No one can really explain how much this game meant to the Celtics. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is the win that saved their season. The Spurs came in at full strength and the Celtics got Jermaine O'Neal back. The Spurs have the best record in the NBA and the Celtics have been playing like shit lately.
Last night was vintage Celtics. They took the lead in the 3rd and ended it on a 14-3 run and didn't take their foot off the gas until the end of the game. The offense was clean, the defense was tough and stout, last night was a thing of beauty. The only thing that wasn't good was Nenad Krstic's potential devastating injury, we will get back to that when we get the results back.
Back to the game.
The Big 4 played great, Kevin Garnett (20 points, 9-12 FG, 9 rebounds), Paul Pierce (21 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists), Ray Allen had 13 points including a huge 3, and Rajon may have had his best game as a Celtic he had 22 points, 14 assists, 5 rebounds and ZERO turnovers, he seemed to not miss his 17 foot jumper also. Rondo is playing with great confidence and seems to have shook the injury.
Jermaine O'Neal didn't look like Troy Murphy so that's good, he seemed to be moving well and being effective when he was in there. He played 11 minutes and had 5 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.
The bench was really effective too, Glen Davis had 16 and Jeff Green was very effective with 8 points. Boy he is going to be a great weapon come play off time.
Great win!
The win that saved the season.
See what happens when the switch is turned on.
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