[Ziggy Lidstrom]

Rondo, Wallace, Pierce, Allen and Perkin's on the offensive glass... Pick one. They all carved us up. The ballhandling ability of rondo, allen and pierce coupled with their experience was causing problems all game long.

I was somewhat impressed with the performance. They did play better defence and were willing to make more of a needed sacrifice to finish at the rim, but the raps couldn't sustain the efforts needed to comeout on top. Turkoglu is paid to be a major contributor and did very little in this match. The raps need him to be a difference maker in these types of contests.

Bosh and bargs played well. Derozan had ups and downs. Calderon is a sieve. Belinelli is streaky as hell. Turkey was terrible. This team is still bottom calibre eastern playoff team. However, the one encouraging thing I take away from this team is that they could surprise someone in the first round not named boston.

But this team does have some of their defensive issues worked out, but they are in need of more against the tougher pg and team matchups. Banks may have been able to neutralize Rajon but would he have played within the flow of the team. Boston is just too savvy for this squad. The raps' record now vs the celts is 1-11 over the last week. Just not good enough for a team with aspirations of playoff success.