Celtics-Bulls Recap

As much as Celtics pregame tried to amp this game up like it was a big one, it wasn't.  They were not catching the Bulls and number 2 seed was the best they would do whether they had won the game or not.  Doc Rivers knew this too, and if you don't think so just take a look at the box score.  Besides Ray Allen, who played 38 minutes, the most any other Celtic starter played was 32 minutes.  The Bulls on the other hand gave their starters their usual amount of playing time as Rose, Deng, and Boozer all logged in 36 minutes or more.  Also, the Celtics inability to score was as much Celtics just being off as it was the Bulls defense.  Rondo missed breakaway layups, Pierce and Allen missing wide open 3's, Pierce throwing 3 easy passes away in what turns into easy fast break points.  These are things I don't expect to see again.  There was four things I DID take away from this game.

1. KG can have his way with Noah.  This is not 09-10 and I think Noah realizes all that trash he was talking about KG was premature, he was going against a 70% KG and thought that was as good as KG was going to be the rest of his career.  Wrong.  
2. Ray Allen is still dribbling way too much.  Every single time he didn't get an open shot and put the ball on the ground trying to create a shot it did not end well.  
3. For Rondo to be able to contain Rose he can't play the lazy defense he gets away with vs. the rest of the league.  Rondo will be left lying on the ground, as he literally was last night, if he does not go 100% on defense and keep his body in between Roses and the basket at all times.  
4. Deng is one of the most underrated players there is in NBA.  He is one of the cases where he signed a contract that was too big, didn't perform as the people expected a player getting that type of money should, and then got written off (Andre Iguodala is in the same boat).  If Rose is trying to play the Jordan role, Deng is doing a great job playing Pippen.  He is one of top defending SF, hits open shots, can create shots, but also does not demand the ball or the spotlight.  He is the perfect role player.