Re: can anybody score?????/

On Tue, 13 May 2008 15:05:05 -0500, durrell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Bryant
Durrell) wrote:

>In article <w8lWj.162407$yE1.92842@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>Skeptic <bcs002b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>"Celtics Dynasty16" <CelticsPride__16@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>>news:28385-4829125F-991@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> They lost this game tonight the same way they lost them in Atlanta.
>>> Knowone is taken over in the 4th quarter when this games are close.
This
>>> teams big man shouldn't have to take over the game in the 4th quarter.
>>> They need to rely on PP he's the teams leading scorer, and should be
the
>>> teams go to guy win or lose.
>>>
>>> Did you ever see Bill Russell offensively take over the game in the
4th
>>> quarter? No that was in the hands of either BC or JH. Did Robert
Parish
>>> ever take the game over offensively? No Larry Bird was the go to guy.
>>> Understand what i'm trying to get at?
>>
>>I'd say to a point that's true.  But the bigger problem, as I see it,
has 
>>not been just the 4th quarter play.  Yes, that's hurt and probably cost
a 
>>game or two by now.  But really, that Cavs team is not - yes, I repeat -
is 
>>not a good team.  It's a one man show and there is no way a team with 
>>Pierce/Allen/Garnett should have to even be worrying about the final few

>>minutes of the 4th quarter.  The games should be played well enough by
that 
>>point that the "big 3" (rapidly becoming the big 1 with 2 big MIA's)
should 
>>be sitting on the bench for the last 5 minutes of the game smiling and 
>>joking and making plans for dinner. 
>
>This exactly.  The Cavs are not that good; it's LeBron and a pretty
decent
>but old center and a bunch of role players.  They shouldn't need to be
>winning these in the fourth quarter.

there are a lot of differences between lebron and a lot of other human
highlight reels, but the main one IMO is that he makes his teammates
play better - he had 13 assists in game 4 while the celtics had only
16 as a team. that's a minimum of 26+ pts which doesn't include 3 pt
shots, "and one"s, and points scored off foul shots. and those points
get his teammates involved.

but if the cavs do ever add a legit all-star to the roster to
complement lebron, that would be absolutely scary - and they've got
enough expiring contracts to be able to deal for one in the offseason.

>It's gotta be psychological.  The difference between the road games and
>the home games is too big for anything else.

as good as the celtics played this year, nobody on the team has ever
gone far in the playoffs. that makes a BIG difference.

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