Take that, Doc

Celtics coach Doc Rivers dared the media not to write anything about Ray Allen after the game. I'm here to prove Doc wrong.

"The other guy I thought was sensational – you won’t write anything about him – is Ray." Rivers dared me. "Ray was 1-for-9. [But] he chased Rip (Hamilton) around, every screen, fought him. Clearly it took some offense away from him. He didn’t front rim on his shot. Got eight rebounds, and I just thought his effort in that way was big for us. We needed somebody to chase Rip. Rip is exhausting to guard. And Ray was the guy, and I thought he did a phenomenal job of it. Just happy with that effort.”

One player there was no question about tonight was Kendrick Perkins (20 rebounds) ,and Rivers did not hesitate to heap praise on his center.

"Perk was phenomenal," Rivers said. "Not just his rebounds, but his defense. And we talk about it all the time. He did his job. He did what he does. He rebounds. He blocks shots. He’s starting to really make nice passes in the interior. That’s who he is and that’s what he did. He didn’t go outside of himself. He did once, when he shot the wild hook shot. Other than that he stayed within his game, and that was a dominant game for him."