Bobcats shred ten game losing streak beating Celtics 3/12/13

Better Luck next time! The Charlotte Bobcats were too much for the shorthanded Boston Celtics as they fell 100-74 on Tuesday night. The Bobcats were led behind Gerald Henderson’s Career-High 35 Point performance. Henderson shot 11 for 19 from the floor and was perfect from the free throw line on all 12 attempts. “I was just trying to be aggressive from the start and just attack”, Henderson said.
Henderson got off to a very hot start scoring 21 of his 35 points in the first half. “Gerald Henderson just looked at every one who was guarding him and said, “I’m better than you””, Doc Rivers said. “And we fouled a lot”. Despite Charlotte’s star, Kemba Walker, struggles from the floor (10 Points 4-11) after scoring 29 points against the Washington Wizards in their previous game. Ben Gordon and Josh McRoberts were key contributors off the bench. Gordon scored 17 Points and McRoberts recorded his first Double-Double in a Charlotte uniform with 13 Points and 10 Rebounds. Jeff Green and Jordan Crawford each had 14 points for the Celtics while future Hall Of Famer, Forward, Kevin Garnett, was held to five points on 2-of-10 shooting. Garnett only needed nine points to pass Jerry West and move into 15^th place on the All-Time scoring list, but struggled throughout the game.
“Kevin got frustrated in the first five minutes of the game”, Coach Rivers said. The Boston Celtics seemed a bit out of tune without their star Forward, Paul Pierce, missing tonight’s game due to resting. “Hopefully he rests when we play them again on Saturday”, Gordon said. “Tell him to go get more rest”. The Bobcats seemed to have wanted it more than the Celtics tonight outscoring the C’s 40-24 in the paint area and shooting 80% (24-30) from the free throw line. Also the Bobcats were also able to dominate the paint by out rebounding the Celtics 48-29 with 16 Offensive Rebounds.
“We didn’t let the game get sloppy and that’s what I like best about it”, Bobcats Coach Mike Dunlap said. Celtics Forwards Green, Garnett, and Brandon Bass combined for only 12 Rebounds which is an unusual stat line for the Celtics. The Bobcats were able to gain a great start on the Celtics jumping out on an 8-0 run. Boston was able to gain the lead (34-33) with 5:28 left in the 2^nd Quarter, but the Bobcats hot shooting continued. “I thought our guys thought well let’s trade baskets. If they score we can score back on them, but we couldn’t do that”, Coach Rivers said. “We couldn’t match how hard they played”.
With tonight’s win Charlotte was able to snap a 10 game losing streak. “We been in the dessert with 10 losses”, Coach Dunlap said. “I’m happy for the fans. I have great respect for our fans because they keep coming”. Charlotte leads the season series against Boston 2-1 and will face off again on March 16^th.