Vegas Summer League - Game 2 vs Da Bulls

Combo Game On and post-game opinion.

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Our old friend, Leon Powe, is playing for Chicago.

Good luck, junkyard dawg! This is just summer league, so I don't care if you tear us up. Win your job.

JJJ rose up over his defender and hit a J. Nice to see him start warm.

Xmas with 2 TOs already, but one was a dribble off his foot.

waaaaaay too many headfakes by Sully underneath. Blocked again.

Junkyard Dawg at the line after a hard foul by Sully.

bad transition 3 by Xmas. Unnecessary.

Bad D by Joseph on Butler. Chasing him around and then bumping him when he's out of position.

On the bright side, Moore is feeling it. 9 points already.

23-18 Celts after 1. It's the E'Tuan Moore show with 11 points. Buzzer beater by Jamar Smith after hitting a 3 earlier.

As Doc would say, JJJ is "up and down". Didn't do a good job of establishing position to get Moore's bailout pass but is swatting shots.

Xmas with big strides toward the hoop. No little mincing steps for him.

Danny Ainge is saying that he could someday see JJJ playing 3.

Am I brilliant or what?

boy, moore is really feeling his shot tonight. He is stroking 3s like they're layups.

nice pick and roll by Fab. On offense. Set the pick for Smith and rolled.

Everybody's looking good.

Oh my God. Steal on the inbounds by Xmas with 2 seconds left and the foul. GREAT.

Doesn't hurt that Danny was sitting there and mentioned it.

53-32 at the half.

Moore shooting lights out for 14 points on 6-8 and 2-2 from 3.

Jamar Smith with 11.

Xmas with 11.

Not a lot of points by Joseph, but 7 boards at the half.

The Celts end the half with a 21-2 run. Nice.

Check that. Make that JJJ with 7 boards at the half.

Sully NOT giving up on the O board. Wow. Effort with a capital E.

That was amazing effort by Sully. He outrebounded the entire Bull team for 3 or 4 rebounds. His shots didn't go in, ok, but man oh man did he fight for that ball. Love it. Absolutely love it.

Word is Kris Joseph hyper-extended his knee and probably isn't coming back. Don't know what that means for the rest of the week, but I think he's made enough of an impression for Doc to know what he wants to do with him.

Xmas with another 3. 17 for him already.

70-53 after 3.

Moore and Xmas scoring big. 18 for Moore and 17 for Xmas.

11 boards for Sully. I don't know how many they gave him credit for in that one sequence.

JJJ shooting well from outside.

That should have been a good charging position by Melo, but they called it a block. Moved his feet from the weakside to get there.

Great steal by Xmas and a great fastbreak pass to Moore who blows the highlight dunk. The miss isn't the point, it was a great steal and good running by Moore to outrun the D.

Then there's a poor transition defense by the Celts. Oh well.

They're getting a little tired, I think. Tired legs.

12-2 run by Bulls to start the 4th.

Sully with a bull move to get to the line.

bad pass by Sully but they threw a double team at him.

Now that's respect. Drawing a double team in summer league 15' from the basket.

79-74 Final.

Here's the box - http://www.nba.com/summer-league/games/20120717/CHIBOS/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore

25 points by Moore on 10-19. 7 boards.
18 by Xmas on 6-11.
12 rebounds, 3 steals by JJJ.
14 boards by Sully but only 3-15 shooting. 4 TOs.

Moore was unconscious tonight.

Danny has some tough choices to make.

Here's something that hasn't been mentioned yet on this board.

Did you know that Jared Sullinger's father, James "Satch" Sullinger, was the 2010 Naismith High School Coach of the Year? Jared was the 2010 Naismith High School player of the year too. Quite a year for that family.

No wonder Sully's such a smart player, understands the importance of a good work ethic and is fundamentally sound. He's a coach's son. Apparently, a damn good coach at that. Jared played for his father at Northland High School and were given their awards at the same halftime ceremony.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Happily, trees are green, like us.

bob

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