Sixers (3-3) at Celtics (3-3) ECSF Game 7 5/26

[bruinsandceltics]

Hollins brings nothing on office. Is a double negative because it lets them take our best offensive player out of the game with doubles at the elbow. Any positive he brings this team on defense, he takes away double on offense.

The fact that Doc keeps playing him tells me all I need to know.

[CoachBo]

come on DOC give us a chance take RAY OUT!! pot SOMEBODY else ,  even Dooling would be better right now. 

Sometimes I wonder if some people on this board understand the game at all. If you think Ray is not contributing, you are not watching. Is he lighting it up? Obviously not, but he is playing good defense out there. I cannot believe how much crap Ray takes from you guys. I would love it if he wasn't hurt either, but he IS hurt and even so he is pushing it on defense and helping keep this game going our way.

If the Celtics lose, it ain't gonna be Ray's fault.

True it is Docs fault for playing him too much hurt.

The Celts are +12 with Ray in there (best on the team), and -11 without him in the game.  The Sixers are going on a huge run without Ray in the game.  It's very, very hard to pin this on Ray.

Of course, it's a team game.  But Ray has had the worst game of the C's starters.

Not his fault.  He's playing on a bad wheel.  But his underperformance combined with Bradley's absence has eliminated almost all the production at the 2-spot for this team. 

There's a lot more to the game than making shots.

And triple-doubles, for that matter.

[mahonedog88]

Hollins in = Philly comeback.

Doc Rivers = clueless.

  Makes me sick, watching him make stupid decision after stupid decision. I thought it was the coaches job to put his team in a position to win?

That quarter is on Doc.

Tons of credit to Philly for continuously doubling Pierce, cause it worked...but at some point, Doc needs to actually do something about it.  To allow that run when the lineup that was out there had no clue on how to adjust with Pierce getting doubled is inexcusable, especially a game 7.

[BASS_THUMPER]

4th quarter, game 7, in Boston... This game is ours!!!!

[snively]

Philly came back because we cannot make a jump shot.

Which, one would think, would produce more dribble penetration.

Of course, as this series has shown, we don't think the game well enough to make that connection.

Well, they are trying a little.  It's just they won't let our best off-the-dribble scorer keep the ball.

[JohnBagleyValueMeal]

no matter what happens, this has been one of the best eras in Celtics basketball. I don't know what will happen, but I will always appreciate this team.

[ACF]

Hang in there!

[Meadowlark_Scal]

still one thing kills me about docs celtics..when the shot is up....all stand and watch....like it a comet or something....THAT is the time to move and jump.....rebounding is knowledge based on seeing the release..and moving to the most likely spot HARD...! You let a guy arm you out ONCE..!!!

[SHAQATTACK]

Without some vintage PP offense and KG "D" its going to be hard to win this game.  ...at this rate of precision

Sixers quickness and energy is killing us.

[bruinsandceltics]

0-14 from three. 

[satch]

As I said earlier afraid Philly may grind us down. Collins has a much more intelligent substitution pattern. Hoping we can get some whistles and breaks and overcome this.

[BASS_THUMPER]

KG butta on that roll

[Celtic Fan Forever]

Pitiful 3 point shooting. Just pitiful..

[Who]

I am very confident they'll win the game.

Just been a bit wasteful of their opportunities to pull away so far.

[slamtheking]

this team cannot get an outside basket from the bench to save their lives in this series