Celtics (23-19) at Kings (14-29) 3/16

[Celts Fan 92]

The Celtics should absolutely dominate all three perimeter positions. Isiah Thomas and Marcus Thornton are marginal players and Tyreke is horribly misused as a small forward.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Boston have advantages at the four (Bass over JT) and five (Garnett vs Cousins) too ... although much will depend on which DeMarcus Cousins shows up on the day.

The Kings are getting very little off their bench so Boston's vulnerable second unit shouldn't be taken advantage of.

Should be an easy win

I think ur sleepin on Thorton he can get u 20 ppg easy he's far from a marginal player Im actually worried bout dat matchup due to Ray's declining defense this year

[Neurotic Guy]

A useless calculation perhaps, but I wonder how many of us have looked at the fact that after a 5-9 start, the C's will be  19-10 if they win tonight.   That .655 winning percentage would place them 5 overall in the NBA right now. Alas, this road trip will probably wind up taking the wind out that optomistic view, but interesting (at least to me).

On another note, the Clips are free-falling and currently are just 3 games ahead of the Wolves for #9 in the West.  Suddenly, that pick is looking like at may be the better pick after all.   Pick #15 would be nice.

Easy to forget that after tonight only 17 games left.

[theswitch]

A useless calculation perhaps, but I wonder how many of us have looked at the fact that after a 5-9 start, the C's will be  19-10 if they win tonight.   That .655 winning percentage would place them 5 overall in the NBA right now. Alas, this road trip will probably wind up taking the wind out that optomistic view, but interesting (at least to me).

On another note, the Clips are free-falling and currently are just 3 games ahead of the Wolves for #9 in the West.  Suddenly, that pick is looking like at may be the better pick after all.   Pick #15 would be nice.

Easy to forget that after tonight only 17 games left.

I'll buy that. The start was absolutely brutal - tough, Pierce-less, last-second losses to strong teams in Miami and New York, and then a horrid stretch with Indiana, Dallas, Chicago, Indiana, and OKC. Some bad loses Phoenix and New Orleans, but otherwise lockout legs and lack of continuity screwed them over.

I'm really interested in how the April Miami, Spurs, Bulls, Pacers, Philly, Miami, Atlanta stretch goes in comparison to the 5-game losing streak in January, although this one is probably a harder stretch.

[theswitch]

The Celtics should absolutely dominate all three perimeter positions. Isiah Thomas and Marcus Thornton are marginal players and Tyreke is horribly misused as a small forward.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Boston have advantages at the four (Bass over JT) and five (Garnett vs Cousins) too ... although much will depend on which DeMarcus Cousins shows up on the day.

The Kings are getting very little off their bench so Boston's vulnerable second unit shouldn't be taken advantage of.

Should be an easy win

I think ur sleepin on Thorton he can get u 20 ppg easy he's far from a marginal player Im actually worried bout dat matchup due to Ray's declining defense this year

I also think it's hard for Ray Allen to dominate a matchup at this point. The guy gets some nice transition 3s, but otherwise I don't know if he can guard Thornton and all Marcus has to do is run around with Ray on offense and prevent the catch-and-shoot - it's not like he can drive. Trailing him is difficult, but I don't know how many shooting guards Ray can dominate outside of catching fire on a few 3s anymore.

[letsgoblue86]

I hope that the Duke loss doesn't affect Doc.

[CelticSooner]

I hope that the Duke loss doesn't affect Doc.

It's understandable if it does. Just hope the C's get the win tonight.

[Chief]

Steamer time!!!!

[thestackshow]

The Kings are terrible lol. Also, we look young tonight.

[Chief]

Steamer time!!!!

My man. Who needs another big?

[Chief]

As of late, I love when Steamer, Pietrus, and Rondo are on the court together.

[thestackshow]

Celtics playing street ball tonight with the Sacramento high school squad.

Man, Rondo plays good once a week.

[pork3]

Geez, what's with the missed layups...

-Jamman

[dtrader]

Rondos been missing a lot of layups lately =/

[Slugger]

Rondos been missing a lot of layups lately =/

I would hardly call that a miss.  how do u airball a layup?

[Chief]

Steamer with the terrible pass but great hustle.