No Rondo, No Ray, No Pietrus, No Dooling, No Wilcox, No Problem.
I got the score right for the Celtics but boy was I off for the Magic. I'm not going to over react to this win, but I think the way we dominated the Magic pretty much means we are going to the championship, that Ainge isn't going to blow up the team, and that we are the most dangerous team in basketball.
The Celtics absolutely tooled on the Magic and were led by by Brandon Bass and Paul Pierce. Pierce has been playing like.... Paul Pierce the passed couple of games, he 19 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds, meanwhile Brandon Bass had 19 points, 8 rebounds and ONE assist. KG also had a double double.
I may have been most impressed with Avery Bradley though. Jesus and Coobs have previously said they are done with him, however, he's a real good defender. He completely confused Jameer Nelson all game, he had 3 steals, but I could argue he completely took the whole Magic offense out of rhythm every time he was in. Bradley is frustrating offensively, but defensively he's an ace. The Magic had more turnovers (25) than baskets (16). They shot 24%.
But the best thing about this game is that the Celtics didn't take any of Dwight Howard's Bullshit (18 points, 14 rebounds), although he had a huge double double they got in his face, weren't intimidated and as much as we dislike Jermaine O'Neal he is perfect for pissing people off. He and Howard were jawing back and forth all game and had to be separated at one point.
With 56 Points that's a record low for Orlando and ties a record low allowed by the Celtics. Big Baby got a pretty good ovation and scored 6 points on 2-9 shooting.
Great win, and Rondo should be back Thursday.