<div align="center"> <span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:100%">@</span> November 22, 2006 - 7:00 pm ET</div> <span style="color:#009900">Boston Celtics</span> <span style="color:#000000">(4-6)</span> <span style="color:#000000">PG</span> <span style="color:#009900">Sebastian Telfair</span> <span style="color:#000000">SG</span> <span style="color:#009900">Paul Pierce</span> <span style="color:#000000">SF</span> <span style="color:#009900">Wally Szczerbiak</span> <span style="color:#000000">PF</span> <span style="color:#009900">Ryan Gomes</span> <span style="color:#000000">C</span> <span style="color:#009900">Kendrick Perkins</span> <span style="color:#000000">Key Bench Players:</span> <span style="color:#009900">Al Jefferson, Rajon Rondo, Gerald Green, Leon Powe, Tony Allen, Brian Scalabrine</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Charlotte Bobcats</span> <span style="color:#000099">(2-8)</span> <span style="color:#000099">PG</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Raymond Felton</span> <span style="color:#000099">SG</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Adam Morrison</span> <span style="color:#000099">SF</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Gerald Wallace</span> <span style="color:#000099">PF</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Sean May</span> <span style="color:#000099">C</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Emeka Okafor</span> <span style="color:#000099">Key Bench Players:</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Primoz Brezec, Jake Voshkul, Melvin Ely, Bernard Robinson</span> Injury Report <span style="color:#000000">BOS:</span> <span style="color:#009900">Theo Ratliff will not play (lower back)</span> <span style="color:#000000">BOS:</span> <span style="color:#009900">Michael Olowokandi will not play (abdoman)</span> <span style="color:#000000">BOS:</span> <span style="color:#009900">Delonte West will not play (big toe)</span> <span style="color:#000099">CHA:</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Brevin Knight will not play</span> Who To Watch Out For <span style="color:#009900">Paul Pierce</span> <span style="color:#000000">Season Stats: 27.9 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 3.5 apg, 1.2 spg</span> <span style="color:#009900">Wally Szczerbiak</span> <span style="color:#000000">Season Stats: 21.6 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.4 apg, 53% 3FG</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Emeka Okafor</span> <span style="color:#000099">Season Stats: 20.1 ppg, 12.0 rpg, 4.1 bpg</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Gerald Wallace</span> <span style="color:#000099">Season Stats: 10.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.2 spg</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Raymond Felton</span> <span style="color:#000099">Season Stats: 12.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 5.0 apg, 1.1 spg</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Adam Morrison</span> <span style="color:#000099">Season Stats: 13.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.7 apg</span> Rookie Watch <span style="color:#000000">BOS:</span> <span style="color:#009900">Rajon Rondo</span> <span style="color:#000000">Overall Selection: 21</span> <span style="color:#000000">Season Stats:</span> <span style="color:#009900">5.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.6 apg, 1.2 spg</span> <span style="color:#000000">BOS:</span> <span style="color:#009900">Leon Powe</span> <span style="color:#000000">Overall Selection: 49</span> <span style="color:#000000">Season Stats:</span> <span style="color:#009900">6.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 0.8 bpg</span> <span style="color:#000000">BOS:</span> <span style="color:#009900">Allan Ray</span> <span style="color:#000000">Overall Selection: Undrafted</span> <span style="color:#000000">Season Stats:</span> <span style="color:#009900">1.0 ppg, 1.0 apg (1 game)</span> <span style="color:#000099">CHA:</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Adam Morrison</span> <span style="color:#000000">Overall Selection: 3</span> <span style="color:#000000">Season Stats:</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">13.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.7 apg</span> <span style="color:#009900">Boston's X-Factor</span> <span style="color:#009900">Ryan Gomes</span> <span style="color:#000000">Season Stats: 9.8 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 2.6 apg</span> <span style="color:#009900">He needs to come in and provide all his usual dirty work, plus some extra intangibles. We are short on bigs, we need Gomes to come in and produce.</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Charlotte's X-Factor</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Sean May</span> <span style="color:#000099">Season Stats: 10.5 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.1 bpg</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">With the shortness of active bigs for Boston (and the ones that are active are banged up), May has a chance to make a huge impact off the bench and take advantage of that.</span> Key Matchup vs. <span style="color:#009900">Kendrick Perkins</span> <span style="color:#000000">vs.</span> <span style="color:#FF6600">Emeka Okafor</span> <span style="color:#000000">Perk is hurt, I understand that, but he can't use that as a crutch against a powerhouse like Emeka Okafor. Emeka is playing incredible right now (the best PF in the East right now, bar none). Perk needs to play tough and SMART (don't get into early foul trouble).</span> CelticBalla's Extra Thoughts/Notes I'm looking forward to seeing Shaq... I mean Okafor lol, and Morrison. CelticBalla's Prediction We CAN win this game. Is 4 straight too good to be true with this team?
F*ck me. We lost to the Bobcats. I had a feeling 4 straight wins was too good to be true. We shot the ball TERRIBLY tonight, we turned the ball over way too much, we played ZERO perimeter defense, and we took/missed waaay too many 3's. Friggen terrible game. Doc: In crunch time, he takes out Gomes and puts in Tony Allen (with Pierce, Wally, Perk, and Telfair). OK... I don't understand that sub, but hey it gets worse. Then he takes out Perk and puts Gomes back in. Gomes, Pierce, Wally, Allen, Telfair. Scal gets 14 minutes, Powe gets 20 seconds? F*ck you Nurse Rivers. Paul Pierce <u>28 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals on 8-20 shooting</u> Pierce was up and down. He did not shoot the ball we AT ALL, he had 2-3 terrible turnovers, he missed too many open shots. He got to the line and crashed the boards, and he made a few nice passes. But not a great night from The Truth. Wally Szczerbiak <u>7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal on 3-13 shooting</u> This is the worst game by Wally Szczerbiak I have ever seen him play (Wolves days included). Not only did he shoot the ball terribly, but he played THE WORST defense ever. Gerald Green easily outplayed Wally defensively tonight. Wally got murdered by not only Adam Morrison, but Matt Carroll too. Friggen terrible game from Wally. Morrison scored 26 tonight, Wally was guarding him for most of them. Ryan Gomes <u>12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists on 5-9 shooting</u> Gomes had a great first quarter (he was the only one doing anything to begin the game), but then he kind of fell off. He wasn't much of a factor in the 2nd half. Kendrick Perkins <u>5 points, 8 rebounds, <span style="color:#FF0000">and only 1 foul</span></u> Perk did a good job quarding Okafor, and he stayed out of foul trouble. The thing is, he should have been a little more aggressive defensively. Sebastian Telfair <u>7 points, 7 assists, 2 steals, 1 block on 3-10 shooting (1-5 from 3), 4 turnovers</u> Bassy didn't have a good game either. He took way too many jumpers, he didn't drive. He made some nice kickouts, but the defense was up and down. He had some very good defensive plays, then he had really bad ones. Al Jefferson <u>6 points, 8 rebounds on 3-5 shooting with 5 turnovers and 4 fouls (19 minutes)</u> Welcome back, Big Al! Al was awesome on the glass, especially on the offensive end, and he made some nice moves on the block. But he traveled 3 times and got 5 turnovers total. He looked a little bit tired at the end of the game, but that's expected after an early comeback from an appendectomy. Rajon Rondo <u>6 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, no turnovers in 16 minutes</u> Rondo played well tonight. I thought, as usual, he should have played a little more in the 4th quarter. But he made a few terrific hustle plays, he penetrated, played smart and didn't force anything, didn't commit any turnovers, and his defense was solid. Tony Allen <u>7 points, 2 rebounds, 4 fouls in 15 minutes</u> TA played pretty well, I thought. He penetrated without dribbling off his foot, he took it strong, and he ran hard. Not bad tonight for TA. Gerald Green <u>3 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block on 1-3 shooting in 13 minutes</u> Gerald played pretty solid, IMO. He had 1 bad turnover, but the other 2 turnovers that show up on the stat sheet were not his fault (one was a charge when the defender was CLEARLY in the circle). Defensively, he did a good job on Morrison, actually. 10 times better than Wally did on him. I thought Gerald played well tonight, and I thought he should have gotten a couple more minutes with D-West out. Brian Scalabrine <u>2 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal on 1-4 shooting in 14 minutes</u> Scal made some hustle plays, but he didn't shoot well and his defense was nothing to write home about. Leon Powe, Allan Ray 19.7 seconds of playing time each. Morrison played excellent ball tonight, props to the rook. This kid is going to be a big time scorer. 4-7, yay. Next Game Friday (11/25/06) at 7:30 pm at home vs. New York.
