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I hope the guys can stay calm and keep a good focus, and not get thrown off no matter what is happening. Play with passion. Play hard. Believe.
I also hope my man Rondo can gather his energies, put last night well behind him, and play at his best --- which is very impressive indeed and gives the team a real boost.
The Pistons are so cool and so tough and so united after all these years that this one is certainly the big challenge.
I believe the Celtics can win this if they're in peak form.

In hindsight, this game means absolutely nothing to both teams. But, both fans bases would love a win. This should be another contested game, can't wait.

Yeah I'm back after my suspension for "trolling". This game mean a great deal, because if you want to be considered the best you have to beat the best.

At least both teams are coming off a back2back plane-ride game.

UGA Hayes wrote:At least both teams are coming off a back2back plane-ride game.

Yeah. But we traveled all the way from Memphis, Detroit had like a 15 minute bus ride.

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Yeah. But we traveled all the way from Memphis, Detroit had like a 15 minute bus ride.

Celts were at home last night.

BigHands wrote:Celts were at home last night.

Oh, right. How could I forget something like that? Anyway, Detroit had a 15 minute bus ride.

We play D for 48 min....the Bench gives us something.....we play smart......C's win by 10.

Gonna tivo the game...watch the Steelers live (sweeties FAv fb team) will get the joy of C's victory hrs after the fact then return to share it with the board.

I'm surpised at what I am reading. The Celtics will get payback tonight with an old-fashion butt whipping and statement game!

It's my birthday today and all I want is sweet revenge on the Pistons! It is time for us to go into Detroit and prove that we are the best team in the league!

i want to win this game soooooo bad...

Pass277 wrote:It's my birthday today and all I want is sweet revenge on the Pistons! It is time for us to go into Detroit and prove that we are the best team in the league!

Happy Birthday Pass

This is going to be a tough one for us to win, I really dont think we have been playing wel enough the past few games to win this one unless we are on, Rondo's shot has been off, Ray has been off, Perk hasnt done a whole lot, we are coming in out of rythem, if they are on and we are off, we lose, if both are on, coin flip.

For the first time this season I am going to predict a loss, i dont want to, but we are on teh 2nd night of a back to back and we have looked sluggish on those all season. Detriot is at home, and they have something to prove to the leage still. This game does have meaning, if we lose it we lose a big edge in the tiebreaker if there is a tie in final records at the end of the season, we dont want to do that. Still i see detriot winning by 4, up by 1 with a minute left and adding 3 meaningless ft's

Kefa461 wrote:We play D for 48 min....the Bench gives us something.....we play smart......C's win by 10.

Gonna tivo the game...watch the Steelers live (sweeties FAv fb team) will get the joy of C's victory hrs after the fact then return to share it with the board.

steelers??? ewwwww that sucks for her, hope shes prepared to walk into a slaughterhouse next week.

and oh ya, Celts by 49

RUSSIAN LIGHTNING wrote:In hindsight, this game means absolutely nothing to both teams.

Home court advantage in the East is up for grabs. The big tiebreaker between Boston and Detroit for spot number 1.


I can use just one word to separate the teams, coaching.

Its going to be a throw down affair.

Boston by 1 on a Jesus 3pt buzzer beater

Detroit 97
Boston 82

Both teams play hard.

If Bench scores more than 5 points ( like last game, all House ) we will be in better shape.

Tony Allen is playing better, only played 4:33 last game. Maybe he can match up with Billups and Hamilton for awhile tonight.

Posey only played 3:39 last game. Hope to see him alot more tonight.

I'm no pats fan, but if the Giants and Pats played 100 times, this current NE team beats this eli manning led Giant team the majority of the time by a large margin, but like we all know, some games certain teams are just on and others aren't quite up to par.

Well, what do I say this? The only player I worry about on Detroit is Chauncey "I actively try to CREATE FOULS rather than good looks for myself" Billups, and in the first meeting with the pistons, Perkules and Big Baby played like functioning retards. Both were horrendous, but going further McDyess was making rain from 20ft (sure he's a good shooter, but he was absolutely on this night), detroit shot an uncharacteristic 45% from 3 (up from their usual 37), the c's shot 62% on 21 ft attempts, and hopefully doc realized Eddie House cannot handle full court pressure under any circumstance.

Sure Tayshaun brought nothing to the table, but I think this was more his offense/defense matchup with paul than anything.

If we get anything from our 5s, detroit shoots a more manageable clip from 3, the c's hit their fts, and the officials don't call such a mismatched game between chauncey/rondo (rest of the poorly officiated game on boths sides didn't bother me as it is the reoccurring theme of the decade) that rajon starts losing his mind and it is another celtics 10pt victory.

Detroit is a good team. The celtics are better.

I found this interesting post on the Pistons board:

bstein14 wrote:When the 28-3 Celtics meet the 26-7 Pistons, the teams will take the floor with a combined winning percentage of .844. There have been only two regular season games since the NBA adopted the shot clock for the 1954-55 season where the two teams, who have played at least a minimum of 30 games, have had better combined winning percentages than the Celtics and the Pistons will Saturday before tipoff:

Jan. 9, 1972: Los Angeles Lakers (39-3) at Milwaukee Bucks (35-8 )
Combined winning percentage: .871

Dec. 28, 1966: Boston Celtics (25-7) at Philadelphia 76ers (33-3)
Combined winning percentage: .853


Two. In the entire shot-clock era, dating all the way back to 1954.

As noted earlier, those Lakers, who had their record 33-game win streak snapped that night by the Bucks, and those Sixers went on to win titles. This is exclusive company, company the Celtics and the Pistons wouldn't mind keeping.

The NBA hasn't seen a regular season matchup of teams this accomplished in a decade, when the 34-4 Chicago Bulls -- who would (notice a theme?) go on to win the title -- met the 30-9 Rockets on Jan. 19, 1997.

Statistically the biggest regular season game in 36 years!

Yeah that gives you an idea of just how rare a matchup like this is in the NBA.

It really a shame its not on national TV... This would probably be one of the highest rated regular season games since the MJ Bulls.