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The Celtics open up at 10 pt favorites...I look for that to go down to about 8 by the time the game starts...
Just looking at some clutch stats, the Celtics are really not that good of a 4th quarter team, while the Cavs are the best in the league...
As has been said Garnett, Pierce, and Allen have never really shown to be great performers under pressure...
The thing that kills us, is we are statiscally the worst team in the league at the SG position in net point, and the Celtics are 2nd behind only LA with Kobe, and while we are the best at the SF position Boston is second, and we are not great at PF, but Boston is with Garnett...
We are really going to need Wally, Boobie, Sasha, and Brown to step up and get some point from the backcourt if we want to have any chance to win this series...
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Out of curiosity, where do your allegiences lie in this series OBJ?
I am going with Boston in this one.....sorry LeBron.....you had my support last year.....
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Clutch stats are stats when teams are are within 5 of each other and 5 minutes or less in the fourth or OT...
I believe that stat is not a good indicator of just how clutch Boston is considering I believe they won 22 games by more than 20 points.......someone correct me if I am wrong here......
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The thing that kills us, is we are statiscally the worst team in the league at the SG position in net point, and the Celtics are 2nd behind only LA with Kobe, and while we are the best at the SF position Boston is second, and we are not great at PF, but Boston is with Garnett...
We are really going to need Wally, Boobie, Sasha, and Brown to step up and get some point from the backcourt if we want to have any chance to win this series...
Position breakdowns are kinda mute I would think, cuz teams beat other teams. Positions in the NBA now are so fluid.
But I also believe Z has to keep doing what he is doing. He has to work on Boston's bigs to get them in foul trouble and or force Boston to put Garnett on Z. I just hope Mike Brown doesn't abondon him like he normally does and lets him just fend for his points by tap ins.
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I believe that stat is not a good indicator of just how clutch Boston is considering I believe they won 22 games by more than 20 points.......someone correct me if I am wrong here......
Yeah but these are the playoffs and I think these games are going to be closer than those, and they are going to need clutch play...
Much like the game when Joe Johnson took over the 4th quarter, the Celtics couldn't match his scoring on their end...
