ECSF: P2 | (2) Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers (3) | BOS 3-0

[ken6199]

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Philadelphia 76ers

[Rapaz]

The beatings will continue until morale humility improves.

[zapatasblood]

Game one did not go the way I thought it would but I’m still taking Sixers in six

[Madhouse]

I was expecting the Celtics to win at least 2 homes games.

[UNCBlue012]

My gut says Sixers in 7 but my heart says Celtics in 7.

Screw it, Celtics in 7.

[510TWSS]

Joel with 31 but feels like the C’s focused more on stopping Simmons on the break and covering the 3pt shooters.

[GeorgeMarcus]

Dammit, I meant Sixers in 6 but voted Celtics in 6.

[jfs1000d]

76ers won't win a Game 7 in Boston.

I can see them winning in six. But, Game 7 is a rough go of it for the road team. That's why I think Game 2 is important for philly. It would be very hard to win 4 of 5 against Boston anyway.

As far as the 76ers. Is it me, or can the 76ers and Embiid pipe down?

Embiid said Game 1 was snot us? Who the F are you then? You have one series win in 15 years. Needed to win 17 straight to even get to over 50 wins.

Shut the F up on who you are. You are nobody.

He's a great talent, and fun for the league, I love him as a player with charisma. But right now you have no identity as a basketball team, and no playoff credibility. You got destroyed by a team, after six days off, that was missing three of its top four players with another key player hurt. You could't guard a chair.

Miami was the worst team, by far, in the playoffs of all 16 teams out there. It wasn't even close. They are a 35-win team that gets coached up.

I think before the 76ers act like the second coming, they have to prove some cred in the playoffs. They've been on a tear the last month. BUt, the final weeks of the nba season are notorious for being fools gold.

[commentatorer]

Philly just need to break serve once and hold serve the rest of the way and they win in 6.
Will Philly break serve in Game 2?
Will Boston again go 17-35 downtown, and Philly go 5-26?
Will Philly continue to out-rebound the Celtics? (Philly 45, Boston 36)
Will turnovers continue to remain low for both teams? (Phlly 12, Boston 10)

[ken6199]

Dammit, I meant Sixers in 6 but voted Celtics in 6.

We need more unbiased fans like you.

[sicknastydunker]

Philly just need to break serve once and hold serve the rest of the way and they win in 6.
Will Philly break serve in Game 2?
Will Boston again go 17-35 downtown, and Philly go 5-26?
Will Philly continue to out-rebound the Celtics? (Philly 45, Boston 36)
Will turnovers continue to remain low for both teams? (Phlly 12, Boston 10)

Will Philly continue to shoot 16 more free throws a game?

[Madhouse]

Philly just need to break serve once and hold serve the rest of the way and they win in 6.
Will Philly break serve in Game 2?
Will Boston again go 17-35 downtown, and Philly go 5-26?
Will Philly continue to out-rebound the Celtics? (Philly 45, Boston 36)
Will turnovers continue to remain low for both teams? (Phlly 12, Boston 10)

Will Philly continue to shoot 16 more free throws a game?

They can not convert them anyway

[SmartWentCrazy]

I said it in the last thread, but the keys to this series are offensive rebounding and turnovers. Im expecting the rockfight to continue.

[commentatorer]

Philly just need to break serve once and hold serve the rest of the way and they win in 6.
Will Philly break serve in Game 2?
Will Boston again go 17-35 downtown, and Philly go 5-26?
Will Philly continue to out-rebound the Celtics? (Philly 45, Boston 36)
Will turnovers continue to remain low for both teams? (Phlly 12, Boston 10)

Will Philly continue to shoot 16 more free throws a game?

Hopefully more because Embiid only attempted 6 free-throws.
Embiid drew an obscene amount of fouls vs Miami.

Philly just need to break serve once and hold serve the rest of the way and they win in 6.
Will Philly break serve in Game 2?
Will Boston again go 17-35 downtown, and Philly go 5-26?
Will Philly continue to out-rebound the Celtics? (Philly 45, Boston 36)
Will turnovers continue to remain low for both teams? (Phlly 12, Boston 10)

Will Philly continue to shoot 16 more free throws a game?

They can not convert them anyway

Philly made 74.3%, not bad.
I'll take that if they are shooting half-decent downtown.

[hookshot199]

I posted the following yesterday and believe, from Philly's standpoint, it is just as relevant today as yesterday. You can't do anything when Baynes, Ojeleye and Larkin make more 3-balls than Redick, Belinelli, Saric, Covington and Ilyasova combined and when Redick Belinelli, Saric, Covington and Ilyasova shoot only 15% from the 3-point line (3 for 20).

But Brown has to move the C's shooters off the 3-point line. Otherwise, the series is over.

Secondly, Redick should defend Smart and not Tatum. How dumb!!!

I normally don't put too much credence in Shaq's insights, but I believe "rust" was a factor. I believe the Celtics were hot. I believe the Sixers let the Celtics dictate the tempo of the game. I also believe the Sixers didn't adjust to the "matchup problems" Barkley alluded to. I believe the Sixers may need to give TJ McConnell more minutes.

So, as things stand: Apart from the Celtics making 49% of their 3-point shots, 3-point shots accounted for 44% of points scored. In the Milwaukee series, 3-point shots accounted for 30% of points scored.

Yesterday I posted:

The Sixers need to keep Horford, Tatum and Rozier (and Morris off the bench) off the three-point line and pack it in for everybody else. Don't put Embiid on Horford. Put him on Baynes, Monroe and/or Ojeleye - which means he can play a one-man zone.

When Brown comes back (assuming he doesn't play tonight) they'll have to mix things up a bit. The Celtics can't win the series if we deny them open looks from the three-part line. And Horford, Brown and Tatum are not super-quick (Rozier is, but he's short), so there's no reason we shouldn't be able to defend the line much better than the Bucks.

Postseason 3-point average: Rozier (.382), Horford (.432), Brown (.378), Morris (.455) and Tatum (.308). Tatum, though down in the playoffs, shot at an impressive .434 clip during the season.

Thirty percent of Celtics playoff points were 3-balls.

[DROB27]

Still got philly in 6 but it wouldn’t suprise me if it’s boston in 6 instead

[kuclas]

Philly just need to break serve once and hold serve the rest of the way and they win in 6.
Will Philly break serve in Game 2?
Will Boston again go 17-35 downtown, and Philly go 5-26?
Will Philly continue to out-rebound the Celtics? (Philly 45, Boston 36)
Will turnovers continue to remain low for both teams? (Phlly 12, Boston 10)

Philly will continue to outrebound Celtics. Cause Celtics are making all efforts to stay with Sixers 3 point shooters. Leaving less opportunities for rebounds.

If there is time to get Fultz playing time. It’s game 2. He’s the only ball handler who can break down defenders off the dribble in half court game. TJ McConnell is nice story. But he is useless against Celtics in half court set. He won’t/cannot take a shot and just dribbles around. Might as well have Fultz for 5 minutes to see what he can do. And Fultz is longer and has shown he can defend. Which is surprising since he wasn’t a defender in college.

Brett Brown has to make adjustment. Stevens isn’t gonna to change his game plan (let embiid have his points in paint but guard 3 pointers at all cost). Cause it’s working.

Sixers obviously have to do better job not letting Celtics get wide open 3 point shots.

[GreenBloodedC]

Dammit, I meant Sixers in 6 but voted Celtics in 6.

If Sixers lose, it will definitely be entirely your fault.

[hookshot199]

Philly just need to break serve once and hold serve the rest of the way and they win in 6.
Will Philly break serve in Game 2?
Will Boston again go 17-35 downtown, and Philly go 5-26?
Will Philly continue to out-rebound the Celtics? (Philly 45, Boston 36)
Will turnovers continue to remain low for both teams? (Phlly 12, Boston 10)

Philly will continue to outrebound Celtics. Cause Celtics are making all efforts to stay with Sixers 3 point shooters. Leaving less opportunities for rebounds.

If there is time to get Fultz playing time. It’s game 2. He’s the only ball handler who can break down defenders off the dribble in half court game. TJ McConnell is nice story. But he is useless against Celtics in half court set. He won’t/cannot take a shot and just dribbles around. Might as well have Fultz for 5 minutes to see what he can do. And Fultz is longer and has shown he can defend. Which is surprising since he wasn’t a defender in college.

Brett Brown has to make adjustment. Stevens isn’t gonna to change his game plan (let embiid have his points in paint but guard 3 pointers at all cost). Cause it’s working.

Sixers obviously have to do better job not letting Celtics get wide open 3 point shots.

And how many cuts did you notice? I suspect fewer than 5. Re TJ: I think he can get into the key. I'm not sure what he does after that, but we had very little penetration yesterday.

I am hesitant to play Fultz in the Garden. He'd be too much in a goldfish bowl. On the other hand, if his defensive assignment is to defend the 3-point line and not worry about his man getting around him, no harm. A long 2 is better than a 3.

[GeorgeMarcus]

Dammit, I meant Sixers in 6 but voted Celtics in 6.

We need more unbiased fans like you.

Dammit, I meant Sixers in 6 but voted Celtics in 6.

If Sixers lose, it will definitely be entirely your fault.

Don't worry it's just a reverse jinx tactic. I learned about it on the Discovery Channel.