Monthly Archives: February 2013

For a team that prides itself on defense, the Cs often seem not ready to play determined and aggressive defense at the beginning of games with the result that they often trail at the end of the first period and the … Continue reading →

The Cs began the game with good offense, but never really had any intensity on defense. Once they started to miss shots, the Blazers took over and parlayed the Cs weak defense and late D rotations into a 27-22 lead … Continue reading →

KG sat out the game, awarded some much-needed rest, so Jeff Green started in his place. They went with small ball and their ball movement and cutting to the hoop was terrific. The first six hoops were all layups. Green … Continue reading →

What the Celtics absolutely didn’t need on the second night of a back-to-back was to face the Lakers at home the day after their longtime great owner, Jerry Buss, had passed away. Needless to say, they had a great deal … Continue reading →

The Cs got off to a good start as Avery Bradley was hitting his shots as was Courtney Lee which offset KG and PP who were not hitting theirs. Except for some bad turnovers leading to easy hoops for the … Continue reading →

This game began with good ball movement on the Cs part, but every shot was a jump shot with no one going to the hoop. When Jeff Green came into the game midway through the quarter, he made several moves … Continue reading →

This was the second game of a back-to-back with a plane trip in between, usually a tough chore for the Cs. This game began with the starters playing very little defense and allowing the weak-shooting Bobcats to score 16 points … Continue reading →

This was absolutely the most entertaining game of the year to watch. And finally, after three overtimes, the Cs got a most deserved, hard-earned 118-114 win during which the three oldest guys on the floor, KG, Paul Pierce and Jason … Continue reading →

This game got off to a bad start for the Cs as KG committed 2 bad fouls against Dwight Howard and had to go to the bench at the 2-minute mark. Fortunately, Pierce was hitting some shots early which kept … Continue reading →

The first quarter was characterized by too much dribbling and not enough ball movement. Avery was still pressing with his shot selection as was Paul Pierce. Defensive energy was good so they escaped being down three at the end of … Continue reading →