Posts tagged ‘Tony Allen’

In today’s episode of Celticscast…No Starting Five, just some C’s talk as Game Six comes up against the Cavs

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!

The Sunday Globe reports that PJ Brown might sneak into the game today against the Hawks just four days after starting practicing with the Celtics and admitting the other day he wasn’t quite ready (in NBA shape). Tony Allen is also likely to play after missing the last couple of games with a strained right calf.

It’s been a while since the Hawks matched up with the C’s (not since the fourth game of the season in fact). If you don’t remember, Atlanta played a very good first quarter and had the lead in the Garden before the Celts really ratcheted things up in the 2nd and led in double digits for most of the game after. Obviously, Atlanta looks a bit different after dealing out Tyronn Lue, Shelden Williams (boo Duke), Lorenzen Wright, Anthony Johnson and a draft pick. We may not see former Texas A&M star Acie Law tonight either - he’s been battling a wrist injury and didn’t play in the Hawks unimpressive win over the Knicks the other night.