C's/Knicks - 2/28/07

I did not follow through on my thoughts of attending the game live last night. However, I did catch the green and white versus the blue and orange with a little help from some black and tan. So I had that going for me, which was nice.

The zone defense continues to be the Celtics' kryptonite. Well besides generally finding ways to lose. But back to the zone defense. It was driving Tommy Heinsohn crazy last night. He was yelling that the Celtics had to overload the zone. Doc Rivers has to hear him right? Heinsohn was so upset that he started to criticize Paul Pierce.

At this point Gerald Green and Rajon Rondo have to get big minutes. Green has one of the best shots in the NBA. It’s beautiful to watch. Why they don’t run him off screens in beyond me.

Tommy hates Eddy Curry and Stephon Marbury.

It started with the Jazz (Andrei Kirlenko and Mehmet Okur). And now the Rockets (Tracy McGrady) and Knicks (Nate Robinson, David Lee, and possibly Steve Francis) have followed their lead. I’m not saying those players were not hurt. But teams definitely are not rushing their players back to play against the C’s.

Leon Powe got a coach’s DNP last night. Good to see Doc following through on his statements about giving the former Cal standout more time.

Now that Allan Ray is in the NBDL Sebastian Telfair is thinking about changing his nickname from Bassy to the now vacated DNP.

I know Eddy Curry is much bigger than Al Jefferson. And realistically the C’s could not guard the former Bull last night. The guy is a beast. However, if you look at the stats Big Al came out on top. And Boston won. It made me think of updating an old Red Auerbach quote, “Everyone keeps talking about this dominant Knicks low post player. Here’s your dominant low post player (pointing to Big Al) right here!” Then there would be champagne.

With Jamal Crawford done for the year, Steve Francis doing god knows what, and Nate Robinson chickening out because Gerald was getting his dunk contest trophy last night, the Knicks really didn’t have many guards. They had Starbury and…Quentin Richardson I guess. But at this point is Q really a guard? Regardless he's not playing the point.

I think some network has to run a Beyond the Glory type of show called, “What the hell happened to you?!” Channing Frye would be in one of the early episodes. That guy should be a player. Something odd is going on there.

2 game win streak.