Celtics (45-24) at Jazz (45-25) 3/22

[Change]

It'd be cool if we had a center who could hit threes

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[Mr October]

That was a heck of a play by Boozer.

If there's a comeback happening, it has to start right after this timeout.

Tale of two halves almost.

With 1-2 minutes left in the 1st half C's were up 12. Since then they have been outscored by 25.

Now I'm starting to see why Hollinger rates the Jazz as one of the top contenders.  

No offense by I'm sick and tired of all the Jazz contender talk.  They can't win on the road when it matters, they've had the same team for what? 3 or 4 years now? Every year they're everyones dark horse and every year they stink it up in the second round.  Are they a good team? Sure.  Are they a championship contender? No, they never will be with the other teams in the west combined with the makeup of their current team.

Oh and that miss from Paul iced it.  They had a legit comeback chance.  Now its officially over.

Agreed. The Jazz are very good, very tough at home.

...on the road.... in the playoffs? Not so much  

[barefacedmonk]

It was nice while it lasted, guys.

At least the Celtics gave us a week or two of hope before the post-season.  If they face the Bucks in the first round, don't expect them to make it to the second round without a truly grueling series.

Well, I don't know..Bucks playing above themselves right now, and we have definitely turned the corner, no matter what the outcome of this game, I think.

No need to be overly concerned..

+1....the score is not reflective of our play and energy. The Jazz have made shots(a lot of 3s) and fortunately for them..they all fell in.

[kozlodoev]

You can't beat a team that shoot 3's like that.

You mean you can't beat a team if you give them open three pointers all the time?

[ManUp]

This one is over.

[twinbree]

Very impressed with the minutes of the starters from the boxscore. Doc is doing a nice job resting them up for the stretch run. Although I wouldn't mind a little more Perk and a little less Sheed.

[CelticSooner]

Ray 2-8 from 3 for 15 points. Pierce has 11 points.

It will be tough for the C's to beat anyone with those numbers.

[FallGuy]

It was nice while it lasted, guys.

At least the Celtics gave us a week or two of hope before the post-season.  If they face the Bucks in the first round, don't expect them to make it to the second round without a truly grueling series.

Well, I don't know..Bucks playing above themselves right now, and we have definitely turned the corner, no matter what the outcome of this game, I think.

No need to be overly concerned..

Really? They beat one decent team (Hou) and one very good one (Dal). Other than that - the last two months have been bad. Does tonight look more like an aberration or just another chapter in the story we've been watching in 2010?

I'd say an aberration..and knowing the Celtics this one isn't over yet...just need a few stops, a few buckets.

We've turned the corner..you can't close the book just based off of this game (which isn't over yet).

Okur has hurt us big time this game, though..just as I was worried about on pg two or three of this thread.

Well... we'll see how they do against Denver on Wednesday. I'm not ready to say they've turned the corner yet.

[Change]

Call me a sucker, but I like TA over Q. Q is bluh, TA is reckless.

[GreenFaith1819]

It'd be cool if we had a center who could hit threes

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I'm sorry..I'd still take Perkins over Okur or Bargnani.

Dwight or Shaq would shred both of these guys. Not Perk.

[liam]

It was nice while it lasted, guys.

At least the Celtics gave us a week or two of hope before the post-season.  If they face the Bucks in the first round, don't expect them to make it to the second round without a truly grueling series.

Well, I don't know..Bucks playing above themselves right now, and we have definitely turned the corner, no matter what the outcome of this game, I think.

No need to be overly concerned..

+1....the score is not reflective of our play and energy. The Jazz have made shots(a lot of 3s) and fortunately for them..they all fell in.

You can't win them all and we never gave up and we played them tough.

[PosImpos]

Well, the next few games will determine whether the last couple of weeks are just an aberration or not.

If the C's lose like this to the Nuggets and the Cavs this week then there won't be any question that they are a solid step below the best teams in the league.

[Evantime34]

I feel like the Jazz brand of "physical" basketball is a lot of fouls assuming the ref can't call everything. Especially when they are at home and every call that is made against them gets booed.

[JohnBagleyValueMeal]

Rondo's 3rd & 4th fouls were turning points. He lost control a bit and then the team was rudderless.

The bench wasn't quite there for us, either.

[Rashi]

Seems like we won't be winning this one.....but am glad we got 2 outta 3 wins.

I agree we let them have open shots and they got hot from the 3 pt line..and when that happens its tough to beat the team (esp when we aren't hitting our shots)

But despite the loss am not going to start ranting on the team....Nuggets game is coming up and that too at home...and I expect the guys to bounce back with a win.

Go C's !!

G*night everyone.