2023 East Semifinals | (2) Boston Celtics VS. (3) Philadelphia 76ers (BOS WINS 4-3)

[TheRaptor!]

Tatum fans, still think he is better than JB?

A superstar should step up when it matters the most, yes?

Tatum is having a bad series but he is still miles better than Jaylen Brown

Would Celtics fans consider a Siakam for Brown trade?

[beeshma]

Jayson Tatum is just horrible. According to a lot of people, he's a top 5 player in the NBA, but yet he has awful performances like this one. 0-10 from the field inexcusable for someone who's supposedly a superstar.

[username_taken]

Where's that Celtics fan who said Joe is a terrible coach. I'm starting to lean that way.

Might be referring to me, I've been on that train since February or so

Yeah I'm starting to lean that way. Just from the playoffs coaching so far, including this game despite the lead. What's your particular beef with him?

Timeout usage is consistently horrible, in-game adjustments are so much worse than Brad/Ime, legitimately horrific end of game situation coach. And from a motivating perspective, when this team loses it often is because they showed up with zero intensity.

[Wolfgang630]

I don't see how the celtics lose this game. Tatum playing this poorly and boston still up with a comfortable lead.

You do know Boston lives by the 3 and dies by the 3? All it takes is for them to go 2-10 on their next 12 3's and the lead evaporates.

[Lunartic]

I still think Celtics win this series , the Sixers are just too discombobulated all the time and thrive off chaos.

Celtics need to control the pace of the game and they win. Embiid hasn't been dominant and Maxey/Harden can only do so much

[username_taken]

Tatum fans, still think he is better than JB?

A superstar should step up when it matters the most, yes?

Tatum is having a bad series but he is still miles better than Jaylen Brown

miles better??? if you just said he’s better then your credibility would be intact

Passing and defense exist. Tatum is a top flight wing defender while carrying an enormous scoring load, Brown is one of the dumbest players off the ball defensively in the league

[Dzon Dilindzer]

tatum doing his best to lose the game, but his own teammates are letting him down

[Lennyzinho]

Celtics up 7 despite Tatum being 0/10. Amazing.

Well that's cuz if you take Tatum out the Celtics are shooting 9-15 from 3...

Just keep passing to brogdon and smart, keep padding those assist numbers.

Tatum will of course finish this game with more than 1 pt that he has now but Celtics not named tatum won't keep shooting 60% from 3

[HumbleRen]

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[kingr]

I don't see how the celtics lose this game. Tatum playing this poorly and boston still up with a comfortable lead.

You do know Boston lives by the 3 and dies by the 3? All it takes is for them to go 2-10 on their next 12 3's and the lead evaporates.

That would also require phili to score the ball. They've scored just 43 points this half.

[GeorgeSears]

Harden barely cleared the rim on that dunk.

Sixers should feel pretty good about themselves going into the second half. This could've been a lot worse had Maxey not kept them in the game.

[baksuzz]

Jayson Tatum is just horrible. According to a lot of people, he's a top 5 player in the NBA, but yet he has awful performances like this one. 0-10 from the field inexcusable for someone who's supposedly a superstar.

in regular season he had 23 games with less then 40% from the field. just awful for a "superstar"

[CobraCommander]

Feels like knicks going to the finals - neither team is actually good… or this is the best defense ever

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Ok feels like the KNICKs or Miami going to finals because these teams SUCK-

It’s like a race to the bottom

[HumbleRen]

lmao at tatum defenders saying "but he's passing and defending !"

Um, that's what he should be doing at the bare minimum.

[Triple M]

Cant be happy as a Celtics fan.. i feel we threw a lot at them but Philly has been resilient. The Celtics need to keep playing d and generate fast breaks because it gets ugly in the half court

[_AIJ_]

I just love watching tatum fail

[LordCovington33]

I don't see how the celtics lose this game. Tatum playing this poorly and boston still up with a comfortable lead.

Depends on whether they go cold from 3. They certainly look the better team thus far. Tatum’s presence on the defensive end has been very good.

[CobraCommander]

Harden barely cleared the rim on that dunk.

Sixers should feel pretty good about themselves going into the second half. This could've been a lot worse had Maxey not kept them in the game.

Harden EXPLODED at 6’7” and barely cleared the rim

Harden IS older than Lebron

[CobraCommander]

I just love watching tatum fail

Why? He seems to be a decent chap- just plays ball and watches his kid- loves Kobe but doesn’t really talk crap

[Wolfgang630]

Colin Cowherd basically said Tatum is more like an Andrew Wiggins instead of a Kobe