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Rajon Rondo has been outstanding in this series for the Boston Celtics so far

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,General,Steppin Up,The NBA Playoffs by admin on Wednesday 20 April 2011 at 11:58 am

Starting point guard Rajon Rondo has been pushing around the Knicks’ point guards at both ends of the basketball court.  Rondo has played in 2 games (both starts) for the Celtics so far in this series and he is averaging 42.5 minutes, 20.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 1.0 steal per game.  Rondo is only shooting 4 of 9 (44.4%) from the free throw line, which has been poison to him his entire career but it has’t stopped him from playing aggressive.  Toney Douglas is absolutely no match for Rondo, so the Knicks need Chauncey Billups back if they want any chance of making a series against the Celtics.

Game #1: Boston Celtics 87, New York Knicks 85

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,Game Recaps,General,The NBA Playoffs by admin on Monday 18 April 2011 at 4:25 pm

The Celtics got pushed to the brink by the Knicks last night before Ray Allen came to the rescue and hit a dagger three pointer with less than 10 seconds left in the game.  It also helped out that the Celtics outrebounded the Knicks 44-34 last night.  Ray Allen led the way for the Celtics last night with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.  He was also 3 for 5 shooting from three point range in this game.  Paul Pierce played very solid D as Carmelo Anthony only shot 5 of 18 from the floor.  He also played a solid offense game too with 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal last night.  Kevin Garnett (15 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals) and Jermaine O’Neal (10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 blocked shots) also pitched in with solid games for the Celtics last night.  The Celtics are up 1-0 in this series but it isn’t going to be easy to put the Knicks away.

#3 Boston Celtics (56-26) vs. #6 New York Knicks (42-40)

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,General,The NBA Playoffs by admin on Saturday 16 April 2011 at 2:17 pm

This should be an interesting series as it pits the Knicks’ Big Three against the Celtics very deep and talented roster.  This should be a very interesting series, especially if some of the role players on the Knicks can step up.  Here is a look at the matchups in this series:

POINT GUARD:  Chauncey Billups is one of the best “money players” when the games start to get big.  He played in 21 games (all starts) for the Knicks this year and he averaged 31.6 minutes, 17.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.  Billups will have to work to get his shots off as Rajon Rondo is going to be right in his grill.

Rajon Rondo is not a great shooter but he’s a great passer who plays outstanding defense.  Rondo played in 68 games (all starts) for the Celtics this year and he averaged 37.2 minutes, 10.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 11.2 assists and 2.3 steals per game.  I think Rondo is really going to pester Billups in this series.

EDGE:  CELTICS

SHOOTING GUARD:  Landry Fields is a big shooting guard who likes to take his game inside when he can, but he’s also a good shooter.  Fields played in 82 games (81 starts) for the Knicks this year and he averaged 31.0 minutes, 9.7 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.  His most important job in this series is going to be playing solid D against Ray Allen.

Ray Allen has hit the most three point shots in NBA history and he’s going to be firing away in this series.  Allen played in 80 games (all starts) for the Celtics this year and he averaged 36.1 minutes, 16.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.  I think Allen will get his points in this series.

EDGE:  CELTICS

SMALL FORWARD:  Carmelo Anthony came just as advertised when the Knicks dealt for him.  He played in 27 games (all starts) for the Knicks this year and he averaged 36.2 minutes, 26.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.  Anthony could go bonkers in this series but he’s going to have to work hard at the defensive end of the court too or Paul Pierce will also go off.

Paul Pierce is the go-t0 player on the Celtics, but he isn’t a selfish gunner.  Pierce played in 80 games (all starts) for the Celtics last year and he averaged 34.7 minutes, 18.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.0 steal per game.  Pierce seems to take his game to a new level in the playoffs, so this should be fascinating to watch.

EDGE:  SLIGHT FOR KNICKS

POWER FORWARD:  Amare Stoudemire is going to have to play big in this series as it’s going to be very physical under the basket.  Stoudemire played in 78 games (all starts) for the Knicks this year and he averaged 36.8 minutes, 25.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.9 blocked shots per game. 

Kevin Garnett still has a lot of gas left in the tank.  He played in 71 games (all starts) for the Celtics this year and he averaged 31.3 minutes, 14.9 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game.  Garnett will be the Celtics’ enforcer in this series and he loves that role.

EDGE:  SLIGHT FOR KNICKS

CENTER:  The Knicks are leaning towards starting Shelden Williams against his old team.  Williams played in 17 games (6 starts) for the Knicks this year and he averaged 11.6 minutes, 3.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game.  His main jobs will be to rebound and play defense in this series.

Jermaine O’Neal will likely get the call at center for the Celtics in this series.  O’Neal has played in 24 games (10 starts) for the Celtics this year and he averaged 18.0 minutes, 5.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, 0.5 assists and 1.3 blocked shots per game.  O’Neal has had a good NBA career so maybe he’ll step up in the playoffs.

EDGE:  CELTICS

BENCH:  SG/PG Toney Douglas has been the first guy off the bench for the Knicks this year.  He played in 81 games (9 starts) for the Knicks this year and he averaged 24.3 minutes, 10.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.1 steals per game.  Center Ronny Turiaf will likely be playing around half of the game in this series.  He played in 64 games (21 starts) for the Knicks this year and he averaged 17.8 minutes, 4.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 blocked shots per game.  PF Shawne Williams played in 64 games (11 starts) for the Knicks this year and he averaged 20.7 minutes, 7.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game.  He could get his share of minutes if Amare Stoudemire needs a break.  SF Bill Walker will give Carmelo Anthony a break when he needs one.  Walker played in 61 games (1 start) for the Knicks last year and he averaged 12.9 minutes, 4.9 points, 2.0 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.  PF/C Jared Jeffries might be needed for defensive purposes at some point in this series.  He played in 24 games (9 starts) for the Knicks this year and he averaged 19.3 minutes, 2.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 1.0 steal per game.  PG Anthony Carter isn’t likely to get a lot of P.T. in this series.  Carter played in 19 games (0 starts) for the Knicks this season and he averaged 16.3 minutes, 4.4 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.

It will be interesting to see who is on the active roster for the Celtics in this series as they are more than 12 deep.  PF Glen “Big Baby” Davis will get a lot of P.T. in this series.  He played in 78 games (13 starts) for the Celtics this year and he averaged 29.5 minutes, 11.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.0 steal per game.  SF/PF Jeff Green will also likely get in on the action in this series.  Green played in 26 games (2 starts) for the Celtics this year and he averaged 23.5 minutes, 9.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game.  C Nenad Krstic will likely have a big role in this series for the Celtics.  He played in 24 games (20 starts) for the Celtics this year and he averaged 23.0 minutes, 9.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game.  C Shaquille O’Neal is looking like a go in this series but I don’t expect him to play a lot.  Shaq played in 37 games (36 starts) for the Celtics this year and he averaged 20.3 minutes, 9.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 1.1 blocked shots per game.  SG/PG Delonte West might be a little gimpy but he’s also going to try to give it a go for the Celtics.   West played in 24 games (2 starts) for the Celtics this year and he averaged 18.9 minutes, 5.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.  The next four guys are iffy as to whether they will make the roster for this series or not.  SG Von Wafer played well at the very end of the year.  He played in 58 games (2 starts) for the Celtics this year and he averaged 9.5 minutes, 3.2 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.  PF Troy Murphy didn’t show much after the Celtics signed him.  Murphy played in 17 games (0 starts) for the Celtics this year and he averaged 10.5 minutes, 2.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game.  PG Carlos Arroyo played in 15 games (1 start) for the Celtics and he averaged 12.7 minutes, 2.4 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.  Sasha Pavlovic played in 17 games (0 starts) for the Celtics and he averaged 8.8 minutes, 1.8 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game.

EDGE:  CELTICS

COACHING:  Mike D’Antoni is a solid basketball coach.  He is 370-315 (54%) during the regular season and he is 26-25 (51%) in the post-season over his career.  D’Antoni slowed down the offense when Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups arrived in N.Y. and he might try to amp up the pace in this series.

Doc Rivers is also a really good coach.  He is 507-406 (55.5%) during the regular season and he is 46-40 (53.5%) during the post-season.  He has also won a NBA Title with these Celtics and he took the Lakers to 7 games in the NBA Finals last year.

EDGE:  CELTICS

PREDICTION:  The Celtics are the better team in this series and I think it’s really going to show as they will where out the “Big Three” on the Knicks.  I like the Celtics in five games.

GAME #7: Los Angeles Lakers 83, Boston Celtics 79

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,Game Recaps,General,The NBA Playoffs by alleyoop on Friday 18 June 2010 at 9:06 am

The Celtics played great defense holding the Lakers to 32.5% shooting from the floor and it still wasn’t enough to win the game. The Celtics were outscored 30-22 in the 4th quarter last night and they were outrebounded 53-40 in the game which were the biggest reasons for the loss. Paul Pierce only shot 5 of 15 from the floor as he finished up with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists. Kevin Garnett was outplayed by Pau Gasol but he still finished up with 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocked shots. Rajon Rondo did his part finishing with 14 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists. The Lakers win the NBA Finals 4-3.

The Boston Celtics lose Kendrick Perkins for Game #7

Blogged under Big Celtics News,Bloglockers,Front Page,General,Injuries,The NBA Playoffs by alleyoop on Wednesday 16 June 2010 at 5:52 pm

Starting Celtics’ center Kendrick Perkins tore his MCL and ACL in his right knee which will cause him to miss the deciding game of the NBA Finals tomorrow night in L.A. Perkins has started all 23 of the Celtics’ playoff games to this point and he averaged 25.0 minutes, 5.7 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.4 blocked shots per game. The Celtics will miss Perkins’ size inside as Glen “Big Baby” Davis will likely replace him in the starting lineup. Davis has played in all 23 games (1 start) this post season for the Celtics and he is averaging 20.1 minutes, 7.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. I have little doubt that Davis can step up and have a big game for the Celtics and he is a better offensive player than Perkins so that will work in the Celtics’ advantage. Rasheed Wallace will also likely see a bump in playing time tomorrow night. He has played in 23 games (0 starts) for the Celtics this post season and he is averaging 16.3 minutes, 5.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. Wallace has always stepped up the bigger the games get and I think tomorrow night qualifies as a big one.

GAME #6: Los Angeles Lakers 89, Boston Celtics 67

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,Game Recaps,General,The NBA Playoffs by alleyoop on Wednesday 16 June 2010 at 9:02 am

The Celtics only shot 33.3% from the floor last night and they were outrebounded 52-39 which explains the beatdown they took in L.A. Ray Allen led the way for the Celtics last night with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. Paul Pierce didn’t have his best game finishing with 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Kevin Garnett pitched in with 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Rajon Rondo only shot 5 of 15 from the floor but he still finished up with 10 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals. This series is now tied at 3 games apiece with a winner take all showdown tomorrow night in L.A.

GAME #5: Boston Celtics 92, Los Angeles Lakers 86

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,Game Recaps,General,The NBA Playoffs by alleyoop on Monday 14 June 2010 at 8:48 am

The Celtics shot 56.3% from the floor last night while the Lakers only shot 39.7% from the floor and those were the big reasons for the big win for the Celtics last night. Paul Pierce came alive last night leading the way for the Celtics with 27 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocked shots. Kevin Garnett also had a great game with 18 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocked shots. Rajon Rondo filled up the stat sheet with the Celtics with 18 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 1 blocked shot last night. Ray Allen pitched in with 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. The Celtics are now up 3-2 on the Lakers as the series shifts to L.A.

GAME #4: Boston Celtics 96, Los Angeles Lakers 89

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,Game Recaps,General,The NBA Playoffs by alleyoop on Friday 11 June 2010 at 2:09 pm

The Celtics outrebounded the Lakers 41-34 last night but it wasn’t until the 4th quarter when they outscored the Lakers 36-27 that the game was decided. Paul Pierce led the way for the Celtics last night with 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal. Kevin Garnett pitched in with 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot in 27 minutes on the floor. Ray Allen (12 points) and Rajon Rondo (10 points) helped out a little bit. But this game was won because of the bench as Glen “Big Baby” Davis and Nate Robinson gave the Celtics a huge boost off the bench. Davis only played 22 minutes last night but that didn’t stop him from scoring 18 points, grabbing 5 rebounds and stealing the ball twice. Nate Robinson was also electric off the bench with 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in only 17 minutes. The Celtics have tied up the NBA Finals at 2 games apiece.

GAME #3: Los Angeles Lakers 91, Boston Celtics 84

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,Game Recaps,General,The NBA Playoffs by alleyoop on Wednesday 9 June 2010 at 11:54 am

The Celtics showed heart last night as they cut a 17-point Lakers’ lead to 1 in the 4th quarter but they still fell short. The Celtics were outrebounded 43-35 last night and it didn’t help matters at all. Kevin Garnett finally showed up in this series as he led the way for the Celtics with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Paul Pierce didn’t have his best game last night finishing with 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Glen “Big Baby” Davis was tough especially in the 4th quarter as he finished up with 12 points and 3 rebounds in only 24 minutes on the floor. Rajon Rondo wasn’t as electric as usual last night as he finished up with 11 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals. The Celtics are now down 2-1 in this series.

GAME #2: Boston Celtics 103, Los Angeles Lakers 94

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,Game Recaps,General,The NBA Playoffs by alleyoop on Monday 7 June 2010 at 11:05 am

The Celtics wanted this game more than the Lakers did as they outscored them 31-22 in the 4th quarter. Ray Allen was on fire last night as he was 8 of 11 from three point range and he led the way for the Celtics with 32 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Rajon Rondo was also outstanding for the Celtics last night with 19 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot. Kendrick Perkins was solid inside with 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists last night. Paul Pierce only shot 2 of 11 shooting from the floor but he still finished with 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. This series is tied 1-1 and it’s shifting to Boston.