Chris Wilcox, PF 12 MIN | 1-2 FG | 0-0 FT | 2 REB | 0 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 2 PTS | -11The Celtics needed Wilcox to step up in Garnett’s absence and he was a virtual no-show. Wilcox’s low-light of the night was missing a hook shot from a foot away.
Brandon Bass, PF 22 MIN | 1-4 FG | 0-0 FT | 4 REB | 2 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 1 TO | 2 PTS | +5Bass spent a lot of time switching on to Carmelo Anthony and was adequate. As for his offense, Bass gets a lot of his good looks when the ball is moving and he finds himself switched onto a smaller defender, open of a midrange jumper, or blowing by a recovering defender. No ball movement? This is what you get.
Jeff Green, PF 35 MIN | 10-14 FG | 5-8 FT | 4 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 TO | 27 PTS | -14Green was one of the few guys that actually brought it tonight. It’s a shame to waste an excellent offensive performance from Green when everyone else put up a stinker. He was assertive and comfortable.
Paul Pierce, SF 32 MIN | 6-16 FG | 8-10 FT | 15 REB | 5 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 2 TO | 24 PTS | -11It’s amazing to see Pierce be so effective on the glass. Despite the lack of lift, Pierce still managed to pull down 15 boards through relentless hard-work. Although, I could have done without some of the early shot clock three attempts.
Avery Bradley, PG 24 MIN | 1-5 FG | 0-0 FT | 1 REB | 1 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 2 TO | 2 PTS | +5Bradley was in foul trouble for most of the evening which really limited his most useful on-court attribute: his defense. We’ve been saying Bradley’s offense needs to come around for quite a while now, but now it’s paramount to the C’s success. When Bradley can’t be counted on to hit midrange jumpers and corner threes, the passing angles become harder and harder to find.
D.J. White, PF 7 MIN | 1-1 FG | 0-0 FT | 2 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 2 PTS | +3Why can’t he get more playing time?
Shavlik Randolph, PF 14 MIN | 0-0 FG | 0-0 FT | 2 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 0 TO | 0 PTS | -14Not the greatest follow-up performance to the greatest performance of Randolph’s career. The only noticeable part of Randolph’s time on the court was his man continually beating him through pick and rolls.
Jordan Crawford, SG 25 MIN | 3-10 FG | 4-4 FT | 2 REB | 2 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 2 TO | 10 PTS | -23I really didn’t like Crawford’s demeanor in this game. He complained to the officials, took shots early in the shot clock, stepped into some long-twos, and chucked threes when the C’s were down big late in the game.
Courtney Lee, SG 28 MIN | 5-11 FG | 0-0 FT | 4 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 1 TO | 10 PTS | -17Whenever the Celtics needed a big shot to get back into the game, Lee was there to throw up a brick. I’m going to chalk it up to getting his ankle back under him because I’m a glass half-full kind of guy.
Terrence Williams, SG 19 MIN | 1-4 FG | 0-0 FT | 0 REB | 1 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 2 PTS | -7Please take it to the basket whenever you get into the game.
Jason Terry, SG 21 MIN | 3-7 FG | 1-1 FT | 1 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 TO | 8 PTS | -11Terry was brought to the C’s to hit open threes. He did not do that effectively tonight.
Kevin Garnett, C DNP LEFT ANKLE MIN | FG | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |Once again, A+.
Doc RiversRivers did little to motivate his team to get back into the game. He also only took a single timeout (if memory serves) to attempt to right the ship. Tonight was one of those games where getting thrown out may have been Rivers’ only play to light a fire. I hate those kinds of games.
Source:
http://celticshub.com/2013/03/31/celtics-knicks-grades-3/
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