Yeah, but you forgot the Clippers were missing their best player and got blown out in Toronto Friday. The Celtics definitely look different without Rondo as everyone seems more “into” the game but why didn’t the other guys step up when Rondo was healthy?

Hey, how about the Rask shutout?!?

Turnovers down the stretch do not concern you?Horrible ball control in the 4th quarter.I am  very glad they won the game but not having Rondo still hurts them big time.It has freed up minutes for Barbosa I will give you that.

Lee and Bradley have hands of steel with ball possession. Slow down and make the play unless you have a layup.

Let two many points in the paint.

However the results was a win.

BTW your math is off a bit as Rondo missed a couple of games due to suspension and three due to injury earlier in the year, so the real record is 6-3. Let’s at least be fair and not make up numbers.

This team is still on a learning curve without Rondo, and doing pretty good.  We have to see how Celts do on the road without Rondo against good teams.  When are fans and experts going to get it that we are probably better without Rondo.  Yes we lost talent, that is obvious but emotionally this team is better now and other guys are making contributions.

Miss Sullinger rebounds defense in paint and passing.

Games without Sully: 2
Wins without Sully: 2

So by Titletown’s logic, we should ship out Sully and Rondo as they were clearly weighting the team down. Hey, I remember the C’s winning a playoff series against the Bulls in 2009 without KG, maybe we should have shipped him out then too.
Rajon Rondo CARRIED this team to game 7 of the ECF last year. In no way is this team better without him. They’ve won 4 straight, great. They also won 6 straight earlier this year against teams like the Rockets and Hawks with Rondo. Then they lost 6 straight. Lets just give it some more time before we JUMP to any conclusions. (BTW you posting this $hit after every game is getting really old)

Titletown1 is just a troll looking to start garbage. He’s an expert on all things false.

not to mention Rondo in the playoffs can single handedly carry a team and without him I find it hard to imagine the celtics going all the way.  There were just too many quality guys on the bench that weren’t getting the minutes they would on most teams which in turn prob made them a lil unhappy and less involved on the defensive end.  Yea I would like to see Rondo score a little more and be less concerned with getting assists as that results in more people touching the ball, but when he wants to lead a team to a win, he can (especially when he plays tough D.  I like being a deep team incase of injuries, but honestly I thought we were almost too deep as players like LB and Jeff Green couldn’t get enough min to produce and when many of the players are on the same level as far as talent, it gives Doc too many options.  If Rondo let the ball move around more, but still make plays when we need him, the team would be better off….Rondo scoring like 16ppg and 8assists a game would prob be more beneficial.

“that guy DIDN’T look like Rajon Rondo”

Sully and Rondo are gone so it doesn’t mean a thing to keep talking about them , they’re gone ! The best thing besides winning is the new found ball movement, it’s what beats the other team and it’s what the other team used to beat us often.. Great game today right up to the second half when they started walking it up the floor, got into a set predictable offense and started the turnovers. Got to run run run . Although PP played well today he took everyone else out of rythm with his holding the ball. Yes he hit the big shot, wouldn’t have needed it had the tempo stayed up !!  A win is a win !!! GO CELTICS….

if rondo can do this and if rondo can do that… alot of ifs

titletown is right…but we will miss him in ost season

How’s the green trade looking now Ainge haters?

The Celts now have guys playing who were riding the pine, and looking pretty hungry. This team may not go deep into the playoffs but they are much more exciting to watch now.

You are absolutely right about turnovers late in the game. Even Pierce looked horrible a few times down the stretch.

My math is right on. I’m counting games since Rondo was declared out for the season four games ago. You use your metric, I’ll use mine.

“…why didn’t the other guys step up when Rondo was healthy?”

Isn’t it painfully obvious? The “other guys” couldn’t sniff the ball because Rondo was running all over the court taking ridiculous shots, making blind out of control passes, and chasing his triple double; not to mention the seeds of discontent he was sowing in the locker room.

And as for Rask, big deal. He had to handle 21 shots all game, exactly seven per period from what is probably one of the bottom three teams in the conference. *YAWN*

Very good game, Doc almost blew it with giving Paul the ball soooooooooo much that we blew a 10 point lead late in the game.  Paul isolations do not give us our best chance to win.  But doc is predictable.

I guess Toronto would be shut out every game by your idiotic logic. You made(one of many) stupid comments at least own up to it.

 Lol, what is that the moron metric?!? You plainly stated they were 4-0 without Rondo, plain and simple you were wrong. Rondo has been out 9 games this year not 4. If you want to rip on Toronto and Rask how about the Celtics playing a few bad teams in this streak? Miami was a great win but the other 3 teams are garbage. The Clippers without Paul are terrible and got pasted in Toronto.

 Yeah how exciting are they going to be when they are one and done? You’ll be the first post complaining about Doc or Danny and moaning like you always do.

What a shock.  No mention of the FACT that the officials were the ONLY reason LA was ever in this game.  Bill Kennedy’s anti-Celtics agenda was shining brighter than the moon.  And Eli Roe did his best Joey Crawford impersonation.  

Good game all around. Great ball movement and tempo in the first half and they slowed it down in the second half. The refs – I always hate to blame them – did change the tempo of the game a lot in the 3rd quarter. However, the Clippers did a much better job holding onto the ball. Still, this is a game they would have lost a month ago.

The Celts were on their way to a huge win when Doc Rivers lost faith in the guys that got us the 20 point lead and pulled back into Paul ball which is like Rondo ball.  We quickly squandered a 10 point advantage and had to grind the game out for the great win, which featured a Bradley stop, a Jet super shot, and a Pierce three at the end that won or might have won the game.  DOC NEEDS TO TRUST THE TEAM, it is a different team,when compared to the big three teams, but it is a very good team that features defense and a offence that spreads the scoring.  Doc pulled into his shell in the fourth and nearly cost us the game or he might have won the game.  The point is if Doc continues to do this we will not be the best team that we can be.  I thought Rondo was the problem but it not appears that a part of the Rondo problem was the instructions Rondo received from Doc. If this team depends on isolation ball at the end of games we will not reach our potential.  Even if we don’t , we have had a glympse of what this bunch would look like, if we moved the ball and players more and looked for the penetrations and dish outs.  What an exciting four games.  Imagine this team with Rondo playing, but the ball moving and Rondo playing defense 100% of the time. Thanks Ainge , you have put together a competative bunch that could suprise.

The coverage on in this city on the celtics is terrible between weei, the hub, and nesn. you would think being the best team in this city since 2007 they would get just a little more respect but instead we get overwhelmed with repetitive piss poor sox talk and grumbling.
   The celtics have made three title runs, two finals appearances, and 1 championship. but all the coverage goes to the pats, sox, and bruins (in that order) why? is basketball boring to these guys? is the team not popular enough? or do the guys on these stations just dont know basketball?  

I agree mostly with your point.Fans whined about the Bruins not being tough enough in regards to fighting.They got all up in arms about Rondos grazing  a ref a couple of times but in the other winter sport they encourage you to go out and get a concussion.The NFL is trying to do the correct thing an improve there situation but ice hockey seems to encourage the nonsense.Glen Ordway used to call Celtics games there is hoop talk at times.

Listen im not saying they are better without Rondo cuz thats just silly , and the turnovers are a concern but they havent turned it as much lately if u noticed in these last few games. Remember Rondo does lead the NBA in Assists but he does turn the ball over quite often too because of his tricky passes!. Rondo doesnt get the ball in the fourth quarter anyways.. because of his free throws..