-Hopefully they try to get Ray going early. I get so sick of hearing about his slumps. Shooters shoot.
-If Josh Smith didn't have that ridiculous vertical he wouldn't even be picked first in most casual pickup games. No jumper + weak handle + occasional defensive lapses.
7:30 Ray still looks out of sorts. Lost the ball out of bounds and then pleaded his case to the ref that he was getting bumped. They need to make it a point to run him off some screens.
7:00 Paul with the little herky jerk move on Josh Smith and buries the stepback jumper.
6:12 P Twice with an aggressive move to the basket. Speaking of which he really needs to add Horford to his list of bigs he's thrown down on. He owes him one.
-I see why Bill Simmons does these Running Diaries after the fact. It must be easier to be able to pause the game and what not. I'm testing myself right now doing it live.
-Does Josh Smith close his eyes when he shoots?
3:34 P Twice gets fouled hard by Joe Johnson. Gets up gives him a push. Former teammates. This is gonna be a fun game.
-Pauls got his angry face on. Pre-2006 that would mean an ejection. These days it means a W.
3:02 D-West for 3. Love when he chips in off the bench. On the other end Joe Johnson goes right at P Twice and tries to back him down. These Hawks think they know something.
2:28 P Twice 3 off the feed from D West. I'm tellin you don't make him mad.
2:01 P Twice gets it down low and promptly gets fouled by Joe Johnson. Whoever the Hawks coach is did the right thing getting Joey outta there. He was about to get humiliated a few more times.
-Nice to see Von Wafer getting some early minutes. It'd be even nicer to see him get back to how he was playing pre-injury.
-How is Pachulia still in the league?
-I gotta be honest I never really understand why Sasha Pavlovic sees the floor at all.
35.1 D-West drives and finishes with his left. Supah smooth.
-I LOVE that Jermaine O'Neal is starting fights. I'm not even sure if he started it. After watching the replay he did not. Zaza did. He's really not my favorite. But still I like that O'Neal is bringing a mean streak.
21-23 Hawks
2nd Quarter
11:20 Jeff Green just bodied up Horford and didn't let him get position on the post.
10:35 D-West blocked whoever that player was. Next Hawks possession he gets his hand on the ball again and knocks it out of bounds. Deflections are key, as Donny Marshall would say.
10:07 Jeff Green goes up straight to contest Zaza's shot. Jump ball. Wins the jump ball.
9:31 Jeff Green bodies up Zaza this time, doesn't give him any room to get where he wants, and the refs bail out the clueless European (seriously, what is he?) and send him to the line.
9:06 Baby drills like a 40 footer. Literally. Huge smile. Gotta love that. BigBabyfor3 should be trending on twitter.
-You know who would have loved that is Nate Robinson. I miss that little squirt.
8:29 The Hawks forget who's covering Jeff Green so D-West finds him underneath for the dunk.
7:40 Ray comes off the screen and buries the 3 from the left wing.
-Its weird that we have a legit back up point guard now. Even more weird cause Delonte is more of a combo guard anyways. But it still feels nice to know we can still score the ball when Rondo's on the bench.
6:01 Right on cue Delonte buries a corner 3. He'll play wit a sock Greg.
4:47 Big Baby is so much better at putting the ball on the floor, making a move, and finishing. He's lightyears away from where he was even just last year. Not getting nearly as many shots blocked. It's 36-37 Hawks as we head to a timeout.
-Hawks have put a little run together. I mean Jamal Crawford has put a little run together.
4:18 Baby finishes at the hoop again, with contact. 6th man of the year right there.
3:39 KG feeds Rondo for the layup after the inbounds pass. Seems like Rondo gets the ball back a lot after passing the ball in.
2:44 Rondo got fouled and did his little ragdoll impression. It's so cute when he does that.
2:10 P Twice turn around jumper from the elbow over Joey Johnson. Every time.
1:39 KG 19 foot jumper off the feed from Rondo. How do I know it was exactly 19 feet? Superior genes.
1:02 KG ANOTHER jumper off ANOTHER feed from Rondo. Crawford misses a dunk on the other end.
40.0 Rondo finds P Twice for the layup in transition.
26.7 Rondo buries a midrange jumper. Is there a trend developing here?
-Rajon's catching fire. Finishes the half with 9 points and 4 assists. The whole team is sharing the ball well, 15 first half assists.
52-44 Celtics
3rd Quarter
11:01 P Twice gives Marvin Williams a few head fakes and then buries a midrange jumper right in his grill mix.
-Seriously why is Josh Smith allowed to shoot? Just bricked another stepback 3.
7:25 Big Baby finishes off a nice little lob from Ray. On the other end Horford chucks up a brick.
6:58 Pretty sure Big Baby just yelled "Fuck him up!" at Rondo after Hinrich fouled him.
6:49 Rondo misses both free throws, gets the offensive rebound, finds KG for the jumper. He's a good player.
6:09 Rondos layup rolls out. Almost sounded like the crowd wanted that one to go. Are they turning against their Hawks? They should probably get Zaza on the mic to pump them up.
-I like Doc's subbing philosophy right now. Rondo worked hard so he deserved a break. And his replacement Delonte promptly blocked Al Horford's shot.
4:48 P Twice gets fouled down on the post yet again. He's getting himself to the line and I like that. I think its easier to score when no one can stick a hand in your face. But Paul just bricked both freebies so maybe I'm wrong.
4:21 Jeff Green hit the wide open jumper. Give me more Jeff! More!
3:30 P Twice with another stepback jumper over Marvin Williams. Who's next?
2:38 Josh Smith threw the ball towards the rim again. Unsuccessful.
2:07 After a Paul Pierce steal Ray Allen dunks in transition. Gotta be the shoes. He's got game...
-I'm not going to lie I have a lot of respect for Jamal Crawfords offensive game. Killer crossover and he can finish from all sorts of angles no homo.
68-62 Celtics
4th Quarter
11:18 Jeff Green leaves it for Jermaine O'Neal's dead body which struggles to get off the floor towards the hoop.
10:08 Rondo misses that little spin layup. Does this mean he's slumping again?! Relax.
9:20 He comes right back and hits one. I told you.
8:45 Jamal Crawford tries to go 1 on 4 and loses the ball. D-West gathers it and delivers a baseball pass to Rondo who finishes at the other end.
-I'd really love to see Jeff Green contribute here. He could be the x-factor in these sort of situations.
-I really hate this video game view ESPN occasionally experiments with.
-It's so cute when opposing teams think they're going to close us out and then they remember KG's on the bench. "Uh oh. We forgot about their OTHER future Hall of Famer."
-Hawks have taken a 4 point lead. 6 minutes to go.
5:55 Big Baby misses another outside jumper. Time to take it back inside.
5:26 Unless your name is Paul Pierce. P Twice drills yet another 15 footer.
4:15 Zaza Pachulia is fired up.
-We really need to find a way to get KG looks. Utilize his fresh legs. He got a good rest on the bench.
-Wait so the Hawks are up 7 now... And the Heat and Bulls are about to win. So in a few minutes we could be in third place? That would suck. We should win...
3:05 Right on cue the captain takes it to the rack, gets fouled, and 1. Helpful. He wants to win too.
2:39 Ray Allen 3 from P Twice. I love sports.
1:42 Paul got fouled down low, wanted the continuation. Celts down 3 now but have momentum.
1:34 Big Baby bricks a 15 footer. I like finishing games with this lineup but this guy is not who should be shooting the ball down the stretch.
-Come on guys. Get a stop here.
-They did. I should coach.
-Paul bricked a 3 early in the shot clock.
36.0 Big Baby somehow ended up with the ball AGAIN at the end of the shot clock. Fouled and headed to the line. Misses the first. Misses the second. Fantastic.
30.8 Paul goes hard to the hoop again and gets to the line. I hope he misses both.
-He made both. Mind tricks.
-3 point game. Get a stop.
-Wowwww that was a charge on Jamal Crawford. We should have the ball right now! Ball goes out of bounds off Babys knee.
10.9 Celtics down 3. Hawks have 5 seconds left on the shot clock. Why do I feel like something magical is going to happen?
7.9 Joe Johnson misses and Al Horford tips it in. I'm severely upset.
We lose. Third place. End of blog.
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