Enemy Chatter: "They weren't going to punk me."

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 Milwaukee.

“It was a hard foul,” Jennings said after the game.  “They’re known for punking people, but they weren’t going to come in here and just punk me.”

As Davis stood up he went chest-to-chest with Jennings before both players were quickly separated.  The officials issued both players a technical foul, and Davis’ initial foul was ruled a standard personal foul, not a flagrant.

“We’re competing,” Jennings said.  “They’re a team that doesn’t take any mess, so we don’t either.  I said once that happened, I said ‘Oh yeah, it’s on now.’”

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Tale of the Tape: Jennings vs Davis

Because the Celtics are the trash-talk kings, it would be hypocritical to criticize Jennings for his antics. But I don't care - Jennings is a yet-to-accomplish-anything child.

And the latest is a Bucks win over the Celtics, chiefly the result of magnificent play by Bogut, and magnificent plays by Bogut. The center started the game as strongly as ever, picking up right where he left off in Boston about three months ago. But as the Bucks moved away from him, the Celtics moved into the lead. Not coincidentally, Boston won its only period in the second quarter when Bogut was scoreless.

The Bucks trailed entering the fourth quarter and didn't score during the final 2:41 of regulation, but they did enough in between to make it work. Namely, Bogut carried the team on both ends while the sickly Delfino hit his fifth three of the game, Salmons popped in five quick ones, Ilyasova was eternally right-place/right-time, Jennings scooped in a floater for the final points, and the defense, oh, the defense.

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Bogut is the anti-Jennings. A multi-talented professional. I love this guy's game.

After the jump, a Bucks blogger's opinion of Sheed and Rondo.

'Sheed. Not sure how he avoided a technical, but on offense, defense, during timeouts, in between quarters, possibly via telephone before and after the game, Rasheed Wallace barked at the refs. 'Sheed's natural reaction to sinking a wide-open three? Like anything else: Rather impolitely berate the official all the way down the court, of course. In the league since 1995, and this act hasn't expired?

Rondo's free throws. Rajon Rondo entered the night shooting 60.6 % from the free throw line this year, 62.8 % for his career, and 83.3 % for his career against Milwaukee. Law of percentages, that has to go down, right. So of course, Rajon just kills the Bucks, making 8-9 at the line. Nifty player though.

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