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\"Taking<\/a><\/p>\n

After every game, we\u2019ll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player\u2019s overall value.<\/em><\/p>\n

Starters<\/h1>\n

\"Taking<\/a>Rajon Rondo:<\/strong> \u00a0One play in particular sticks out in my mind. \u00a0At 5:00 in the first quarter, after a Jeff Green miss from the corner, the Bucks rebounded and got it to Monta Ellis. \u00a0He whipped a pass up to Brandon Jennings at half court. \u00a0At that point, he was at the free throw line and Rondo was at the 3 point line. \u00a0By half court, they were even. \u00a0When Ellis caught the ball again, Rondo was at the other 3 point line, and Ellis was beyond the other free throw line, and he finished with the dunk. \u00a0It was a lazy play out of Rondo on a night full of them.<\/p>\n

If you want to be the leader everyone said you were in the pre-season, you can’t let stuff like that happen. \u00a0I know there’s a game the next night. \u00a0But leaders have to set the tone.<\/p>\n

\"Taking<\/a><\/strong>Paul Pierce:<\/strong> \u00a0A very off night for Pierce… which fit in with everyone else. \u00a0He couldn’t get his shot going, missing everything until the very end of the third quarter. \u00a0He also had a team high four turnovers.<\/p>\n

\"Taking<\/a>Kevin Garnett:<\/strong> \u00a0One of the game’s few bright spots. \u00a015 points, including a couple of fancy reverse layups, and two big blocks were really the highlights of this game. \u00a0Plus, the hyena comments<\/a> are a total plus.<\/p>\n

\"Taking<\/a><\/strong>Brandon Bass:<\/strong> \u00a010 points on 3-6 shooting, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists. \u00a0THREE ASSISTS! \u00a0Good for second on the team. \u00a0If you think I’m going to give Bass anything less than a green arrow for 3 assists in a game, you’re crazy.<\/p>\n

\"Taking<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>Courtney Lee:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0I’m finding him to be one of the pick-and-roll culprits. I saw him sticking to a few picks last night… which means once the guy sets a pick on him, he sticks to him as if they were glued together. \u00a0He needs get through those, or else it’s going to lead to nothing but open shots. \u00a0Offensively, he has his moments, and right now I’m going to chalk this up to him needing time. \u00a0But he’s definitely part of the problem defensively.<\/p>\n

Bench<\/h1>\n

\"Taking<\/a>Jeff Green:<\/strong> \u00a0Better, but still not very good. \u00a0He had 11 points on 5-9 shooting. \u00a0He had a great steal, which he took the whole way between two defenders for a very athletic finish. \u00a0And he had that huge chase-down block, which again showed how talented he is. \u00a0But he’s another guy who is suspect in the half court defense.<\/p>\n

\"Taking<\/a><\/strong>Jared Sullinger:<\/strong> \u00a0He was, for a while, the best Celtic on the floor. \u00a0He was actually trying out there, and in 18 minutes, he led the team with 7 rebounds. \u00a0He added a steal, a block, 6 points, and a lot of effort on a night where the was little of it to be found. \u00a0I’m going to excuse the baseline airball as the rookie showing his nerves in his first home game. \u00a0I remember KG’s first shot in Boston damn near shattered the backboard… and that was a long jumper. \u00a0Also, Sullinger needs some work on the defensive end too, but that will come too.<\/p>\n

\"Taking<\/a><\/strong>Jason Terry:<\/strong> \u00a0He found his shot at the end of the game, and helped the C’s sort of re-write history a little bit. \u00a0When people go back in April and see the 11 point loss, they may not remember that this was a blowout for so much of the game. \u00a0I’m hoping the late burst allows Terry to remember that he’s a shooter who can make shots. \u00a0 Let’s not talk about his defense. \u00a0I think we knew what we were getting with him defensively. \u00a0He also needs to be better, but I don’t know how much better he can really be.<\/p>\n

\"Taking<\/a>Darko Milicic:<\/strong>\u00a0 Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad. \u00a0Two turnovers and a wildly missed short jump hook in just 5 minutes of play. \u00a0That’s a per-36 minute average of just over 14 turnovers a game.<\/p>\n

Of course, I’m kidding about that. \u00a0I think.<\/p>\n

\"Taking<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>Kris Joseph\/Leandro Barbosa:<\/strong> \u00a0They barely played. \u00a0I know… after Tuesday, why not play Barbosa more? \u00a0I think Doc was turned off by him waving everyone off and trying to one-on-one… which resulted in a missed shot.<\/p>\n

\"Taking<\/a><\/strong>Chris Wilcox:<\/strong> \u00a0Just for being out there after all he’s been through.<\/p>\n

Coaching<\/h1>\n

\"Taking<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>Doc Rivers: \u00a0<\/strong>I’m going to give him time to sort out these lineups. \u00a0I get the feeling that he went deep into his bench early in an effort to conserve guys who were obviously going to try to conserve their own energy out there anyway. \u00a0I’m not sure that worked out very well, as this second unit still needs a starter on it for the sake of cohesion and execution. \u00a0The first quarter wasn’t great, but it ended horribly, and it carried over for the rest of the half. \u00a0It’s going to take time, for sure. \u00a0And the good thing is, the Celtics have that.<\/p>\n

Overall<\/h1>\n

\"Taking<\/a><\/p>\n

This game sucked to watch. \u00a0It was a comedy of errors that gave us little to be happy about. \u00a0And to do this in front of your home crowd, just a day after saying how important it is to win all your home games? \u00a0And on top of THAT… to do it after\u00a0acknowledging<\/a> that it was the first game since the stirring Game 6 sendoff last year??<\/p>\n

I’d be embarrassed if I were them. \u00a0Because that’s what this was… an embarrassing effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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