Celtics (13-42) at Rockets (35-20) 2/26

[FLCeltsFan]

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Boston Celtics (13-42) at Houston Rockets (35-20)
Regular Season Game #56 Road Game #30
8:30 pm Eastern Time
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Toyota Center, Houston, Texas




Probable Starters

PG: #13 Delonte West PPG 11.3 | APG 4.5 | 3P% .378 in 30 MPG
SG: #34 Paul Pierce PPG 25.5 | RPG 6.5 | APG 4.1 in 37 MPG
C: #44 Brian Scalabrine PPG 4 | RPG 1.9 | BPG 0.3 in 18 MPG
PF: #7 Al Jefferson PPG 14.2 | RPG 10.9 | BPG 1.5 in 32 MPG
SF: #44 Leon Powe PPG 2.9 | RPG 2.8 | BPG 0.5 in 9 MPG

Off the Bench

Green/Perk/Rondo/Gomes

Injuries:
Szczerbiak, Allen, Ratliff

Player to Watch

This is Gerald's home town and expect him to be aggressive and try to put on a show for his family and friends who are there.

Notes:
It is hard to tell if Doc will use the same starting lineup as he did against the Jazz or switch it around. I would like to see him start Gomes in place of Scal and Rondo in place of West and bring West and Scal off the bench, but who knows what Doc will do. If there are changes I will try to update the thread.





Probable Starters

PG: #11 Rafer Alston PPG 13.8 | APG 5.4 | SPG 1.7 in 37 MPG
SG: #1 Tracy McGrady PPG 24.4 | RPG 5.3 | APG 6.1 in 36 MPG
C: #55 Dikembe Mutombo PPG 3.6 | RPG 7.3 | BPG 1.2 in 19 MPG
PF: #5 Juwan Howard PPG 10.3 | RPG 6 | BPG 0.1 in 27 MPG
SF: #31 Shane Battier PPG 10.6 | RPG 4.2 | APG 2.3 in 37 MPG

Off the Bench

Wells/Head/Hayes/Tsakalidis

Injuries
Yao Ming

Player to Watch

McGrady can be a very explosive scorer. I once watched him score 9 points in 13 seconds at the end of a game. Green has been often been compared to McGrady.

Notes.
The Rockets are on the second of back to back games. They have been playing very well though and it will be hard to get a win here.

to the Game:
We need to take care of the ball. We can't win turning the ball over 23 times.

We have to be aggressive. We have to go after loose balls, crash the boards, and take the ball to the basket.

Hit our shots. We have been shooting a very poor percentage for the most part lately and we have got to hit our shots if we want to win.

Get a new coach.
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[MikeDead]

Hopefully Powe will continue to get minutes as the season progresses. I don't think we have a shot in hell at winning this one, but TMac will be fun to watch.
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Boston Celtic's GM
08'-09' Season: 40-42, Eliminated In Second Round, Game 7

[FLCeltsFan]

Celtics catch a break. McGrady won't play tonight because of flu-like symptoms.
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[QuenteK25]

We'll take all the breaks we can get...no Tmac or Yao made it quite a bit easier for us.
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