What an embarrassing way to play in front of your home crowd just after you receive the MVP award. The Cav's looked like a team who has nothing left in the tank. I watched the first half and could not believe the lack of heart, desire, and will do the extra things to win. I by no means am a basketball god, but even I know the fundamentals of the game. Example, when your teammate shots, you turn and box the man closest to you out. I can’t count the amount of times that the Celtics had 4 people on the boards and we had zero. It was absolutely frustrating and at times impossible to watch. When you get the ball and are on a 1 on 4 (meaning you are the one and 4 defenders) do you pull up and take a jump shot? Answer, No. you pull back gather the troops, and set up the offense to get a better look at the basket and it gives opportunities for offensive rebounds.
Where is Boobie Gibson? He can get hot if he can get a few good looks. I think JJ Hickson is showing that he deserves more playing time. Why did we get Pierce, KG and Kendrick Perkins in early foul trouble and not get the ball back into the post to start the 3rd quarter?
Big Things I noticed,
Was it me or did the refs really let both teams play.. hard? That wasn’t a flagrant foul on Anderson Varajo, it was a hard foul for sure, he didn’t use his hands he just didn’t allow him to drive baseline. That wasn’t a Technical foul on Paul Pierce. Perkins is lucky he didn’t connect with Varajos face. LeBron's elbow is definitely a factor in this series. What’s up with the turnovers by LBJ? Shaq needs to finish those hook shots. Fundamentals? Did we forget about them? Game 3 and 4, not looking forward to that, you know the Garden is going to be rocking in game 3.
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Piss poor effort by the Cavs... We need to come on strong in Boston and let them know who had the best record in the league.
ReplyDeleteRebounding needs to be more of a priority, way too many guys standing around watching Boston pound the boards.