It looked to me like the Celtics age caught up to them tonight: the old Celtic legs obviousely did not recover from Saturday's emotional victory. So many shots rimming out. KG, 1 -10, Ray, 5 -12, Big Baby Davis, 1 -4 (3 air balls). Even Paul, who shot 10 -20, had a number of shots rim-out or go half-way down and then pop out, a sure sign of tired legs when shots behave in that uncooperative manner.
This BoxScore tells a story that is not too far off the story of the game.
The C's lost the rebounding battle especially on the offensive boards 3 - 10. Points in the paint, largely due to 2nd chance points by the Heat and missed shots by the C's, led to a 48 - 32 differential favoring the Heat.
Rondo did his job though he was clearly hobbled by the arm: 10 points, 5 assists, and 2 rebounds along with 3 turnovers, several of them a case study in horrible.
Now, the C's have their work cut out for them going down Miami for a game on Thursday. One day off and a travel day to boot.
How can those tired legs recover from this game? They got to. They just got to. Don''t let Ol' Dan be right about this.
I want to give the Heat their props. They won this game, took it from the Celtics, in crunch time.
You don't get but a few mistakes playing this Heat team, and the Celtics made a few mistakes too many.
This was a winnable game for the Celtics, too bad they lost.
Celtic's High Light Film
Sugar Ray Dunks Over Chris Bosh
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