Celtics (0-0) at Heat (0-0) ECF 5/28

[hpantazo]

Ray Allen will be lucky to get 3 million a year after these playoffs.

My guess is that he will seriously consider retirement.

so will KG and Paul imo

[tenn_smoothie]

i simply do not understand why we can't run an offense with some motion - ball and players. we run the high ball screen, dribble around, make a couple of passes out at the 3 pt. line, then end up with some one-on-one 15' fadeaway, which is one of the lowest percentage plays in basketball.

how can we not have a more diverse offense ?

i know we are hurting, Ray Ray especially - but at aa minimum, run the flex or something to get people moving !!

[slamtheking]

All the "fans" left.. Their team is winning and they leave. Who doesn't stay til the end?!

As a Celts season ticket holder, to be honest, many Celtics fans do the same thing. I have never left a game early, but lots do. It sucks, but it is the truth.

it does suck but I can understand it when some fans are taking a train and need to catch one out.  When it's a difference between catching an hour long train ride at 10:35 or at 12:05 (after a subway ride to the train station AND another half-hour drive after getting to the destination station to boot) I can understand.  When I've driven in, I stay the full game.

[BASS_THUMPER]

i still got faith in ray

[NoraG1]

Sadly, this is a huge mismatch. Stephen A. Smith is correct.

With a half-strength Pierce, 1/8th strength Allen, 2/3  of Stiemsma, no Bradley, such a loss of big man depth that Ryan Hollins is playing rotation minutes... yes.

Throw the refs in as well

[celticslove]

Ray Allen will be lucky to get 3 million a year after these playoffs.

My guess is that he will seriously consider retirement.

i'm guessing his joining the heat or chicago

[JohnBagleyValueMeal]

Guys, if Pavlovic was good enough to make a difference against the Heat in a playoff series, don't you think he would have got signed by a team to play major minutes?

He's a good depth guy, fine, but he's not going to move into our starting lineup and be the answer against one of the top 4 teams in the league. He's only making $1M/yr for a reason.

[slamtheking]

Ray Allen will be lucky to get 3 million a year after these playoffs.

My guess is that he will seriously consider retirement.

so will KG and Paul imo

I think there may be a stronger possibility of that if they get badly beaten in this series.    If they hang in there, I could see KG coming back for 2 years possibly.  I'm pretty sure Ray's gone.

[celticslove]

i just wish doc can give Williams those Hollins minutes. try something new for a change.

[Rondo_is_better]

Sadly, this is a huge mismatch. Stephen A. Smith is correct.

With a half-strength Pierce, 1/8th strength Allen, 2/3  of Stiemsma, no Bradley, such a loss of big man depth that Ryan Hollins is playing rotation minutes... yes.

Absolutely. That is the only reason, but I think you have to be realistic as to what this team can accomplish given what it has to work with. It is sad. They could have made a run if healthy.

Yes, if healthy. And that is the crux of the age problem. Old teams fall apart on a physical level after the long grind of a season and a X number of playoff games.

Though Stiemsma, Bradley, Wilcox... these guys aren't old. They're just injury prone, I guess.

[hpantazo]

Magic looks shocked that we got so outrebounded. I mean, is this the first time he watched this team all year?

[JohnBagleyValueMeal]

All the "fans" left.. Their team is winning and they leave. Who doesn't stay til the end?!

As a Celts season ticket holder, to be honest, many Celtics fans do the same thing. I have never left a game early, but lots do. It sucks, but it is the truth.

it does suck but I can understand it when some fans are taking a train and need to catch one out.  When it's a difference between catching an hour long train ride at 10:35 or at 12:05 (after a subway ride to the train station AND another half-hour drive after getting to the destination station to boot) I can understand.  When I've driven in, I stay the full game.

Sure, though in this particular case i doubt the people in the lower bowl at a miami heat playoff game are taking public transit...

[tenn_smoothie]

Ray Allen will be lucky to get 3 million a year after these playoffs.

are you'all so blind that you cannot understand how badly Ray Allen is hurt right now ?

have you ever had bone spurs ??
try sticking a couple of steak knives in your foot and ankle and then go play basketball.

[BRC-14]

All the "fans" left.. Their team is winning and they leave. Who doesn't stay til the end?!

As a Celts season ticket holder, to be honest, many Celtics fans do the same thing. I have never left a game early, but lots do. It sucks, but it is the truth.

it does suck but I can understand it when some fans are taking a train and need to catch one out.  When it's a difference between catching an hour long train ride at 10:35 or at 12:05 (after a subway ride to the train station AND another half-hour drive after getting to the destination station to boot) I can understand.  When I've driven in, I stay the full game.

Is it in droves nearly emptying the arena? The fans started leaving with five minutes left.

[aporel#18]

Well, this loss sucks, but I think Celtics can do much much better. Doc has tried to play two bigs, but I think that didn't work. Stiemsma and Hollins didn't help a lot tonight, although Greg did some good things, both were lost trying to defend Battier.

Doc needs to play more 3 small forward lineups, with Garnett at the 5 and Rondo/Dooling as the PG. Sasha + Pietrus + Pierce can work fine vs Wade + Battier + LeBron.

Need to stop Miller/Battier/Chalmers.
Need to rebound better.
Need to make free throws.

And after all these things, the Celtics need a fairly officiated game. But even with Stern boys, they could've won tonight if they did a couple of things better.

Go Celtics!