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I've got a lot to do today, so rather than sing everyone's praises individually, I'll just collectively sing the team's praises. La la la la praises. Great effort and performance on both ends in the first half, with a little bit of understandable letup in the second.
I touched on this last time, but for the second straight game, Leon Powe barely played. This time, he was reduced to bomb squad, playing only the last 8:45 despite the fact that Boston had a lead of 20 points or more throughout.
It's only been two games, so it remains to be seen whether this is a permanent thing or just one of Doc's quirky rotations. You'll remember that Leon was buried on the bench during a stretch of the playoffs last year, then responded with 21 points when he was finally rewarded with minutes in Game 2 of the Finals. But Powe looks irritated and out of rhythm out there, and it's understandable, given that he's losing minutes through what appears to be no fault of his own. If Kendrick Perkins doesn't get hurt against Cleveland, then Brian Scalabrine doesn't move into the starting lineup for five games and play well enough to earn regular minutes, and our frontcourt rotation still includes Powe.
We'll see how it plays out, I guess, but I just don't believe that Glen Davis is more effective than Powe.
Light week coming up, with games on Wednesday vs. Sacramento (whom we beat by 45 in December) and Friday at Detroit (on ESPN at 7 p.m. Eastern).
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