Gm 33: Celtics (15-17) at Hawks (20-11) 1/5 - 7pm

[69centers]

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Date: Saturday, January 5th, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
TV: CSNNE

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS:



Rajon Rondo - Avery Bradley - Paul Pierce - Brandon Bass - Kevin Garnett






Jeff Teague - Louis Williams - Kyle Korver - Josh Smith - Al Horford


Key Matchup



GARNETT v. HORFORD

[69centers]

This would be a huge win if we could keep the momentum going from last night.

The Hawks also played last night and lost in Detroit, so they won't be happy about that.

[leprechaun5]

lets show some consistency .

[Sportfan]

Haven't seen the hawks all year. Really want to see how they managed to take the 3 seed so far in the east.

[Opalmerr]

lets show some consistency .

^^^ This.

If they continue to focus on defense, individual and collective, the wins will take care of themselves. Just want to see them build what they did right last night.

[Sportfan]

Please do not play Collins. Horford/Smith is a tough frontcourt to face, someone needs to step up next to KG

The wings need a big game. Lou WIll/Korver is an easy offensive matchup. Green should be able to go off on Korver.

[Polish Post]

So if Bradley is gonna guard Teague because Rondo forgot how to defend the ball, does that mean Williams is gonna hit like 20 3's tonight? If Pierce is lazy at all tonight closing out on defense Korver will knock down shots. Horford and Smith are gonna eat us alive on the boards. All signs point to us getting blown the hell out, so I bet we'll win by 4. That kind of season.

[NYMetros]

Celtics win 93-85.

[xk4]

Team looks tired. Probly a loss : /

[leprechaun5]

what the hell is rondo doing , terrible on offense , awful on defense .

[xk4]

what the hell is rondo doing , terrible on offense , awful on defense .

I did hear they got in at 4AM. But yeah he can barely hold onto the ball tonight

[Sportfan]

So if Bradley is gonna guard Teague because Rondo forgot how to defend the ball, does that mean Williams is gonna hit like 20 3's tonight? If Pierce is lazy at all tonight closing out on defense Korver will knock down shots. Horford and Smith are gonna eat us alive on the boards. All signs point to us getting blown the hell out, so I bet we'll win by 4. That kind of season.

looks like you called it

[leprechaun5]

to many awful moments in this first half , idk where to start .

[Opalmerr]

When I spoke of consistency, I meant Doc too. Beautiful rotations last night. Not so much tonight. Difficult for players to be consistent when the coach is not.

[NYMetros]

Limiting Avery's minutes because we "have" to get Terry in there =