I always though ray gave up too much of his game for ball hog pierce- I came to that conclusion long ago-
What about the rubbish numbers PP had against Cleveland! Boston had to run plays to give him easy looks, to keep his confidence up.
I don't think Ray minds giving up his game for the interest of the team but no way pierce should ever take us many shots as he did-
PP should not be first option, KG had some bad plays but the first option should be split between ray- kg, and rondo, not that ball hog pierce,
PS- the magic have rhythm now with their inside outside game/ look at the first two rounds.
Set him up? He got a three with a defender right in his eye and got another one on a defensive lapse. The Magic defense wasn't even a defense on those two shots...they were scrambling. Ray had already put two down. That's poor situational recognition by Paul. Had he managed to put one of those three's down, I'd have been immensely surprised and STILL would think the ball was in the wrong set of hands for that moment.
Look, if its a two-point game and Paul Pierce gets the ball at the high posts, is sweet spot, he can take that shot at the end of every game and if he misses, I don't mind because he normally makes that.
Yes set him up, Ray always scores off screens, the defender just got to him its not like he took him off the dribble and pulled up... smh
jameer and dwight saved carter from getting ROASTED...he was COMPLEELY detrimental tonight...not only was he TERRIBLe on offense, every guy he guarded scored on him like he wasnt there. pathetic. at least the rest of the team had some heart...bout time. take care of home court...and see what happens in a game 6...
I could live PP taking mid rang shots but he isn’t a great 3 point shooter in game situation, he needs to set his feet , unlike ray who can hit 3’s moving off screens
I'm calm down now.....look at it this way....this lost is good for them, they are getting a little overconfident, let's get it done on wednesday.
the loss is a BIG LOSS! this is a veteran team that needed the rest between series, now the magic are not going to roll over! and if magic can hold home court for the next two games then everyone will look back and see how ball hog PP killed a great run!
either way if LA steam roll the suns', the celtics scrape through this series- which they probably will- the celtics will be going into the finals with much less momentum now.
100% of this guys posts have been anti- Pierce. I remember him during the 2008 NBA finals.. he bashed Pierce every chance he could get. Just some dumb kid on a gimmick account.
100% of this guys posts have been anti- Pierce. I remember him during the 2008 NBA finals.. he bashed Pierce every chance he could get. Just some dumb kid on a gimmick account.
>Duranthebest
>Join Date: Apr 2010
>2008 NBA finals..
>gimmick account
I'm calm down now.....look at it this way....this lost is good for them, they are getting a little overconfident, let's get it done on wednesday.
Overconfident is the last word I would use to describe them after tonight. I can't believe that Garnett, with all his bravado through the years, blew it for them at the end there. He passes up two open looks and then throws it out of bounds trying to force a pass to Pierce just to get rid of the ball. Talk about underconfident.
100% of this guys posts have been anti- Pierce. I remember him during the 2008 NBA finals.. he bashed Pierce every chance he could get. Just some dumb kid on a gimmick account.
who are you? the thought police ,i got freedom of speech and if I wanna hammer pierce for being a ball hog I can and I will.
well at least you got a good memory, I am not anti Pierce, just anti- Peirce jacking up 3s-
and by the way I didn't bash pierce through the entire Cleveland series because he was playing within the context of the series as a team player, but today was he was being the archetypal ball hogging hero simple as that !
Geez, Vince Carter is pathetic. Every year he is losing fans and this year I bet he lost half of the fans he always had throughout his career. I don't blame them, b/c Vince is showing no heart and he is a scrub. I was a huge Carter fan, now after this year i am fading away from his fanhood. Mainly because the magic are down 3-0 and the best this scrub can give the Orlando Magic is 3 points....PATHETIC
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then everyone will look back and see how ball hog PP killed a great run! 
