Celtics (1-1) at Mavericks (2-1) Game #3 11/3/14

[slamtheking]

signs of life finally

[jpotter33]

This little surge is all due to pushing the ball. Rondo has been slowing us down a bit.

[KeepRondo]

Clumsy Kelly got a bad call on that one

[RJ87]

How many times did Nelson , Harris,  Barea get past Rondo tonight? How many times did Rondo get beat in the PNR? What was the score after the 1st quarter and 1st half of the 2nd??

Ok now, when Smart came in and Rondo goes out with 3 min left, how did the Mavs do then?  In turn how did our offense perform??  The Mavs could not get setup on the offensive end with Smart all over whoever was bringing up the ball (though the PNR). 

Smart's impact is significant out there. And Rondo's defense (letting a very important player though) is like a domino effect and messes up everyone else.  I don't know how many times Rondo tries to do his octopus wrap around stuff, after his man gets by him. Don't do that and stay in front of him, get physical and get by the picks.  There is no excuse that a smaller Barea is doing it but Rondo can't

Rewatch the first half and see the assignments. Rondo primarily defended Ellis (3 of 9 in the 1st half) with Avery guarding the point of attack. If you're gonna knock Rondo, at least have your facts straight.

Or is Rondo supposed to clone  himself and defend 1 through 5?

[SHAQATTACK]

We dazzled them...with futility for a moment.....

[jpotter33]

Okay.... this team is officially bipolar!

[fairweatherfan]

Hey, a professional basketball team showed up in green!

...doubt this goes anywhere but let's keep attacking, see how close we can get it.

[KeepRondo]

Cut your hair Kelly nd play better D

[KeepRondo]

Refs getting in way

[Tr1boy]

come on Rondo don't let him get by you

[jpotter33]

They weren't lying with their third quarter woes lol

[fairweatherfan]

It's becoming clear our strategy was to lull Dallas into overconfidence and then POUNCE!  You're a genius, CBS!

[PickNRoll]

Celtics playing their A game right now and just barely clawing back into this.

[jpotter33]

Brad lit a fire under their ass at halftime!

[manl_lui]

keep driving, more paint, more paint, more paint