Sunday, May 11, 2008

Celtics-Cavaliers Playoff (Game 3) Highlight

The Celtics get blown out. During the regular season the C's are really only blown out once in the regular season (back on March 14 against the Jazz). But so far this postseason, they are 0-4 on the road.

Watch game highlight (NBA TV) and post-game press (NBA TV).



The Celtics shoots just 40% from the field while allowing 53% shooting from the Cavs. Doc Rivers said, "We got great shots to start the game, but when we started missing them, and instead of being the solid defensive team we've been, we got down because our offense was down."

To me it sounds like the C's still lacks the cohesiveness to fight through adversity, which will be tested again and again before they can reach championship caliber, like the Pistons.

LeBron James has a better-than-solid stats (21 points, eight assists, five rebounds, four steals and three blocks), but again is inconsistent, in missing 11 of 16 attempts. But his newly acquired teammates comes up big, including Delonte West (21 points) and Wally Szczerbiak (16 points), the two ex-Celtics. Joe Smith has 17, Ben Wallace adds 9 points and 9 rebounds.