Celtics (54-18) at Magic (52-18) 3/24

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

what exactly is the celtics gameplan tonight? to throw the game? ugh, are they ever going to get it going? I know they've won 4 in a row, but I just dont feel like there playing good enough to win it all, and theres only 10 games left...and they werent playing good enough for me to be overly confident about this game

[illantari]

Even ESPN thinks our defense sucks.

[Thruthelookingglass]

Dwight Howard is the biggest guy on the court, to see him complaining about a 6'5" guard being too rough with him really rubs me the wrong way.

If we could get a close up and audio, it would be great for youtube fodder.

[bruinsandceltics]

Finally someone boxes out Howard. And its not one of our big men...its the Captain.

[cordobes]

do the celtics even want to win? this doesnt exactly feel like a big game..ooo the magic...i dont know, it isnt doing it for me and im not getting the feeling the celtics have any urgency

I'm not feeling like this is a big game either.  What happens from now until the end of the season really doesn't matter as long as we stay healthy and continue to get healthy.  We can beat Orlando easily if they have home court.  We'll have our hands full in Cleveland of course though but there's nothing we can do about that so we'll just have to deal with it.

What exactly do you mean by easily?

[Thruthelookingglass]

Even ESPN thinks our defense sucks.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[makaveli]

now that's what i call a box out(by P2), what a great job, texbook stuff, you don't see it that often

[celticinorlando]

my thing is this...Doc is betting the farm that seeding doesn't matter...a big win will give orlando a ton of confidence...at this point i am just about ready to accept the 3 seed and hope detroit gets orlando in round one....boston looks lifeless out there tonight

[crownsy]

what exactly is the celtics gameplan tonight? to throw the game? ugh, are they ever going to get it going? I know they've won 4 in a row, but I just dont feel like there playing good enough to win it all, and theres only 10 games left...and they werent playing good enough for me to be overly confident about this game

we arent good enough to beat the magic on their home floor with KG playing 16 minutes and no leon powe.

I dislike the magic's style, but there too good to beat on there home floor playing big baby and mikki moore big minutes because KG is limited and perk's in foul trouble.

[CoachBo]

There will be nothing easy about beating Orlando, Cleveland or anyone else, for that matter.

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

do the celtics even want to win? this doesnt exactly feel like a big game..ooo the magic...i dont know, it isnt doing it for me and im not getting the feeling the celtics have any urgency

I'm not feeling like this is a big game either.  What happens from now until the end of the season really doesn't matter as long as we stay healthy and continue to get healthy.  We can beat Orlando easily if they have home court.  We'll have our hands full in Cleveland of course though but there's nothing we can do about that so we'll just have to deal with it.

What exactly do you mean by easily?

Yeah, I dont think the celtics are gonna beat anyone easily, especially with the way they've been playing recently, afterall a better team last year took more games then any team of all time to win the title..

this specific game is just boring the crap out of me

[celticinorlando]

i have to accept it...mikki moore gives boston nothing when he is out there

[makaveli]

my thing is this...Doc is betting the farm that seeding doesn't matter...a big win will give orlando a ton of confidence...at this point i am just about ready to accept the 3 seed and hope detroit gets orlando in round one....boston looks lifeless out there tonight

well kevin isn't playin, and our offense isn't on it's usual level. Don't worry all we need is a solid 6-7 minutes, witch our guys are more than capable to provide

[greg683x]

what exactly is the celtics gameplan tonight? to throw the game? ugh, are they ever going to get it going? I know they've won 4 in a row, but I just dont feel like there playing good enough to win it all, and theres only 10 games left...and they werent playing good enough for me to be overly confident about this game

we arent good enough to beat the magic on their home floor with KG playing 16 minutes and no leon powe.

I dislike the magic's style, but there too good to beat on there home floor playing big baby and mikki moore big minutes because KG is limited and perk's in foul trouble.

I agree.  Just look at the first two games this season.

[crownsy]

There will be nothing easy about beating Orlando, Cleveland or anyone else, for that matter.

eh, i think the 5 lower seeds arent really that good even atlanta.

Orlando will be tougher than some think, but they lack a solid slashing wing and defenders.

Cleveland however, is no joke, and thats going to be a war and a half, assuming we get that far.