Comments on: Paul Pierce Lives: Boston 106, Bulls 104 http://celticshub.com/2009/04/28/paul-pierce-lives-boston-106-bulls-104/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:54:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: BeansMakeWind http://celticshub.com/2009/04/28/paul-pierce-lives-boston-106-bulls-104/comment-page-1/#comment-1938 BeansMakeWind Fri, 01 May 2009 04:21:44 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=1833#comment-1938 WindyCityEx-Pat needs to remember that Paul Pierce got stabbed 11 times in 2000 and can still play basketball with anyone in the NBA. The shaving comment was unnecessary. Getting your face slit open will make anyone think twice about putting a blade to their face, even to shave. Name another player that has had his lung punctured and can still drain a jumper in a 2nd overtime playoff game. You can't handle The Truth. WindyCityEx-Pat needs to remember that Paul Pierce got stabbed 11 times in 2000 and can still play basketball with anyone in the NBA. The shaving comment was unnecessary. Getting your face slit open will make anyone think twice about putting a blade to their face, even to shave. Name another player that has had his lung punctured and can still drain a jumper in a 2nd overtime playoff game. You can’t handle The Truth.

]]> By: KOD http://celticshub.com/2009/04/28/paul-pierce-lives-boston-106-bulls-104/comment-page-1/#comment-1832 KOD Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:32:07 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=1833#comment-1832 I thought this comment I made from yesterday was worth trotting out again today, since last night's gem gives it even more resonance: "There’s real merit in defending a title with tenacity, and doing it no matter what hand you’re dealt in terms of key injuries. Sure it is gravely disappointing that this Celtics team doesn’t have KG and a fully-healthy squad to battle King James and Kobe for the crown, but that doesn’t mean you shut it down and roll over. The Celtics have battled injuries seemingly all season, and yet Pierce, Allen, Rondo, House, Perk, and Big Baby have risen to the occasion and led this team in an admirable defense of their title - posting an impressive 62 win season and battling a young, talented Bulls team with nothing to lose and everything to gain in the league’s best 1st round series in the NBA playoffs thus far. Celtic Pride is on display with this group right now, and before the book closes on this trying season, my belief is that Pierce, Allen, and Rondo will lead them as far as they can possibly go - with everything left out on the floor and no regrets. What more can we really ask of them?" I thought this comment I made from yesterday was worth trotting out again today, since last night’s gem gives it even more resonance:

“There’s real merit in defending a title with tenacity, and doing it no matter what hand you’re dealt in terms of key injuries.

Sure it is gravely disappointing that this Celtics team doesn’t have KG and a fully-healthy squad to battle King James and Kobe for the crown, but that doesn’t mean you shut it down and roll over.

The Celtics have battled injuries seemingly all season, and yet Pierce, Allen, Rondo, House, Perk, and Big Baby have risen to the occasion and led this team in an admirable defense of their title – posting an impressive 62 win season and battling a young, talented Bulls team with nothing to lose and everything to gain in the league’s best 1st round series in the NBA playoffs thus far.

Celtic Pride is on display with this group right now, and before the book closes on this trying season, my belief is that Pierce, Allen, and Rondo will lead them as far as they can possibly go – with everything left out on the floor and no regrets. What more can we really ask of them?”

]]> By: TRad http://celticshub.com/2009/04/28/paul-pierce-lives-boston-106-bulls-104/comment-page-1/#comment-1829 TRad Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:00:08 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=1833#comment-1829 Guys, Celtics have redefined the meaning of the term "moving pick". Take a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm2zHhtr1IA And this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XoZ6R-rM-Y Boston is using plays from New England Patriots playbook, so don't whine about officiating the illegal screens, please. Re: Rondo's foul - it's easy: no official would whistle a flagrant in such situation. Boston is the dirtiest team in the NBA - so why shouldn't Celtics hit opponents heads? It wasn't the first time, after all. The win is secured, and it is the only thing that matters. And no, I'm not a Bulls fan. I'm neutral and it's worrying me that a great serie is spoiled by biased officiating. Guys, Celtics have redefined the meaning of the term “moving pick”.

Take a look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm2zHhtr1IA
And this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XoZ6R-rM-Y

Boston is using plays from New England Patriots playbook, so don’t whine about officiating the illegal screens, please.

Re: Rondo’s foul – it’s easy: no official would whistle a flagrant in such situation. Boston is the dirtiest team in the NBA – so why shouldn’t Celtics hit opponents heads? It wasn’t the first time, after all. The win is secured, and it is the only thing that matters.

And no, I’m not a Bulls fan. I’m neutral and it’s worrying me that a great serie is spoiled by biased officiating.

]]> By: Q http://celticshub.com/2009/04/28/paul-pierce-lives-boston-106-bulls-104/comment-page-1/#comment-1820 Q Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:54:05 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=1833#comment-1820 I have a fantasy for a new reality/gambling show: Joakim Noah is (anonymously) dropped into a serious pick-up game in Harlem or somewhere, and asked to set picks for his teammates. Vegas sets the over/under on how long until a) he's threatened by one of the other players for setting moving screens; and b) actual violence ensues as a result of a moving pick. I have a fantasy for a new reality/gambling show: Joakim Noah is (anonymously) dropped into a serious pick-up game in Harlem or somewhere, and asked to set picks for his teammates. Vegas sets the over/under on how long until a) he’s threatened by one of the other players for setting moving screens; and b) actual violence ensues as a result of a moving pick.

]]> By: ‘Net reaction: Bulls at Celtics, Game 5 http://celticshub.com/2009/04/28/paul-pierce-lives-boston-106-bulls-104/comment-page-1/#comment-1819 ‘Net reaction: Bulls at Celtics, Game 5 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:40:34 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=1833#comment-1819 [...] Celtics Hub: "Paul Pierce is gassed. We can all see it. Kevin Harlan called him slow. He took just six shots combined in the second and third quarters. John Salmons was beating Pierce off the dribble–a guy with a bad groin was coasting around the man who helped hold Kobe Bryant to 40 percent shooting in the Finals last season.  And yet Pierce found something inside of him to move a little quicker and jump a little higher when the Celtics needed him most. As for Rondo, he didn’t do anything fancy late in the game. Twice in overtime he got the ball on the right wing and dribbled into Kirk Hinrich’s body. It was bold, improvisational basketball: I’m quicker than you, and I’m just going to put my head down and pull up for a shot at some location in the paint. I’ll figure it out when I get there. Once, with 2:42 left, he laid the ball in. On the next possession, he drew a foul on Hinrich and hit both free throws." [...] [...] Celtics Hub: "Paul Pierce is gassed. We can all see it. Kevin Harlan called him slow. He took just six shots combined in the second and third quarters. John Salmons was beating Pierce off the dribble–a guy with a bad groin was coasting around the man who helped hold Kobe Bryant to 40 percent shooting in the Finals last season.  And yet Pierce found something inside of him to move a little quicker and jump a little higher when the Celtics needed him most. As for Rondo, he didn’t do anything fancy late in the game. Twice in overtime he got the ball on the right wing and dribbled into Kirk Hinrich’s body. It was bold, improvisational basketball: I’m quicker than you, and I’m just going to put my head down and pull up for a shot at some location in the paint. I’ll figure it out when I get there. Once, with 2:42 left, he laid the ball in. On the next possession, he drew a foul on Hinrich and hit both free throws." [...]

]]> By: WindyCityEx-Pat http://celticshub.com/2009/04/28/paul-pierce-lives-boston-106-bulls-104/comment-page-1/#comment-1818 WindyCityEx-Pat Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:40:22 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=1833#comment-1818 I don't like Paul Pierce. But the Bulls should have double-teamed him down the stretch. That fade-away (or fall-away, as they say around here) was deadly. I also liked his post-game comments, during which he dismissed talk of being tired (something like: "Man, when we were kids, we'd play 3-4 games in a day. We'd just play."). But I still think that Gillette (located right down the street from the TD BankNorthMut Garden Presented by Fleet) should hold a promotional event where someone spares us all and shaves off Pierce's mangy, pre-teen facial hair. It almost makes me regret my recent HD upgrade. As for Rondo's face-grab of Brad Miller, I'm alright with the call. But I do think that if that had happened in, say, the 2nd quarter, or in Chicago, the refs would have called it a flagrant. Is there a term for the unofficial "situational" reffing that is obviously a big part of the NBA? If Miller does the same thing to Rondo in that situation, there's a flagrant call -- and a whole lot of screaming, sweaty Boston dudes in over-sized Tedy Bruschi jerseys. I don’t like Paul Pierce. But the Bulls should have double-teamed him down the stretch. That fade-away (or fall-away, as they say around here) was deadly. I also liked his post-game comments, during which he dismissed talk of being tired (something like: “Man, when we were kids, we’d play 3-4 games in a day. We’d just play.”).

But I still think that Gillette (located right down the street from the TD BankNorthMut Garden Presented by Fleet) should hold a promotional event where someone spares us all and shaves off Pierce’s mangy, pre-teen facial hair. It almost makes me regret my recent HD upgrade.

As for Rondo’s face-grab of Brad Miller, I’m alright with the call. But I do think that if that had happened in, say, the 2nd quarter, or in Chicago, the refs would have called it a flagrant. Is there a term for the unofficial “situational” reffing that is obviously a big part of the NBA? If Miller does the same thing to Rondo in that situation, there’s a flagrant call — and a whole lot of screaming, sweaty Boston dudes in over-sized Tedy Bruschi jerseys.

]]> By: Zach Lowe http://celticshub.com/2009/04/28/paul-pierce-lives-boston-106-bulls-104/comment-page-1/#comment-1814 Zach Lowe Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:40:32 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=1833#comment-1814 It's nice that Mikki's not playing, but it's not like the team couldn't have figured out he wasn't a productive player anymore when they signed him. It’s nice that Mikki’s not playing, but it’s not like the team couldn’t have figured out he wasn’t a productive player anymore when they signed him.

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