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Asked about the boos from the home crowd Wednesday night, Perkins said he was surprised they started so early, in the first quarter, but that it didn’t bother him. “Not really. I think we deserved to get booed last night,” he said. “We didn’t give our best performance last night. We’ve got to do a better job.”
Rivers said his team earned the boos that rained down upon them from the TD Garden crowd. “Yeah, that was pretty good, and we deserved it,” he said. “Listen, I’m not a fan of booing anything. … But that was frustrating for the fans as well. I always think you support your team good or bad, but last night was so bad — and it’s rare where I’d say this — I had no problem with it at all.”
I keep saying, that Memphis game was worse to me than the Nets loss. You can dismiss a loss to a team like the Nets as a "they didn't care, and it bit them in the ass." The Memphis game is a game that should have been tighter. It should have been a game.
So now what? Who knows. Aside from a couple of guys, this is all seemingly mental. Are the Celtics too cocky for their own good? Are they delusional? Who knows. We're out of answers.
Coming up, Page 2... where the Celtics are just like the Patriots
"right now, they're getting a lot of stops but they're not getting any of the stops that they need to get in some of these games...
"this team defensively, what they've looked like to me... the analogy that I keep drawing in my own mind is the football team that plays pretty good defense but can't get off the field on third down... that keeps allowing third and six conversions... third and four conversions."
That's the absolute perfect analogy from Scott Souza on last night's edition of The 2 Man Game. How many times have you watched the Patriots this past season where they made two great defensive plays on first and second down... then on 3rd and 6 they give up a 10 yard pass?
The Celtics are doing a lot defensively in stretches, but then they're not stepping up when it counts. They're not getting those run-stopping stops that will prevent the collapses that have plagued them.
Download last night's show and listen to Scott Souza. It was about 25 minutes worth of great stuff.
And after the interview, we gave you instructions on how to win loge tickets to Monday's game. THIS IS NOT THE CONTEST. DO NOT PUT THE PHRASE IN THIS POST. Just listen to the show to find out how to win. You'll know when we ask for the phrase. These are great seats.
The rest of the links:
Herald: Celtics must step up | Pacers at Celtics scouting report | ESPN Boston: May: Celtics simply can't keep up | Rivers may have to change ways | CSNNE: The Truth hurts | MWDN: Celtics still slumping in second half | Celtics Blog: Can you spare some change? | Lex: Paul Pierce is a moron | Celtics Hub: Nate's slow start | Doc talks about making changes, what could he be referring to? | LOSCY: Celt-loft, the perfect cure | CSL: Gang Green 3-20 | Celtics fans, come to grief
