Yeah, lets just throw the blame on the 36 year old who (playing injured) just gave us three consecutive 17+ rebound games and who has been the anchor of our defense.
Wow the Celtics really do have some horrible fans.
At least one of those illegal screens was a terrible call, with the Officials falling for Mr Argentina's horrendous flops - that guy should be fined at least 3 times for this game alone.
Anyhow this game had nothing to do with KG. Pierce lost us this game in the first quarter by shooting us into a 15 point hole with his horrible decision making and ball-hog play style. At the end of the day he put us into a huge hole that a team like this just doesn't have the offensive firepower to shoot it's way back out of.
Nothing but appreciation for Avery Bradley and Jeff Green for leading that 4th quarter comback and making their effort to get back in it.
Look, everybody has good and bad shooting games, and you can never blame a player for that because it's not something you always have control over. Two things you DO always have control over though are your defense, your effort and your decision making. Pierce's defense and effort were there, but his decision making was horrendous for 70% of this series.
In fact Pierce has looked a lot like Jordan Crawford. His shot selection and his unforced turnovers (both a result of him being selfish and trying to do it all himself) have essentially cost the Celtics this series. He needs to learn when to realise he's not that guy anymore, and when he isn't getting good looks he needs to look for his teammates.
KG has done exactly that - he didn't take shots in that 4th quarter because he didn't get any good looks. He has made the right play on 90% of occasions regardless of the outcome - KG, Green, Terry, Bass and Williams were our four best players in this series because regardless of whether they played good or bad, they always made the right decisions.
Very dissapointed in Doc TBH for not playing Terry for much of that 4th quarter. He's a big time shot maker in clutch situations as we've learned the last few games, and he lives for those situations. I was begging Doc to put him in, and once he did it took all of about one minute before Terry hit a big three. Still this game isn't on Doc, it's on the captain.
