Our roster (including starters) lost to a Celtics team without the big 3 because we didn't have Hayes or Najera? ehhhhhhhhhh
Tony Allen got riled up early (got a technical for a foul call when he thought he deserved one the other end). He was simply a handful after that. Very aggressive, hit some difficult, contested shots. He's a talented player that can occasionally light it up like that. Eddie was just . . . what . . . a House on fire? I didn't pay too much attention to the defense on him because I was mainly checking out our young bigs on defense. I do know that Dooling was going under a lot of screens tonight, though he was always picking up his man full court and making them use time off the clock. The thing is, the Nets, for as long as I've watched them closely, always give up a lot of 3-point attempts. That's just Frank's defensive philosophy. He's all about paint protection at all costs, and the cost of that against any good team is a 3-point shot. It's one aspect that I think Frank should be more flexible with against certain teams (though I wouldn't have included a Celtics team in that sans Pierce and Allen).
What percentage of the Celtic minutes went to players that were on the team last year, and therefore were familiar with each other? What percentage for the Nets? How many preseason games have the Celtics played so far? How many have the Nets played? the nets won the first quarter and played even for the second half. They had a one-quarter meltdown. If the Nets play poorly one out of every four quarters, I'll take it. I assume that House lit up Dooling, who was playing in his first preseason game. Big deal.
I think what he means is that we didn't have Carter, Harris, Lopez or Yi in there for the last 7 minutes of the game.. Gill,Dooling,Hassell,Swat/Swift isn't going to get it done. CDR checked back in with a minute and a half to go, so did simmons.
Turn overs were a problem this game but where was the 3 point shooting? It was at the end of the 4th quarter and the Nets were down like 6 and were coming out of a timeout. The ball is inbound to Swift who took a long 2 point jumper. I was like WTF?? At least go for the 3.
It was simply a case of the Nets not understanding who they were playing. We were playing a version of this team who wanted to take a bunch of 3's and we allowed them too, it was another team with that we had a huge size advantage of and we did not play to that strength defensively. The reason we beat Miami in the previous two games was our closing out on the perimeter and scaring them off the 3 point line for a good portion of the game. Tonight there was a number of blown rotations where Scal, Eddie, Tony, and JR were given plenty of time to get setup behind the line. This is a good kick in the ass game and one where Frank can point to what will happen if you don't come out with the necessary focus and defensive intensity you need.
Vince was so animated during the final seconds of the game, a good thing to see from the leader of the team. He was almost at half court cheering for the team.
