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

[PosImpos]

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.

D Will is probably the best PG in the league.

[vinnie]

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.

He is the point guard and did a nice job distributing the ball. He totally dominated Rondo tonight.

[Q_FBE]

Problems of tonights game:

1) Utah's intensity of the 3rd Qtr
2) Turnovers
3) 3 point defense
4) Referees

We got our butts whipped in Utah just like every other team that plays there at Poor Energy Stadium.

[mahonedog88]

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?

He wasn't horrible.  But he was what? 0 for 3 from beyond the arc?  It's gotten to the point where it literally hurts to see him shoot threes now

[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.

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.

The Refs got Rondo on that bad charge call where DeRon ran over Rondo and got that really bad call.

[nickagneta]

Bad second half defense and bad shooting from Ray, Paul, and Rasheed and a lackluster performance from KG and you have a loss.

Forget the refs, forget the lack of a timeout bu Doc to start the second half, the Celtics just got out hustled and out muscled and out shot from the 2 minutes lewft mark of the first half on.

[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.

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

And yet - he still completely controlled the second half.

[Redz]

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.

agreed

[GreenFaith1819]

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.

Thankfully we face traditional Centers in the East..we won't have to worry about Al Horford, Shaq or Dwight shooting 4-6 from the three-land.

[pengaloo]

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.

At the same time - the help defense wasn't there. It's obvious that Rondo cannot guard Deron Williams by himself when Williams is determined to run Rajon over with his physical strength.

[liam]

Bad second half defense and bad shooting from Ray, Paul, and Rasheed and a lackluster performance from KG and you have a loss.

Forget the refs, forget the lack of a timeout bu Doc to start the second half, the Celtics just got out hustled and out muscled and out shot from the 2 minutes lewft mark of the first half on.

I can't forget those Refs they were the mvp tonight.

[JohnBagleyValueMeal]

We also lost Baby at the exact moment where we needed some energy, offensive boards, etc.  Those five minutes were really really bad.  Then the Jazz just hit a bunch of threes.  7 in the 2nd half i think.

[FallGuy]

Bad second half defense and bad shooting from Ray, Paul, and Rasheed and a lackluster performance from KG and you have a loss.

Forget the refs, forget the lack of a timeout bu Doc to start the second half, the Celtics just got out hustled and out muscled and out shot from the 2 minutes lewft mark of the first half on.

I can't forget those Refs they were the mvp tonight.

Please. The Jazz earned that win.

[nickagneta]

Bad second half defense and bad shooting from Ray, Paul, and Rasheed and a lackluster performance from KG and you have a loss.

Forget the refs, forget the lack of a timeout bu Doc to start the second half, the Celtics just got out hustled and out muscled and out shot from the 2 minutes lewft mark of the first half on.

I can't forget those Refs they were the mvp tonight.

Every they call pro Celtic in the first half went anti Celtic in the second half. In the end, the calls were about even.

[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.

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.

At the same time - the help defense wasn't there. It's obvious that Rondo cannot guard Deron Williams by himself when Williams is determined to run Rajon over with his physical strength.

Run over is right, as in to charge!