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

[FallGuy]

I'll call this one the Okur show..he was the one who hurt us. Deron didn't shoot particularly well..Boozer played well, but that's it.

Certainly would've been nice to have this one, but we'll show up for Denver.

Pierce didn't play well?

Are you serious about Williams? He completely controlled the second half.

[mahonedog88]

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.

TP

Jazz earned those calls in the second half. They were - in a word - awesome.

They earned the ones after the run they made which gave them confidence. In the first 5 minutes of the 2nd half the refs were in full "make up for our crappy calls on the home team" mode.
Edit: Not to say that the Jazz didnt deserve to win this game. It's just that if you go through this thread, you will see that everyone here saw alot of make up calls coming in the 2nd half...which they got.

Well said.  Plenty of makeup calls in the first 5 minutes

[Greenbean]

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

rimshot  

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

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

Perk had nothing to do with that statement.  That was a complete shot at Sheed.

My bad mahonedog88..I mis-read your quote.

Did Sheed really look that bad this game?

Did Sheed play?

[barefacedmonk]

The night hasn't been all bad....Hawks lost as well

[FallGuy]

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.

TP

Jazz earned those calls in the second half. They were - in a word - awesome.

They earned the ones after the run they made which gave them confidence. In the first 5 minutes of the 2nd half the refs were in full "make up for our crappy calls on the home team" mode.

Edit: Not to say that the Jazz didnt deserve to win this game. It's just that if you go through this thread, you will see that everyone here saw alot of make up calls coming in the 2nd half...which they got.

Like with the C's in the first half - the better you play the more calls you get.

[Change]

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.

This team goes as Rondo goes. I'm not too thrilled about that fact.

No disrespect to Rondo. Deron Williams is on another level. The guy is a beast. Hopefully Rondo can be a consistent force in the future.

[liam]

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.

TP

Jazz earned those calls in the second half. They were - in a word - awesome.

They earned the ones after the run they made which gave them confidence. In the first 5 minutes of the 2nd half the refs were in full "make up for our crappy calls on the home team" mode.

Edit: Not to say that the Jazz didnt deserve to win this game. It's just that if you go through this thread, you will see that everyone here saw alot of make up calls coming in the 2nd half...which they got.

Like with the C's in the first half - the better you play the more calls you get.

or visa versa!

[Spicoli]

Williams and Okur dominated in the second half, and the Jazz dominated the 3rd and 4th quarters. Just gotta tip your hats to them. They couldn't miss a shot when it mattered.

[liam]

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.

This team goes as Rondo goes. I'm not too thrilled about that fact.

No disrespect to Rondo. Deron Williams is on another level. The guy is a beast. Hopefully Rondo can be a consistent force in the future.

Yup, he's the LeBron of Point guards! But Rondo will be playing longer that DeRon will this year.

[GreenFaith1819]

I'll call this one the Okur show..he was the one who hurt us. Deron didn't shoot particularly well..Boozer played well, but that's it.

Certainly would've been nice to have this one, but we'll show up for Denver.

Pierce didn't play well?

Are you serious about Williams? He completely controlled the second half.

Deron was 5-14 from the field. He made half of his points from the charity stripe.

[mahonedog88]

I will give the Utah crowd credit.  No alcohol, a bunch of mormons...and yet they're insanely energetic.  They boo the crap out of the refs when a call doesn't go their way and cheer louder then ever when the team does well.

They, meaning both the crowd and Jazz, seem to be a bunch of talkers.  I mean, the celtics talk more than any team in the league so I know this statement isn't really needed.  But at least we talk, and if we can clamp down, we can back it up and actually maybe win a title.

This Jazz team can talk, play as good as they possibly can, and won't even come out of the second round.  Talk it up Jazz, enjoy your home regular season wins.

[mzepol]

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.

This team goes as Rondo goes. I'm not too thrilled about that fact.

No disrespect to Rondo. Deron Williams is on another level. The guy is a beast. Hopefully Rondo can be a consistent force in the future.

There were games when Rondo dominated DWill as well. Rondo let DWill get into his head in this game, and he went on tilt. Can't let that happen.

[Change]

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

rimshot  

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

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

Perk had nothing to do with that statement.  That was a complete shot at Sheed.

My bad mahonedog88..I mis-read your quote.

Did Sheed really look that bad this game?

Did Sheed play?

20 useless minutes. Perk was pretty useless too.

[MaxwellSmart86]

This game was LOST with about 2 minutes to go in the 1st half---C's had EVERYTHING going---and they RELAXED....Let the Jazz finish 8-0 to get back in it.

if Okur would EVER hit those shots vs. LA---I would drop dead-!!

[Greenbean]

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.

TP

Jazz earned those calls in the second half. They were - in a word - awesome.

They earned the ones after the run they made which gave them confidence. In the first 5 minutes of the 2nd half the refs were in full "make up for our crappy calls on the home team" mode.

Edit: Not to say that the Jazz didnt deserve to win this game. It's just that if you go through this thread, you will see that everyone here saw alot of make up calls coming in the 2nd half...which they got.

Like with the C's in the first half - the better you play the more calls you get.

Chicken or the egg. I though the Celtics were really aggressive and energetic in the first half AND for the first 5 minutes of the 2nd. The refs then started calling ticky tac fouls and not rewarding aggressiveness but rather punishing it.

See? You can spin it either way.

Bottom line they lost in a hostile environment. To beat the Jazz at home you have to play with the energy they did in the first half AND not turn the ball over. They got 1/2 right. Im still encouraged and I like what I saw tonight. Unless this game puts them in a tailspin, this team is still trending up IMO.

Come on C's, prove me right.