By Brendan Hall
Fan Fanatic Sports Staff
Once again, the Celtics are locked in a tight one with the Bulls today. Nice response by Paul Pierce, after Chicago went on a 16-2 run at the start of the second quarter, to re-taked a one-point lead headed into the break. A few quick observations:
-- Brad Miller has come alive these past two games. While he's no longer an elite All-Star center in this league, he still can provide plenty of quality minutes off the bench. What he's lost in quicks he's made up with defense. And, lest we've forgotten, the guy can still drain the three.
-- And on that note, the jury's still out on Vinny Del Negro's coaching ability, but I like his idea of going big with Miller at the five and Tyrus Thomas at the four. Without Garnett and Leon Powe, the Celtics' frontcourt still has some length but is going to get caught overpursuing and failing at help defense (see: Rose's backdoor slam). A Thomas-Miller combination can help take advantage of this.
-- Paul Pierce needs to take control of this half. Yeah, he had a good second quarter, but he needs to start creating open looks for himself going to the hole and ceaset the bad defensive rotations (and there were a few).
-- Point guard tale of the tape:
Rondo 3-8 fg, 4-5 ft, 6 reb, 1 stl, 6 ast, 0 TO, 1 fl, 10 pts
Rose 5-6 fg, 0-0 ft, 5 reb, 3 ast, 1 TO, 2 fls, 10 pts
Rose has yet to go to the line. I'll take that.
-- I know depth is thin right now, but just what is Brian Scalabrine doing on the court?
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It is awesome to watch Scal run back and forth like a chicken with his head cut off... Pierce holding the ball waiting for him to clear across court and Scal just cant decide to go or not so he cuts back and forth in the paint .. forcing Pierce to hit a fadeaway jumper as the shot clock runs down.. he is endlessly entertaining haha
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