2nd Round Game 6 Celtics @ Cavs 5/16 8:00 PM ESPN, CSN HD

[Andrew Celtic Nation]

Your flaws are magnified in the playoffs.

Ray Allen is old.

Paul Pierce is a bad decision maker.

KG is a choke aritst.

I'm not saying I agree with all of these, but these have been the knocks on them, and they're not doing anything to prove their critics wrong.

Two flaws I know are true,

The NBA officials are the worst, most corrupt group of officials in any sport, any league, anywhere.

Doc is a bad playoff coach.

I agree with 90 percent of your post.  KG has NOT choked.  Ray Allen is old and Pierce is a horrible decision maker.  A truly winnable game and they will not even score 70 points.  How is this kind of performance defensible?  How is this kind of performance even possible for a team that won 66 games?

KG did choke down the stretch, he missed an open 6 footer and traveled on a play that should have resulted in a layup in the final 3:00 minutes when we were making our comeback. Those were huge plays. He played great the rest of the game but those plays can't be understated.

[sagecounsel]

FTs per ESPN
11-13 Celtics

21-25 Cavs

not including other calls goal tends travels etc

just ridiculous

[earl]

BBD played alright for a rook. The problem is he gets HAMMERED and can't get a call.

[tenn_smoothie]

A bunch of guys with great stats who never won anything of consequence with a captain who repeatedly loses his composure in tough situations coached by a dumb ego-maniac with a inferiority complex.

[CoachBo]

Three absolutely horrific calls and non-calls in the last 90 seconds. No way whatsoever that fossil Bavetta and those two morons with him were going to let God lose tonight. Home court nonsense.

With that in mind though, and with Rondo, Perkins and Ray Allen playing absolutely horrific basketball, we hang within 5.

Anything better and we should be fine.

[Amir]

Powe would have made all the Big Baby misses tonight.

[joeb]

Stolen away. The fix was in. No excuse for this atrocious officiating. Pretty obvious why only 1 road win in the 2nd round. Just horrible!!!

[cool breeze]

Uncle Tommy- Where Seething Happens

[ejk3489]

I cannot get over the call against Pierce. Horrible, horrible, horrible.

[BASSTHUMPER]

i'm becoming an alcholoic and becoming well know at my corner liquor store watchin these games..

james is def gonna try and show out in bean town...

[NoraG1]

I think I speak for everyone when I say F*** David Stern! The fix was in tonight. Definitely this game should have been ours. 

Yep, they want Lebron to get more exposure. This is why I worry about game 7. It is sad when refs get to control games and not the players.

[TerreHaute]

We will definitely win game 7. We only gave them 74 points on their home floor, and that includes them making 10 more ft's that we even attempted. We will continue to take care of business defensively, but score better at home. However, the questions still lingers as to why there is such a drastic difference between this team at home and on the road in the playoffs. We will HAVE TO win a road game against Detroit, because they may just win one in the Garden.

[RebusRankin]

12 extra fts in a 5 point game. Thats on top of the phantom travels, no calls on hacks, over the backs etc.

Can you say fix? The NBA should be investigated.

[BrickJames]

Can someone please attempt to explain why we didn't press once until there were 28 seconds left in the game?

[RockinRyA]

its refs taking control of the game.. that was abviously traveling on joe smith, a block on lebron, and a goaltend on delonte.. even the them guys on espn thought so.. i couldnt believe it.. esp the charge on pp i thought they were gona call the block.. lebron sticked out his knees