
Coach Brown checking in.
After our current defeat to Philly, I decided we needed to train hard. Not cause we lost to them, but because we let them score so much.
I wanted to hold Boston, who is more of an offensive team, to less than 100. Mission accomplished.
Next I wanted to get our perimeter game and ball spreading going. That was also done good.
Then I wanted to win the game. That too was done, but not so easily.
We started off great leading at the first break by 6, looking pretty good offensively, and same with defense.
In the second, we let up a bit on our offense, but again we held them to an average score, and keeping the 3 point lead into the half
We opened up the third with a great 22-8 streak, but towards the end let them score 15-11. But we were looking good, with a 13 point lead, whilst keeping them at a good score of 71.
The guys wanted to control the flow of the game in the 4th, but a major problem arose. After Ilgauskas blocked a shot from Dan Dickau and then on the other end tried to dunk the ball, he appeared to have sprained his shooting hand wrist. We dont know the full extent yet, but he is currently getting X-Rays.
This hit us, and hard.
We seemed to have lost all inside game, and our defense wasnt as normal either.
They were making a charge, and with only 1minute left, they came within 5.
The ball went to Jones in the corner, and got kicked from him to Donyell to Hughes, right around to LeBron in the opposite corner, who rose over Pierce with the hand in his face, and took a fadeaway 3, which bounced off the ring as high as the shot clock, and looked from the angle I was looking as though it would miss, but it landed back on the rim and went in.
The celtics didnt get closer than 3 points for the rest of the game, and we just held on for the win.
The Ilgauskas injury update will be announced as soon as we find out, I really hope its not bad.....

LeBron goes for the acrobatic dunk, whilst Paul Pierce splits the D with the reverse layup
Ilgauskas tells Dickau to get out of his house....just before he leaves the house with an injury
This is one of many reasons why they call him Tricky Ricky