Celtics snatch tank out of the jaws of victory, lose 111-115
By Jeff Clark @celticsblog on Apr 5 2014, 7:06p
Welp, that was interesting.
Last night, in the midst of losing to the Sixers, I posted this tweet.
CelticsBlog @celticsblog
I'm telling you right now, I'm calling it. Celtics will kill the Pistons tomorrow. Doesn't make any sense, but it kinda does with this team
4:21 AM - 5 Apr 2014
Was I right or wrong tonight? Well, it was looking good for a while, despite this:
Sean Grande ✔ @SeanGrandePBP
The Celtics arrive at their Michigan hotel at 2:16am. They'll have nine players available against the Pistons. Four of whom went undrafted.
8:15 AM - 5 Apr 2014
The Celtics got hot pretty quickly. Knocking down three pointers at a high rate and attacking the rim in transition. Also, remember what Kevin wrote about the Celtics not sharing the ball well? All that changed tonight. They made the extra pass all night and it payed off with open looks. So much so that it made the Pistons look downright silly.
CelticsBlog @celticsblog
Hey Pistons, (sniff) you stink. #topgunned
2:16 AM - 6 Apr 2014
There was an interesting play in the first half where Singler had the ball on a breakaway and Jerryd Bayless chased him down for what looked like a flagrant foul. Replays looked like he actually got all ball (or almost all ball) but the way Singler fell made it look a lot worse. So the refs reviewed it and still gave him a flagrant 1. Which prompted this tweet:
CelticsBlog @celticsblog
first ever all-ball flagrant foul
2:26 AM - 6 Apr 2014
I still can't figure out the Pistons. Just about every good thing for them came from Drummond or Monroe. Yet the guards (and Josh Smith) continued to take ill advised shots.
Jay King @ByJayKing
The Celtics just scored 65 points in a half with a five-plus minute field goal drought.
2:41 AM - 6 Apr 2014
Looking at the box score I couldn't help but notice that Jeff Green was having a good day. Which got me thinking...
CelticsBlog @celticsblog
Jeff Green has 19 points at the half. He'll either finish with 39 or 20. There's no in between.
2:43 AM - 6 Apr 2014
Note: He finished with 23.
In the 3rd quarter, the Celtics built up a 19 point lead and then gave it all back to lead by 10 points again at the start of the 4th.
For his part, Bayless was hot all night.
CelticsBlog @celticsblog
its a Bayless night, we're all just livin' in it
3:00 AM - 6 Apr 2014
CelticsBlog @celticsblog
Live by the Bayless....
3:36 AM - 6 Apr 2014
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Our entire offense is Bayless right now.
3:48 AM - 6 Apr 2014
Then of course the 4th quarter happened and the Pistons erased that 10 point lead with some inspired play (and some hot shooting from Jonas Jerebko). In fact, it kind of snuck up on me.
CelticsBlog @celticsblog
Hey, the Pistons might just make a game of this.... oh wait, they're up?
3:37 AM - 6 Apr 2014
Bayless had a shot to get things interesting and it rattled in and out of the basket.
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I say again, live by the Bayless...
3:58 AM - 6 Apr 2014
And that was all she wrote. Celtics lose.