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Voila la diff entre une equipe qui s'auto-satisfait et refuse de jouer dur et les Celtics en mode FIGHT ce soir.
Boozer et les interieurs en general se font bouffer dans la peinture, resultat les exterieurs sont perdus. Watson hesitant, il a aucune solution, surtout s'il arrete son dribble.
Dixit > en rapport avec Grand Theft Auto, le jeu vidéo de Rock Star (où l'on joue à la base un car jacker) car la spécialité de Rondo ce sont les steals improbables qui ont fait les beaux jours des highlights des Celtics. Le plus célèbre de ses steals est celui subi par Jason Williams.
Bass (knee) will miss the next 10 days to two weeks with a knee injury, The Boston Celtics' official Twitter page reports. Status: OUT O'Neal (shoulder/knee) will not play Sunday against Chicago, The Boston Celtics' official Twitter page reports. Status: DtoD
Après un démarrage energizer, les C's ont d'abord subit un retour des Bulls puis on remis le turbo avant de s'asphyxier un peu offensivement en fin de quart temps.
Mais ils sont devant et c'est le principal.
Rondo 11 pts
Noah 10 pts
C"est peut-être à cause des absents mais que ce soit sur le terrain ou dans les tribunes je ne ressens pas l'intensité qu'on est en droit d'attendre de cette affiche
Malgré ce ratio positif (il faut dire ce qui est), les C's n'ont jamais été autant au pied du mur.
Une défaite ne condamnerait pas la saison, évidemment. Mais elle donnerait sans doute le feu vert à Danny Ainge et à son téléphone.
Et on a vraiment pas envie que l'histoire se termine comme ça.
Si les C's ont envie de montrer ce qu'il leur reste de tripes, tonight is the night !
Dice a dit : Le 0-3 tend les bras, c'est le moment de montrer qu'il y a encore de la fierté chez les C's. D'autant plus que si il y a une équipe avec laquelle il existe un réel antagonisme c'est bien les Bulls.
Ouep.
Faut se facher ce soir. Il manque toujours une victoire contre un favori cette saison, celle-ci tomberait à pic et ferait le plus grand bien.
Notons que malgré les défaites, on tient toujours nos adversaires sous les 90 points.
J'y crois pour ce soir. C'est le genre de situation dos au mur pendant lesquelles nos C's se révèlent.
Bon encore une fois, je suis pas dispo, je n'ai eu le droit qu'au match contre les Raptors cette semaine, rageant un peu...
Le 0-3 tend les bras, c'est le moment de montrer qu'il y a encore de la fierté chez les C's. D'autant plus que si il y a une équipe avec laquelle il existe un réel antagonisme c'est bien les Bulls.
The Bulls Show Respect To Their Elders by Jeff Clark on Feb 11, 2012 9:12 PM EST
I'll take the guy with the limp, you guys watch out for the cross eyed guy - you never know where he'll pass it.
So, who's next on the schedule? Hmmm, the Bulls. Oh great, just what we need.A team that is just as dominant on defense as we are, except they are younger and more athletic and have the reigning MVP to boot.
Bulls ready for another Celtic showdown - Chicago Bulls Blog - ESPN Chicago
"When I was in college, we used to play pick up games in a little league," Korver said Friday night. "And there was always like the old-guy team. They weren't really that athletic or anything, but they killed everybody because they played so smart and they backdoor cut and they set screens and they knocked down shots. The Celtics are like them, but good players. It's a compliment. They play really good team basketball. So it's going to be a challenge."
Well that's nice. I'm sure that the Celtics are going to be flattered by being compared to those old guys that show up at the court in sweatpants, elbow pads, and smelling of Icy Hot.
In truth, he was trying to be complimentary and went on to praise them. If anything, it is an apt analogy. I used to hate playing against those guys. Shoot, I'm well on my way to becoming one of those guys.
No Excuses, No Finger Pointing, Team Has Meeting by Jeff Clark on Feb 11, 2012 3:03 PM EST
As a fan, I can rationalize the loss last night. Even in the third quarter of the Lakers game where the starters played heavy minutes you could tell that might come back to bite them. As soon as I saw the Raptors game on the schedule for the next day after the overtime I mentally chalked it up as a loss and hoped to be proven wrong. That doesn't make the loss any easier to take, just not surprising.
But that's me the fan. What about the players? Are they thinking of it that way? If they are, Doc isn't happy about it and wants to send that message to everyone.
Celtics on the low end - The Boston Globe
When asked if the overtime loss Thursday should be considered a factor in last night’s effort, Rivers said, "If you’re mentally weak. If they want to use the overtime [Thursday], then we are not mentally tough enough to be a winner. If you’re tough, you come in and grind this one out and win it, too. If you’re not, you use [Thursday] as an excuse." The Celtics met after the game and one player said it was not a "finger-pointing’’ session but more of a way to hash out some issues and prevent a backslide.
Good. I'm glad they all had a heart to heart. There's some real leaders in that clubhouse and the smart players will listen to them. Nobody wants to let the team down but there's always that temptation to let excuses deter you from doing what you know you should do. Nobody said this season was going to be easy. Nobody said winning happens just because you have a better roster. You have to put aside the excuses and do your job.
Rondo Slumping by Jeff Clark on Feb 11, 2012 9:01 AM EST
Even if he doesn't want to label it a slump, that's what it is.
Rajon Rondo needs to recover - BostonHerald.com
"To his credit, at halftime he said, ‘Man, I’m playing like crap.’ And I said, ‘That’s fine, but keep playing,’ " Rivers said. "Even if you don’t play well, it can’t affect your energy and your effort, because everyone is always watching on your team." The problem is Rondo only got marginally better. He wasn’t particularly effective during the Celtics’ Thursday night loss to the Lakers, either, though he didn’t want to entertain a suggestion that he’s in the midst of a slump. "That’s you guys’ opinions," he said. "In my mind it is what it is. I just didn’t play well. I think I’m physically all right. I wouldn’t be playing if I wasn’t. The wrist is fine. I’ve started to play a lot of minutes but regardless."
A lot of folks are quick to toss Rondo under the bus and/or offer him up in trade. I still see a guy that will figure things out and get back to being dominant again. I'll write more on this later, but Rondo has always been an enigma, perhaps even to himself. He'll get things going again.
Retour aux choses sérieuses dès dimanche avec la réception des Chicago Bulls... ça laisse deux training days pour faire le point, l'auto-critique et mettre un bon coup d'électro-choc.
edit > seule consolation, défaite des Sixers. Bah non en fait, ça console pas.
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