The Celtics started out the season with Paul Pierce crying, then torching the Cavs with 27 points in a 90-85 win on Tuesday night. Boston started off sluggish after their ring ceremony but came alive in the 3rd quarter outscoring Cleveland 24-13. Pierce took it to LeBron once again. Most people talk about LeBron being the best player in the league...but how come Pierce always has his way with him? I'm not going to consider LeBron to be better than Pierce until he starts making some free throws (4 for 8) or an outside jump shot (0 for 4 from 3 point range). LeBron had 22 points but they were mostly dunks and layups. If you watch SportsCenter you'd think James had a great game with a few dunks but if you watched the game you know better. Rondo had the 2nd best stat online on the Celtics with 14 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals in only 30 minutes.
Friday night the Celtics stomped the Bulls 96-80. Boston ONLY won by 16 points but the game wasn't even that close. Chicago shot under 30% from the field. The Bulls have no post game cause all their big men suck so they have to shoot jump shots all game. Tyrus Thomas who has the basketball IQ of a 3 year old shot 2 of 17 from the floor. I think after going 1 for 14 I would of stopped shooting, but not this dope...he just kept chucking them up. Rookie of the Year candidate Derrick Rose had 18 points but only 1 assist, I thought he was a point guard? The Celtics had 5 guys in double figures scoring led by Kevin Garnett with 18. KG added 10 boards to go with the 18 points in only 26 minutes. The Big 3 will have a lot of games played with only 25 minutes if they continue to blow teams out. The Bulls made the score look closer than it was in the last 4 minutes of the 4th quarter cause Doc put Patrick O'Bryant in. O'Bryant played 4 minutes and the team was -12 when he was on the floor. How the hell does that happen? The crowd chanted for Scalabrine at the end of the game to make a shot. He played 6 minutes and the team was -13 when he was in the game. He didn't have a point, rebound, assist, anything! Can we just cut him?
I'll be back with more in a few days.
Mike
