Mavericks (11-10) at Celtics (11-9) 12/12

[mr. dee]

Ugh. Terry and Green are cold so far.

[SCeltic34]

Sullinger has been terrific so far.  Good job on the PnR defense, some boards, and a great pass out of the post for the Lee 3.  Love this kid.

[j804]

Now THAT is Celtics defense

[mr. dee]

Nice 3's by Green and Lee.

[Who]

Good double team by Terry on Kaman's post up. Bailed him out with that reach in though. Stupid foul.

Nice deflection by Sullinger on Brand's high low pass.

[Who]

Sulllinger did a really good job while he was in there.

[SCeltic34]

In all fairness to Green, you can't iso him on the block all the time and expect good results.  I'd like to see him come off screens that allows him to get to his dominant hand.

Also, there's no excuse for giving up a layup to Fisher.

[Who]

Dahntay Jones is playing some really good physical defense on Paul Pierce. Right up in his face. Clearly bothering Paul's handle.

I'd like to see Pierce get deeper touches against. Low post and mid post action instead of perimeter touches.

[Who]

Wilcox is a great finisher around the basket. So versatile in the types of passes he can catch and shot attempts he can finish around the basket.

[Who]

Good timeout by Rick Carlisle. Dallas falling apart and losing confidence over the last few minutes.

[mr. dee]

Captain on Fisher. Gotta love that matchup

[tonyto3690]

1.  If you look at just the boxscore it looks like Green is playing badly.  Nope. I love how he looks right now.  Playing aggressive to the basket and the team ran  their offense through him with Rondo on the bench.   Man this guy is fast.  The ball will start  to fall eventually. 

2.  Love Wilcox on the pick and roll.  It's always an easy bucket.  One of those go to plays you can count on for an easy basket in the playoffs.   Worst case scenario is the defense collapses on him to take it away and Bass/KG/Pierce/Terry is open for an easy jumper.

3.  Not that this is a new revelation, but PP Is an amazing scorer.  Can do it in every way.

[Redz]

Pierce is one of the all time greats at that shot.

[mr. dee]

Wow! Captain with a three and one!

[Who]

Great tip out by Marion on the defensive glass to keep that rebound away from Garnett ... sparking the fastbreak basket for Darren Collison. Excellent effort.