Boston Celtics @ NetsSeason Series
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Starting Lineups
Celtics--Rondo--Pierce--Green--Garnett--Dalembert
Nets--Williams--Johnson--Wakkace--Humphries--Lopez
Injury report
A.Bradley --- Sprained Shoulder --
Out/6-8 Weeks
A.Blatche --- Strained Hamstring -
Hurt/Day-to-Day
It is a Christmas day matchup complete with Christmas Jerseys and Shit.
Last matchup against The Nets was the game that pushed the panic button of Danny where the Celtics had one of the biggest collapses of the season going 16-34 in the third.
Lets see how they fare After The Trade
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1st Quarter0-2 Lopez putback to start the game.
Damn!2-2 Rondo Mid J.
Daaaammmmnn!!!2-4 Wallace Putback.
2-6 Johnson Layup.
4-6 Green with the Windmill Jam.

4-9 Humphries with the And-1 Putback.
#Fixed6-9 KG baseline J
6-11 Wallace Putback.
This is unreal!!!6-13 AAAND HUMPHRIES PUTBACK.
Get Outta Here 2K9-13 Finally Dalembert And-1 Putback. You deserved it.

9-15
HUMPHRIES OFFENSIVE REBOUND FREETHROWS!!! Seriously, 7 Offensive Rebounds in 5:13 Mins. Nets have more Offensive Rebounds than Celtics's Total rebounds11-15 Green Superman And-1 Jam. Missed Freethrow

11-17 Johnson Freethrows
11-20 Williams And-1 Layup. WTF???
13-20 Sully Oreb and Rondo Layup.
15-20 KG Freethrows.
And we have an injury. B.Lopez with a Twisted Ankle. Day-to-Day.17-20 Rondo steal and Pierce Dunk on the break.


19-20 Carter Steal and Rondo to KG Oop.





19-22 Williams Layup
21-22 Pierce Dunk off Rondo Feed
23-22 Sully Putback
23-24 Lopez Layup
23-26 Lopes inside shot
26-26 Carter 3.
26-28 Lopez And-1 Putback. Missed freethrow
28-28 Barbosa Layup
28-30 Lopez Layup
30-30 Barbosa Layup
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End of 1stCeltics shooting 52/50/75% playing good defense, taking smart shots BUT GETTING SCREWED OVER BY ALL THESE OFFENSIVE BOARDS.
K.Garnett -- 6pts/3reb
R.Rondo ---- 4pts/1reb/5pts/1stl
Nets Shooting 44/0/85% and hold a rebounding edge of 17-10 (9 Off boards)
B.Lopez ------ 10pts/3reb/1blk/ 2 Orebs
K.Humphries -- 7pts/7reb/ 5 Orebs
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2nd Quarter32-30 Barbosa Layup
34-30 Finally a score after 2 mins of bricks from both sides
34-32 Wallace Dunk on the break
34-34 Teletovic Layup
34-36 Bogans Dunk on the break
36-36 Barbosa Layup
36-38 Lopez Putback
38-38 Carter Dunk
40-38 Green Dunk
42-38 Barbosa Dances on Taylor and hits the Mid J.
42-41 Bogans 3
44-41 Mozgov Dunk
44-42 Humphries Freethrow
44-44 Wallace Layup
46-44 Green Cherrypick Dunk


48-44 Pierce to Green Ally-Oop


50-44 Rondo Layup on the break
50-46 Williams Mid J
52-46 Nice Play by the Celtics.

Drive Start

Spin Move

Pass Out of the Layup

Actual Layup
52-48 Humphries Putback.
Now with a Double-Double (10pts/12rebs)54-48 Barbosa Layup
56-48 Carter Putback. Take That.
58-48 Rondo Strip and Slam


60-48 Rondo to Carter Reverse Ally-Oop


62-48 Carter Freethrows
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Halftime Report.
Celtics Shooting 55/50/87% and are Really attacking the paint(50pts), and getting score from the bench(31).
V.Carter --- 15pts/1reb/1ast/1stl
L.Barbosa -- 12pts/2ast
R.Rondo ---- 8pts/1reb/8ast/2stl
J.Green ---- 10pts/1reb/2ast
Nets Shooting 40/20/77% and dominating the Off. Boards 12-5
K.Humphries -- 10pts/12reb
B.Lopez ------ 12pts/4reb/1blk
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3rd Quarter64-48 Green Layup
64-50 Williams to Wallace Oop.
First basket since 2 2 min. left in the 2nd.67-50 Pierce 3
69-50 Rondo Layup
71-50 Green Steal and the Dunk.
No Img since the Replays got mixed up.73-50 KG with the steal

Rondo with the Fake shot

Dish to Dalembert

Dalembert Monster Jam.

73-52 Humphries Layup
75-52 Green Layup
77-52 Rondo steal and Green Layup


77-54 Humphries Freethrows
77-56 Williams And-1 Floater. Missed Freethrows
79-56 Randolph And-1 Putback.

79-58 Brooks Layup
82-58 Dalembert And-1 Jam
84-58 T-Mac Putback
84-60 Lopez Layup
86-60 Dalembert Putback.
86-62 Wallace Freethrows
86-64 Williams Strip and Dunk
86-66 Johnson Mid J
88-66 KG Dunk
90-66 Sully Putback
90-68 Lopez Mid J
90-70 Johnson Layup
92-70 KG Fakes out Humphries and Lays it in
94-70 Green Steal and the Dunk


96-70 Green Dunk
96-72 Williams Mid J
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End of 3rdCeltics shooting 57/40/88% and have ended up with more Possessions (despite the Off. Board Defict) by forcing turnovers and steals.(9 and 7 respectively)
J.Green ------ 22pts/1reb/2ast/2stl
R.Rondo ------ 10prs/3reb/14ast/3stl
J.Sullinger -- 4pts/10reb/1ast
Nets Shooting 42/46/78% and without the big Off. boards advantage(17-9), this would be a blowout.
B.Lopez ------ 16pts/5reb/1blk
K.Humphries -- 14pts/16reb/1ast
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4th Quarter96-74 Wallace Layup
96-76 Williams Mid J
96-78 Wiliams Mid J.
Somebody Got Mad.99-78 Pierce 3.
Dosent Matter.99-80 Williams another Mid J.
Okay maybe it matters101-80 Barbosa Layup
103-80 Dalembert Layup.
No it dosent.103-82 Wallace Freethrows
106-82 Green And-1 Jam
108-82 Green Fade-Away J
111-82 Green with the steal, and the Dish to Mozgov for the And-1 Slam



113-82 T-Mac with a Long(And Funny) rebound and the Layup on the break


115-82 T-Mac Layup after the Iso.
115-84 Stackhouse Layup
117-84 Mozgov Dunk
117-86 Teletovic Layup
117-88 Childress Layup
119-88 T-Mac Layup.
Buffing his Stats now with an On going blowout. Not that there's anything bad about it.119-90 Childerss getting an Offensive Putback when we have 2 Centers and 3 SmallForwards(McGrady--Pierce--Green--Randolph--Mozgov) gives you an idea how the dice is loaded.121-90 Why the Wide Legs......Again???
121-92 Teletovic Layup
123-92 Pierce Freethrows.
Both teams just milking time125-92 T-Mac to Green Oop


127-92 KG Layup
127-95 Stackhouse 3
127-97 Brooks Dunk. Game Over
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Final Thoughts
Player of the game: J.Green -- 29pts/3ast/1reb/3stl
Box Score
Nets shot 43/15/81% and apart from the First quarter outburst of Off Boards, played an average game.
When
K.Humphries(14pts/18reb/1ast) is your best player on the floor, what does it say about your Championship aspirations
B.Lopez(16pts/5reb/1blk) Got hurt midgame but still played decent minutes especially scoring
D.Williams(19pts/2reb/7ast) played decently but was not a big factor overall
Celtics shot 56/42/92% and relentlessly attacked the paint(102pts in paint), got a big contribution from the bench(52pts) and played lockdown defense(8stls, 1blk, 11 forced turnovers)
J.Green(29pts/3ast/1reb/3stl) played good, creating scoring oppertunites when offense got stagnant and forced J.Johnson to have a bad game(3-13 FG)
R.Rondo(10pts/3reb/14ast/3stl) Played good defense on Williams(except for some streches when Williams was bodily replaced by Micheal Jordan), and decent on offense.
V.Carter(26pts/1reb/1ast/1stl) Played Good scoring when necessary and Playing good defense.
L.Barbosa(14pts/3ast) Played his usual Mr.Instant Offense Role scoring when no one else was scoring
J.Sullinger(4pts/11reb/1ast) was a beast on the boards but needs to look for his shot more
K.Garnett(12pts/7reb/1ast/1stl/1blk) Had a decent game. Exactly what we expect out of him.
S.Dalembert(12pts/4reb) played good defense inside, bothering shots on defense and making shots on Offense.
A.Randolph(4pts/8reb) had was a beast on the boards(Grabing 8 boards in 12 minutes) and also needs to look for more shots.
P.Pierce(12pts/4reb/4ast) Played average on offense and good on defense
T.McGrady(8pts/2reb/2ast) had a nice game and Buffed up his stat line along the way.
T.Mozgov(7pts/3reb) had a decent game padding his stats along with T-Mac
Everyone else (Melo) had a forgettable game.
Celtics grab a win against a division rival and Grabbed a win to start this 4 game Road trip
Next they go to Hollywood to take on
The Other LA Team.Look Forward to the next game.