Bulls (1-0) at Celtics (0-1) Round 1 Game 2 4/20

[Chief]

If you got a good luck charm, get it out now.

[fairweatherfan]

No matter what happens this game, we need to

- stop doubling Rose at the top of the key.  Give him jumpers and try to funnel him to the bigs if he gets past.

- draw up some plays for Ray getting doubled.  Ray's no Steve Nash but he passes and dribbles well enough to create some shots for others.  Now our offense sputters while Ray tries to find an opening for 4-5 seconds.

[celticinorlando]

boston just isn't athletic enough to beat a team like chicago...i said it...9 blocks in a half? gordon can create whatever shot he wants....Thomas has springs in his legs...ray has to have 9 picks...pierce has decided not to go to the basket anymore...rondo is the only athletic guy the C's have and he is hurt...

[greg683x]

If you got a good luck charm, get it out now.

I actually do have a celtics good luck charm, and Im getting it out now.

[BrickJames]

No matter what happens this game, we need to

- stop doubling Rose at the top of the key.  Give him jumpers and try to funnel him to the bigs if he gets past.

What bigs?

[CoachBo]

Quick thoughts:

1. We got the good Rondo tonight, for awhile until he went down. Attacking the basket, distributing, playing significantly better on the defensive end.

2. Baby Davis' energy has been outstanding.

3. Mikki Moore is an embarrassment to the Celtic uniform. He's a big zero. His signing was yet another mistake by Celtics management. He has no clue where to be on the defensive end of the floor.

4. One of the worst Celtic bench halves in recent memory. Literally no defense from this group. Any supposition that Ainge put together a good bench can be thoroughly dispelled at this point.

[ChainSmokingLikeDino]

allright, rondo back out there.

powe out for rest of game and who knows longer. yikes.

[illantari]

allright, rondo back out there.

powe out for rest of game and who knows longer. yikes.

That's not good.  We can't go long stretches with just Perk, Baby, and Mikki.  Are we getting Scal back at all?  What's our backup plan?

[CoachBo]

Rondo is not OK.

[fan33]

Ray ray...!

[Chief]

Come on Ray!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's do it!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Thruthelookingglass]

Whoever put the saran wrap over the Bulls' basket, good thinking!

[edit] oh, nevermind.

[get_banners]

if the refereeing stays inconsistent, i think its going to be hard to not say it was a major factor. the bulls are killing us up front because all our bigs got called for lots of touch fouls (some were legit, but most were questionable at best), while the bulls bigs make plenty of contact, yet get no calls. i know we're playing bad, but even with that, we should still be up by a bit if the game was called consistently.

[Cman]

allright, rondo back out there.

powe out for rest of game and who knows longer. yikes.

That's not good.  We can't go long stretches with just Perk, Baby, and Mikki.

Didn't Bill Walker play some PF in college?

[greg683x]

rondo may be back out there but that aint rondo