Dino Chops For Everyone! Victory Cigar vs TOR 11/11

[Smart2Nesmith43]

Another blown 20 point lead in a game featuring the Celtics
Fire Joe.

[Memokerobi]

Very happy seeing White's shooting and shot blocking coming back

[Fierce1]

Another blown 20 point lead in a game featuring the Celtics
Fire Joe.

[GreenBloodedC]

Best team in the East (league)

[Deivork]

Free throws at the end!

How did we even win this one? Offense was terrible!

[Fierce1]

Free throws at the end!

How did we even win this one? Offense was terrible!

DEFENSE!!!

[phincsfan]

I’ve said Sam’s issue was his back health. He looks like he’s over that.

Trading him during the season wouldn’t be a smart move because of chemistry.

[ThePigeon]

Joe trusts Sam on offense and defense in crunch time.

I thought Joe would go back to Walsh.

Credit to Sam, he was solid on defense in that last 2 minutes.

Right now he is better than the other young wings
Experience should count for something. And a solid 3 pointer

[cloverleaf]

So who is Joe's 5th starter against the Cooper Flaggs this weekend?

[cloverleaf]

Joe trusts Sam on offense and defense in crunch time.

I thought Joe would go back to Walsh.

Credit to Sam, he was solid on defense in that last 2 minutes.

Right now he is better than the other young wings
Experience should count for something. And a solid 3 pointer

Jordan and Hugo still get flustered and are still shaky on O.

[Fencer reregistered]

Those were Sam's first FT attempts of the season. He's had 78 across his whole NBA career, including playoffs. He's missed 10, half of those in his second season. He's never missed a FT in the postseason.

He went 11-11 on FTs his fourth regular season, which is like an excellent single game figure for Tatum.

[31to6]

White and JT. They turned it up in the mid-2nd when it was now-or-never time. Felt like each of Derrick's four blocks was huge, and he hit at least a couple gotta-have-it jumpers from the FT area -- nice job looking for his shot more without Paul George out there!

Tatum also key to that 2nd quarter turnaround to make it a game again, and then HAD TO carry the team to the win down the stretch -- and did

love to see it LET'S GOOOOOO rest for a few days

[sam_I_am]

I voted for Tatum. It wasn’t his finest statistical performance and he settled for a lot of 3s in the fourth. That said, he was clearly running on fumes but he still was able to will the team back in the second quarter where the game was rescued.

[ParticleMan]

Gave Baylor some props, nice under-the-radar game. good D, lots of hustle, nice passes, hit 3's, just generally fit in very well with the starters. he's playing the best of the young wings right now, Baylor > Walsh > Hugo. Hugo struggling with his shot and decision making, and Walsh isn't as well rounded.

[Half-Full]

I'm giving the cigar to Baylor. Another solid two-way performance from him. His hustle, and energy are no small thing, fighting for rebounds, and loose balls. 9 pts, 7 rebounds (2 OREB), 3 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block, with a +/- of +18. Not a bad line. Things were not looking good as we approached the end of the first half. Toronto was dropping threes and playing hard. Somehow, we managed to close the gap. Things got very exciting in the 4th quarter, with both teams fighting hard. Hauser was a real stud in the last 4 minutes. Neemy with a big block, and rebound in the final minute, and dropped in a couple of free throws as well. Tatum a force as always. Can't say enough about our defense to close out the game.

[doogie_hauser]

Joe trusts Sam on offense and defense in crunch time.

I thought Joe would go back to Walsh.

Credit to Sam, he was solid on defense in that last 2 minutes.

Right now he is better than the other young wings
Experience should count for something. And a solid 3 pointer

Jordan and Hugo still get flustered and are still shaky on O.

Jordan still gives us many second chance points with his offensive rebounding and hustle, all his positive traits far outweigh his negatives.

Plus that lob dunk he did last night was awesome !

[bisme37]

I'm watching a replay of the game and checking out the Raptors broadcast. Poor announcer guys were so happy about their 2nd quarter lead and saying how encouraging it was that they were beating the top team in the East and what that means for the rest of the Raptors season etc.

[Deivork]

I've said this before when Paul George sits, the Celtics lack shot creators other than Tatum, PG, Pritch and (when he's on) Derrick White. And I only classify Tatum and PG as scorers. Need another scorer to RELY UPON REGULARLY. Fortunately they have the best defense in the NBA right now, but come playoff time, scorers are PRECIOUS. They pulled out a win because Queta, Tatum, SCHEIERMAN, HAUSER and White were CLUTCH. Players 7 thru 10 contributed very little against the Raptors.

Having Anfernee Simons for 6M like Philly does would be awesome. I wanted him back for this reason.

[ParticleMan]

I've said this before when Paul George sits, the Celtics lack shot creators other than Tatum, PG, Pritch and (when he's on) Derrick White. And I only classify Tatum and PG as scorers. Need another scorer to RELY UPON REGULARLY. Fortunately they have the best defense in the NBA right now, but come playoff time, scorers are PRECIOUS. They pulled out a win because Queta, Tatum, SCHEIERMAN, HAUSER and White were CLUTCH. Players 7 thru 10 contributed very little against the Raptors.

Having Anfernee Simons for 6M like Philly does would be awesome. I wanted him back for this reason.

Nah, he's fool's gold. Too inefficient. 1 out of 5 times he will go Anferno, but 4 out of 5 times he will shoot you right out of the game, and 5 out of 5 times he will give you turnstile D. The bench mob struggles on O but they play very good D and at worst keep us in the game. We are not the #1 bench in the league for no reason.

PP is a guy who can create shots, but right now i think we are relying on him iso'ing too much when PP and PG are out and teams key on him. We need to get him better screens etc to get him in more 1-on-1 situations.