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December 28th, 2006 Celts Lose to Clippers, 0-2 On Trip

Elton Brand

On Wednesday night, the Celtics lost their fourth straight game in Los Angeles to the underachieving Clippers in a 23 point blowout, 100-77. Wally Szczerbiak, Kendrick Perkins, and Michael Olowokandi did end up making returns to the lineup, though.

The reasons why the Celtics lost this game:

  • They shot 32%
  • They had 11 of their shots blocked
  • Nobody, outside of Tony Allen and Kendrick Perkins for a 4 minute stretch, played good defense
  • No good contributions off the bench
  • Foul trouble

For LA, Elton Brand and Tim Thomas led the way with 25 points each, as Brand also chipped in 10 rebounds and 4 blocks. Chris Kaman had 4 blocks of his own, and Corey Maggette (the subject of trade rumors) posted a double double off the bench with 11 points and 11 rebounds. It was a Clippers block party at first, and Kaman/Brand really gobbled up everything around the basket.

For Boston, there were some good things going on alongside the bad. Tony Allen had a terrific game, and got to the basket strong and played good defense. Sebastian Telfair got out of that scoring slump, posting 18 points to go along with 3 assists. Gerald Green was bombing away, as he went 5-8 from 3-point land and finished with 17 points and 7 rebounds in his third consecutive start. Al Jefferson posted his 6th straight double-double, and despite the 4-16 shooting, he finished with 10 points and 14 rebounds. After missing almost a week and a half of action, Wally Szczerbiak came off the bench and played 28 minutes, posting 9 points and 6 rebounds.

Player of the Game: Tony Allen

Tony Allen

13 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 11-13 FT

Next Game: Tomorrow (Friday, 12/29/06) @ Golden State at 10:30 pm ET.

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