That sucked.
Following a marvelous 42 point 3rd quarter, the Celtics had the Cavaliers on the ropes in front of a raucous Garden crowd. The Cs led by 18 points with 10 minutes remaining. Then… Kyrie Irving got hot, the refs started blowing whistles, LeBron James (41 pts, 7 assists) took over in crunch time and the Celtics turtled. The result? A heartbreaking 122-121 loss to the Cavs.
The Green:
The Celtics shot 72% in the 3rd quarter. It was a fantastic display of ball movement. 8 Celtics scored in the quarter.
Kelly Olynyk led the Celtics with 21 points on 8-13 FG. Jared Sullinger had a quiet 19 points, 10 rebounds.
The Gross
Rajon Rondo had 16 assists through 3 quarters. He had ZERO in the 4th. The final possession was a giant pile of suck. Rondo fumbled the ball and was unable to get off a potential game-winning jumper. To think, I used to get annoyed with the Paul Pierce dribble/step-back jumper.
LeBron went on a 7-0 run with 2 minutes remaining in the game and there was nothing the Celtics could do about it. They had to sit back and take it. On the one play Jeff Green tried to man up and play aggressive defense, James dropped a sneaky elbow into Green’s groin which freed him up for a drive to the basket.
LeBron has mastered the Kobe face-of-disgust. You know it, the look he gives teammates when they screw up.
Greenlights
Spectacular steal, dribble and lob by Rondo
More from Rajon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEeZD-lGWl0
The Grid:
- Boston got 44 points from the bench
- Celtics outscored Cleveland 60-56 in the paint
- Kevin Love shot 2-10
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