Celtics (50-17) at Bulls (30-37) 3/17

[Celtic]

That was weird , the ref waited to see if the shot went in before he blew the whistle, which is normal incompetence, but he waited, it went in and then he called the foul on top of it. These guys are really hustling not settling for the normal incompetence, way to go zebras.

Not gonna blame this one on the refs, they haven't helped things at all, but the C's have to step it up.

[Redz]

everyone's afraid of fouling out

[celticinorlando]

transition defense sucks...hey turnovers and poor shooting down the stretch....seen this before.....

[threats13]

so defense used to be out main concern as a team and now we have no concerns...we arent half as effective on offense and we dont play defense yea theres injuries but jeeze we look like scrubs

[mahonedog88]

This will be very disappointing if we lose this game...cause it didn't look good from the start, we fight back, gain an 11 point lead in the 3rd and now we're down by 3 with 7 minutes to go.

It is hard to win a game when half of your roster is either in foul trouble or not playing

[vinnie]

With the injuries this team has right now, it will be a miracle for them to beat any team close to or above a .500 record. I honestly cannot see how anyone can complain about the performance or effort. The team right now has TWO guys over 6-7 that can play and one of them has fouled out. Hopefully it won't matter come playoff time, but given their current state, I do not think they even reach 60 wins for the season.

[vinnie]

so defense used to be out main concern as a team and now we have no concerns...we arent half as effective on offense and we dont play defense yea theres injuries but jeeze we look like scrubs

We are scrubs. Do you have any idea how many guys are out injrued? They have one player available who is bigger than 6-7!

[celticinorlando]

i am tired of the injury excuses. the hustle and energy hasnt been there since the cleveland game

[celticinorlando]

a lot of jump shots..just letting scrub miller get easy boards

[Redz]

perk has worked so hard at that low post game

GO EDDIE!

[nickagneta]

so defense used to be out main concern as a team and now we have no concerns...we arent half as effective on offense and we dont play defense yea theres injuries but jeeze we look like scrubs

So which group do you think is a better group of defenders

Pierce, Allen, Rondo, Perk, Moore

or

KG, Powe, Baby, Scal and Tony.

Think about it. The Celtics don't have any height in the game and have 5 of their top 8 defenders out of the game.

[greg683x]

just want to point out Lebrons stat line tonight...43 points 12 rebounds and 8 assists.....and ONE FOUL.  Now I didnt watch the game tonight but they did play the Magic and if you are that involved in a game scoring and passing and rebounding and all that such you would assume that you would get more than one foul.  Maybe he did only deserve one foul but just looking at the box score Im really starting to believe that the league is setting this up.  I hate to be a conspiracy theorist but its almost too obvious. Especially after that game against the Kings...

The Magic are a team of jumpshooters outside of Dwight Howard.  They dont have a SF that Lebron would have to guard that would put him in any kind of position to be in foul trouble.  They dont have a Paul Pierce type player that would drive and use fakes to bait him into fouls.

Enough with the conspiracy theories.  If you think the game is that fixed, then why watch.

Well he did have only one foul in the game against the Celtics and Rondo drew that one.

and we won the game....

I know we did. I was just pointing out its possible he could guard a Paul Pierce type SF and still pick up only one foul.

I understand and Im not saying Lebron doesnt get any calls from refs, but all this "the league is setting this up" nonsense is crazy.  Im just saying if you think the league is that fixed, then why even watch?

[Redz]

NO RAY NO!

[Quinn]

RAY D:

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

nightmare game for the celtics, now rays hurt?