http://bleacherreport.com/ Bleacher Report - The open source sports network en-us 30 john smith <p><img class="attributed_image" src="/image/file/9006/lead/random_key_18696_file_open-uri.3154.0.jpg" br_image_id="9006" border="0" style="margin: 0px 8px 8px 0pt; float: left" /> Kevin Garnet, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce.&nbsp; </p><p>Three of the most dominating players in the game today.</p><p>People said they couldn&#39;t lose.&nbsp; I told people that their bench was just not strong enough to go the whole season and stay hot.&nbsp;</p><p> Recently the bench has slowed down, forcing the Big Three to play more minutes.&nbsp; </p><p>For 35 games I had to listen to about how great the Celtic bench was.&nbsp; It just isn&#39;t really good at all.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Every team has hot players and cold players.&nbsp; The bench players for the Celtics started the season playing incredibly well, which brought the team to 30 wins faster than any other team in the league.&nbsp; </p><p>It seems, however, that the bench cooled off after the C&#39;s hit the 30-game mark.&nbsp;</p><p>I&#39;m not blaming the Celtics, because it is very difficult to put together a strong bench when you have three perennial All-stars in the starting lineup.&nbsp; </p><p>People now wonder why they are losing, but it is quite simple.&nbsp; Eddie House and James Posey are good players, just not the core of a solid bench.&nbsp;</p> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:20:45 -0500 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/7989-celtics-struggles-whats-the-problem-in-boston http://bleacherreport.com/articles/7989-celtics-struggles-whats-the-problem-in-boston http://bleacherreport.com/articles/7989-celtics-struggles-whats-the-problem-in-boston NBA NBA Atlantic Boston Celtics Paul Pierce Ray Allen Eddie House Bosto