He did nothing in a game to help us reach green 17.
Really?
That chunk of time that Garnett was out and Scal filled in wasn't a critical juncture? The defense didn't miss a beat, 911. Scal had a lot to do with that the minutes he filled in for Garnett. They won more of those games than they lost against some very good teams.
and that won them the championship? note Scal did not play in the playoffs. Scal barely played in the regular season. Yes they won some games when he was in there, but KG came back and Scal went right back to the shadows.
just for fun, lets take a trip down memory lane
1st game w/out KG - at Orlando - loss - Scal plays 21 minutes, scores a whopping 1 point, grabs a huge rebound and has a goose egg for all other stats - also he is a -4 for the game. C's lose by 3.. oops
2nd game - at Miami - Win 117-87 - yeah we needed Scal's defense to knock off those Heat, what would we have done without him? It might have been 117 - 97! (line was 2 pts, 5 boards, 4 fouls, 2 steals and an assist - in 16 minutes of play)(oh Powe had 25 off the bench...not too shabby)
3rd game - home vs. Dallas - can't get the box score for this one...
4th game - at Cleveland - 5 points in 17 minutes, we lose...he's a -3 for the night, we lose by 1.... oops again
5th game - home vs LAC - Scal starts and plays a whole 7 minutes in the win - he nails a three pointer and picks up an astounding 4 fouls in 7 minutes - Patrick O'Bryant would be jealous!
6th game - road at Minn. - 18 minutes - 0 pts, 3 rebounds, 2 fouls a steal a turnover - hero of the game, Leon Powe off the bench with 16 and 8 (and the gamewinner if I remember correctly)
7th game - home vs. San Antonio (a game I went to) Scal starts, plays 15 minutes, 2 pts, 4 boards, 3 fouls, 1 TO - hero of the game? Big Baby's D on Duncan
8th game - at Indiana - Can't get box for game this one- C's win
Last game w/out KG - vs. NY - C's Win 111-103 - Scal starts, Scal plays 2 minutes and 37 seconds and grabs a whole rebound...wow
so we played 9 games without KG and won 7 of them. Scal filled in a bit, but the real guys who stepped up were Powe and Baby (in the SAS game). The only critical games for playoff seeding would be Orlando and Cleveland (as the others were either non-playoff teams or Western conference teams) and guess which 2 games we lost... if you said Cleveland and Orlando ding ding ding...we have a winner...
and just to go to the super absurd and suggest that without Scal we lose 4 more of those games, we'd still have won the Eastern Conference, so that stretch, while morale building, showing we could play without KG, in the long run really didn't do anything, as KG came back, Scal went back to obscurity (or remained in it, as my analysis shows) and we won the title. Scal wore street clothes. We rejoiced.
I anxiously await your attempt at a comeback