Anytime we can hold Ray Allen to 25% shooting and no 3s, i consider that a minor success. Guys that can shoot anything near like he does is the last thing I ever want to see on the court against these Sixers

1. I thought Jrue looked good in the 4th, but yes he was shaky in the 2nd and did lose Eddie House because he was playing too aggressively on the help D.

2. Iggy has usually covered Stab Wounds (PP) in the past and has I think made him work really hard (as he does against most SFs). Tonight he got to go at Ray Allen and did play good D on him as well, which gives me hope his really good SF defense can translate just fine to SG defense, all while being one of the bigger SGs around on offense (maybe he can get some looks in the post as the season progresses).

But Thad has never been inspiring on defense, and he’s going to need to step it up on that end of the court (as is Lou since I thought Rondo and company were taking it to him on that end — I agree Lou looks great on offense though). I think if Lou and Thad can progress (all the necessary athletic skills are there) we have plus defenders at every position of the starting 5, which doesn’t solve the bench woes but does provide something that most teams do not have.

3. I think everything is still a work in progress regardless, and really the goal I had in mind for this game was to see Boston’s starters have to come back out for the 4th — unfortunately that did not happen.

4. I think the Sixers can reel off a bunch of wins in the coming weeks with the schedule they have, but obviously they need to improve their sets in the half court (the signs are showing little by little), improve the pick and roll defense/hedging and running guys off the 3-point line — neither of those things has improved much so far this year.

From what I’ve seen of him this year, he’s been progressing pretty nicely. Definitely had a breakout type game against the Knicks. Lets see if he can build off of that. I went to UGA so when he spurned his commitment to go straight to the NBA I thought it was a dumb decision, but he’s slowly coming into his own.

it was a priceless game wow sixers need a little more work in every category… Boston looks solid being healthy and having wallace and daniels off the bench. They won by a landslide and allen along with garnett had joke of games with 5 and 3 pts respectivly

The two positives were Sam Dalembert, who managed to guard Perkins and KG and not get into foul trouble at the same time. His offensive moves were the best I’ve seen from him in a long time. In fact, both Perkins and Garnet had bad games, as did Ray Allen. The Sixers didn’t have any trouble until the Celtics went to their bench and brought in Wallace.

The other positive was Andre Iguodala continuing to play and do what he could to help his teamates.

The Sixers have to be the worst three-point defensive team ever, there is a time to help and switch, and then there is a time to stay with your man outside. In fairness to Jason Smith, he tried to guard ’Sheed but he was having one of those nights.

What bothers me more than anything is that the Sixers let Boston take over the game because they were failing to execute their offense. The Celtics didn’t score that many points, but they sure stopped the Sixers, one of the most potent offenses in the NBA from functioning.

This is a good lose, since it should provide motivation for the Sixers to work harder on their offense. The PO is supposed to enable them to score against a good defense, if it does, then where was it last night? and we better figure it out before the playoffs if this team is going to do anything. We already know they can run like gazelles up and down the floor, but in the half court on offense they aren’t even as good as they were last season,

sixers look like a division two or three college team!

I didnt catch the game but how did sammy and elton play. I seen the stats but you cant tell how effective these guys were until you watched how they have played. I wondering if sammy played like a true big and did elton from a defensive point help down low w/sammy?

I’m saying the Sixers are one of the top offensive squads, by considering who they have on their roster. Most teams have 3 or four scorers, and some role players. The Sixers have 8 scorers who can put up a lot of points. They have post players, they have outside shooter(s) (They do have Kapono!) And, they have loads of slashers, who can drive the lane, draw fouls and make acrobatic plays at the rim. Size-wize they have depth at the Center, and Power Forward spots, and Carney should be able to provide backup to Young and Iguodala along with Kapono. We are a little short at point guard, or will be until Jrue breaks into the rotation.

What that says to me is that they have the potential to be a very high-scoring team, impossible to guard. The sooner they figure this out the better. I’m not so sure the Princeton is the right offense for this group. If you watch how Miami gets Dwayne Wade loose from his man, and then consider that the Sixers could do the same thing with Iguodala, Williams and Young, and maybe eventually Holliday, you realize that forcing iso’s is very effective. Just pick on the weakest player on the other team, and force them to either accept getting beat or double. This is what the Sixers are still missing: a go-to play that the other team cannot stop.

It doesn’t have to come out of the Princeton, you don’ t need to fool anyone, you just need to beat them and score.

Seriously, Boston does a lot of this, they found their scorers at the start of the 2nd quarter, Wallace came in and stared bombing threes. Pierce was also able to get going and so did Eddie House. Look, most teams you shut down, their Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen and they’re going to lose! But Boston has a lot of depth and the ability to score from the outside. It is important to understand that the Sixers shut down Boston’s inside game. Perkins was ineffective, Garnet had a bad game, the only big man they had to anything was Wallace and he was shooting from the outside exclusively. Boston’s bench saved that game for them. And this is what separates Boston from other teams.

Now that the Sixers are a stronger inside team, they should be able to win a lot of games, they should be able to control the boards and get easy scores in the paint. They also have very talented guards who can really do anything pass, score, rebound. I am more concerned at this point with the Sixers offense, since I think they can outscore most teams. Unless the NBA has all of a sudden become able to shoot the three at a 40% clip or better consistently, the smart play is to let them bomb away and pound them on the other end, trusting that eventually they’ll start to miss those long shots. Just stop them from scoring inside and driving and I’m satisfied. The Sixers get frustrated when they fall behind and become stagnant on offense, that should never happen, they should always be able to make a score.

It is early in the season, but I can see the potential there, I’d just like to see it be realized sooner.

If you don’t think that’s significant, go ahaed and say so. But I know for a fact that this is rare in today’s NBA. I also know that it will become apparent as the season unfolds. Just watch.