Nothing pleasures me or any other Boston Celtics fan nationwide more than to see us really stick it to LeBron James. The ageless Celtics went to South Beach last night and swept the floor with the Miami Heat. Ray Allen was literally on fire from behind the arc, hitting 7-9 of his threes while finishing the game with 35 points. At one point during the game, TNT announcer Reggie Miller (the all-time 3 point leader) said he was going to go over to the Celtics bench and hand the record over to Ray Allen. Rondo was magical once again dishing out 16 dimes with only 3 turnovers. Garnett is quieting critics with his strong and healthy play (knock on wood), he came away with 13 boards and 16 points while being absolutely relentless in the paint. Paul Pierce added 25, but his real dagger to the Heat and LeBron was after the game when he tweeted this....... "It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to South Beach now on to Memphis." Reggie Miller called it an "old time, take you behind the wood shed beat down."
While the Celtics were playing as a team and running offenses, the Heat were trying to figure out the Celtics defense. LeBron was about the only one who had a game, finishing an assist away from another triple double. Wade and Bosh combined for 23 points total. If the Heat want to win a significant amount of games, those two need a little bit more production than 23 points. The Heat starters recorded 18 rebounds.... total. It seemed like throughout the whole game, they were just trying to play individual basketball, not team basketball. Set a couple picks, get the ball, and throw it up. Shaquille O' Neal also played 21 key minutes. Whenever Shaq was in the game, there was no easy drive to the hoop. Everything was challenged and every point was earned. When Kendrick Perkins does come back, watch out.
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