Game Thread #7: Boston Celtics at Indiana Pacers
by Tom Lewis on Nov 14, 2009 5:00 PM EST
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PrintBoston Celtics at Indiana Pacers, Nov 14, 2009 7:00 PM EST
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| 8-2 | 3-3 | |
| Novermber 14, 2009 - 7:00PM EST | ||
| Conseco Fieldhouse | ||
| Radio: 1070AM WFNI TV: Fox Sports Indiana | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| Rajon Rondo | PG | Earl Watson |
| Ray Allen | SG | Brandon Rush |
| Paul Pierce | SF | Dahntay Jones |
| Kevin Garnett | PF | Danny Granger |
| Kendrick Perkins | C | Roy Hibbert |
The Indiana Pacers play the Boston Celtics tonight, although you'd never know it after listening to local radio and reading the papers this week.
See, there's this little football game in town on Sunday night and that is all anyone wants to discuss around here. Too bad since this is the only time the C's are in Indy this year. Of course, with Troy Murphy out and T.J. Ford doubtful the short-handed Pacers will need a monumental effort from their available players to keep up with the loaded Celtics, so maybe it's better if the casual local fans don't focus too closely on this one. Plus, the C's will be ready to rebound from a tough loss to Atlanta at home last night. Thanks a lot Hawks.
The Pacers will be able to throw a lineup at the Celtics that has thrived recently at both ends of the floor. The small lineup has Danny Granger at the power forward which has allowed Dahntay Jones and Brandon Rush to amp up the perimeter defense. It has worked well in the past three games, but none of those teams post the strong front court depth that the C's will throw at the Pacers tonight. Granger and Roy Hibbert will have their hands full with Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins at the defensive end to put it mildly. Granger will need to find his outside shot in order to help even things out, but as last year's early success against the C's proved, anything can happen.
For a Boston perspective there are plenty of great sites, including Celtics Blog, Red's Army and Celtics Hub to name a few.
Leave your thoughts and observations in the comments.
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On the bright side
We could always have more injuries. I guess we should just be glad we have Brandon and Danny going tonight, and hope Hansbrough can maximize his minutes again tonight, and maybe even take a few Celts to the bench with him.
We will need the kind of performance we got from Watson we got on…was it Wednesday? (so long ago!) Or see his defensive abilities against Rondo.
Man, this is going to be a really hard game!! We couldn’t have this game at a worse time…maybe later in the year, when we’re getting healthy (knock on wood) and the Celtics’ hearing goes out from all the kids’ rap music, we might get a more level playing field, but we’ll just have to do work at a huge disadvantage and hope the defense we’ve come to love the past few games does it job.
Probably aren’t going to too many games I’m this anxious about this season, a combination of having about fifteen offdays between games and seeing the team playing well AND getting a test while playing well. Let’s do it!
Oh
I like to see Jim Harbaugh succeed as much as any blue blood Hoosier does (get it? no? :( ), I hope they aren’t cutting Pacers Pregame off for this Stanford/USC blowout…
Celtic fan here.
Just here to wish you guys a good game.
If we play anything like we did in the last 4/5 games (excluding the Jazz blowout), you really stand a chance of winning against us, so don’t be too worried.
Other than that, I believe you guys have given us a run for our money before so hey, good luck, and have fun watching the game chaps!
- Dirk van Boxtel, the wandering Celtic fan.
@DaarisDirk
You as well
I hope the game mirrors last year’s game (minus Danny Granger losing his teeth), but we’re so banged up right now that I’m not sure what to expect tonight.
Try nba.com
I know they allowed for it last year with only free registration on the site. I haven’t tried it this year.
Yep
Go to the Game Info link for the game on NBA.com and there will be a Listen Live link. Offers the Pacers broadcast.
Looks like a very good crowd tonight
Wonder how many are from out East in town for the weekend, haha.
Danny
Likes his matches on the offense end tonight it seems.
Hopefully he can take advantage of them.
Nice block from D Jones (I think?)
And what looked like a travel on a bucket by Pierce as he was falling backwards
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
It's the first time I've been able to see the new guys play
So far I’m really liking D Jones and Watson. Both really active and seem to be around the ball a lot.
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
That's some good offense
notice the ball movement instead of standstill dribbling (Granger and Dahntay I’m talking to you)
fun game to watch so far
Pacers on track for about 140 points
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
I got my huge 80s headphones on
trying to get the gist of the game and i got 2 loud women arguing in the house sigh
nice job by Hibbert keeping the ball alive
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
being in ACC Country
I’ve watched him many many times.. he is Candace Parker’s baby daddy but he sure is a ugly dude
didn't turn into points but great hustle from Hansbrough
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
I mentioned a bad drinking game in the last game thread
Being taking a shot every time Tyler Hansbrough gets to the line.
A GOOD drinking game would be:
Taking a shot every time Tyler Hansbrough passes the ball.
If I have a peeve with him right now, it’s that he’s kind of a black hole with the ball.
Isn't it weird that this is the second year in a row...
that the Celtics and Pats are in town in the same weekend?
I had great plans last year
To go to this game and then the Colts game on Sunday, but I was in the middle of Kentucky on a business trip on Saturday, and the friend who had the Colts tickets had to work on Sunday, so I got to listen to the Pacers and watch the Colts on TV. Not all it could’ve been, for sure.
I have to say that Rashee Wallace is one of my least favorite players in the league
along with Sasha Vujacic.
Wow.
I knew he would be signed eventually, but I wonder how well he’ll do in Memphis. Has he matured? Will he sulk? Memphis isn’t very good and will lose a lot. How’s the organization? Is it stable? Will he get hurt 10 games into his season?
Will he come down with a sinus infection in February?? I have questions.
Not a lot to complain about offensively
Boston’s hitting shots, but the defense isn’t too bad.
Keep it up, guys.
I'm listening to the Celtics announcers
and they have mention that there’s a football game tommorrow about 5 times so far.
If anyone wanted to know.
Pacers up 36-35
This thing has been tight the whole way thus far. Hope the 3’s keep falling for the Pacers.
The Boston announcers
are terrible and they are so bias (which I know they are Boston announcers but still) its not even funny
Tins signing
At least on the Grizzlies official board seems to be met with some “whys?” but a lot of folks are reading this into dropping Mike Conley. Someone even asked why Tinsley was exiled, but no one got to back to them, haha.
And McBobs picks up one
I can’t imagine what super small ball looks like with Danny or Tyler at the five….
Hey guys
Just peeping by to say:
Thanks for the bucket.
;)
- Dirk van Boxtel, the wandering Celtic fan.
@DaarisDirk
hehehe soz ;)
but had to ;) I’ll play nice sir.
- Dirk van Boxtel, the wandering Celtic fan.
@DaarisDirk
Man that Granger guy sure can play
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
nice to see the IU guys there (even if they're cheering on the wrong team)
Gotta build that team chemistry down in Bloomington
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
Right. Here's for another shot at a comment.
You guys seem to be playing quite well. What’s making the difference? Why’s Boston up?
As for me, I’m just glad Boston actually showed up. We’ve been pulling no-shows of sorts, on and off the past few games. It’s actually rather frustrating.
I think, like the Hawks, you guys should try to out-rebound us. Seemed to work well for them.
Oh well, good luck in the second half, peeps. It’s just nine points now, which is rather close. This isn’t over yet.
- Dirk van Boxtel, the wandering Celtic fan.
@DaarisDirk
I wish
I had a cool know-it-all me who could help me with antifreeze purchases. Some guys have all the luck…
36-14 points in paint
That’s another thing.
I guess we should be glad to be within ten. Need to play better in the second half.
We're such a perimeter oriented team
I wish we could get easier shots in the paint.
I’m now watching the ND-Pitt game. Gads. I wonder if Chucky will end up in South Bend. Good God.
The Celtics have 33 total rebounds and 13 of them are offensive
and they’re shooting 50% from the field.
Text question today:
Will Ray Allen break Reggie’s 3-point record?
Answer is clearly yes, unfortunately. Only 250 away.
2 point game
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
He's impressive, and impressing all of us C's tbh
Lot’s of talk about him on our forums. We love him really, and I can tell now why you guys liked him too.
- Dirk van Boxtel, the wandering Celtic fan.
@DaarisDirk
the stats say we're shooting really well
50% from the field
47% from 3
They still to rebound better – BOX OUT.
Treading water most of it
But finally started getting some stops, and the offense kept up the pace.
Just need to keep it up for twelve more minutes.
Told you guys.
You’ve got more than a little chance of winning this one. C’s aren’t playing that well lately.
- Dirk van Boxtel, the wandering Celtic fan.
@DaarisDirk
that, and you guys are shooting very very accurately today.
- Dirk van Boxtel, the wandering Celtic fan.
@DaarisDirk
wow shelden williams
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
Wow
Blinders on the Pacer voters. 34% say Ray will break it, 66% say no. He’s too close to break it. At least got two or so years left.
As long as we need him to
I imagine he will. If we don’t, I don’t think he will. I’m liking that about his game.
beautiful block
horrible foul call there. nice work by solo
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
C's announcers watch the replay and say "well, occassionally you get some breaks your way"
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
Bad first possession, clock winding down
Danny throws up a prayer, bounces out to D.Jones, ends up with a Solo jumper.
The C's broadcast claims he didn't say anything bad
just said “I went straight up” and they gave him the T
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
their sideline guy was about 10 ft from Perk when it happened
What they don’t know is what might have been going on the 90 minutes leading up to the tech. I imagine T’s are usually given when someone’s been talking too much all game
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
pacer tickets
Man I wish I still lived in Indy, sounds like Pacer tickets are not that much,by nba standards, and this team is starting to be pretty entertaining, hopefully they can keep it up against the better teams!
Wow
Dahntay Jones has been a pleasant surprise on the offensive end.
doc rivers
ever hear the caller who phoned the jim rome show and said, “We dont need to drill for oil, just wipe it off Doc’s Dome” , man, Im a fan of Doc Rivers, but thats funny … I had hoped the Pacers would of hired Avery Johnson, but thats cool
Yeah I've been hoping we go for the little general myself
A) because I like his coaching
B) because I like his accent
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
correction
I didn’t mean I like it as a cool accent or anything, moreso I find it amusing
"If you don't [draft me], I promise you I'll come back and kick your ass for the next 15 years."
Are players allowed to stand at certain points?
I thought the new rule said they couldn’t stand at all, but a few times I’ve seen players standing on both benches. Either I missed part of that rule or players just don’t mind breaking it.
Bruno's Blog Too Slow
I’ve got no video for this one. Just the gamecast and these comments. Looks fantastic! Or at least it seems fantastic.
pfffff.... drag of a last 5 minutes I tell ya.
You guys deserve the W for now. Don’t screw it up damnit.
- Dirk van Boxtel, the wandering Celtic fan.
@DaarisDirk
Backpack Attack
That fund is getting pretty full. And to think I was worried about it a few games ago.
I kind of like Quinn's analysis
That you can run the legs out form the Celtics. We were definitely outhustling them here later in the game.
Well, barring an catastrophic collapse
I think this game has shown this team is definitely better than the 0-3 start. Even if Boston is on the second night of a back to back.
There's Lester Hudson, our towel has been thrown.
Good game Pacers. Well won, very impressive. Enjoy it! :)
See you around next time :)
- Dirk van Boxtel, the wandering Celtic fan.
@DaarisDirk
Wow - Celtics definitely beat us on the boards
but Pacers had 31 assists! I like to see.
And Pacers shot 50% from 3 compared to 25% from the Celtics.
After this game, I just drank the Kool Aid....
I’m buying tickets for the game in NJ….. and O’Brien, you better not f*** up!!!!!!!!
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