Phoenix was good. Boston wasn't.
[recap] [box score]
That's not really even accurate. Defensively, they were disorganized, but Boston's offense was fine, although the uncharacteristically poor three-point shooting (4-of-18) probably cost them the game. Even with that horrible showing from deep, the Celtics still shot better than 51 percent from the field. They also only committed 12 turnovers, a nice number for them.
But they couldn't stop Jason Richardson, and they couldn't stop Amar'e Stoudemire, and they couldn't stop Channing Frye when it mattered.
Even with all of that, Boston had a shot at this game. Rajon Rondo was alone under the basket with the score 104-100, but Stoudemire blocked his shot. Boston got a stop and Rasheed Wallace got a good look at a three, but it rimmed out. Steve Nash drained a three on the other end and that was that.
I've been ruminating on this one for a while now and I really can't think of anything to say. (I guess I'm a lot better when we win.) We didn't play good defense, they did a nice job on Pierce. We missed threes, they hit threes. We missed a bunch of free throws, they didn't. We lost, they won.
Oh well. Who knew Brian Scalabrine was so important?*
*Scalabrine didn't play because of back spasms. In a game last year against Phoenix, however, Scal held Stoudemire to three points while scoring four himself. Clearly, that was the problem on Friday.
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