Comments on: Celtics Win a Sloppy Game 1

By: KC

KC — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:28:25 +0000

I’m sure there’s worse than LeBron..he did finish with 9 board and 9 assists.

As far as three potential hall-of-famers with a horrible combined game….yeah that has to be some sort of record

By: Shotgun

Shotgun — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:19:42 +0000

Can anyone think of a worse single game playoff performance than LeBron’s (2-18 FG, 10 turnovers, and blown layup in the waning seconds)?

Or a worse combined playoff performance than LeBron, Pierce, and Ray Ray (4-36 FG, more turnovers than point [19-16])?

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:32:12 +0000

Well Jeff I hope you’re right about it going six games instead of seven. I know that’s only one more game but you just feel better when it doesn’t have to go to seven, but we’ll see what the Celtics can do on the road since I’m not too worried about them at home. Ken I completely agree with you and I’m a little nervous of how Lebron is going to retaliate in the rest of the games after such a poor performance last night. Ray will hopefully find his groove tomorrow night and I’m sure he will be fine. Remember he only took four shots total it wasn’t like he was 0-20 from the floor or anything. Also, I would like to know where Eddie House has been as well. It’s very strange to not see him in the games anymore.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:26:33 +0000

Man, was that an ugly game!! Neither team deserved to win, and it came down to a case of which team was slightly worse than the other. Does this mean that Pierce must sacrifice himself in every game in order to try to control James? I could accept that tradeoff, except that Ray Allen seems to be on one of his “pathetic scoring ability compared to the old days” streaks. This happened several times during the regular season, but nobody wanted to talk it about very much as the team kept winning anyway. Hopefully, he’ll pull himself together and not look as pathetic as a shooter, driver and ball passer as he did in that first game.
Glad to see that Tony Allen got a few minutes of meaningful playing time, but does anybody know what Eddie House did to piss off Doc Rivers? What a slap in the face for a guy who did so much during the regular season. With Ray Allen unable to hit the broad side of a barn, it wouldn’t have killed Doc to give House at least a chance to hit some himself. Hard to see how it could have been any worse.
Let’s hope it was just opening night jitters. You certainly can’t expect James to have a night like that again. As for Ray Allen, well the jury is still out. Please, Ray, make me eat my words!!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:10:59 +0000

Talk about stealing one. Ray with 0 and Pierce with 4.

I think this was the best chance for the Cavs to win a game in Boston. I’m liking my Celtics in 6 pick, I don’t see the Cavs having an answer to Kevin Garnett as Atlanta did with Al Horford.

Let’s blow them out tomorrow and put any doubt to rest on who owns home court advantage.