Does Ubuntu Work for Playoff Road Games?

[ZoSo]

The Boston Celtics won 66 regular season games putting team success before individual success. The Celtics assist-to-field-goal ratio was very impressive. Each member of the Big Three took fewer shots this year than they had at any time in recent memory. During the playoffs, team play has vaulted them to 6-0 record at home, most of the wins coming via blow-outs.

On the road, Doc would tell us, the team concept falls apart, the Celtics quit making the extra pass, and the Celtics individual stars are left with no shots or bad shots. The other day Steve Bulpett observed that unless the Celtics make four passes on offense, Ray Allen will not touch the ball. If true, it certainly supports Rivers point.

While I concede that ball movement is a key component to the success of any basketball team, I wonder whether there might be a better way of getting Ray Allen into a rhythm than having him be the fourth option on offense (or require four passes before he gets a touch)? He’s shot 4-10 in two out of the last three games, which isn’t all that bad. It also begs the question whether he was one concerted effort away from going off, something the team definitely could have benefited from last game.

Charles Barkley, Magic Johnson, and Michael Jordan have each pointed out that only rarely do role players step up on the road during the playoffs. So as effective as Ubuntu was for the Celtics during the regular season and has been at home during the playoffs, it is worth asking whether the offense needs to get reworked on the road to make it easier for the Big Three to assert themselves.


Fourteen to twenty-one point performances from the Big Three won’t put us over the top on the road. The Larry Bird two-man game with Robert Parish or Kevin McHale comes to mind as one solution. This should be a staple for KG and Jesus. Let Paul Pierce freelance off KG and Jesus. Is it too late to institute something like this? Probably.

Or maybe Doc Rivers was right. We don’t need bigger contributions from the Big Three, we just need more passing from everyone.

We are one home-loss from a lot of us not caring anymore.

[angryguy77]

It can if they play smarter ball. It doesn't matter who you have on the floor if you have no inside game. Please play better tonight. I don't think I can take this too much more. This last year for me in sports has been a big let down, And it will be even bigger if we throw this season away. First the Pack dies in the NFC title game, then John Wayne retires. Number 17 would at least help with the pain

[ACF]

I think it's more of a mindset than
a way of playing(?)

That being said, I'd like to see Paul
go for 35 tonight!

[Bankshot]

Sam kills Ubuntu every time he enters the game.

[CDawg834]

Sam kills Ubuntu every time he enters the game.

Bankshot had to give you a TP for writing word for word what I was just about to post.