We seem to play scared in Boston. If this team is going to compete, they need to believe in themselves. There is too much media and fan pressure that makes everyone scared to do the wrong thing - including the coach.

WE NEED BALLS!!!!

The Celtics are not even that good this year and Allen was no Allen today. We should have gone in there and hurt them. We are the better and MUCH DEEPER team. We need to start games with the killer instinct that winners have. We need to know, think and act like we are better than them cause we ARE!! We need to know that if we have 5 seconds left, we can also hit the winning shot - often!!

THAT MELO PLAY CALL WAS HORRIBLE. That is on both MDA and MELO. I give the knicks credit for fighting back in this game but that is/was not enough.

NOT FOULING WAS THE VERY WRONG CALL IMHO.

If you foul and the worst happens, they make the 3 and 1, then you still get the ball back. I know they did and missed...

Yesterday, Boston had 0 Timeouts. A foul must be the kind that the shooter does not get the shot off. When Garnet or Rondo had it, I would have fouled.

Nalod wrote:Foul when?

KG set an illegal but effective no call screen. Can foul him when he is beyond the arch.

Love the monday morning QB thing on the UK. With the benefit of hindsight we are all sooooo much smarter!

IM sure we all wanted a win but Boston is one tough team at home and they were up for a national game on their home floor.

Pierce is one of the best clutch shooters in the history of the game. Hate him but respect.

This isn't Monday Morning Quarterbacking.

This loss is 100% on D'Antoni.

You foul the ball handler at 10 seconds when they are moving away from the basket.

Boston had 0 time outs.

We hit our FTs and they have to score from their end line in 5 seconds. They need luck, and I would live with that.

Nalod wrote:Odds are still less than 50% they tie it up.

Knicks win its a great "come back".

Lost we have to play the blame game.

Lots of blame to go around. Many plays not executed.

Im sure sitting on the couch we all could have done better.

Bottom line: Three HOF players and while surly, an All star Point guard playing an insane game..

Why is it so hard for you to say once in a while that the coach screwed this one up? This is not blame game, its a question in philosophy that we as fans can and should discuss. Thats what fans do.

Even Nixluva had the balls to admit his ICON erred.

It's not Monday morning QA anyway - PP has kicked the sh1t out of us so many times with this sh1T!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rondo is just dribbling around for 3-4 seconds. rondo was 4 for 7 from the line in that game, and is a 60% FT shooter on the year. i can think of no better guy to foul than him, as he dribbles and waits for them to run a freaking play.

i don't understand the strategy. you're up by 3 points. you didn't have a chance to sub in some defenders. the C's are out of timeouts while the knicks had TWO timeouts. given all of that, fouling is the play. even if they hit both, you can call a timeout and inbound at halfcourt. lets say they fouled at 15 seconds, the C's hit both, knicks are up 1, you call a time out. inbound takes 3 seconds off. you can also set up your defense for after.

why is rondo's name floated around in trade rumors? its not because he's on a team friendly deal and drops insane triple double lines. its because he can't shoot it and gets especially gun shy late in the game. pressure rondo and foul him again if need be. rondo had already killed us at that point; i'd much rather put him on the line and make him uncomfortable than let the C's run a freaking play for pierce who kills us time and again.

BigSm00th wrote:

Rondo is just dribbling around for 3-4 seconds. rondo was 4 for 7 from the line in that game, and is a 60% FT shooter on the year. i can think of no better guy to foul than him, as he dribbles and waits for them to run a freaking play.

i don't understand the strategy. you're up by 3 points. you didn't have a chance to sub in some defenders. the C's are out of timeouts while the knicks had TWO timeouts. given all of that, fouling is the play. even if they hit both, you can call a timeout and inbound at halfcourt. lets say they fouled at 15 seconds, the C's hit both, knicks are up 1, you call a time out. inbound takes 3 seconds off. you can also set up your defense for after.

why is rondo's name floated around in trade rumors? its not because he's on a team friendly deal and drops insane triple double lines. its because he can't shoot it and gets especially gun shy late in the game. pressure rondo and foul him again if need be. rondo had already killed us at that point; i'd much rather put him on the line and make him uncomfortable than let the C's run a freaking play for pierce who kills us time and again.

By many accounts read over the years Rondo is a bit of a strange dude who clashes with his coach. Its the reason why his draft position was not higher. Its the reason many teams did no take him in the draft earlier.

They are not bashing him because they don't want to kill his value.

Celts look to be in a pre-rebuilding mode. They might prefer to draft a new point then have him lead with youth.

NObody disputes his talent, its his head.