http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2009/03/10/looking-back-at-the-loss-in-boston/ Musings on the world of sports Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:17:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2009/03/10/looking-back-at-the-loss-in-boston/comment-page-1/#comment-2305 alan t. Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:52:31 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/?p=1390#comment-2305 I'm still waiting for a rational answer as to why Mike Brown took all of the starters out of that game with about 2 1/2 minutes left and only down by around 10. This against last season's NBA champion who they'll probably face in a playoff series. How much money did Brown have on the spread? I'm still waiting for a rational answer as to why Mike Brown took all of the starters out of that game with about 2 1/2 minutes left and only down by around 10. This against last season's NBA champion who they'll probably face in a playoff series. How much money did Brown have on the spread?

]]> http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2009/03/10/looking-back-at-the-loss-in-boston/comment-page-1/#comment-2298 Tom Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:35:09 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/?p=1390#comment-2298 The Celtics went 4-8 on the road in the 2008 post-season against . . .obviously. . . playoff teams. They went 0-6 in the first two rounds. It's just the way the NBA is set-up. Home teams win more often . . . even against better teams. Right now, 6 teams in the entire league have winning road records. That's all. And only 8 teams have losing home records (just 3 in the Eastern Conference). The road loss against Orlando came with Z and Delonte sidelined. The Cavs win that game, they're 3-5 on the road against elite teams in the East. The way they get abused inside on the road has to be corrected, but the road record itself just isn't that big a deal. The Celtics went 4-8 on the road in the 2008 post-season against . . .obviously. . . playoff teams. They went 0-6 in the first two rounds. It's just the way the NBA is set-up. Home teams win more often . . . even against better teams. Right now, 6 teams in the entire league have winning road records. That's all. And only 8 teams have losing home records (just 3 in the Eastern Conference). The road loss against Orlando came with Z and Delonte sidelined. The Cavs win that game, they're 3-5 on the road against elite teams in the East. The way they get abused inside on the road has to be corrected, but the road record itself just isn't that big a deal.

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