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Jason Terry’s 2012-13 Final Grade

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Okay: C’s 90, Hawks 84

Posted by Hayes Davenport on May 4, 2012 2924624 commentsOkay%3A+C%27s+90%2C+Hawks+842012-05-05+03%3A49%3A07Hayes+Davenport

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	Paul Pierce, SF 47 MIN \| 3-12 FG \| 14-14 FT \| 5 REB \| 2 AST \| 21 PTS \| +3 Pierce gets a 21-footer for the last shot? That’s the play? On a 2-10 night? When everyone knows he’s getting the ball? When he has four seconds to attack the rim? Doc? Hello? Doc? Why are you laughing? Listen: who cares. He made two more free throws than the entire Hawks team. He held Joe Johnson to…whatever. Who. Cares.
	Brandon Bass, PF 26 MIN \| 3-6 FG \| 2-2 FT \| 5 REB \| 1 AST \| 8 PTS \| -2 Brandon Bass is staring at his disappearing hand like Marty McFly right now. Remember when Glen Davis said he needed to play like Glen Davis? Bass needs to STOP playing like Glen Davis. Be aggressive, dude.
	Kevin Garnett, PF 42 MIN \| 9-18 FG \| 2-2 FT \| 13 REB \| 1 AST \| 20 PTS \| +11 If Kevin Garnett doesn’t like getting big sloppy kisses from dudes, he’s lucky I wasn’t in the building on that last putback dunk. KG was the only effective scorer for pretty much the entire game. His defensive sauce was beaucoup weak in the first half, but he kept everyone invested in the game like he do. He’s my favorite player ever and he’s the best.
	Avery Bradley, SG 25 MIN \| 2-5 FG \| 0-0 FT \| 4 REB \| 0 AST \| 5 PTS \| -1 Held Kirk Hinrich to zero points. I wouldn’t be mad if Rondo swallowed his pride and let Bradley take Jeff Teague. Rondo gambled and lost on Teague, by my unofficial count, ten thousand times in this game.
	Rajon Rondo, PG 49 MIN \| 7-22 FG \| 3-4 FT \| 14 REB \| 12 AST \| 17 PTS \| +4 The grading algorithmm isn’t equipped to evaluate this game for Rajon Rondo. The inputs don’t add up. 7-22, zero made jumpers, 6 turnovers, 14 rebounds, 12 assists, a spectacular fake in the final seconds, immediately followed by his like seventh blown layup? It automatically gives out a B+ when it enters a logic loop like this. Pray for the grading algorithm.
	Greg Stiemsma, C 6 MIN \| 0-1 FG \| 0-0 FT \| 3 REB \| 1 AST \| 0 PTS \| -4 Blonde Ambition: The Greg Stiemsma Story may be reaching the conclusion of its 2012 chapter. But three boards and two blocks in six minutes is not too shabbies.
	Ray Allen, SG 37 MIN \| 6-12 FG \| 1-3 FT \| 6 REB \| 0 AST \| 13 PTS \| +9 Not to harp on this, but if you’re going to waste the last shot on a Pierce 21-footer, you can’t give that shot to Allen and watch the entire city burn if he makes it? I would have torn out a huge chunk of my hair in joy-rage if that had happened. But even without that moment, Ray’s game was awesome. Don’t even think we knew how much we missed him.
	Mickael Pietrus, SF 25 MIN \| 2-3 FG \| 0-0 FT \| 1 REB \| 0 AST \| 6 PTS \| +9 I hate every time Pietrus goes up for a shot until it goes in.

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