Tonight needs to be a war

[ScoobyDoo]

Game three?
Our guys played like chics. We deserved that loss. Big time.

Only regret? I wish the Lakers had stuck it to us by 30, we
deserved it.

There is no excuse to be tied 1-1, coming home for three games, with a chance to go up 2-1 with the NEXT TWO GAMES at home, with a chance to win an NBA title...and we lose!!!?

They played like 6 year old girls. They played like it wa s Sunday brunch instead of a game three.

The Lakers OUT WORKED US, on our home floor.

Inexcusable, unnacceptable.

I've watched every game this year, you can immediately tell if this team's head is in the building or they are mailing it in.

The worst part, whenever their collective heads are present, no one's beating them. Problem is you never know who's going to show up.

If Pierce wants to shoot his mouth off about not going back to LA, maybe he needs to be willing to get dirty to make sure it didn't happen. Meaning maybe instead of acting like a ballerina popping jump shots all night, he needs to go head long for the rim, which is what he's best at.

Maybe after about 5 misses from three land, Ray ought to think about a pump fake, one or two dribbles and either a mid range jumper or a pass to whoever is open because someone just flew by his head.

KG is non-existent for two games and then he lights it up. Can we get some consitstney pl

Maybe we need to lay some bodies on the Laker bigs. They are long but being long has nothing to do with rebounding. Length is very easily dismissed if you use your body the right way. Ask Dennis Rodman.

This tea has easily been the most excruciatingly frustrating Celtics team I have ever watched in 20+ years.

They consistently do the exact opposite of what you would expect every single time.

It is such a frstrating team. During the season they'd beat a great team on the road by 20, then come home and lose by 15 to the Nets.

The Lakers arent' going to give this to them. These guys need to get dialed in, everyone at the same time, and be willing to go after it.

Being outworked on your home court is something that should never, ever happen. But it did in game three, big time.

It's time to take the gloves off, and be willing to get dirty for the win tonight.

It should be war mentality, in basketball terms. If not, we'll get our asses handed to us again, guaranteed. WE have to be hungrier than them.

[RAcker]

I see by your choice of words that you are all about Women's Lib.   

[ScoobyDoo]

Racker



Actually, I grew up with my Mom and three sisters. My Mother is a tough old Irish lady you DO NOT mess with and I got my ass handed to me by my sisters for the majority of my youth. The only person who's ever knocked me out was my closest sister and that wasn't with a golf club or some other instrument; it was with a left hook.

Also, while I was a decent starting point guard on a team that went to the state semi finals my senior year in high school, I was regularly beaten in pick up games bu our all state female player from the girl's team. She was that good.

But nevermind the physical beatings I've received from women over the years, and don't forget the fact I'm not positive that I've ever won a verbal argument with a woman either.

Women are generally the stronger sex in many ways.

All that being said, men are genrally physically stronger than women so the term, "played like chics" is a simple reference to them not using what they have and getting physical.

By the way, are you a chic? I just want to know so I can guage what level of fear I should have when replying to you...

If so, I need to make sure I don't p--- you off, that is genrally not a good idea...     

[ScoobyDoo]

PS: I am a huge women's lib beleiver, how could I not be.

However, I'm not real big on the whole poitical correctness thing, I think it's a bunch of BS and we could all use alot more straight talk without being worried about every possible person or group that "might" be offended about soemthig that someone they don't know said about something that doesn't matter...who cares...

I am affected very little by someon else's opinion on something, they are free to speak their mind and express it however they want, it's their choice...

[RAcker]

I was just messing with you about the Women's Lib thing.  You basically used the same wording that Larry Legend used in 1984 during The Finals which I completely agreed with.

And no...I'm not a female.  Never been asked that before.   

[LakerPete]

I think you guys play your best game of the series tonight and get an "arms distance" win. Not a blowout, but not a game where it's decided in the last 30 seconds either. I expect an 8-10 point lead for the Celtics at halftime, the Lakers to cut it to about 2 at some point in the third quarter, and then the Celtics go on a mini-run at the beginning of the 4th quarter and maintain a 6-8 point lead for most of crunch time.

As a Laker fan, the one thing I'm encouraged by was that we won despite poor offensive showings from both Kobe & Gasol. Obviously you could say the same about Pierce & Allen ("poor" doesn't adequately describe his performance), but I think that our defense is at a level where a top-notch game from either Kobe or Gasol could turn an expected loss into a win.

[ScoobyDoo]

LOL Racker! That is funny. To be honest I've never had anyone ask me if I was a chic either.

But yeah, I felt like we were complete and total b!tches in game three, bunch of chics, lackadaisically going about the game. I was particulalry incensed than since Pierce shot off his mouth, that he wasn't the one leading the charge.

I understand he had foul trouble but he got those on cheap stuff. I'd rather see him foul out trying to slam it on Gasol at the rim, than playing passive like he did.

You wnat to talk? Back it up. That game should have been a blood bath effort from the Celtics, we got a run of the mill "oh ho hum " effort form them.

Disgusting.

Rant complete. Actually I could go on for hours I was so disgusted with their lack of killer aggression in game three.

Chics.

Anyway...

I also agree with you LakerPete, very astute observation.

The Celtics better bring it tonight and step on LA's throat or they will get get stung. And if that happens...series over for all intensive purposes.

This isn't the 2008 Lakers. And our Celts better wake up, take the gloves OFF, show up, **** focus, everyone all together now...and be prepared to lay it on the floor form here on out.

If not, we'll lose, for sure.

I'm not sure what this tema needs to stay motivated and aggressive.

The 2010 Boston Celtics...where who knows what team will show up on any given night and who knows which player will be "into it" or not.

[RAcker]

LOL Racker! That is funny. To be honest I've never had anyone ask me if I was a chic either.

But yeah, I felt like we were complete and total b!tches in game three, bunch of chics, lackadaisically going about the game. I was particulalry incensed than since Pierce shot off his mouth, that he wasn't the one leading the charge.

I understand he had foul trouble but he got those on cheap stuff. I'd rather see him foul out trying to slam it on Gasol at the rim, than playing passive like he did.

You wnat to talk? Back it up. That game should have been a blood bath effort from the Celtics, we got a run of the mill "oh ho hum " effort form them.

Disgusting.

Rant complete. Actually I could go on for hours I was so disgusted with their lack of killer aggression in game three.

Chics.

Anyway...

I also agree with you LakerPete, very astute observation.

The Celtics better bring it tonight and step on LA's throat or they will get get stung. And if that happens...series over for all intensive purposes.

This isn't the 2008 Lakers. And our Celts better wake up, take the gloves OFF, show up, **** focus, everyone all together now...and be prepared to lay it on the floor form here on out.

If not, we'll lose, for sure.

I'm not sure what this tema needs to stay motivated and aggressive.

The 2010 Boston Celtics...where who knows what team will show up on any given night and who knows which player will be "into it" or not.

I agree with you about the backing up talk comment.  If Paul wants to talk I'm good with that, but he'd better be the main guy busting his hump on the court.

He has to attack the rim and attack without mercy.  The jump shooting will go too hot and cold to count on against a team as good defensively as the Fakers.  We have to get them on their heals and then the open outside looks will become more natural.

Attack attack attack!

[cornbreadsmart]

Hey LakerPete, I thought what got the celts back in the game was Kobe regressing into his ALL-ME mode. I felt if he shared the ball like they were doing it would have been a blowout. Do you see it this way? Has there been talk like this in L.A.?I really believe Kobe almost gave us that game.

[PosImpos]

The refs won't let it be a war, just as they haven't let it be that way all series. 

As long as the refs continue to call the games tight the Celtics won't be able to play their preferred style, and the Lakers will have an advantage unless the C's are really hot from outside.

[LakerPete]

Hey LakerPete, I thought what got the celts back in the game was Kobe regressing into his ALL-ME mode. I felt if he shared the ball like they were doing it would have been a blowout. Do you see it this way? Has there been talk like this in L.A.?I really believe Kobe almost gave us that game.

Yes, there has been a bit of that talk, and I agree with it to an extent. However, I think there was a little more to it than that.

Kobe had 3 possessions in the first 6 minutes of the 3rd quarter where I felt like he was guilty of that, ((Fisher had 2 as well) and one in the last 2 minutes. I thought the C's were primed for the taking in the first 6 minutes of the 3rd quarter, but some bad decision making from our guards kept the margin around 8-10 points. The C's clamped down defensively in the last 6 minutes of that quarter, and the opportunity was lost.

However, Kobe had several shots on Tuesday where he was given the ball with 7 seconds left on the shot clock and asked to make something happen. That happens with all great shot creators, but it was to a much greater extent in Game 3. We're watching a matchup of two elite defensive teams, so the margin for error is tiny. Part of the problem is that guys like Ron Artest and Shannon Brown don't always know where they're supposed to be in the triangle, or the ball sticks in their hands for a split second because they're unsure of what their next move should be.

If you give the Celtics that split second...all of the advantages of ball-reversal are lost, and it ends up in Kobe's hands with 5 seconds left to bail us out.

Sorry for the longer explanation than necessary, but I think that was a huge part of the Laker offensive struggles on Tuesday. I also think that Kobe settled for the jumper FAR too often. He's had most of his success against the Celtics by going to the hoop and shooting floaters or shorter pull-up jumpers over Allen.