DWill is a better scorer but during RR's 2 recent high scoring games the talk was that PP and Ray were standing around sulking b/c they weren't getting the ball...not that I believed it but it was said by a lot of ppl. Would our current scorers tolerate getting less looks?

During that winning streak, was the only difference in the line up that fact that RR was out? Not by a long shot. Maybe, just maybe, the difference was that there were more young legs out there than old for a change.

This. Is. Absolutely. Correct.

That would almost make it all worthwhile. Miami's stars better not falter b/c they have nearly as bad a bench as Boston's and Boston's are all beat up.

I disagree that the Big 3 were healthy all year. It's true they had no major injuries but they played way too many minutes for guys their age. Actually, I should include Rondo in that. The problem with this team' was not age so much but that just about everything that could go wrong did. The key back up players were the ones who were actually injured all year long and that forced our stars, the older vets to play way to much instead of resting up for the playoffs, which worked so well last year. (wouldn't it be great if we didn't have to resign ourselves to a losing record if we wanted to let these guys heal up and get ready for a playoff run?). Just imagine if, somehow, they had been able to limit Garnet to 20 min. a game this year and had some reliable backups for Ray and Pierce and if D West had played more than a month or so. I think Miami would be crying in their locker room about now.

I've thought something like this all along. What it comes down to is too much time on the floor. Without a back up PG for most of the year, Rondo has simply played too much and the end result is entirely predictable. Same thing happened last year only not as bad. And of course the problem is as bad or worse for the Big Three. Boston needs a bench.

I hope I never hear that Rondo is soft crap again.

What a game. Can Rondo get some respect now?

Question; I work nights and my old VCR isn't working. Is there anywhere I can see the week day games the next day? Thx.