Ugly Start

The C's were simply outplayed last night at the Staples Center, I guess they had no easy button. Here is the tale of the tape:

Boston
Player Pos Min FGM-FGA FTM-FTA 3M-3A +/- OR Reb A Blk Stl TO PF Pts
P. Pierce F 45:39 6-13 12-13 0-4 -13 0 9 4 2 0 3 5 24
K. Garnett F 34:47 7-16 2-2 0-0 -14 2 4 1 1 2 1 3 16
K. Perkins C 24:25 2-2 4-5 0-0 -14 1 3 1 0 1 1 3 8
R. Rondo G 39:31 6-14 1-4 0-0 -17 4 6 8 0 0 2 2 13
R. Allen G 27:20 3-8 6-6 0-2 -5 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 12
G. Davis 18:36 1-3 1-2 0-0 -1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 3
R. Wallace 18:12 3-4 2-2 1-2 +3 0 4 0 1 0 1 3 9
T. Allen 16:33 1-4 2-2 0-0 -11 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 4
N. Robinson 13:01 0-3 0-0 0-2 +10 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 0
M. Finley 1:56 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Scalabrine DNP -- COACH'S DECISION
S. Williams DNP -- COACH'S DECISION
M. Daniels DNP -- INACTIVE
T. Gaffney DNP -- INACTIVE
O. Lafayette DNP -- INACTIVE
Totals 240 29-67
(.433) 30-36
(.833) 1-10
(.100) - 8 31 19 5 5 13 28 89


LA Lakers
Player Pos Min FGM-FGA FTM-FTA 3M-3A +/- OR Reb A Blk Stl TO PF Pts
P. Gasol F 46:34 8-14 7-10 0-0 +13 8 14 3 3 1 3 4 23
R. Artest F 32:53 5-10 2-2 3-5 +26 1 4 1 1 2 0 4 15
A. Bynum C 28:09 4-6 2-4 0-0 +11 0 6 0 0 0 1 3 10
K. Bryant G 38:45 10-22 9-10 1-2 +6 1 7 6 1 1 4 4 30
D. Fisher G 28:08 3-8 3-3 0-0 +18 0 3 3 0 1 0 3 9
L. Odom 21:17 2-6 1-2 0-2 +2 1 4 1 1 0 2 5 5
S. Brown 17:27 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
J. Farmar 13:18 2-4 0-0 0-0 -7 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 4
S. Vujacic 8:16 0-1 0-0 0-1 -5 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
L. Walton 5:13 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0


The formatting didn't come out so well, but this is the box score from STATS. The X, Y, and Z factor last night was Gasol, the Celtics had absolutely no idea what to do with him. He is CLEARLY a different player than he was in 2008. Garnett can't bang him like he did 2 years ago and Gasol got to the line 5 times last night on top of his double-double. If the C's can't figure out how to play him, it's going to be a short series.

I thought the team defense by the Celtics was bad also, Bryant was able to slash into the paint too many times with the soft D by Garnett and Perk. Artest made the most 3's of any player last night with 3, and 'Sheed was the only Celtic to make a 3-pointer. What a joke. I don't know what to say, hopefully things turn around on Sunday and the C's forget about this one.