A Different Player

In the last two games against the Lakers and the Trail Blazers, Ray Allen has looked like a new player. Ray scored twenty four points against the Lakers and twenty one points last night against the Trail Blazers. He is looking like he finally has his shot back. All of his fans have been waiting for him to get into a groove this season, and it looks like it finally might be happening.

Before the last two games Allen wasn't playing well at all; he wasn't knocking down shots he normally would make, and he had more turnovers than he usual. There were a lot of trade rumors about Allen this year, it seemed like every week there was a new one. I think that really affected his play this year, because he might have been afraid he would get traded. Allen loves playing in Boston, he loves his team, the fans, and his family living in Boston. He didn't want to leave all of that, so that affected his game. I mean, he is human after all. Now that the trading deadline has passed, Allen is back to his old self, he is shooting much better, and he is coming off the pick and rolls a lot better. Hopefully he continues to play the way he is playing right now, because the Celtics will really need him to make a championship run.