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Years ago

Magic @ Celtics - Game 7 **Spoiler**

Dicko, Nelson is a decent player, and did hurt the Magic, but NOWHERE NEAR as much as losing KG hurt the Celtics.

1. No KG and no Powe meant a rotation of Perkins, Davis and Scal. Thats an awfully short rotation to try and counter Howard, Lewis, Gortat and Battie!!!

2. KG was DPOY last year. This is huge in itself, but to the Celtics this is even more crucial, because one of the Celtics weaknesses is that with Ray and Pierce on the perimeter, they are a step slow. With KG in, Pierce and Ray can afford to play tighter on 3pt shooters and not worry about them blowing by. This is why they had the best 3pt defensive FG % last year.

3. KG v Rashard Lewis - the Magic's biggest offensive threat in the series becomes a non-factor.

4. Howard struggled to score on Perkins. Most of his points came on offensive boards/ dishes when Perk was forced to defend dribble penetration. That ain't happening more than a couple of times a game with KG in there.

5. Hedo is going to find it a lot harder to drive to the basket with KG defending the rim. Pierce could play him tight on the perimeter and he would get fewer open 3's.

6. Pierce and Allen would not have been as worn down -apparently Pierce has bone spurs and Allen has a hamstring injury - probably from chasing Gordon and Hinrich around for 7 games, which also would never have happened with KG in there.

7. With KG, the Celtics would have been able to play their normal inside-out game. Kick it into KG to post up - no double team he goes to work and is a serious threat to score. Double team him and then his passing skills are phenomenal - he is going to find open perimeter players for threes and cuts to the basket.

So sorry Dicko, but losing KG absolutely killed the Celtics chances. They went from having an equal chance of winning it all, to overachieving in taking the Magic to 7.

How does Nelson's impact stack up against that?

Years ago

+ 1 to that milhouse.

KJ, agreed. IMO the Magic will give the Cavs a good run. Cavs have been waiting for a few days now for the series to start..

Cavs in 6 because of the Lebron factor.

Years ago

Oh well now the Magic are cannon fodder for Cleveland. I wonder if they'll get a win.

LC
Years ago

Nugs to beat Lakers, Cavs to beat Magic.

Cavs vs Nugs finals.

I'd like to see that. Would be very entertaining.

Years ago

Hey Bizzy,
that's pretty cool that you were able to get such a prompt response from the League Pass guys. I generally get a pretty good feed, but sometimes, like today, it is absolute rubbish. I will have to try that next time I have a problem. Can you remember what you said to get them to make the effort for you?

Good game from the Magic today. It looks like they have learned from their mistakes in this series and came out with the self-belief they needed. As a result, they made their shots tonight, instead of choking down the stretch.

Celtics, on the other hand, just weren't right tonight. Too many blown layups - Perkins, Davis, Rondo, Marbury - and too many critical fumbles and dumb errors (House misreading a rebound and Davis assuming House had it lead to a Magic offensive rebound in the 3rd).

In the end, shorthanded as they were, the Celtics were playing with too small a margin for error in this series and it finally caught up with them tonight. There were just out of miracles.

And Dr Bullshit, KG and the Celtics will be back next year to open up a can of whup ass on the league. Then we'll see whether they are over-rated.

LC
Years ago

101-82 to the Magic. Hedo was awesome...and his team mates were hot from downtown. 13/21 on triples (61.9%) compared to the C's 4/16 (25%). Huge discrepancy right there.

LC
Years ago

It's sad when you see the reigning champ's empty the bench for the last 2min of a game 7 down by 20+ points...

LC
Years ago

Hedo has played a blin der and with a couple of daggers he has all but ended the C's season...

LC
Years ago

now 12 with 4:11 to go on the back of a Ray 3...

LC
Years ago

Boston are gone....

Years ago

Hereschenes, you can watch replays of the game for 24 hours after it is played. There tends to be less buffering in replays as well, which is nice. As anon said above, sometimes you can end up with too much buffering - as I am getting this morning dammit!

I'm hoping I can actually see my Celtics come from behind to take game 7! Keep shooting Ray!

LC
Years ago

Magic with a good lead after 1...they have hit 5/6 from long range to lead 27-17.

LC
Years ago

The 36ers lost to Townsville in our opening game of the Blitz, 69-58.

New Crocodiles import Larry Abney top scored with 18 while Newley added 14.

Forman top scored for the 36ers with 12 while Maher, Hill, Rychart and Farley scored 8.

 

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