86 Celtics, 83 Cavaliers

It was a close game and a game that could easily have been lost, but Ray, KG and a giant 3 by Paul Pierce saved us yesterday at the Q.

It was a really sloppy game to start, which you could expect after the All Star break the Celtics had 17 turnovers, led by Pierce 6.

KG called out the team during the All Star break and backed it up with the level of energy he played with last night. He had 18 points and 8 rebounds and Ray Allen had 22 points with knocking down 4 threes. I like Brandon Bass in the starting line up (he had 12 points) but I am afraid that he's more important on the bench for scoring purposes.

Speaking of the bench I was impressed by Avery during a stretch of play and Chris Wilcox's rebounding. However, Keyon Dooling has been a major bust this year, I expected him to at least score more, but he is an automatic miss pretty much.

We really need a tall guy.

KG passed Charles Barkley for 18th all time.

And Tommy Heinshon has declared Kyrie Irving all Hall of Famer last night.