Celtics @ Blazers Game Thread 1/27/11

[B-Roy]

Rudy is making really nice passes.

 

[Klinky]

Welcome, Klinky.

Thanks.


Good hustle by the Blazers to stick with & take the lead...

 

[julius]

Hey Mike Fratello, I'm not sure that being out of bounce, near the bench, is really "around the basket".

 

[KingSpeed]

We have 18 points in the paint and no foul shots.

Boston has 8 points in the paint and 7 foul shots.

Go figure.

Makes sense. They aren't guarding us in the paint so we are scoring unimpeded. They aren't scoring in the paint because we are fouling them.

 

[Klinky]

Patty is too fast!

 

[KingSpeed]

All easy baskets. This is great.

 

[julius]

can the NBA just agree to get rid of traveling, since they never call it?

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Daunte being physical and outhustling Boston

 

[Patriot]

You guys are going down.

 

[MickZagger]

Fratello can't get off the Celtics nuts.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I love when Nic is leading the fast break. It will get smoother, but even now he is effective.

How about that steal, lead the break and dunk on Garnett.

HCP, cue it up again.

 

[B-Roy]

Fratello can't get off the Celtics nuts.

He sucks whoever Stern wants him to. He's really a tool.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

You guys are going down.

Either way . . . we are going bang with you guys all night. The big three are going to be sore tonight. And it will hurt that much more because they lost.

 

[julius]

You guys are going down.

hey, watch what you say to a fanbase who has had players go down with injuries.

 

[mrkorb]

Boston's earned it. Two Finals appearances in last three years. One championship. 34-10 record.

Would you complain if all that was true of the Blazers and Fratello was praising us?

It doesn't matter to me what Boston has done or how well they're playing. I view announcers on a national broadcast to be essentially neutral to the two teams playing on the court. I would expect some degree of fairness on their part to comment on both teams, based on the game they are presently watching, but instead we're just getting piles and piles of manlove for the Celtics and their players, while the Blazers are getting pushed to the side. You hear them giving actual play-by-play calling when Boston has the ball, but once the Blazers have possession, Fratello just blathers on for 24 seconds about what Boston did a moment ago. You'd think that with the Blazers being the 4th most watched team in the league (source), the national broadcasters would be a little more friendly to the viewing audience.

 

[B-Roy]

OH CMON LA

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Three misses . . . ahhh

 

[Klinky]

Triple-failure on those layup/dunk/ attempts... Got to love the hustle though. Boston looking a little... olde~

 

[KingSpeed]

Man, we are hustling.

 

[B-Roy]

Batum looks hurt.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Nic limps to the locker room. Nooooooooo

 

[julius]

It doesn't matter to me what Boston has done or how well they're playing. I view announcers on a national broadcast to be essentially neutral to the two teams playing on the court. I would expect some degree of fairness on their part to comment on both teams, based on the game they are presently watching, but instead we're just getting piles and piles of manlove for the Celtics and their players, while the Blazers are getting pushed to the side. You hear them giving actual play-by-play calling when Boston has the ball, but once the Blazers have possession, Fratello just blathers on for 24 seconds about what Boston did a moment ago. You'd think that with the Blazers being the 4th most watched team in the league (source), the national broadcasters would be a little more friendly to the viewing audience.

I think that means that Portland has the 4th best ratings in their own markets, not that they're the 4th most watched team. As I understood the link, I mean.

 

[B-Roy]

HOW DO YOU BRICK A 10 FT JUMPER THAT BAD.

 

[PapaG]

I think that means that Portland has the 4th best ratings in their own markets, not that they're the 4th most watched team. As I understood the link, I mean.

Yep.

They would be far and away #1 if everybody could see the games.

 

[PapaG]

HOW DO YOU BRICK A 10 FT JUMPER THAT BAD.

He's such a terrible shooter. Guys at Bally's rarely miss that shot with no one on them, let along just graze the rim.

 

[julius]

Strange, once Bostons starters came back in, they got the lead back.

 

[PapaG]

Any chance of Mills coming back in the game with Miller at the same time?

 

[B-Roy]

How many balls have we just lost out of bounds.

 

[Darkwebs]

We keep fumbling the ball

 

[Klinky]

Miller is coming off a little funky... Maybe he really doesn't have the will to win after all .