January 3, 1980
CELTICS NOTEBOOK GOOD HEALTH DEFINITE PLUS
The Celtics have begun the new year in basic good health, aside from the assorted bumps and bruises that are a staple of any professional athlete's life. M.L. Carr's sprained right wrist is pretty much healed, and that has been the major injury sustained thus far.
The Celtics, in fact, are he only NBA team not to have lost a man hour through injury this season, although Carr played several games wih that wrist when it might have been feasible for him to sit out. The Rockets entered last night's game in one of their healthier states, the only missing semi-regular being John Shumate - you probably forgot he was here, anyway - who was placed on the injured list due to a bruised left thigh on Dec. 21.
The game last night matched up one of the league's two most effective three-point shooting teams (Boston) vs. one of the the league's least effective (Houston). The Celtics came in with a .376 percentage (68-181), led, of course, by Chris Ford (40-85, .471). Houston, meanwhile, had a miserable .141 percentage (15-106) . . . Rick Barry, back starting after beginning the season as a sixth man, leads the league in foul shooting (.961), having sunk an amazing 98 of 102 tries . . . Hey, has anybody noticed that since going 2-19 to start the season, that Utah Jazz were 10-8 going into last night's game against Kansas City? . . . Boston had the league's best record at home (16-1), on the road (13-8) and overall (29-9), but they left Los Angeles and the Southern California fans unconvinced after their mediocre showing in th Forum last Friday night . . . Larry Bird had led the club in rebounding 20 times in Boston's first 38 games . . . The scheduled telecast for this Saturday from San Antonio has been swapped for a game on March 4 in the same city . . . Gerald Henderson's 20-minute stint against the Warriors last Saturday night was his third longest of the season, exceeded only by a 22- minute performance on Oct. 19 against Washington and 21-minute stint on Dec. 21 against San Antonio.
Bill Fitch on Jeff Judkins, who has yet to shed his insecurities in the new regime: "Jeff may be about ready to blossom. Some night soon he may give us a night like the one (Rick) Robey had in Oakland." Robey had 18 points against Golden State last Saturday in one of his best showings of the season . . . Dave Cowens was looking for his first double-figure rebound game since Dec. 14, when he had 14 against Milwaukee. In his last eight games, Cowens has grabbed a total of 45 rebounds. But he has passed better than ever before, having accumulated 39 assists in those games for an average of just under five a game . . . The Celtics came here second in the league in home attendance (an average of 13,842). They were averaging 14,252 per game on the road and Houston officials were anticipating one of the larger Houston crowds of the season, perhaps in the neighborhood of 12,000. They drew 11,365 their first time here, back on Oct. 25.
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The Celtics have long been impressed with Sasha Pavlovic’s defensive ability, according to Rivers.
“One of the things we always liked about him, he’s a competitive defender, he doesn’t back down from many guys,’’ Rivers said of Pavlovic, who joined the Celtics yesterday. “So I think he can fit in well with us. He’s a skilled player, as well, so I think he can fit in anywhere.’’
Pavlovic was also lauded for his performances against the Celtics while he was with the Cavaliers.
“He had two games against us where they went ‘iso’ offensively and basically he kicked our butt,’’ Rivers said. “I reminded Paul and Ray of that quite a lot. What I always liked about him is he’ll play a minute or five minutes and, defensively, you can see they trust him guarding anybody, and I liked that.’’
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Shaquille O’Neal walked through some skeleton drills at the start of practice, but there was no change on the timetable for his return from an inflamed right Achilles tendon. Rivers said Wednesday that next week is the target for O’Neal, who hasn’t played since Feb. 1.
tonight's bench:
avery bradley
von wafer
troy murphy
jeff green
sasha pavlovic
chris johnson
a motley crew, to say the least
man, all this talk about is were gonna be scary when were healthy! i think we mean "IF" were healthy!
We'll get there, matty.
We'll get there.
I'm just hoping the big three stay healthy
big four!!! ;-)
but yeah i hope so! i don't know if everyone is of the same mindset, but dont get me wrong when i say i miss perk, but i am grateful for the moves that danny made looking toward the future, especially when he couldnt offer perk the money he wanted.
Big 3.75
This needs to be Rondo's year.
If he is a superstar, the C's should win it all.
ray allen
9-10
really?
9-10?
At this point of Troy Murphy's celtics career, one wonders what all the fuss was about
rondo
14 dimes with 8 minutes to go in the 4th
jeff green playing large
jeff has had a nice game!
bench bad at holding leads, and, as doc likes to say, once you "turn on" the other team by bad play from the bench, it's damn hard to "turn them off"
Jeff green great game
baron von wafer good
where was sasha?
Baron Von Wafer injured
Hello sasha
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