Heat (40-34) at Celtics (23-51) 4/4

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Miami Heat (40-34) at Boston Celtics (23-51)
Friday, April 6, 2007 • 7:30 PM ET
Regular Season Game #75 • Home Game #38
NBALP DTV 753, FSN
TD Banknorth Garden • Boston, MA



Probable Starters

Rondo/West/Green/Gomes/Perkins

Off the Bench
Powe/Pinkney/Ray/Telfair

Player to Watch

Kevinn Pinkney had a very good outing for his first game in a Celtics uniform, especially without having practiced with the team other than a shoot around. He seemed to fit right in and there was chemistry with the other players already. It will be interesting to see how he does in his second game.




Probable Starters

Williams/Jones/Haslem/Posey/O'Neal

Off the Bench
Payton/Walker/Kapono/Mourning

Player to Watch

The reigning 3 point champion can put us away from beyond the arc. We aren't very good at defending beyond the arc (see Boykins, Earl - 32 points) and we will need to pay particular attention to Kapono.

Key Matchup
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Keys to the Game
Hit our shots Shooting under 40% is not going to win us many basketball games. We have to take the ball inside and get better percentage shots when the outside shot isn't falling.

Rebound We have to crash the boards to give ourselves second chance points and to limit Miami from getting them.

Defense We played no defense against Milwaukee. We need to get stops if we want to win the game. When we win games it is because we play good defense.

Miami is gonna pummel us

No Delonte for this one.

Very hard fought loss. Powe with his first double double.... the first of many, I am sure. I loved his steal and coast to coast dunk. I have to hand it to the kids tonight. They played hard and almost pulled it out.

LOL how about Rondo and his 10 rebounds!!
yup, they miss jefferson

ah well, hard fought losses are all we need right now.
healthy for next year is what we need al and Paul to be

Leon Powe with the double-double was great. I fell asleep in the 1st and didn't wake up until the very end of the game, but it's good to see that Leon is getting some late season minutes and proving he deserves them.