Greg Stiemsma’s feet acting up, as bad as they’ve been

Talked to Stiemsma who said his foot is as bad as it's been. It acted up in Game 5 and wasn't right tonight. He said he'll be ready for Sat.

May 23, 2012 11:29 pm via TweetDeck ReplyRetweetFavorite

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Stiemsma looked bad last night. He missed several defensive rotations and failed to notch a point, assist, rebound or blocked shot in five minutes of game time. He clearly wasn’t right in the first half, which led Doc Rivers to spread Stiemsma’s second-half minutes among Kevin Garnett, who played 41 minutes a few days after celebrating his 36th birthday, and The Wildly Unproductive Ryan Hollins.

With Avery Bradley out, Ray Allen in the starting lineup and Stiemsma banged up, the Celtics’ bench production has become “please hit an outside shot for the love of God, Pietrus” or “they flex a lot, which is cool, but can’t they put the damn ball in the basket???”

Needless to say, the Cs could use Stiemsma’s feet to magically heal, Pietrus to start hitting from the perimeter or someone random — Marquis Daniels, stand up! — to provide a boost.

James says:
May 24, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Somebody tell Doc that MP needs to drive and not only take 3s. Miss 2 then take closer or different shots. And tell him to use SP and EM. Get f’in creative Doc or it’s going to be a short series vs the Heat. Go Cs…
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- CPUFC says:
  May 25, 2012 at 6:27 am
  Hey, we ain’t beat the Sixers yet, if we can do that, I am quietly confident we can dump the Heat. Maybe even the Spurs but I think the real challenge would lie in the Thunder…again if we can beat the Sixers in Game 7. I know we can, we just gotta come out firing and heavy on the defensive end. Pierce I believe is key. He’s a big time player in these situations so I am hoping for him to bang hard on the Sixers. I expect an urgency that we have never seen from the Big 4.
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Nataly says:
May 25, 2012 at 12:23 am
Good info! Thanks for sharing with us on your blog.
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James says:

May 24, 2012 at 2:23 pm

Somebody tell Doc that MP needs to drive and not only take 3s. Miss 2 then take closer or different shots. And tell him to use SP and EM. Get f’in creative Doc or it’s going to be a short series vs the Heat. Go Cs…

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CPUFC says:
May 25, 2012 at 6:27 am
Hey, we ain’t beat the Sixers yet, if we can do that, I am quietly confident we can dump the Heat. Maybe even the Spurs but I think the real challenge would lie in the Thunder…again if we can beat the Sixers in Game 7. I know we can, we just gotta come out firing and heavy on the defensive end. Pierce I believe is key. He’s a big time player in these situations so I am hoping for him to bang hard on the Sixers. I expect an urgency that we have never seen from the Big 4.
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