Posts tagged ‘blowouts’

In today’s episode of Celticscast…

The Starting 5: Games 1-2 v. the “NBA playoff team” known as the Hawks

• Game two domination
• Mike Bibby’s poor word choices
• James Posey’s flagrant foul
• Game one domination
• Series over?

Plus..

• We’ll check in on the other seven series which mostly have been more closely contested
• Our resident statistician from Wellesley chimes in with his picks - our email is hosts@celticscast.com to join the show
• KG is defensive player of the year

And…

• Chris and Andrew are pumped they get to do a show from in the same regional area of New England.

All this and more just a click away on Celticscast! Remember to E-mail hosts@celticscast.com or give us a call at 617-934-0268 and be a part of the show.

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27-4 in the first quarter, 20 point lead at halftime, Heat held to fewest field goals in a game in the shot clock era. And importantly look at the picture and see who you can find: all the three big guys getting plenty of rest in a game they probably didn’t need to play at all. Doc gave them all minutes in the 20’s and this game was as dull as it should have been - just crush the Heat. The embarrassing for the league level Heat. Chris and I had a discussion about tanking a week back on his radio show in Boston about bad NBA teams tanking and how it doesn’t really happen as much in other sports as it does in basketball. But Miami’s just taking it to another level with a few weeks to go. The Heat should give fans refunds everywhere they go. Anyways, on to the next one. I guess this is playing out the string in a good way.

Cheers!

In today’s episode of Celticscast…

The Starting 5

• *C’s smoke the SuperSonics
• *Everyone gets at least 13 minutes of PT
• *Sixers also can’t match up with Celts
• *Who would you like to see Boston face in 1st Rd.?
• *Possible Division Clincher tonite

Plus…

• *We peruse a plethora of emails from all over the world. Send us your thoughts at hosts@celticscast.com. We’d love to hear them.
• *We look at 10 reasons why we love recording the show in the friendly confines of 1510 the Zone
• *LeBron’s doing something no athlete has ever done before - it has something to do with the magazine cover on our page.

And…

• *Marc J. Spears of the Globe stops by for a chat looking at Paul Pierce’s legacy, the new additions to the lineup and other news and notes.

All this and more just a click away on Celticscast!

It’s getting to the point where some teams just don’t try and I’m getting sick of it. After watching the Celtics grit it out on defense pretty much every night as well as playing team basketball on offense with passing and little 1-on-1 isolation, I’m greedy for good games. The Pistons do it, the Magic do it, the 76ers do it, a few others in the East and most in the West play real games, but Chicago and Memphis certainly didn’t this past weekend. All it took was one quarter (and really about 8 minutes, getting to 25 points before the clock hit 3:00 left in the first qtr.) to show Memphis wasn’t playing defense and the game would not be close. A few notes that struck me when I actually watched the game (Northeastern’s do-or-die game against George Mason in the CAA semis distracted me, they died by the way, Huskies season over in a game that NU trailed by 7 for about 10 of the last 15 minutes, got within 5 once, never closer)

* Ray Allen can still make a wide open 3 and when teams like the Grizz or Bulls don’t play 5-man defense, he gets plenty of open looks which leads to a 9-13 (5-8 3’s) shooting performance Saturday.

* Rondo got 9 assists in 19 minutes, at that rate he could easily get to the insane 20 and 19 assist numbers that Deron Williams is putting up in Utah.

* All the starters averaged right around 25 minutes per game this weekend and averaged +25 on the +/-. That’s gaining a point a minute! That’s a 48 point win on average. Wow - this was practically a weekend off which is good with a Monday tilt with Philly on tap.

* One more note: Chris and I will have our next show Monday afternoon wrapping these up and previewing the 76ers and Seattle “celticscast special” game Wednesday night. We’ve been busy this weekend preparing for our brand new show on 1510 the Zone from 9-10 AM this upcoming week. Tune in and listen if you can.

This was a throwback - all the way to 2007 - to November and December when the C’s were routinely blowing out the lower-echelon teams from the East (and a bunch of teams from the west too like the Nuggets and Lakers). The passing was crisp, the Bulls defense was pourous. I caught the first half with Mike and Tommy and 2nd half with ESPN. My favorite moment of the game TV-wise: on yet another transition opportunity, Dave Shulman exclaimed “nobody is covered! everyone is open!” and James Posey hit an open layup on a 4 on 4 unsettled situation. Drew Gooden was awful, got himself ejected and the Bulls played consistently awful defense on everyone. All five C’s starters had more than 10 points halfway thru the 3rd quarter and the post game of Perk, Powe and Davis dominated when it mattered…C’s had 30 free throws attempted in the first half (Bulls had 9)…only Rondo played more than 30 minutes for the starters… I could go on but don’t need to, it was a thrashing, even more than the final score indicated.

Celtics are now 12-0 at home on Fridays…Other Friday night home blowouts this year: Opening night 103-83 v. Washington, November 9th 106-83 v. Atlanta, November 23rd 106-93 v. Lakers (near blowout), December 7th 112-84 v. Toronto, December 14th 104-82 v. Milwaukee, December 21st 107-82 v. Chicago, January 18th 116-89 v. Phila (OK blowout was only in 4th quarter). Just 3 more Friday home games left in the regular season…they’re tough vs. Utah, New Orleans and then Milwaukee in April.

PJ Brown checked in with 1:24 left in the 3rd quarter and received a standing ovation with his first minute of playing time this season. He got his first bucket with 9:24 left in the fourth getting super position on Aaron Gray (remember when he was the Big East preseason player of the year last season?), throwing a pump fake and getting the bucket and foul for 3-point play. His final line: 6 minutes, 1-2FG, 3 pts, 6 rebounds (!), 2 offensive reb. 2 fouls, 1 steal.

This was the second game in a row for Boston where the opponent came into town late after playing the night before and both times the C’s ran them out of the building in the first few minutes. The Pistons are good and came back, the Bulls just slowly slipped further and further behind as their jump shots missed and missed.

No Sam Cassell tonight…maybe in Memphis…maybe not. Elsewhere in Boston basketball, solid 18-point win in the first round of the CAA conference tourney for Northeastern topping James Madison in the 6/11 game. The Huskies take on 3-seed George Mason tomorrow at 8:30 on CN8 (channel 3 go figure if you get it). Harvard not as lucky, lost to 2nd place Brown by 16.

Cheers!