Game 70 Preview: Boston Celtics vs. Houston Rockets
by ak2themax on Mar 18, 2011 9:00 AM CDT
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PrintThis is a lazy preview. I just drove 10 hours and I'm tired. Sue me.
Rockets need this game like Magic Johnson needs HIV meds.
Oh, and I promise the Utah preview will be amazing. It's shaping up to be my favorite one yet. It will be worth this one being nonexistent.
PG: Rajon Rondo over Kyle Lowry
SG: K-Mart even with Jesus Shuttlesworth
SF: Paul "Injury-Faker" Pierce over Chase Budinger
PF: Kevin Garnett over Patrick Patterson. Even if Luis Scola plays
C: Chuck Hayes over Nenad Krstic
Benches: Even
Von Wafer is out, so no Vonhawk.
Give me your thoughts in the comments. Other important game tonight is GSW at Phoenix.
Prediction: Rockets lose by 16, courtesy of my brother. He's being strangled as we speak for that opinion.
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your brother is probably close to the results
Didn’t johnson kick or get his hiv into remission? The meds aren’t as necessary at that point right? Also, fuck the playoffs. #freeeveryone
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by BD34 on Mar 18, 2011 9:48 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
#Emancipation Proclamation.
Let my young players GO!!
I'm a household name... at my house.
by taylorrohrman on Mar 18, 2011 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
by bone31crusher on Mar 18, 2011 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions
He has it under control with antivirals
As a biologist in training, I can tell you there is only one known case of HIV cure, and that guy essentially had all his immune system cells replace with a CCR5 deficient version, and he had Leukemia before, so his own immune cell were essentially destroyed.
Remission only meant that he’s killing the the viruses fast enough that they dont establish resistant strains and his immune system can efficiently deals with the viral population left after the antiviral, also the many of the antivirals also just forced latency in infected immune cells. By no means does it mean he doent need his antivirals anymore. Without treatment, he can get full on AIDS within a couple years
well be missing AB
he always killed the celtics. i hear rondo is not 100% and in some pain,anyone no whats up with him?
Rondo over Lowry?
Not at this time…their stats are relatively speaking comparable, but Rondo isn’t playing like Kyle has been.
Lowry: 2010-11 Statistics PPG 12.9, RPG 4.00, APG 6.4, EFF, + 16.06
Rondo: 2010-11 Statistics PPG 10.3, RPG 4.30 APG 11.7 EFF + 19.62
Lowry also tore it up against the Celtics this season, and I think he’s come into his own a lot more since then. It’s really just a matter of whether or not Lowry shows up to play, because I would give him the advantage. Rondo can’t shoot free throws and I recall him blowing umpteen layups against L.A. in the Finals.
I think it’s going to be a good game, and winnable by HOU if they take care of the ball and Coach Adelman actually coaches effectively.
No, just no.
Rondo is a top 3 PG in the league.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
by bone31crusher on Mar 18, 2011 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Have you checked up on stats lately?
His past 3 games have been dismal at best… And top 3? Are you kidding me?
Where do you put Derrick Rose, Nash, Chris Paul, and Williams and Rondo…. “C’mon MANN!”
Rondo is not a top 3 point for sure
Rose, D-Will, and CP3 are the best. Rondo needs to learn how to shoot from the floor and make free throws before he can be considered top 3.
Is Rondo even better than Nash and Billups, maybe even Russell Westbrook?
I'd take everyone on the list (for one season) over Rondo except Billups.
CP3
Williams
Rose
Nash
Westbrook
Are ALL very capable offensive players in addition to their PG skills. I think Rondo might be better than Nash due to his D, but the fact that you really do have to hide him in crunch time takes away from that. All the other PG you would want taking shots in the crunch.
And Kyle Lowry, unbeknowst to most people in the league is, very quietly, entering a top 10 discussion. If the new level of play we’ve seen recently is sustainable, he’s made a big leap into another category. We’ll see.
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You can quote stats all you want but they don't tell the whole story.
Teams don’t game plan about how to stop Kyle Lowry, they do gameplan around how to free up the guy Rondo is defending and to stop his penetration. Rondo is a top 5 NBA PG for sure.
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Stats...
Stats are very important…as we can see during this game. Stats paint the picture.
Just remember everyone…I told you so.
Teams don't plan to stop Lowry yet. With the addition of a reliable 3, he's a very formidable PG.
The press and hype haven’t caught up with his new level of play. He was one of the very best players in the whole NBA in February.
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Who cares about press hype and what not.
You’re implying NBA Teams are incompetent until ESPN covers it. NBA teams scout and gameplan and nothing really contradicted my assertion. I have to eat crow because we won and I wasn’t expecting that, especially that handily, but still, Rondo is a better point guard and definitely a top 5 PG.
As far as the stats thing, they paint the picture but outside of perspective and context they’re meaningless, relying on them is just shortchanging yourself and your ability to watch a game.
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Not really.
Teams have in fact already changed how they defend Lowry once this season. They used to leave him open for the three to double Scola. They don’t do that anymore. I haven’t seen a real adjustment to his new level of play yet as is probably still in the realm of “hot streak”.
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by Xiane on Mar 19, 2011 3:27 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
They're guarding him differently but teams aren't specifically out to stop him.
That’s where I was coming from. I see Rondo as that total gamechanger and Lowry is just a damn fine PG you have to honor.
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Fair enough
If Lowry keeps up his last 10 game pace though, thats going to change.
19.4ppg-7.1APG-4.5rpg-1stlpg
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Last night's triple double gave me a chubby
If Lowry can sustain that 10 game pace he’s on pace to enter that top 5 discussion and I’ll gladly eat my words on that.
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No
Lowry is really playing well now but he is NOT better than Rondo. He does have a few games where he plays better so let’s hope he has another one. But although Lowry isn’t better than Rondo, he is a lot better than Brooks so let’s just be happy we don’t have to watch in fear of Brooks coming off the bench to throw away 9 or 10 chances to score. We could win this one.
Why does every comment you make
Have to insult Brooks? The guy is gone now so let it go. You don’t see me on hear still talking about how much I like him and wish he comes back. I have moved on and you should do the same. Same goes for people still dogging McGrady.
Me against the world is a mismatch in my favor.
next season i reckon AB will be playin extremly well i miss him
by IrishThrasher on Mar 18, 2011 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I hope so for his sake
But he should chill out when he plays us.
Me against the world is a mismatch in my favor.
Tonight is a win-win situation.
If we lose, we will probably get blown out, and hopefully Thabeet gets some time.
If we win, we may actually make ESPN headlines.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
Highly unlikely..
the last time the rockets were on ESPN it was a Blake Griffin dunk highlight.
Alan Garner: Doug, I want you to know I'm a steel trap. No matter what happens tonight, I will never, ever, ever speak a word of it.
Doug Billings: Thanks, Alan. I don't really think that's necessary but...
Alan Garner: Seriously, I don't care what happens. I don't care if we kill someone.
Doug Billings: What?
Alan Garner: You heard me. It's Sin City. I won't tell a soul.
by GrouchyAlmond_ on Mar 18, 2011 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Right now...
The Rockets are “the other” Texas team.
With San Antonio and Dallas getting all the pub, it would just seem in excess to give any additional attention to Houston.
by Nobody is Better Than Jordan on Mar 18, 2011 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
No losing teams in Texas - only one winning team in California.
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Who cares?
I hate that Rockets fans point fingers at other conferences or states/teams as though that removes all the responsibility or verity of a claim against them. Reality is what it is no matter how comparative people attempt to make it.
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You're particularly unpleasant today.
Did that comment rate a broadside about how everyone but you misunderstands reality?
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by Xiane on Mar 19, 2011 1:25 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't feel as though I'm the only one who gets it.
But there’s a certain degree of self respect a fan base needs to have and constantly comparing it to irrelevant outside factors just makes us look like blatasses and I personally don’t like associating that attitude with Rockets fans.
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I think you're reading too much into this.
The lack of national recognition for any TX team save the Cowboys is a mild but constant irritant here. It’s not a major issue but it’s not fake either. It’s only when when I’ve heard 20 minutes of coverage devoted to Boston hand wringing and not one to the team that made them wring their hands and in fact swept them that I feel free floating hostility.
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by Xiane on Mar 19, 2011 3:21 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
As a guy who is a fan of teams that don't get that media exposure
I continue to ask why does it bother you? I don’t care about the Rockets national exposure, I love them just as much. I recognize market size and media darlings and that doesn’t bother me either. I just have trouble wrapping my head around an inferiority complex or a feeling of the need to gripe about unfairness when reality is what it is. It’s not like we’re less of a team for any of it.
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I think it's a sense of fair play.
The idea that people should be celebrating a team like the Spurs, consistently excellent, rather than throwing a parade for the Knicks who have finally climbed to the level of “pretty good”.
Simply saying," well, that’s reality", doesn’t make it less annoying. No, I wouldn’t care less or more about the Rockets if they were media darlings, but I do get tired of the media constantly crowbarring a predetermined narrative onto facts that don’t fit that narrative.
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I agree
I have never understood why Knicks get so much attention. They have only won two championships and the last one was in 1973. They have not even been to the finals since 1999. I can understand the attention for Lakers and Celtics, they have earned it.
And our ability to get out of the first round once
since 1997 and lose in the second round is more coverage worthy than the Knicks?
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Unfortunately the truth hurts on the issue.
I wish I were 7 feet tall and gifted athletically but I’m not about to lament or find it unfair that I’m not. So the media throws some shitty comments out there, I assume you’ve watched the news once or twice. You shop around, select your sources, and take everything with a grain of salt. It’s not fun, it’s not fair, but it’s what you do. At the end of the day you get your satisfaction, you get your information, and overall you were slightly inconvenienced but you’re still you with integrity.
I think a major part of New York’s attention is a combination of relevancy in a major market with fans who have stuck by that franchise with unwavering support (if not brutal criticism) and they actually have prospects going forward. The Spurs are revered in the media for their culture of excellence and essentially puppy mills of quality. Something is going on in New York and they were in the thick of the free agent frenzy last year. That gets your more attention than patiently waiting on the side holding on to some money and hoping you can get something.
The Rockets essentially are stuck with the beta male syndrome. Every beta male thinks he’s a great guy, has it well put together, and can’t fathom why women (The media) don’t notice them. They talk about their intelligence and how they say and do all the right things and they’re the guys you pull for but they’re quiet and off to the side more often than not. Well, guess what? Women (Media) don’t care about that until they’re forced to settle. They want the guys (Teams) running around in the sun, being social, being vocal, and being active. Yea, the guys playing soccer in the park might be total assholes, but you know what? They’re assholes in the sun and meeting people while the beta male is chilling in his room on his computer on an internet forum about how women suck because they don’t notice him. Gotta get off your ass and do something, take risks, and make yourself worth being spoken about.
The Mavericks are the perfect example of this. Yea, they haven’t won shit but Cuban is busting his hump every year to infuse excitement and marquee players out there and always making noise. They do very well annually and even if it didn’t all come to a title, they got noticed and made noise. When the GSW beat them in the first round after their 67 game season everyone spoke about the Mavs loss, not the Warrior’s win. That’s what you get by being an aggressive alpha male. Even if you lose, you’re still spoken about. The Rockets need to get out of their room and learn that evolution leads women to prefer the guy who is active, exciting, and a bit dangerous.
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it bothers me because i have to watch them on a shitty stream
even though i pay money for it… and even though it comes out to like a dollar-fifty per game.
more exposure would mean more games on national TV.
This was a preview for the ages
and as far as espn is concerned this is the C’s game to loose. If we win, it’ll be because the celtics are doing their late-season slip and if we loose its because their the best team ever and yada yada yada, i care not for national recognition. its become painfully apparent that we will never receive it. Even when we had a legit contending team (as per the yao, Tmac, artest yr) we were an aftrethought. I say we hold on to win by 3, 99-102.
by ShookednShanghaied11 on Mar 18, 2011 11:30 AM CDT reply actions
Who Knows
Our playing style has changed so much, and we did beat them last time at home. I know we can’t depend on the earlier win to give us any indication about tonight, but ‘m cautiously optimistic. If anything, I’d love to see an energetic PatPat annoy the shit out of the Celtics. Maybe if the stars are aligned Goran will go off on the Celtics like he did the Spurs in the playoffs for Phoenix…Again, I’m cautiously optimistic. Who knows?
by TheLastDynasty on Mar 18, 2011 12:02 PM CDT reply actions
If Martin finds the bottom of the net
with his first long range shot, we may have a chance. It’s been a while since his last real good game. We need to tell the powers that be to quit giving him “player of the week”, he ain’t been right since.
Basically, we need to play a near-flawless game and hope the Celtics mess up.
Great! I’m off to Toyota Center, with my 7 game win streak in jeapordy. I’ll see you guys post-game.
If you're a fan of basketball, watch a movie called Sonicsgate. It's free, just google it.
Again, sorry about the terrible preview
but I just finished the Jazz preview, and I love it. It’s my favorite one by far. And I generally hate what I write. Some of you do too.
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
If it's your favorite one
then I expect a lot of angry Jazz fans coming over to hate. You do know how to tick them off :P
Which I see nothing wrong with of course.
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by ressaliance_00 on Mar 18, 2011 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Actually
it won’t piss them off as much as previous ones. We had so much discussion about hating the Jazz when Sloan left that I’ve grown tired of dealing with people that don’t understand why we hate the Jazz. But more annoying are the Jazz fans with stuff up their butts. Next year, we’ll get the normal “I hate the Jazz” previews back. But for once, I wanted to do something different. I still get my jabs in, though.
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
Well I look forward to it!
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by ressaliance_00 on Mar 18, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I love how this preview
became a discussion about HIV and AIDS. One throwaway sentence became so important to you guys…
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
Lol
arent we better for a bit of outside knowledge?
Sure.
And this was far from the stupidest digression ever. Very far.
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Oh, agreed
just funny. In fact, I was surprised to see how knowledgeable people were about AIDS, and how curious others were.
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
I thought it was the most intelligent discussion we've ever had on TDS.
I was impressed. Glad I could catalyze it.
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Can I just say one thing about Rondo?
Whoever heard of a PG who can’t shoot FT? It’s absurd. It’s like a center that doesn’t rebound or a shooting guard who can’t score. It’s a testament to Rondo’s other skills that despite not being about to shoot, at all really, he is still a top PG. Even Jason Kidd learned a 3pter…after a decade.
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and kidd is 3rd all time now now!
rondo is the best true PG. the type of PG that you don’t want taking any shots except layups.
i’m sure he works on his shooting skills in the offseason…
Prediction: Rockets lose by 16, courtesy of my brother. He's being strangled as we speak for that opinion.
I like that is was the other way around, and the Rockets won by 16!!!!!!
yeah
I told him, and we had a good laugh about it. My brothers (they’re twins) don’t follow as closely as I do, but they watch the playoffs so he knew Boston was really good last season and thought we would get killed. Rondo is actually one of their favorite players, so they are biased towards him too.
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
i'll go ahead and gloat here and mention that i was one of the few that chose rockets by >5
BEFORE the game happened
Braver man than me
Nice call. I thought we’d lose by less than 5. It’s guys like you that we need more of at the Toyota Center, not the bandwagon fans who are only caring now that we’re making a run.
How many Biletnikoffs does he have? NOT TWO!
if i was in houston i'd be at a lot more games
when i was in college i only made it out to a couple of games
but the last one and a half odd years in austin with LP i’ve missed only a handful of games. in fact, this season i can’t think of a single game that i haven’t watched any of, unless they were one of those west coast games and i was out.
West coast is rough
I was on the east coast over winter break and the games started at 10:30 over there. I caught one first quarter, and I was so tired I didn’t care anymore.
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