"Offensively the Celtics are in a state of confusion, stunning for a team that prides itself on chemistry and cohesion. Ray Allen and Paul Pierce stood helpless at times last night at AmericanAirlines Arena, unable to stop their counterparts or even counter with a basket of their own.

If last night's 102-91 loss to the Heat in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals were a two-on-two game, it would have been a skunk. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade combined for 63 points, Allen and Pierce 20. The veteran Celtics duo was embarrassed; to their credit neither player used injuries during the game as an excuse.

It wasn't that they were inefficient, it was more that at times they actually seemed to be watching the action pass them by, even as the Celtics were fighting the Heat deep into the fourth quarter."