I often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and
bloggers
are saying about the Celtics after playing the Celtics. Here's a dose
of 'enemy chatter' from Dallas.
Zombies or not, dead or undead, the Celtics are a better defensive team than the Mavericks. It showed last night and should there be a rematch in the Finals, it would be the glaring difference between the two teams. A difference that would put Boston over the top.
Only compounding the fact that Kidd was slow on defense was the final miss cue on offense that led to a turnover in the waning minutes of the game with the Mavericks desperately needing a score to try to even the game. Give both teams credit, they played amazing defense all night but when it really mattered Boston turned up the heat on the Mavericks and they couldn’t take it. Before the game got to this point, it would have been nice to see Beaubois come in and put some pressure on Rondo. Instead, Dallas let him drive and dish his way to a Boston victory.
You can fault Jason Kidd all you want, but prior to the closing minutes, I thought he was having a decent game. Calling for Beaubois is blatant hindsight analysis. The Mavs were also struggling offensively in the final minutes and needed their table-setter.
