82 Sixers, 75 Celtics

So I went to bed after my drunken stupor thinking I would wake up and let time heal and be less pissed, but no. Last night really pissed me the fuck off, real bad. I feel personally insulted with that dog shit effort they played last night and the deserve all the criticism in the world.

1st off, Rajon, what the fuck bro. I spend all day pumping your tires here as the best pg in the league, an yesterday deadspin came out with an article your one of the best shooters in the league at mid range jumpers, and you sleep walk through game 6. What the fuck man, that was a perfect game for you to have taken over and acted as if you had a 105 flu. 9 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists is not an acceptable stat line. I understand people can have bad games but fuck dude, you looked shitty on offense, your defense on Jrue Holliday was awful and played the worse game I have ever seen you play..... now that I got that out of the way, I can move on and let the healing begin.

RAY ALLEN! Speaking of awful, he has been such a liability on both sides of the ball, I would honestly play Keyon Dooling and Marquis Daniels over him. I don't care about his ankles being hurt, he is letting Lou Williams, Holliday, Iguodala score at will on him. On offense he's not a threat anymore, and don't give me the "spacing" excuse. He's played awful Doc needs to give him the 2nd hardest slap (1st goes to Rondo).

Kevin Garnett, c'mon dude, you have pretty numbers in 20-10 but all those points came when we were down 10. You call Philly fair weathered and then you didn't back it up. I expect more from you. You could see the team struggling, I wanted you to go all Jackie Moon on hte Sixers and pull a "everybody hit someone" moment. The leadership wasn't there at all. Needs to get slapped 3rd.

The clusterfuck of Mickael Pietrus and Brandon Bass where were you guys last night. Bass puts up 27 and then 8? Doug Collins is a great coach, but his trap defense really shouldn't muffle you that much. Pietrus couldn't the broad side of a barn with his shot, he has been a complete disappointment this whole playoffs. I expected more from you than just a defensive guy. Instead of sitting on the 3 point line the whole game, why don't you do what Avery Bradley does and run the baseline and get some easy fucking points. fuck. Slapped 4th and 5th, then gets the backhand back for 6th and 7th. Also, with Avery Bradley out for the playoffs both you 2 assholes need to step up big time.

The only 2 people who deserve credit in this game is Paul Pierce and Ryan Hollins, both of them showed they gave a damn when they were out there. Pierce was getting everything he wanted, got to the line, hit his free throws and Ryan Hollins hustled.

The Celtics looked flat and shitty times infinity.

However, Game 7 is in Boston and hopefully Doc Rivers slaps them enough to realize the ramifications of losing a game in which the Sixers tried handing us with 11 fucking missed free throws means.

Gay.

101 Celtics, 85 Sixers

What a game, and not to toot my own horn I was only 3 points off my predicted score.

If you had to give 3 stars to this game for the Celtics it would go:
1. Rajon Rondo
2. Brandon Bass
3. Greg Stiemsma

Before BMack jumps down my throat for not having Bass let me explain why Rondo is the star of last game. Most of Bass' points were very easy and very manageable from Rajon Rondo's penetration and vision. Rajon was the reason the Celtics took off in the 3rd quarter and imposed his will. Rajon finished with 13 points and 14 assists and 2 steals.

Now onto Bass. He was a monster in this game and especially in the 3rd quarter. He finished with 27 points total but he had 18 in the 3rd. He outscored the Sixers in the 3rd. He had 5 dunks and hit that free throw jumper countless times. His aggressiveness on the offensive end was incredible.

The reason Greg Stiemsma is on here is because he and Rondo were the reason the game was within reach and only down 3 at halftime. It seemed like the Sixers were up 25, but Stiemsma did an incredible job keeping them in the game. He finished the game with 10 points on 5-5 shooting and 3 blocks.

This game was exactly the opposite of what the Celtics did in game 4. They started slow and finished and strong. It was a great win, and a must win. As much as Ray Allen has struggled offensively, you have to admire his job defensively. I think he did a great job and the fact his ankles are killing him and he's going all grit and balls is something to nod your cap too.

KG fought off a slow start to have a 20 point game.

Either way, a great win and so hopefully they close it in Philly. Especially since KG called all their fans Fairweather.

Also, I am pretty sick of Lavoy Allen, even though he had a -15 on the night, he always seems to be productive.

Bass Likely To Turn Down Player Option

"Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe had this: "Bass has a player option at $4 million for next season. That certainly be a major issue for the Celtics this summer, as Bass could become an unrestricted free agent and cash in on his newfound success."

DP and I have talked about this a bunch and it is almost certain he will turn down that player option. You can't blame him, he has shown all season he is worth more than $4 million. My hope is that he is able to comeback. He is still just 26 year old, and is having a career while playing along side Rondo. Maybe this will kind of be like Welker and he'll know that he shouldn't stray too far away from someone who makes him a better player. It is not hard to see how much better of a player he is now.

Career stats: 8.4 ppg, 4.4 rebs
With Celtics: 12.6, 6.20 rebs

Sure you can chalk some of this up to the fact he is getting more minutes, but I have really been impressed with this kid. He deserves at least a 3 year deal, and if the Celtics can get him for $6-7 million a year I think it's a good deal. Maybe that is a little low, but I also think Bass wants to stay here...

Bass also said he "wants to be here a long time playing alongside (Rajon) Rondo," according to Washburn.

My guess is that Garnett comes back on a 2 year $20 million deal, and Bass also is back. I also think Peitrus will be back, the one I am not sure about is Ray Allen. I am not sure if this move to the bench pissed him off, and if he would rather go start somewhere else. The other side of that is he is very settled here with his family. I would love to see all of them come back, and then add the young kids (Bradley, 2 first round picks, ect) around them. Kind of like what the Spurs do.