Hey guys! It's been 3 days now since I wrote my last post which was a preview of our second game of the season against the Bucks. Well, I have to say that I haven't had much time to write during the weekend due to working issues but today I'm back and I'm gonna do a quick recap of what has happened this weekend concerning the Celtics.
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Jennings (21p) was one of the Bucks threats (Yahoo) |
On friday, we faced the Bucks and the game wasn't good at all. We struggled on both offensive and defensive ends. The bucks, that weren't particularly dangerous, shot the ball with good percentages. They shot 46,5% from 2 and 44,4 from 3 and forced us to commit 18 turnovers. The only good thing was that Terry and Green started to attack a little bit more by scoring 10 and 11 with good percentages. Plus, Sullinger did a great job with 6 points and 7 rebounds. Still, it wasn't enough to win the game. Plus, it didn't help that our Big Three hit 15 shots from 37 (40%). After that disappointing loss, Rondo clarified that this wasn't the way to win games (Via Yahoo): ''It starts and ends with our defense,'' Rondo said. ''I'm the point guard. I'm the first line of defense and initiate the offense. I've got to be better.'' Those were his words after the Jennings show and he definitely thought he had to focus more on defense (like the whole team).
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Paul Pierce did a great job with 27p 7r & 3a (Yahoo) |
On the following day, after that tough loss against the Bucks, our guys were ready to face the Wizards on a back-to-back game in Washington. Apparently, the Wizards were going to be easier to beat because they were playing without their stars (Nene and Wall) due to injuries. But the game got more complicated that we expected. Imagine how close the game was that it was won thanks to a Pierce late three pointer. Offensively, we were quite off and we missed a lot of shots, but the good thing was that we controlled them defensively (Via Yahoo): ''Our defense put us in the situation to get where we were at,'' Celtics guard Rajon Rondo said. ''We didn't shoot the ball well tonight. We had a lot of easy shots we missed. We can't control that, but what we can control is our effort on the defensive end and we did that tonight.'' These words are the key guys, no matter how we do it offensively, defense always has to be there, because with defense we can win games. It's true that offense helps but you know, it's all about defense. About the next games, I think we don't have to worry because it's still early and our new guys are still adjusting their game (see Terry quote, Via Yahoo): ''We have a lot of new people, a lot of guys trying to get adjusted,''. We just have to wait for them to get to the level that we've been playing the previous seasons. I know it's going to be hard but we've got a very skilled players group with a big dream which is to try to get the 18th banner.
To finish this post I would like to remember an amazing circus shot that Rondo did in the game against the Wizards. What a classy move!
That's all for today, see you guys on wednesday for the preview of our next game against the Wizards again. Thanks for reading.
LET'S GO CELTICS
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Hola gente! Hoy ya hace 3 días desde la última entrada, concretamente la última previa del partido contra los Bucks. La verdad es que no he tenido mucho tiempo para estar por el blog ya que el trabajo me ha ocupado casi todo el fin de semana pero hoy ya estoy de vuelta para explicaros cómo ha ido el fin de semana en lo que respecta a los Celtics.
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Jennings (21p) fue una de las amenazas de los Bucks (Yahoo) |
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Paul Pierce fue la clave con 27p 7r y 3a (Yahoo) |
Para acabar con el post de hoy me gustaría recordar una de las jugadas del partido (y de la temporada) contra Wizards en la que Rondo hace un tiro acrobático impresionante. Qué clase!
Y es todo por hoy. Nos vemos con un nuevo post el miércoles con una previa del partido contra los Wizards de nuevo. Gracias por leerme!
LET'S GO CELTICS
Gran trabajo Eric! me encanta que añadas declaraciones de los jugadores en los post porque al fin y al cabo escuchamos muchos comentarios pero realmente lo que no interesa es que piensan los jugadores acerca del partido.
ResponderEliminarCon respecto a el juego que estamos demostrando hay que mejorar la defensa, el movimiento del balón que a veces nos atascamos un poco y no sabemos muy bien que queremos hacer y las pérdidas de balón pero todo esto se arregla con rodaje. 1 saludo crck! Go Celtics!
Muchas gracias por tu fiel comentario jeje. La verdad es que me gusta demostrar las cosas que digo con citaciones, es una forma de añadir credibilidad al blog.
ResponderEliminarPues sí, como tu dices todo es rodaje y adaptarse. Yo me conformo con que hagamos la defensa del año pasado que no dejábamos al otro equipo casi anotar y por supuesto no cometer tantas pérdidas.
Un abrazo!!
Estoy contigo lo principal es la defensa pero estoy seguro de que la mejoraremos, el año pasado también empezamos mal en defensa y luego acabamos muy bien.
EliminarConcretamente en la defensa yo cambiaría también un poco la forma en la que la estamos enfocando. Me explico. Estamos haciendo muchas ayudas y muchos 2 vs 1 y eso provoca muchos desajustes y nos deja siempre a un tío solo o debajo del aro o en el triple. Yo creo que tenemos una buena plantilla como para plantar cara en la defensa 1 v 1 sin hacer el 2. O si no zona y punto. Como lo veis?
está claro Rajon, yo creo que este aňo con los "young legs" que tenemos estamos perfectamente capacitados para defender 1 contra 1, simplemente toca ajustar. Yo personalmente no soy partidario de zonas, pero si se tiene q hacer todo sea por ganar. Si el aňo pasado nuestra defensa era buena con allen de titular, imaginaos con Lee... y espérate que vuelva Bradley que todo puede cambiar con el. Sólo nos queda esperar. Abrazo!
EliminarGrandísimo trabajo Eric. Ese desdoblamiento inglés/castellano difunde la palabra por duplicado, abre miras, nos hace más grandes, en definitiva.
ResponderEliminarEstoy con Rajon, las declaraciones dan un plus.
Sigue así crack.
Abrazo fuerte
Muchas gracias por tu apoyo Jose. Todo sea por escribir sobre nuestro equipo, todo un placer.
EliminarUn abraz crack!