Game MVP's

[pete's montreux]

I think this might be a cool way to have more interaction in the Boston Celtics forum. We can vote for the game MVP after every game and then see who the best player was after the season. I'll log each game date with the link to the boxscore as well.

Rajon Rondo [5]
Ray Allen [3]
Paul Pierce [3]
Greg Stiemsma [1]
Jermaine O'Neal [1]


Game logs:

Rondo Link (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201112250NYK.html) 12/25 @ New York
Ray Link (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201112270MIA.html) 12/27 @ Miami
Greg Stiemsma Link (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201112280NOH.html) 12/28 @ New Orleans
Jermaine O'Neal Link (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201112300BOS.html) 12/30 vs Detroit
Rondo Link (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201201010WAS.html) 01/01 @ Washington
Ray Link (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201201020BOS.html) 01/02 vs Washington
Pierce Link (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201201040BOS.html) 01/04 vs New Jersey
Ray Link (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201201060BOS.html) 01/06 vs Indiana
Rondo Link (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201201110BOS.html) 01/11 vs Dallas
Rondo Link (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201201130BOS.html) 01/13 vs Chicago
Pierce Link (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201201140IND.html) 01/14 @ Indiana
Pierce Link (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201201160BOS.html) 01/16 vs Oklahoma City
Rondo Link (http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201201180BOS.html) 01/18 vs Toronto

[JohnnySic]

Yup, good idea. And agreed that its Rondo for game 1.

[ballup]

If it's not too much work, could you also label the opposing team for each game?

[pete's montreux]

^ No problem

[AMISTILLILL]

Rondo, certainly.

[pete's montreux]

Tough loss in Miami tonight, we had a breakdown in execution down the stretch.

I think the candidates tonight obviously are Rondo and Ray. Ray was on fire all game, hitting 6 of his 8 three's. He had a key offensive rebound in the 4th and two key assists down the stretch. Rondo was the only player on the floor that seemed to play all 48 minutes. He was our only offense for the first 1.5 quarters and ran the offense exceptionally well until the 4th where he seemed to disappear both offensively and defensively. He was the only player driving it to the hole as well. He had three very bad turnovers in the fourth quarter, two which led to points for Miami.

I'd say It's closer than people think but Ray made the plays when they mattered. My vote is for Ray.

[JGXEN]

Rondo. He played very well in the first half when he attacked the basket mercilessly, but in the 4th he kinda shrunk and made a few key turnovers. Nonetheless he played the best among the Celtics however it is much closer than it seems as Dooling, Allen deserves a shout out too

[Kevin_Garnett_5]

Tough loss, but at least we know we can hang with some of the best teams even without Pierce.


I give my vote to Rondo, he's played at a superstar level for 2 straight games. Hopefully he keeps this up.

[pete's montreux]

I'll let this go for a while obviously, not many people come to this forum.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Rondo is running away with it, but a win would be nice.

[Mach_3]

Game 1 - Do i even need to say? Rondo of course

and for game 2 well this one is tough between Ray and Rondo and Dooling deserves a shoutout, he hit a whole mess of momentum changing shots tonight. aaah Can i split between Ray and Rondo? If not then i'll have to take...damn this is tough lol. I'll go with Ray tonight, even though Wade was eating his food for most of the first half

[ballup]

Game 1 - Rondo

Game 2 - Watched parts of the game, but didn't look at it too closely. I felt that Allen brought some momentum back for the Celtics, but Rondo has a better overall statline. I think Rondo made a little too many mistakes, especially that pass to Dooling that easily got picked off, so my vote goes for Ray.

[pete's montreux]

3 for Rondo, 3 for Ray

[Smoke117]

My vote goes to Ray. Rondo and Ray both had nice games but Rondo had too many turnovers and I can't get passed that idiotic pass to Dooling when the game was in a winnable position.

[ballerz]

My vote goes to ray for game 2. Rondo's turnovers were killer

[JohnnySic]

I say Ray too - vintage shooting performance. Rondo was great overall but also erratic at times.

[Shade8780]

vs. Knicks - Rondo obviously

vs. Heat - It's a really tough decision between Rondo and Ray but.... gotta go with Rondo. 22 points, 11 assists, 8 rebounds. Dammit I love that man, pause. Keyon Dooling played spectacular as well. Hit some clutch threes and put the lead to three points, walking out with 18.

[pete's montreux]

Well that's 6 for Ray and 4 for Rondo. I'll let this go on for a little while longer since It's close.

[Killbot]

Rondo for Knicks because what's not to like?
Allen for Miami. Rondo made some stupid mistakes that really cost the Celtics the game.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Rondo x 2.

[pete's montreux]

Ray edging out Rondo 7-5

[CelticBaller]

paul pierce......lol jk rondo game 2 and 1

[PP34Deuce]

I honestly can come to terms that we will be a 6th seed. With PP we can beat New York...Who i think we will be facing in the 1st round again, but once again either Chicago or MIA will beat us in 5-6 games.

We need a Nick Young/Crawford type SG or a David West/Boozer type post player...KG is done.


My MVP is Rondo for the most part with Paul Pierce as unsung hero

[Kevin_Garnett_5]

I'll go with Stiemsma, but I don't know if it's possible to name an MVP after that performance.

[pete's montreux]

I wish I could vote but my TV went out for the entire 4th quarter.

[Shade8780]

I wish I could vote but my TV went out for the entire 4th quarter.
You didn't miss much.

Anyway, that match was an embarrassment for us. Nobody really deserves the MVP of the game but if I had to decide, it'd be Greg Stiemsma. 6 blocks ain't bad. Can't wait for PP to come back though. Hopefully the C's will come back strong against Detroit.

[JohnnySic]

Stiemsma. Did more than I expected, and no one else did much...

[Lebowski]

A little late for the party but:

Game 1: Rondo

Game 2: Ray Ray

I'm watching against NO now...:facepalm I think we will see more of this during this looooong shortened season. Greg is looking to get it now for game 3, those are some nice blocks actually so far, I really like the one on Kaman.

[pete's montreux]

Well if what I'm hearing and seeing is correct, looks like not much changed in the 4th quarter. In that case I'm going with Stiemsma as well. He was literally the only player exerting energy on defense.

[Killbot]

Stiemsma for me as well. 6 blocked shots in 20 minutes by a rookie in his 1st game? That's fcking excellent.

[Bernie Nips]

Stiemsma.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Steimsma. Classic "best of a bad bunch" though.

[pete's montreux]

Stiemsma wins it. I'm sick of writing his shitty last name, can we come up with a nick-name please?

[Marquis Daniels]

Game 1: Rondo
Game 2: Ray Ray
Game 3: Stiemsma

[Killbot]

Stiemsma wins it. I'm sick of writing his shitty last name, can we come up with a nick-name please?

The Miasma!

[ProfessorMurder]

Stiemsma wins it. I'm sick of writing his shitty last name, can we come up with a nick-name please?

Stiem-roller

[ProfessorMurder]

Got to give tonight's to JO.

[pete's montreux]

Stiem-roller

Winrar!

Stiem-roller, why didn't I think of that? Damn, I went with the Locomotive. :facepalm

[pete's montreux]

For tonight I'm rolling with Bass. Consistent throughout the whole game, hit his open shots and took it to the basket.

[JohnnySic]

I missed tonight's game but based on the boxscore I'll go with JO...

[Killbot]

Ehh....I was thinking Pierce at first for establishing the lead and giving the Celtics energy, but that was expected of him.

JO's or Bass' performance were more impressive. Oy, it's pretty tough. Bass' 17 points off the bench with some good defense or JO's 19/7 that brought momentum in carrying out the big lead. I'd hate to delay what Bass' value means to the Celtics team, but I think JO had a slight more impact.

[Shade8780]

JO's or Bass' performance were more impressive. Oy, it's pretty tough. Bass' 17 points off the bench with some good defense or JO's 19/7 that brought momentum in carrying out the big lead. I'd hate to delay what Bass' value means to the Celtics team, but I think JO had a slight more impact.
^^

[pete's montreux]

Need some more votes!

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Bass, but only because JO was shit first 3 games.

[TheFastOne]

Bass it is.

[pete's montreux]

4 for JO, 3 for Bass

Will let this go until tonight's game.

[Kevin_Garnett_5]

JO for the Pistons game.

[JohnnySic]

Rondo for tonight's game. What a player.

[Killbot]

Rondo gets this one easily.

[ProfessorMurder]

#1 Rondo.

Vintage KG tonight too.

:applause:

[ballup]

It's obvious that it's Rondo.

[pete's montreux]

Well JO wins it for Friday's game. I'm also voting for Rondo.

[Kevin_Garnett_5]

Yeah, Rondo for sure. If he didn't take nights off against NOH and Detroit he'd be an MVP candidate right now.

[CelticBaller]

Well JO wins it for Friday's game. I'm also voting for Rondo.
this

[Bernie Nips]

JO for Pistons, Rondo for Wizards.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Rondo for last night.

[pete's montreux]

Well Rondo ran away with this one. I thought KG might have got some votes.

[JohnnySic]

Its either Allen or Pierce for tonight's game. I'll go with Allen.....lights out from 3.

[ProfessorMurder]

Ray Allen.

[Killbot]

Ray Allen. That 3 by Ray gave the Celtics momentum.

[pete's montreux]

Same for me. Ray was lights out in the 4th when Washington was making a run.

[ballup]

My vote is for Ray. He would give the Celtics the lead or put the Wizards just a little more out of reach of tying the score.

[Kevin_Garnett_5]

Ray.

[Marquis Daniels]

Ray Allen. Phenomenal clutch shooting kept us the lead.

[pete's montreux]

No need to keep the vote going, Ray ran away with this one.

[Killbot]

This one is between Pierce and Bass.

I think it's about time Bass takes this one. He was very effective with a double-double in 25 minutes coming off the bench.

[JohnnySic]

I also go with Bass.

[pete's montreux]

I'm gonna have to go with Pierce myself. He's the reason why we pulled away in the third quarter.

[ProfessorMurder]

Pierce definitely won the game, so I've got to go with him... But I almost went with Bass.

[Kevin_Garnett_5]

Pierce.

[Shade8780]

Paul Pierce or Bass. Hmmmmm...that's tough. Imma go with Pierce.

[ballerz]

Pierce

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Bass, although Pierce would be a close 2nd.

[Marquis Daniels]

Bass, albeit having a double-double, did not really have a game-changing momentum shot. Pierce on the other hand, lead the way in the 3rd with 11(?) points with a couple 3 point shots.


Pierce was the game MVP for me. :cheers:

[pete's montreux]

5 for Pierce, 3 for Bass. I'll let this go another couple votes.

[JohnnySic]

Its actually 6-3 Pierce.

[pete's montreux]

Oh I didn't count Marquis' post, my bad.

[Lebowski]

A little late, but game 6 Ray Ray and game 7 I was thinking Paul but i'll go with Bass!

[JohnnySic]

Ray Allen I guess....

[Killbot]

Ray. He was the only one who was hot.

[pete's montreux]

Pierce wins the last vote and I'll vote Ray by default for this one. An ugly game all around for everyone. 2nd time this season. :facepalm

[Real Men Wear Green]

MVP last night was Allen. LVP last night was anyone responsible for rebounding.

[Shade8780]

Ray Allen

[Lebowski]

What a crock of shit that was! I vote Tommy.

[ballup]

Rondo gets my vote for tonight's game.

[pete's montreux]

Obviously Rondo.

[Killbot]

Obviously Rondo.

Yup. You might as well put Rondo as MVP. No need to collect votes.

[JohnnySic]

Rondo.

[Real Men Wear Green]

I'd have given my vote to Delonte, but I'm biased.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

No one :rant

Nah, Rondo.

[Killbot]

Rondo.

He did everything yet again. Going to be like that for a lot of games.

[JohnnySic]

Rondo.

[Shade8780]

vs. Mavericks - Rondo

vs. Bulls - Rondo

Oh and let me guess..

vs. Pacers and Thunder - Rondo

Big 3 really need to step up

[Kevin_Garnett_5]

Rondo for the last 2 games.

[CelticBaller]

rondo

[pete's montreux]

I missed today's game. Who played well? Not even going to study the box-score.

[JohnnySic]

Pierce.

[Killbot]

I was watching 1st, 2nd, and bit of 4th Quarter. My streamed died when it got to the 3rd quarter.

Close between Garnett and Pierce, but I pick Pierce mainly because of his aggressiveness on offense. Although some shots didn't go in, he had the right mentality. I think Garnett became passive in the 2nd half or got away from the post at least. Can't really judge 2nd half as well as the 1st.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

From what I saw... Pierce I guess.

[pete's montreux]

Pierce, no doubt

[Killbot]

Yup. Pierce.

[ballup]

Pierce. It was kinda tough choosing until I looked at the boxscore and remembered that Pierce closed the lead twice.

[JohnnySic]

PP.

[Shade8780]

vs. Thunder - Mickael Pietrus. His 3 pointers kept us in the game! Too bad we lost....again. Oh well, were facing the Craptors next :rockon:

[ballerz]

Rondo for the raptors game

[JohnnySic]

Rondo - he was playing at a different speed than anyone else.

[Killbot]

Rondo. His aggressiveness and speed controlled the tempo.

[pete's montreux]

Agreed, Rondo.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Bradley :ohwell:

[JohnnySic]

Allen I guess.

[Killbot]

Either Allen or Bass. I'd say Allen takes it with the all around game, but that doesn't say much with the loss and low scoring game.

[pete's montreux]

I'm rolling with Ray. He was very active the whole game even though he was shut out mostly on offense. He made a few key plays late in the 3rd.

[Killbot]

Obviously Pierce.

[JohnnySic]

Pierce.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Not even close, Pierce.

[JohnnySic]

KG for the Orlando game. Played an all around game, stuffed the stat line and was invigorated like the KG of old.

[CelticBaller]

Pierce

[Killbot]

For me, it was Bass or Garnett. I think Garnett had the bigger impact, and it shown defensively with his steals and blocked shots. The stats showed he was a big contributor in anchoring that stifling C's defense (not saying stats should totally determine defensive impact)

[kNIOKAS]

I think it's Pierce, Moore was vital as well... Both shared PG duties... Might give it to Moore just so he plays like this everytime from now on.

[JohnnySic]

Pierce; Moore had a great game too.

[Kevin_Garnett_5]

I'm going with Pierce. He did it all out there. Moore and Bass were huge down the stretch as well.

[CelticBaller]

The orlando magic

[JohnnySic]

Pierce again.

[CelticBaller]

Pierce

[Killbot]

Obviously Pierce. Dude dominated the 3rd quarter, and when the Pacers climbed back slightly, he came back and put the game to rest.

Yo, pete! Stop watching movies and update this thing already. :lol

[Shade8780]

The Captain, The Truth.....PAAAUUUULLL PIIIEEERRRCCEE :pimp:

[JohnnySic]

Pierce, I guess, vs Cleveland.

[Killbot]

Eeehh...I'll say Allen. A bit too much TOs from Pierce for my liking.

[CelticBaller]

allen

[Bernie Nips]

Allen for the first Cleveland game.

[JohnnySic]

Pierce for Cleveland game #2.

[Killbot]

It is between Pierce and Bass. Although Bass hit those two key crucial shots to stop the bleeding, Paul Pierce's all around game and one crucial shot makes him MVP of this game

[JohnnySic]

Pierce again, for the Toronto game.

[Shade8780]

vs. Toronto - Paul Pierce

[JohnnySic]

Pierce yet again (vs Knicks).

Is this thread dead?

[Killbot]

Pete has been gone for a while. Haven't seen him post lately, but yeah. Pierce again. 30/7/5 :bowdown:

[CelticBaller]

pierce

[JohnnySic]

KG vs Memphis.

[ballerz]

KG For the memphis game for me

[Shade8780]

KG

[JohnnySic]

KG vs Charlotte.

[JohnnySic]

Pierce vs LAL.

It appears that this thread is all done.

[Lebowski]

Pierce vs LAL.

It appears that this thread is all done.

Yeah I always forget to post. Very few live games for me and I fall behind 1-2 games with this schedule!

Last night against the Pistons.. I got the game spoiled from a Jonas Jerebko fan.. but what the hell was that? :facepalm

[Lebowski]

Against the Mavs (:facepalm) I go with JaJuan Johnson for his stellar play..

Watching Ray trying to create for himself off the dribble or off the screens was painful. Wait the whole game was painful to watch. And to follow that up by watching the Lakers play fantastic.. sigh