Boston Celtics - Stepping Stone of the NBA

Kyrie Irving dropped 40pts in Cleveland's win against the Celtics. Is anyone keeping count of how many players are improving their records against the Celtics this season?

The 2006 Celtics used the be the big bully in the NBA,  the team everyone is scared of. They carried this momentum until the Perkins trade.

Now, its a reversal of the situation; teams look forward to beating up on the old Celtics. Young players look to establish themselves as superstars when playing the Celtics.

Why? Simply put there is no super star left on the roaster. That one player who can single handedly turn the game around offensively or defensively discouraging the opposing team.

We are getting used to highlights of players crossing over Paul Pierce or facializing Kevin Garnett. How many alley hoops did Andre Drummond dunk over the Celtics? Yet the Celtics had no answer.

While The Truth's shooting ability has gone cold, KG a power forward/center is now a jump shooter. So we are left with Rajon Rondo. He can get people wide open shots all day but what's the point if his team mates can't make shots? Is it fair to say Kyrie outplayed Rondo?

The pressure to win now lies on Rondo, an all round excellent player who makes his team better. With all this pressure, Rondo has a target on his back and point guards put him to the test every game. All the youngsters point guards put up their best performance against Rondo. The question is can a small point guard carry this team on his own?

C'mon, lets go Celtics!

Six Game Winning Streak Comes To An End

After an impressive 6 six game win streak,  Doc River's Boston Celtics symbolically lost to Austin River's New Orleans Hornets.

The Celtics were struggling through the start of the  2012/13 season until they started going back to good old habits of smothering teams with their defence. Jeff Green, Courtney Lee and Jared Sullinger were vital for each of these wins. With the increase in talent in the league, 5 starters are not enough to win a game. 

Boosted by the return of starter Avery Bradley the Celts kept teams under 40% field goal percentage. With scores like 94-75 against the Indiana Pacers, 89-81 vs Atlanta Hawks, 102-96 vs the New York Nicks, 87-79 with the Phoenix Suns and 100-89 vs Charlotte Bobcats, the Celtics re-established themselves for any doubters in the Eastern conference as a defensive team and playoff contender.

I wouldn't go as far as saying the team did a favour to the Coach and his son, but the timing was perfect for the team to relax ahead of some tough games next week. Paul Pierce had another miserable night making 5 of 15 shots. May "The Truth" get better.

LETS GO CELTICS !!!