Magic (0-0) at Celtics (0-0) Game 1 5/4

[bruinsandceltics]

Free throw shooting is pathetic.

[gar]

What happened to all the talk about starting Scal and bringing BBD off the bench to tag team on Howard. I guess Doc did not get the memo.

[BigAlTheFuture]

LOL. Airball!

[Redz]

oh rajon

[celticinorlando]

petrius...a guy boston could have signed...rondo is just not there since that foul on miller....that changed his entire play

[Dissent]

rondo. wow.

[bruinsandceltics]

Alston with 4.

AJ has to defend Rondo.

[get_banners]

get it under 15 by the end of the quarter...

[Chief]

They'll foul everytime if we drive.

[Thruthelookingglass]

Talk about standing around!  Geez, their offense doesn't hold many surprises does it?

[silverb]

We need to get this down to atleast 12 before the 4th

[Redz]

Scal's is busting his tail out there

[PosImpos]

If we somehow manage to lose by 10 or less then I won't count us totally out of it yet.  But like I said earlier, 15 points or more for the loss and this is going to be 4-5 games.

How does a 5 point difference change anything?  Losing by 30 tells me no more than if we lost by 10.  A loss is a loss and teams have come back from blowouts before.  In 2005 we killed indiana in game one and lost in 7.  The celts were massacred by the lake show in 84 and came back and one the series.  A blowout does not mean anything!  So we lose and comeback and win next game.  What does that tell you?

It's the momentum and the psychology of it.  The Celtics have been through too much and are emotionally and physically exhausted.  Our two best players are in their early 30s and have been playing more than 40 minutes a night in the last 7 games.  If we get blown out tonight - and by blowout I mean 15+ - then our team is not going to be in a good position to win more than maybe 1 game.  Maybe 2 if we really dig deep down.  But one thing's for sure, home court advantage was the one edge we had coming into this series, and we're about to lose it, barring a horrible breakdown by the Magic.

[PierceMVP08]

I might as well be watching the game in my dorm... Im getting no work done and not even watching the game, ughh

[bruinsandceltics]

Rondo is being really aggressive and its working.