Bobcats (24-43) at Celtics (20-47) 3/21

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Charlotte Bobcats (24-43) at Boston Celtics (20-47)
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 • 7:30 PM ET
Regular Season Game #68 • Road Game #33
League Pass 753, FSN
TD Banknorth Garden • Boston, MA


Probable Starting Matchups
Point Guard
vs
Rondo PPG 5.4 RPG 3.30 APG 3.5 EFF + 7.94
Felton PPG 14.2 RPG 3.50 APG 7.1 EFF + 14.53

Shooting Guard
vs
West PPG 11.8 RPG 2.90 APG 4.6 EFF + 12.63
Carroll PPG 12.0 RPG 2.90 APG 1.3 EFF + 10.97

Small Forward
vs
Pierce PPG 24.8 RPG 6.10 APG 4.1 EFF + 21.09
Wallace PPG 17.0 RPG 6.90 APG 2.5 EFF + 18.25

Power Forward
vs
Jefferson PPG 15.5 RPG 11.10 APG 1.2 EFF + 20.35
Voskuhl PPG 3.9 RPG 3.40 APG 0.5 EFF + 5.52

Center
vs
Perkins PPG 4.1 RPG 4.60 APG 1.1 EFF + 7.91
Brezec PPG 5.6 RPG 3.50 APG 0.5 EFF + 6.11



Bench
Green/Scalabrine/Powe/Telfair/Olowokandi

Injuries
Szczerbiak ankle out
Ratliff back out
Allen knee out
Gomes foot day to day

Bench
Hermann/Morrison/Anderson/McInnis/Harrington

Injuries
Okafor calf out
Knight groin out

Notes
This game could have important implications for the draft. They have 25 wins. We have 20 wins. If we beat them, they will have just 4 wins more than us for the second most pingpong balls in the draft. If they beat us, it would give them 6 wins more than us. This game could go a long way to determine whether we finish with the 2nd or 3rd worst record going into the draft. They helped us by beating Cleveland in overtime tonight and will probably come in tired tomorrow. If we beat them, it won't make it quite as close as if they had lost to the Cavs.

Keys to the Game
Defense We need to play team defense and get stops. Charlotte has a lot of offensive weapons and several players who can hit the 3 with accuracy. We need to defend the perimeter as well as shutting down the middle.
Energy We played flat against the Hornets and they beat us to every loose ball and just played like they wanted it more than us.
Rebound We have to crash the boards if we want to win the game.

LETS GO BOBCATS!!!!

Okay...so Im rooting for the Bobcats in this game, but can anyone blame me.

This is a must lose for the Celtics. If we lose, we will be 5.5 games behind the Bobcats, making it very hard for the Celtics to even try to pass them.

Good news!
Bobcats won last night!!

Go Bobcats Go... and end up wth Joachim Noah

Bad News...Emeka Okafor is still out with an injured calf.

MikeDead wrote:Bad News...Emeka Okafor is still out with an injured calf.

yeah he's murdering one of my fantasy teams.
a head to head league and I won blocks every week that he played now I'm getting creamed in that stat and struggle with rebounds too

Weve looked go far in this game...well actually we havent looked that good at all, Charlotte has just looked really bad.

Pierce goes out and the C's self-destruct. Good thing too cause this was a must lose game.