<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> The Boston Celtics held off late surges by the Dallas Mavericks to win 91-85 on Saturday afternoon at the Toshiba Vegas Summer League. The Mavericks pulled within two points at various moments late in the fourth quarter, but watched Boston maintain its lead before creating some breathing room with half a minute remaining in the game thanks to two Gerald Green free throws. Boston held a 53-46 halftime lead, but watched Dallas cut the deficit to three points after three quarters of play. The Mavericks played evenly with the Celtics in the waning moments, but Boston kept the score in its favor until the final buzzer. The Celtics was paced by five players in double figures with Ryan Gomes leading all scorers with 29 points (12-18 FG) in 37 minutes of play. Sebastian Telfair threw in 17 points and dished out six assists. Gerald Green had 12 points, while Al Jefferson and Allan Ray dropped in 10 points apiece. The Mavericks received a team-high 23 points from Maurice Ager (8-15 FG). Rawle Marshall scored 15 points (4-12 FG) with seven coming at the charity stripe. Andre Emmett was perfect from the field (5-5 FG) for 13, while Pavel Podkolzin came close to a double-double with 10 points and seven boards. For the game, Boston shot 53 percent (35-66 FG) from the field, while Dallas connected on 47 percent (31-66 FG) of its attempts. Up next for Boston is a return trip to the Cox Pavilion on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. versus the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. Dallas will take on the Houston Rockets on Monday at 2 p.m</div> Box Score: http://www.vegassummerleague.com/box_score.cfm?game=60
Sebastian Telfair went 3-5 on three pointers too. Not bad. I never really thought of him as much of a long range shooter.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Swish15:</div><div class="quote_post">Sebastian Telfair went 3-5 on three pointers too. Not bad. I never really thought of him as much of a long range shooter.</div> He's not a shooter, but if he can develop a consistent jumper and shoot anywhere from 35-38% on 3s, he'd be a big help to Boston.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting SP23:</div><div class="quote_post">Telfair needs to lower his turnovers.</div>After reading the recap on draftexpress, it seems like some of the bigs (mainly AL Jeff) dropped/mishandled a few passes that were dead on. Those counted against Telfair, which explains the high number.
i heard that gerald green was struggling a big in the summer league. is that true? because i expected him to be one of the focal points of the celtics summer league team
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Brian:</div><div class="quote_post">i heard that gerald green was struggling a big in the summer league. is that true? because i expected him to be one of the focal points of the celtics summer league team</div>He did okay in the first game, but he seems to be doing very well in the second right now. DraftExpress has live updates: http://www.draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=1399
Damn, the second game was ugly as for the C's...we should be doing better than this with the team that is out there....ah well, at least its only the summer league...
