Celtics (50-21) at Timberwolves (17-56) 3/27

[YouCantHandleTheTruth!]

Th truth is that this team has no energy and legs for 48 minutes anymore.

[celticinorlando]

i finally give in...the trade has been a disaster and will cost us a chance at any title

[Megatron]

Will the Celtics EVER be able to beat a team where the enemy is missing their best player?

Man, I hope all playoff teams are fully healthy, if anyone is injured on the opposing team we are gonna get swept.

That's the key to beating the celtics. If we face miami in the playoffs, the Heat should bench Lebron and say that he's injured. We will get swept.

Pretty much.

Lakers without Kobe would probably blow the C's out by 30 every game and sweep them in 4 games.

[Tai]

It seems like this slump is bigger than one person, or just the perkins trade, or any one injury.  It is almost like clockwork once we get a lead we get complacent and are practically expecting to lose our lead.  It is hard to see after how badly the team has played in the last few weeks that they can just turn it on in the playoffs.  I believe they need to turn things around NOW, not later.

Probably true, and well said.  Welcome to the blog, and TP.

That said, I continue to blame the Perkins trade; Danny felt the need to test the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mantra, and it's biting us.

I find it interesting we can even have big leads like we did last season. And then, we blow them like we did last season. And that's all based on the trade?

If we lost in the 1st round, maybe I'll agree. Otherwise, it feels like a copout at this point.

[get_banners]

good lord...another miss by pierce. please, bench him. maybe he needs a game off to refocus or something, because he has been pretty awful for a while now.

[Roy H.]

It seems like this slump is bigger than one person, or just the perkins trade, or any one injury.  It is almost like clockwork once we get a lead we get complacent and are practically expecting to lose our lead.  It is hard to see after how badly the team has played in the last few weeks that they can just turn it on in the playoffs.  I believe they need to turn things around NOW, not later.

Probably true, and well said.  Welcome to the blog, and TP.

That said, I continue to blame the Perkins trade; Danny felt the need to test the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mantra, and it's biting us.

Roy, you're forgetting that top 10 "protected" pick we got from the Clippers...all the money we saved by trading Perk...and we got a terrific offensive Center. How can you ignore all that? Danny got away with highway robbery...there is warrant out for his arrest in OKC.

Well, at least OKC sucks with Perk.  Oh, wait...

That said, Captain for 3!

[jaser]

Age has finally caught up to the Celtics lol.

Dang, Charles was right, their legs wouldnt hold up. They just hit the old age wall, teams full of elderly role-players and a #21 pick point guard that cant shoot. This sucks.

Wow, no Rondo bashing in this post???  

[Megatron]

I knew the last two games were guaranteed losses once I saw that Stephen Jackson and Kevin Love were sitting out with injuries.

[celticinorlando]

wow...getting outworked without love in there

[vinnie]

Pierce has taken 7 threes.  

[Roy H.]

It seems like this slump is bigger than one person, or just the perkins trade, or any one injury.  It is almost like clockwork once we get a lead we get complacent and are practically expecting to lose our lead.  It is hard to see after how badly the team has played in the last few weeks that they can just turn it on in the playoffs.  I believe they need to turn things around NOW, not later.

Probably true, and well said.  Welcome to the blog, and TP.

That said, I continue to blame the Perkins trade; Danny felt the need to test the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mantra, and it's biting us.

I find it interesting we can even have big leads like we did last season. And then, we blow them like we did last season. And that's all based on the trade?

If we lost in the 1st round, maybe I'll agree. Otherwise, it feels like a copout at this point.

Hey, I'm just saying it seems weird that we weren't playing like this pre-trade, and we are post-trade.  It could be a massive coincidence, but since a lot of folks predicted this post trade (although probably not to this extent), I'm saying there's at least some correlation.

[GreenFaith1819]

Well...so far plenty of blame to spread around...Ray, Paul and Glen are 12 for 37?

[YouCantHandleTheTruth!]

younger guys jumping higher.. 

[LilRip]

yeeesh, Kevin Love making life hell for us on the boards.

oh wait..

[Megatron]

Perkins fault we blew a 25 point lead?

Whats clear is that the reason why this team is sucking has little to do with the trade.

Blowing a 25 point lead? How can we blame that on the Perkins trade.