Gm 74: Celtics at T'Wolves 4/1 8pm

[69centers]

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Date: Monday, April 1st, 2013
Time: 8PM
Location: Minnesota
TV: CSNHD

[kobe4thewinbang]

Looks like another loss. Without Pierce, the Celtics are rather slim.

[bagwell368]

Ho-hum.. either team want this one?

[Opalmerr]

This is painful to watch.

[Tumstock]

****ing useless officials..

[Opalmerr]

If Green has a hip pointer....

Is Randolph winning Wilcox's minutes?

Williams looks like he could earn a playoff roll.

Bradley shooting well as is Terry.

[69centers]

Why is Bass getting more shot attempts than Green??

[NYMetros]

at least bradley shot it a little better. would've been nice to win this one, milwaukee creeps closer and closer. not sure how jeff green plays 38 minutes and only has 10 points w/ 5 turnovers. frustrating performance from him. we can't give up 110 points to minnesota, way too much for that team to be scoring on us.

[Opalmerr]

Why is Bass getting more shot attempts than Green??

This ^^

He did spend a lot of time as "facilitator" tonight though and had a nice overall game. The 5 turnovers were a result of being asked to be a primary decision maker / facilitator. Don't like them and not making excuses for them. Just saying...

[Opalmerr]

Duplicate post.

[69centers]

at least bradley shot it a little better. would've been nice to win this one, milwaukee creeps closer and closer. not sure how jeff green plays 38 minutes and only has 10 points w/ 5 turnovers. frustrating performance from him. we can't give up 110 points to minnesota, way too much for that team to be scoring on us.

Simple, he didn't get enough shot attempts. I'm becoming more and more convinced that Green needs 15-20 shot attempts per game for us to have a chance in the playoffs. The more he shoots, the more other teams have to worry about him, leaving other guys open. Bradley, Bass, and TWill gettings shots is not going to scare opponents.

He was so passive tonight, nobody on the Wolves cared about him in the 2nd half. All the more reason he should have been taking more shots. This coaching staff has some kinks to work out on our offensive sets.

[bagwell368]

Crawford report - I saw almost all his minutes:

I saw him throw 4 high quality passes, and take 2 high quality shots. I saw him turn the ball over on a drive.

Worse i continued to see him do nothing 3 out of every 4 seconds he's on the court. His worst play is when he wasn't guarding his man, and another player switched off to follow Crawford's guy into the corner where he was fixing to take a 3. Instead of switching, Crawford followed his teammate. Crawford had enough time to slap a really good double on the guy, but he didn't commit, staying a step back. That player that Crawford could have switched too hit an easy J off of any easy pass by the man that could have been doubled.

I'm convinced Crawford has talent. I'm also convinced he lacks instinct and commitment on D, and is creative but error prone/erratic with the ball, and lazy/ inert without the ball. Unless he gets a heart and brain transplant, he's never going to start in the NBA unless it's for a very depleted team. He could be a spark plug player on O, but he's to learn how to work harder on O, and much harder and smarter on D.

[rufo4100]

What an awful game last night. Neither team seemed the slightest bit interested. Bring on the playoffs...I will take the 7 seed.

[CELTICS4LYFE]

Glad I decided to watch Avengers on Blu - ray rather than this game....

[Bird Fan]

Another shameful loss. I feel the Celtics are trying to stay away from Pacers in the first round. Looks to be a very smart move.

If the celtics win a first round series we should be happy. Who saw our year turning into to this.