Clippers (19-23) at Celtics (28-13) 1/25

[celticinorlando]

tony allen is playing well for boston. i wish rondo would have taken the shot instead of dumping it off the BBD

[Kiorrik]

Tony Allen manages to switch between good and bad 5 times in a single play. The man is amazing.

And Rondo should've shot that one.

Consistently inconsistent is still the best description of Turny Allen ever.

[jadams5214]

Yeah Orlando it's nice not to have a big deficit after the 3rd quarter was just illustrating a very clear point how it was disappointing they weren't up more.

But I don't think too many people would say 21 points is a good offensive quarter under any definition.

Depends on the pace of the game. It's good when you shoot 60%. How can you call 60% shooting a bad quarter?

That's what make this board interesting different opinions -- most would say that when shooting over 50% for a game at home against an average team at best that being up single digits is disappointing.  Scoring 21 points in a quarter which is an 84 point pace when the team normally scores almost 100 is not adequate. Having only 71 points at home in the 4th quarter illustrates a glaring lack of production but some would disagree apparently.

[Fafnir]

This quarter is a perfect example of why the Celtics have struggled this season to put teams away --- they are playing great defense but wasting offensive possessions here.  Careless turnovers and bad shots have prevented the C's from building a big lead.

The Celtics of the previous 2 years would be up 15 easily playing this type of defense at home.  For whatever reason this current team can't sustain the runs long enough to put games away, letting teams hang around and quite often take over the game at some point.

12 - 19 so far this quarter. Sorry, but defensively that's amazing, and offensively we've been passing very, very well the past few possessions.

If they play like this the rest of the season, we're in the run for another banner.

Well of course I have to disagree --- if you don't think the Celtic teams of the past 2 years would be up much more than 5 points after a great defensive quarter then that's your opinion no matter how misguided it is.

100% the C's are very disappointed right now only being up 5 after appearing to dominate the quarter.

The 2007-2008 Celtics were just as bad about turning the ball over.

[celticinorlando]

mardy collins would be a welcomed player off the boston bench

[Atzar]

Uno Uno?  Please, God no.

[jdpapa3]

Tony Allen manages to switch between good and bad 5 times in a single play. The man is amazing.

And Rondo should've shot that one.

Consistently inconsistent is still the best description of Turny Allen ever.

Turny? LOL, did you just come up with that?

[Kiorrik]

Yeah Orlando it's nice not to have a big deficit after the 3rd quarter was just illustrating a very clear point how it was disappointing they weren't up more.

But I don't think too many people would say 21 points is a good offensive quarter under any definition.

Depends on the pace of the game. It's good when you shoot 60%. How can you call 60% shooting a bad quarter?

That's what make this board interesting different opinions -- most would say that when shooting over 50% for a game at home against an average team at best that being up single digits is disappointing.  Scoring 21 points in a quarter which is an 84 point pace when the team normally scores almost 100 is not adequate. Having only 71 points at home in the 4th quarter illustrates a glaring lack of production but some would disagree apparently.

Run and gun basketball doesn't keep your opponent below 20 points in defense. If you want 100 points a game, go see the Suns. If you want stifling defense, we're the bomb when we play well.

[jadams5214]

Tony 1 for 4 at the line this quarter yikes.  Clippers amazingly are still hanging around down only 5 --- C's still can't put away average teams at home even when healthy.  Definitely still big problems for this team that are becoming more obvious with each game...

[Donoghus]

Alright, Rondo.  Way to take it to the hoop and take the shot.

[Kiorrik]

Tony Allen manages to switch between good and bad 5 times in a single play. The man is amazing.

And Rondo should've shot that one.

Consistently inconsistent is still the best description of Turny Allen ever.

Turny? LOL, did you just come up with that?

A while ago actually But since then I've heard others claim it too so I don't want to call it mine

[jdpapa3]

Tony 1 for 4 at the line this quarter yikes.  Clippers amazingly are still hanging around down only 5 --- C's still can't put away average teams at home even when healthy.  Definitely still big problems for this team that are becoming more obvious with each game...

LOL. KG being back for 1 game and a half = being healthy now. Honestly, it's getting hilarious.

[jadams5214]

Yeah Orlando it's nice not to have a big deficit after the 3rd quarter was just illustrating a very clear point how it was disappointing they weren't up more.

But I don't think too many people would say 21 points is a good offensive quarter under any definition.

Depends on the pace of the game. It's good when you shoot 60%. How can you call 60% shooting a bad quarter?

That's what make this board interesting different opinions -- most would say that when shooting over 50% for a game at home against an average team at best that being up single digits is disappointing.  Scoring 21 points in a quarter which is an 84 point pace when the team normally scores almost 100 is not adequate. Having only 71 points at home in the 4th quarter illustrates a glaring lack of production but some would disagree apparently.

Run and gun basketball doesn't keep your opponent below 20 points in defense. If you want 100 points a game, go see the Suns. If you want stifling defense, we're the bomb when we play well.

Hate to tell you buddy but the Celtics average 99.8 points per game so not sure where the 100 point comment came from you aren't even close on that one.

[jdpapa3]

I love Craig. I'd trade Baby for him straight up if I could.

[Donoghus]

Settle down