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93-91 Celtics at San Antonio: Make it two straight: two straight on the roadtrip, two straight against the Spurs this year, two straight W’s without Ray Allen and two straight wins on St. Patrick’s Day at San Antonio. Some quick thoughts:

KG threw the ball away up two with 4.5 seconds left and ‘Big Shot Bob’ missed an impossible fall away three with two guys in his face from 27 feet out on the right wing. Two things Kevin: A: call a timeout, please! or B: run the baseline! After Parker’s made hoop run the baseline and at the veerrry least throw it 60 feet so that the Spurs can’t get a good look.

Very interesting to see Doc’s substitution patterns at point guard down the stretch. Cassell played it out all the way and was joined by House for most of the way until Rondo checked in with about 1:15 left. Incidentally, Cassell hit a 22 footer and a huge 3 to give the C’s the lead with 48 seconds left, House hit a clutch 3 while in (his only FG) and Rondo came up with a big offensive rebound with the Celts up two with 15 seconds left.

The Spurs did a great job at stepping out and preventing Garnett from having open 20 foot jump shots. the numbers: 7-15 FG, 21 pts, 8 reb. but only 2 assists because there was a guy in his face. Conversely, the C’s defense was much much more solid after the first quarter. I think SA had as many open jumpers in the first that they did the rest of the game.

James Posey became what Tony Allen was supposed to be when TA started: a good defender and a guy to move the offense. Allen did neither and the Celts were down 20 in the first half. And yet Celtics win. Other online commentary from this game: celticsblog.com, greenbandwagon.com and Pounding the Rock (spurs blog).

Cheers!

A great night for a ballgame with the rain/snow cleared away. It’s March 12th and the sonics are in town. Remember it’s the day of the game we gave away a pair of tickets to and what did you know there’s even a KG bobblehead giveaway. I hope that our boy Alex T. got there early enough to snag one (or two). The Celtics streak of not trailing for four full game ended early in the first quarter. We’ll tackle this game and see what piques our interest in our next Celticscast to be done Friday.

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In today’s episode of Celticscast…

The Starting 5

• A win over the Bulls
• A very similar win over the Grizzlies
• 20K for KG
• 18K for Ray Allen
• No PJ…and very little Sam

Plus…

• Send us your thoughts at hosts@celticscast.com. The E-mail box has been rather empty lately.
• Houston’s taking off and could have a huge win streak heading into a game with the C’s
• San Antonio has some questionable hirings

And…

• Jon Cheifet of the upcoming Sixerscast joins us to chat about tonight’s match-up and a possible 1st round play-off tilt

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

So, last show we gave you the top 10 ways for the C’s to keep winning without Kevin Garnett, after tonight’s 104-97 win over the Pacers, let’s see how many of our suggestions they actually followed:

10: keep playing the Western Conference (16-0 and counting)

o Well, 0-1 after this one

9: hold the opponent to 18% from beyond the arc, a la Minnesota on Friday

o While not quite 18%, the Celtics did hold the Pacers to 7-24 from downtown, and that’s a job well done for a team that excels from the perimeter

8: get 11 rebounds and 12 assists…from your point guard

o Again, we didn’t hit the extreme, but Rajon Rondo did pull down 7 boards and dish out 7 dimes…not to mention 12 points

7: avoid any team that has LeBron James…really this applies even with Kevin Garnett…scary playoff match up there

o No superstar power like James on the Pacers, the closest they had tonight was Danny Granger

6: do NOT play Scott Pollard…things aren’t that bad

o His line: DNP – coach’s decision

5: get a call from the refs for once!

o Personal fouls were 25-23 with the Pacers on the heavy end; the Celtics were 24-29 (83%) from the line, whereas Indiana shot 16-21 (76%)

4: get 30 points from Allen and Powe…and that’s not even Ray Allen

o 24 points between the two of these guys, 16 for Powe to go along with 9 rebounds…and just for good measure 23 points from Ray Allen

3: hold your opponent to 14 1^st quarter points…a la Miami

o Actually the Celtics saved their best for last defensively, ahead by 5 going into the 4^th quarter, Boston held Indiana to 20 4^th quarter points to survive a final frame in which the C’s missed all but 4 of their field goal tries

2: fly under the radar because you’re still the 3^rd biggest sports story in your own city

o The two biggest stories out of Boston today: Dice-K and Beckett are already in Florida, and Roger Goodell is meeting with Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) Wednesday to discuss spygate…I’d say this one is a check

1: don’t panic, you still have the best record in the league, (I think we’ve heard that one before)

o They just keep doing what they need to do to win…40-9, whodathunkit?