Daily Links 5/11
Today's Celtics Links and News 5/11
| Final - 5.9.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 22 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 87 |
| Boston Celtics | 31 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 97 |
Today's Celtics Links and News 5/11
As much as I'd like to bottle what Rondo did in game 4 and have him drink it like a Red Bull before each game, I don't think you can ask that of anyone. What we can duplicate, however, is another team wide, winning effort on defense.
Cleveland Cavaliers beat writer Brian Windhorst questioned the Cavs' effort and intensity after their loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference Semifinals series. Cleveland's slide comes at a time when the Orlando Magic, who will face the winner of that series barring an epic collapse in their own against the Atlanta Hawks, are peaking.
A quick look ahead as we prepare for Game 5.
Rajon Rondo is good, really good. In fact, he might just be the best player on the Boston Celtics for many years to come.
Today's Celtics Links and News 5/10
The Cavaliers reverted to some bad habits in losing to the Boston Celtics on Sunday.
It wasn't a matter of "if" he would take the reigns form the Big 3 so much as it was "when."
Rajon Rondo led the Celtics to a 97-87 Game 4 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday finishing with 29 points, 18 rebounds, and 13 assists. That playoff performance will go down in the history books.
MVP! MVP! MVP! - Rondo messed around and got a triple double.
Today's Celtics Links and News 5/9
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 22 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 87 |
| Boston | 31 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 97 |
| Cleveland | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 43 | 7-18 | 0-5 | 8-11 | 9-1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4-0 | 22 |
| Antawn Jamison | 36 | 6-12 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 6-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-0 | 14 |
| Shaquille O`Neal | 27 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 7-11 | 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5-0 | 17 |
| Anthony Parker | 42 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Mo Williams | 35 | 3-9 | 2-5 | 5-7 | 3-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 13 |
| Delonte West | 19 | 0-7 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Anderson Varejao | 25 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 8 |
| J.J. Hickson | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Jamario Moon | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Leon Powe | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Sebastian Telfair | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jawad Williams | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Daniel Gibson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Danny Green | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27-67 | 4-21 | 29-39 | 33-3 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 27-1 | 87 | |
| .403 | .190 | .744 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 0 (13 pts) | |||||||
| Boston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 31 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5-0 | 9 |
| Kevin Garnett | 33 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 6-6 | 6-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 18 |
| Kendrick Perkins | 23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5-0 | 0 |
| Ray Allen | 37 | 8-21 | 1-8 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6-0 | 18 |
| Rajon Rondo | 46 | 9-21 | 0-1 | 11-16 | 18-4 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 29 |
| Rasheed Wallace | 19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 3-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4-0 | 3 |
| Tony Allen | 25 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 5-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 15 |
| Glen Davis | 18 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Michael Finley | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Brian Scalabrine | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Marquis Daniels | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Nate Robinson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Shelden Williams | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Tony Gaffney | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Oliver Lafayette | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-76 | 1-14 | 28-40 | 47-9 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 31-2 | 97 | |
| .447 | .071 | .700 | Team Reb: 13 | Total TO: 0 (16 pts) | |||||||