Magic at Celtics game thread

[Venti Quattro]

2:30 ET at ABC. God I hate afternoon games.

I think the Celtics have this.

[2pac > Kobe]

magic are gonna fuck shit up

[shelshor]

http://www.nba.com/news/referee.html
Referee Assignments
Sun. Feb. 6
Orlando @ Boston: Dick Bavetta; Jason Phillips; Olandis Poole

[Cane]

Poodles need this W.

[Phantom418]

we'll take around 20-25 3's

[Fpoonsie]

Howard lookin' BEASTLY inside...

[TheRealCB]

link to the game?

[LnGrrrR]

Lackluster performance by the Cs so far.

[LnGrrrR]

Nice D by Rayray.

[LnGrrrR]

And then a dumb decision by Nate :lol

[LnGrrrR]

Pierce making some dumb decisions too :lol

[Fpoonsie]

I was hoping to see another Davis wobbly-walk...too bad they called a foul.

[LnGrrrR]

Uhoh... Hope Marquis is ok.

[WildcardManu]

What happened? looks like he hurt his neck or something.

[Fpoonsie]

Jesus CHRIST. There's not gonna be any players left at the end of this game...

[LnGrrrR]

What happened? looks like he hurt his neck or something.

Don't know. Didn't see him moving though. Hope it's not some devastating fluke injury.

[Phantom418]

it looked like Daniels hit his head into Arenas' chest, then it looked like his neck kinda snapped back

[BanditHiro]

i think his neck broke..

[LnGrrrR]

it looked like Daniels hit his head into Arenas' chest, then it looked like his neck kinda snapped back

Yeah, but you wouldn't expect that type of hit to seriously injure. Here's hoping. Damn, we are not even going to get a thumbs up. Fuck.

[LnGrrrR]

Yes! Thumbs up! Phew.

[Phantom418]

Yeah, but you wouldn't expect that type of hit to seriously injure. Here's hoping. Damn, we are not even going to get a thumbs up. Fuck.



It reminded me of the time he ran into Gortat's chest last year in the playoffs.

[LnGrrrR]

:lmao Stupid Howard.

[LnGrrrR]

Celtics cant buy a bucket.

[Mike D]

That tech on Howard was fine, but he gave the elbow to Perk after Perk grabbed D12's hand and ripped it down.

Should have been a double tech. Somehow none of the talking heads have managed to mention it despite 15 replays. It was clear as day.

And Rondo is a premium quality flopper.

[crc21209]

Hopefully Daniels is alright...but damn Dwight Howard is a little whiny bitch...how was he the 2nd leading vote-getter for the All Star game?

[j.dizzle]

Miami will finish with the best record in the East.

[LnGrrrR]

Watching Howard shoot free throws is like watching time slow down.

[Mike D]

Why are Spurs fans all so afraid/hateful of D12? Despite his shortcomings he's the best big in the game.

I don't get it.

[LnGrrrR]

Wow! A postmove from Howard!

[crc21209]

Dwight Howard will dissapear in the 2nd half like always...book it.

[LnGrrrR]

Man, PP playing like garbage.

[Mike D]

Man, PP playing like garbage.

He's saving it for White Snake Walton.

[j.dizzle]

Too bad Orl doesnt have a legit second option. They give Boston problems & their games are always close. They used to be able to limit Howard but he actually has some post moves thanks to the Dream. Arenas looks like absolute garbage now, ridiculous how much money this guy made over the years.

[Mike D]

Too bad Orl doesnt have a legit second option. They give Boston problems & their games are always close. They used to be able to limit Howard but he actually has some post moves thanks to the Dream. Arenas looks like absolute garbage now, ridiculous how much money this guy made over the years.

His ass is either done of broken.

[crc21209]

Hedo has slowly but surely been reverting back to his shitty ass Raptors/Suns days....

[TheRealCB]

J Rich is more than a legit second option...Jameer/Arenas are a good guard combo,they just have to gel a little first..

[Mike D]

Premium level flop on KG.

[Pelicans78]

Hedo is out of control. Horrible shots than a stupid shove on Gay-G

[crc21209]

Sweeeet pass by Nate to Big Baby...:tu

[crc21209]

I love little Nate going after the bigger guys! :lol

[j.dizzle]

Mark Jackson & Van Gundy with non stop bitching, shut the fuck up already. How dumb are the players on Orl? Why do they keep taking long contested jumpers when Howard has shit on every one of their bigs? Big Baby is gurading him right now too hahaha

[crc21209]

I'll never buy into the "Orlando is a good defensive team argument." That's crap. The only reason their defense is good is because of Howard, and thats it. They're a soft ass jump shooting team too....

[Mike D]

If I was Orlando I'd be downright furious with the officiating today. Clark was just raped by one of the home team homer refs.

Garbage calls, weak technicals.

[Fpoonsie]

I fucking love Howard. Walking down the tunnel, hearing it from the crowd, laughing and gesturing.

[Ghazi]

Cs staaaaaaacked

Celtics/Mavs will be an epic Finals

[lefty]

What happened to Daniels?

[crc21209]

I fucking love Howard. Walking down the tunnel, hearing it from the crowd, laughing and gesturing.

He's too jokey for my taste. He jokes around TOO damn much. Especially the other night when he mocked LeBron's "picture act" and powder tossing. And look what happened, LeBron beat the shit out of the Magic...:lol

[LnGrrrR]

What happened to Daniels?

Went down on a fluke play, was immobile for a while. He's atthe hospital getting treated for a neck injury, no update yet.

[lefty]

Went down on a fluke play, was immobile for a while. He's atthe hospital getting treated for a neck injury, no update yet.

Thanks

[LnGrrrR]

:lol Magic popping the ball out when they had a basket

[redzero]

Wow, Q-Rich is literally taking points away from his team.

[crc21209]

Damn Rondo is going off this game! :tu

[LnGrrrR]

Celts up 15, and they've shot the ball 20 less times than the Magic.

[boutons_deux]

Magic FG 34% vs 54%, GAMEOVER.

[LnGrrrR]

Davis is playing better D this year.

[LnGrrrR]

Hoping the Cs can put this one away.

[LnGrrrR]

Woot. Nice to get this one. Hope Marquis is ok.

[duncan228]

Seems he'll be okay. Scary stuff.


Celtics G Daniels fully functional after injury (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-celtics-danielshurt)
By Howard Ulman

Boston Celtics guard Marquis Daniels bruised his spinal cord in a collision Sunday and is expected to be sidelined at least a month.

“He’s full function now. He’s fine,” said Danny Ainge, Boston’s president of basketball operations. “We’re going to keep him (in the hospital) overnight just to go through some tests, but he’s fine.”

Asked how long Daniels would be out, Ainge said, “A month, two months. It’ll be a month, anyway.”

Daniels was hurt with 11:01 left in the second quarter of the Celtics’ 91-80 win over the Orlando Magic after he began driving to the basket from the right side of the lane and collided with Gilbert Arenas, who was covering him. Daniels fell to the court and lay motionless for a few minutes with his head facing down while surrounded by coaches and teammates near his bench.

Medical personnel put a neck brace on Daniels and strapped him onto a stretcher before he left to the cheers of the crowd, which had remained very quiet until then. He gave a thumbs-up sign as he was taken off the court before going to New England Baptist Hospital.

Dr. Brian McKeon, the Celtics’ team physician, said Daniels bruised his spine and has had spine issues that were addressed by his previous teams. He spent three seasons with Dallas and three with Indiana before joining Boston last season.

“This is the same type of neck injury that he had so it’s just a little bit worse,” McKeon said. “We’ll just have to see how it plays out in the next few days.”

On Sunday, the Celtics were worried about their fallen teammate.

“We got some good results, or some good news, opposed to what we were looking at,” Celtics forward Kevin Garnett said, “because it looked really bad.”

The Magic players also were concerned

“It was scary, man, scary,” guard Jameer Nelson said. “I was praying for him. It could happen to anybody. You never want to see a guy get injured and taken off on a stretcher.”

Before the injury, Daniels had played 3 minutes, 43 seconds off the bench with one rebound and no points. In 49 games this season, he’s averaging 5.5 points and 19 minutes, 8 seconds.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-celtics-danielshurt

[Killakobe81]

Good win Celts fans ...even is a game he dominated Rondo's jumper makes me nervous

[LnGrrrR]

Yeah, close call on Marquis. Thank goodness he dodged a bullet there.

[duncan228]

Good news: Marquis Daniels let out of hospital (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/07/good-news-marquis-daniels-let-out-of-hospital/)
Kurt Helin

Some good news, the Celtics Marquis Daniels has been released and come home from the hospital.

According to the official Celtics twitter account (http://twitter.com/#!/celtics/status/34667770134142978), “He was reported to have been joking and in good spirits.”

Daniels collapsed early in the second quarter Sunday in the Celtics victory over the Magic. Daniels was trying to post up Gilbert Arenas, got the ball and faced up on him, then tried a sweep-though move and as he did his head bumped into Arenas’ chest and arm.

Daniels has a medical condition in his spine where that kind of hit — even if it is not that hard — can cause brief paralysis. It did and Daniels collapsed to the ground. He was taken off the court on a stretcher and rushed to a local hospital.

He was later diagnosed with a bruised spine and he will be out one month at least. But he is healthy and home, and that’s all that really matters.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/07/good-news-marquis-daniels-let-out-of-hospital/

[LnGrrrR]

Thanks for the update 228.