It began with the Knicks inbounding the ball with 0.5 seconds left
near the Nets basket. New Jersey wasn't pressuring the play and when
Robinson caught the pass, instead of handing it to the referee he
turned toward the Nets basket and threw up a shot. Time had already
expired when the shot went in but Robinson got an earful from D'Antoni
when the quarter ended.
"Don't mess with the game," D'Antoni says he told Robinson, or Lil' Him. "A lot of guys need minutes. You shouldn't do that."
Since I'm fed up with the Celtics recent play, and tired with all the negative talk, I figured I'd make myself feel better by poking some fun at our next opponent – the Knicks. I know, it's akin to making fun of the disabled, but I really needed a pick-me-up. Thank you Nate Robinson for shooting at the wrong hoop and disrespecting the game.
On to the Celtics, where Doc Rivers sums up the Celtics offensive problems:
“You start a play and then the next
thing you know you’re out of a play. But you want your players to be
free to see something. But a player can be absolutely right – ‘we
should do this’ – but if the other four don’t know what ‘this’ is, then
it can’t work. Even if he’s right. And I think that’s where we are, at
times.
“They’re a high
basketball IQ team and those are the type of teams that do that. Then
you just have to get them back to being a disciplined group, too. And
that’s why I’m not that concerned.’’
Globe – Celtics Aren't Losing Faith
On Page 2, more talk about Kevin Garnett's knee.
Rivers admitted the real Kevin Garnett may not become apparent until
sometime in April, as the Celtics forward continues his recovery from
knee surgery.
“I have no idea,” the Celtics coach said after practice. “I think it
will take all year. By playoff time he will be fine, but he’ll have a
great stretch, then a tired stretch. That’s just my opinion. I don’t
know how long it will take.”
Rivers admitted his heart skipped at the sight of Garnett painfully
flexing his left knee following a collision in the first half of
Friday’s loss to Orlando.
Herald – Mark Murphy's Celtics Notebook
The rest of the links:
Globe – Gary Washburn on Rashard Lewis Suspension, Most Improved Player Award | Herald – Murphy on Eddie House, Dahntay Jones, Pau Gasol | Dancing At Ray's Bash | Newsday – Knicks After T-Mac | Clev. Plain Dealer – Okafor Back on Trade Block? | CBS – Celts/Knicks Preview |
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