'm just sick to my stomach over this its unreal.  Even if we do win I'm in serious doubt about beating Clevland.  Heck I'm even unsure we will win game 7.  I hate to say this but it seems the ATL fans are way more into the game than the Boston fans are, but it may be the tv.  The Hawks are do for a good game in Boston.  Let's just hope its next season that they are do for a good one.  

Cleveland did us a favor by beating the wizards. D west and Wally won't be blowing by Allen like Joe johnson has. Nor do they have the athletes that Atlanta or Washington has.
Either way the celtics need to follow these premises:
Drive to basket= good, Jumpshot= bad
defense=good, No defense= bad.
So easy even tony allen can understand. Not that he'll play.