<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Boston Celtics blew out the Phoenix Suns 82-53 behind a stifling defense that held Phoenix to 32 percent shooting (16-49 FG). Four Celtics scored in double figures led by Justin Reeds 17 Points (6-10 FG). Tony Allen (16 points), Ryan Gomes (14 points, 11 rebounds) and Gerald Green (13 points) were the others. Boston finished the game shooting 54 percent (31-57 FG). They out rebounded the Suns by eight (37-29). Dijon Thompson was the only Sun to score in double figures, he had 11 points (4-10 FG). Boston outscored the Suns 22-14 in the first and 24-13 in the second to take a 46-27 halftime lead. The Celtics up-tempo defense forced the Suns into 15 first-half turnovers, resulting in a 17-0 advantage in points off of turnovers.</div> Recap Box Another impressive victory. Ryan Gomes- 14 pts., 11 boards Gerald Green- 13 pts. Justin Reed- 17 pts., 4 boards Tony Allen- 16 pts.
Im impressed with how great the Celtics are doing in the offseason, the Celtics have one of the best group of young players. Also Gomes a double-double pretty good numbers.
You see everyone that basd game that Gomes had with 4 pts. was an off night, he is for real, I'm very impressed with Green, and Tony Allen is going to be a great player.
The celtics summer league team has been doing really good. Gomes with a double double and reed with 17pnts. The celts look to have a great young core.
The Celtics look good so far, too bad they beat the Suns, what happened to Barbosa he should have done something.
No offense to the Suns intended in this writing, I have nothing but respect for that organization: that being said, the most important stat of the night was somewhat watered down by the lack of real talent on the Suns' rookie team. That stat being: Gomes 11 REBS in 27 MINS. There is nothing I've seen that's more encouraging than the C's adding a 3 who can crash the boards. Off the bench, as a starter, wherever, this guy is the most positive spot I've seen the rookie camp so far. The more this man plays defense and hits the boards, nevermind his 14 points, the more valuable he becomes to this organization. Nothing will assist the development of that stud at the 4 than having someone who can back him up on the boards. If Al knows there's someone there to grab the boards he's out of position for, he's going to have more confidence, and not be afraid to take risks defensively. (Aside: now that I'm thinking of this, this is a good thing and a bad thing.) Nevermind the nagging doubts, a shot of confidence for a kid with this much talent and assertiveness in the paint can do nothing but elevate his game. Aside from that, the TO's and POT's are otherwise the most significant numbers. This means that Doc has his kids doing just what Tommy blows his load asking of them every night (and what every high school coach knows a team must do), in a word: RUN RUN RUN. Nice to see the C's go back to the roots of the game (and we're talking Frank Keaney's URI teams of the 20's and 30's type roots), and play some ball to make the legends proud. Danny's doing a fine job of building this team in the spittin' image of those great teams he played on, good for him. Again, (and again) IN DANNY I TRUST!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting da pimp 1:</div><div class="quote_post">The Celtics look good so far, too bad they beat the Suns, what happened to Barbosa he should have done something.</div> Yeah, I have to say, I have nothing but good things to say about Barbosa before this game, but he really let me down. He's not showing the heart he showed when he was competing against Yuta Tabuse last year for that spot on the roster. Here's to hoping someone comes along and wakes that fella up.
