Raptors (38-31) at Celtics (20-49) 3/26

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Toronto Raptors (38-31) at Boston Celtics (20-49)
Monday, March 26, 2007 • 7:30 PM ET
Regular Season Game #70 • Home Game #35
TD Banknorth Garden • Boston, MA


Probable Starting Matchups
Point Guard
vs
Rajon Rondo PPG 5.3 | APG 3.5 | SPG 1.49
TJ Ford PPG 14.2 | APG 8 | SPG 1.4

Shooting Guard
vs
Delonte West PPG 11.7 | APG 4.5 | 3P% .373
Juan Dixon PPG 9.4 | APG 1.6 | 3P% .364

Small Forward
vs
Paul Pierce PPG 24.8 | RPG 5.9 | APG 4
Jorge Garbajosa PPG 8.5 | RPG 4.9 | BPG 0.2

Power Forward
vs
Al Jefferson PPG 15.4 | RPG 11 | BPG 1.5
Chris Bosh PPG 22.7 | RPG 10.4 | BPG 1.4

Center
vs
Kendrick Perkins PPG 4.2 | RPG 4.7 | BPG 1.3
Rasho Nesterovic PPG 6 | RPG 4.5 | BPG 1.1



Bench
Green/Powe/Gomes/Telfair/Ray/Kandi

Bench
Peterson/Graham/Calderon/Martin/Humphries/Sow/Slokar

Key Matchup Up
vs
TJ Ford is a very quick point guard who should match up very well with Rondo.

Keys to the Game
Defense The Celtics Achilles heel is their defense. We have to get stops. The Raptors will beat us with 3's if we don't defend the perimeter.

Rebound We need to be aggressive on the boards. When we get beat on the boards, more often than not we get beat in the game.

Be Aggressive We have to aggressively take the ball to the basket and not settle for outside shots. We have to be aggressive on defense. We have to be aggressive going after loose balls and rebounds. The team who wants it the most will win it.

I hope this game is on tv here in Canada.
will be interesting to see Bosh vs Jefferson.
Bosh is my favorite young PF right now. Dude does it all and is cluuuuuuuuutch.

since the C's are not playing for anything I'd like to see a Raps win, as I'll be rooting for them in the playoffs

Raptors are no longer a joke. This could be a tough game. Gerald always seems to play them well.

Funny how having the right GM can turn your team around in one summer....

^ Yea, and a #1 pick. Chris Bosh has become a total beast.

I thought the Raptor's sucked?

MrsDead wrote:I thought the Raptor's sucked?

umm not exactly

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/standings;_ ... ARj2.8vLYF

^ Forgive her, she doesnt follow much NBA ball unless its the Celtics. The Raptors have an amazing core of players, and are really looking good for the long term.

a bit of it is smoke and mirrors too.
the Raptors are -3 on rebounds and only score about 1.5 more ppg than the opposition.
but they have experienced players who make the right moves when it counts and a very clutch super-star on Chris Bosh.

The Raptor's roster is loaded with international players too.

Yow, did the Raptors ever look bad out there.
Chris Bosh had a horrible game.
I hadn't seen a C's game in over a month, it was good to see the improvements Rondo has made in that time. He's the starter next year for sure. (hope he works on that J in the summer)
The C's worked the ball well and Rondo, West and Jefferson looked really good.
Paul had his moments of looking great and looking kinda out of it launching poor shots.

Garbajosa's injury was nasty! that scream
I hope he's gonna be all right career wise

Perkins... I'm losing hope that Perkins is anything more than a career back up. He just doesn't seem to get it.
I know he's injured and all but he plays like this every year.

Telfair looked ok, especially on the defensive end where he was aggressive.

Powe = Gomes IMO and one is good to have on the team, but two undersized PF's is not a good thing.

I think those Jumpers are gonna drop more often for Gerald and he may find his way into the starting line up at the 2 posistion.
Imagine Having Allen and West coming off the bench for the team

Yea Garbajosa's injury was really bad. The Raptors pretty much gave the C's this one, we didnt play all that well, but good enough to beat a mediocre Raptor's team. Chris Bosh was nearly invisible in this game.

I read a post somewhere that Bosh is playing injured.
That could explain his mediocre play.
If I remember correctly he twisted his ankle late in the mav's game

Yea I also heard that Bosh wasnt 100%

I think for kicks and giggles, the Celtic players should pick a player and decide to feed him the ball the whole game to go for 50.
my vote goes to Delonte or Gerald.
what the hell, they're just playing out the string, let one of the players have a shot at a rare feat.

I'd love to see Gerald be fed mercilessly. Would be a nice feather in his confidence cap moving forward to next year.