<div align="center"> <span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:100%">@</span> February 7, 2007 - 7:30 pm ET</div> <span style="color:#000000">Miami Heat</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">(23-25)</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">PG</span> <span style="color:#000000">Gary Payton</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">SG</span> <span style="color:#000000">Dwyane Wade</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">SF</span> <span style="color:#000000">Jason Kapono</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">PF</span> <span style="color:#000000">Udonis Haslem</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">C</span> <span style="color:#000000">Shaquille O'Neal</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">Key Bench Players:</span> <span style="color:#000000">Alonzo Mourning, James Posey, Antoine Walker, Eddie Jones</span> <span style="color:#009900">Boston Celtics</span> <span style="color:#000000">(12-35)</span> <span style="color:#000000">PG</span> <span style="color:#009900">Rajon Rondo</span> <span style="color:#000000">SG</span> <span style="color:#009900">Delonte West</span> <span style="color:#000000">SF</span> <span style="color:#009900">Ryan Gomes</span> <span style="color:#000000">PF</span> <span style="color:#009900">Al Jefferson</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">Wally Szczerbiak, Gerald Green, Brian Scalabrine, Sebastian Telfair, Michael Olowokandi</span> Injury Report <span style="color:#FF0000">MIA:</span> <span style="color:#000000">Jason Williams will not play (left foot)</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">MIA:</span> <span style="color:#000000">Wayne Simien will not play (Salmonella poisoning)</span> <span style="color:#000000">BOS:</span> <span style="color:#009900">Paul Pierce will not play (stress reaction in left foot)</span> <span style="color:#000000">BOS:</span> <span style="color:#009900">Tony Allen is out for season (torn ACL/MCL)</span> <span style="color:#000000">BOS:</span> <span style="color:#009900">Theo Ratliff is out for season (back surgery).</span> Who To Watch Out For <span style="color:#000000">Dwyane Wade</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">Season Stats: 28.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 7.9 apg, 2.2 spg, 1.2 bpg</span> <span style="color:#000000">Shaquille O'Neal</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">Season Stats: 14.4 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.3 bpg</span> <span style="color:#000000">Alonzo Mourning</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">Season Stats: 9.9 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.8 bpg</span> <span style="color:#009900">Al Jefferson</span> <span style="color:#000000">Season Stats: 14.0 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 1.5 bpg</span> <span style="color:#000000">As A Starter: 15.4 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 1.6 bpg</span> <span style="color:#009900">Ryan Gomes</span> <span style="color:#000000">Season Stats: 12.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.8 apg</span> <span style="color:#000000">Last 5 Games: 18.2 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.2 apg</span> <span style="color:#009900">Delonte West</span> <span style="color:#000000">Season Stats: 10.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 4.2 apg</span> <span style="color:#000000">As A Starter: 12.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 5.4 apg</span> Rookie Watch <span style="color:#FF0000">MIA:</span> <span style="color:#000000">Robert Hite</span> <span style="color:#000000">Overall Selection: Undrafted</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">Season Stats:</span> <span style="color:#000000">4.3 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 0.7 spg</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">MIA:</span> <span style="color:#000000">Chris Quinn</span> <span style="color:#000000">Overall Selection: Undrafted</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">Season Stats:</span> <span style="color:#000000">2.8 ppg, 1.3 apg</span> <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">5.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.3 spg</span> <span style="color:#000000">Last 5 Games:</span> <span style="color:#009900">9.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 6.0 apg, 2.2 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">2.8 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 0.5 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">5.2 ppg, 1.0 rpg</span> <span style="color:#000000">Miami's X-Factor</span> <span style="color:#000000">Antoine Walker</span> <span style="color:#FF0000">Season Stats: 8.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.5 apg</span> <span style="color:#000000">Toine returns home! Put on a show for us, big guy.</span> <span style="color:#009900">Boston's X-Factor</span> <span style="color:#009900">Kendrick Perkins</span> <span style="color:#000000">Season Stats: 4.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.5 bpg</span> <span style="color:#009900">It's pretty obvious why Perk is the X-Factor tonight: SHAQ! Perk, just do your best muscling him and defending him. Damn, I wish we had a healthy Perk for the game tonight.</span> <div align="center">Key Matchup vs. <span style="color:#000000">Shaquille O'Neal</span> <span style="color:#000000">vs.</span> <span style="color:#009900">Kendrick Perkins</span></div> <span style="color:#000000">Shaq is still his big, bad self, Perk is playing hurt. However, no excuses for Perk tonight. He needs to play tougher than he has all season.</span> CelticBalla's Extra Thoughts/Notes - Our losing streak is still intact at 15. - Miami has won 4 in a row. - Gary Payton was suspended for Miami's game on Monday for aggressively chewing out an official, but he's back now. - Toine and GP!!! GOAT! CelticBalla's Prediction Our beautiful losing streak stays alive, making it 16.
Perkins won't do anything on O'Neal and Zo. Shaq has wayy much more power and will just take advantage over Perkins. We are deff losing this one.CelticBalla: Didn't you want Oden over Durant?
Gosh, it sucks to comment on these games anymore. It really gets harder and harder to be optimistic. Honestly, the Celtics will probably keep it close until the middle or the end of the 3rd quarter, and the Heat are going to break it open. The C's MIGHT make a run late, but it wont be enough...At this point, I just want to see Gerald, Rondo, Big Al, and others play well. If they can play well, and play hard, I wont really care about the win as much...
The Celtics are playing one of the hotter teams in the league as the Heat have won 4 in a row and Shaq keeps getting better and better and him and Dwyane Wade have developed their chemistry together again. Looks like the Celtics will lose their 16th straight as they will have no answer for Shaq and I see Wade having a big game against a team that allows 105 ppg.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Madness @ Feb 7 2007, 03:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>CelticBalla: Didn't you want Oden over Durant?</div> Yes but I have that as my sig because that's the position we are in right now. If we eventually end up with the worst record and we are destined for the #1 pick, I'll change it.
God I would love to see Durant in a Celtics unform!!! I cant wait until the lottery draft day.Anyways, the Celtics have been playing amazing so far. Big Al and Perk are both playing great under the glass, Rondo is playing really hard like he normally does, and Gomes has been hitting like he has as of late. I was happy that Wally came off the bench and could hit a three. It wa probably big for his confidence. The C's are hustling so much right now...I hope that they can keep this up for 4 quarters and finally win a damn game.
Well the Celtics were really playing well and shut the Heat down in the first quarter and limited Shaq to just 2 points. But now in the second the Heat have outscored the Celtics 15-2 and they saw their big lead slip away as the Heat are up 3 again. Dwyane Wade is shooting 4-5 from the field and surprisingly has only taken 2 foul shots. If the Celtics can just keep up to their pace in the first they might have a chance. I want to see if the Celtics will break the all-time record of 24.
Wow, F*ck, I've been sleeping like all day because I've been tired, pissed from my knee, etc, and I wake up, and Gerald has played ONE f*cking MINUTE IN THE FIRST HALF??!!!?!?!What's up with that?
Jefferson finishes with13 points and 16 reboundsin December we would be going crazy but now it's expected it's kind of funny but I love how consistent Al is on the glass..especially against the heat and Shaq
We fought HARD and we were right in this game up until Wally sprained his ankle with about 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. After that, as soon as Wally went to the locker room, everything went down hill from there. Miami took over, Doc put out a couple questionable lineups, and we played SO SLOPPY. Another loss, another injury (to Wally, who sprained this left ankle before too.. UGH), another frown on my face. I don't even want to comment much on the game because there is no need to. I'm just so disgusted. Nobody played all that well for this team, except Wally, but he of course had to go down with another ankle sprain. F*ck. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (yankshater213 @ Feb 7 2007, 08:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Wow, F*ck, I've been sleeping like all day because I've been tired, pissed from my knee, etc, and I wake up, and Gerald has played ONE f*cking MINUTE IN THE FIRST HALF??!!!?!?! What's up with that?</div> While I like Gerald and I want him to get playing time, in that single minute he missed a shot, fouled, turned the ball over while inbounding the ball, and hung his head low.
another sad loss16 in a rowdoesn't get much worse than thiscelticballa heard u on hickman and gilroy, you made some good points. So did they actually...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (WELCOMEtotheJUNGLE @ Feb 8 2007, 02:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>celticballa heard u on hickman and gilroy, you made some good points. So did they actually...</div> Yeah they have quick phone calls, they kind of dominate the conversation too, so I couldn't get everything in I wanted to say. But yeah, they are just so frustrated with this team (especially Gilroy). You should have heard Gilroy on the show Friday night after the Clipper game, lol. He was going psycho.
