Celtics Stung! Loss vs CHA 11/20

[PierceFan4ever]

Obviously Jaylen was awful and was culprit #1 but Jrue has **** SUCKED for two straight games now

Although 7 TO's by Jrue are a reason for the loss, Porzingis shooting 1-8 from 3 and 4-6 from 2 tells me Porzingis's brain should have realized today was a day to operate inside the line, and I maintain the coaching staff should have told him to as well. He's not innocent of this defeat. 6-10 Free Throws aside, he shouldn't have taken 8 3's TODAY.

Yeah that was weird. Some games he takes like 2 threes. I guess he wanted to work on his 3 point shot against a bad team idk. Obviously it hurt the team but they had no answer when he was in the post. Not only were the threes bad but he kept taking them 5 feet behind the line and each one just felt like it was gonna be short which ended up happening.

[GrandTheftRondo]

WOW, can't believe I just watched this abortion of a game.....Leading the entire time only to choke like they've been doing the past 3 years.....I thought we had this figured out---No urgency on offense to close this game. WALK WALK WALK the ball up the court. Joe should've just left the bench in for Crissakes....Man SCREW this team, going nowhere again. C'mon Holiday, make your damn free throws, loser.

Lol why is this team going nowhere?

They have the best record in the NBA, a top 5 offence and defence.

It’s a **** loss sure but it’s a random November game.

Would be far more concerned if this was game 1 of the playoffs.

Far more positives than negatives with this team so far.

Maybe because this is the same old crap---we lost The freaking Finals because of this late game meltdown NONSENSE....keep attacking you effing azzzzholes~!!

I disagree.

Tonight was **** but they’ve been the best clutch team in the NBA this season which you cannot say for the other seasons.

This isn’t the finished product either.

Team has all the makings of a serious contender. They’re not the only team dropping games they shouldn’t, it’s normal. The Nuggets are 6-4 in their last 10. The Bucks started the season shaky.

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[MaxwellSmart]

Seemed like Point shaving that got out of control.

[GrandTheftRondo]

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I get our expectations are high but man this place is unbearable whenever we lose a game.

You can’t win 82 games. You can’t play perfectly every night.

I get there’s some residual trauma from how our last two seasons have ended.

But the team has been dramatically changed. Two new starters, a different bench.

We are 11-3 and whenever we lose people are acting like they can’t win in the playoffs.

Personally I’d like to see how this team looks in February or March first before making such ridiculous calls.

We haven’t even seen them play the Bucks, Nuggets, Suns etc.

And for anyone wanting to act like our last title team was any different. I can recall several close games against garbage teams. They also went to 7 games against the Fkn Hawks.

[KillahGhostface]

Seemed like Point shaving that got out of control.

Yeah, that’s it.

[Darthlukey]

One of the few things that can stop this team is the ego of its stars.

“Slow it down and walk it up and flail and fail” may be dying out — but it’s still there waiting to snatch any and all victories away from whatever near-perfect roster Brad puts around them.

Our Achilles' Heels:

1 - Jaylen is a moron.
2 - Hero-ball in general.
3 - Joe is – at best – a replacement level coach.
4 - Porzingis health.

Jaylen is one of the best finishers in the league. But he should not even have a play called to create. We have more than enough initiators to get him good looks where he can excel

[fallguy]

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I get our expectations are high but man this place is unbearable whenever we lose a game.

This place is unbearable at all times but I will be here everyday and I will do nothing to make it more bearable.

This is as it is, as it was, and as it always will be.

[fallguy]

One of the few things that can stop this team is the ego of its stars.

“Slow it down and walk it up and flail and fail” may be dying out — but it’s still there waiting to snatch any and all victories away from whatever near-perfect roster Brad puts around them.

Our Achilles' Heels:

1 - Jaylen is a moron.
2 - Hero-ball in general.
3 - Joe is – at best – a replacement level coach.
4 - Porzingis health.

Jaylen is one of the best finishers in the league. But he should not even have a play called to create. We have more than enough initiators to get him good looks where he can excel

My point stands.

[GrandTheftRondo]

One of the few things that can stop this team is the ego of its stars.

“Slow it down and walk it up and flail and fail” may be dying out — but it’s still there waiting to snatch any and all victories away from whatever near-perfect roster Brad puts around them.

Our Achilles' Heels:

1 - Jaylen is a moron.
2 - Hero-ball in general.
3 - Joe is – at best – a replacement level coach.
4 - Porzingis health.

Jaylen is one of the best finishers in the league. But he should not even have a play called to create. We have more than enough initiators to get him good looks where he can excel

Yeah this is the surprising thing this year. We don’t really need him to handle the ball much at all. This wasn’t the case a few seasons ago when the team was definitely lacking creators outside of Tatum and Smart.

Would much rather Jrue or Derrick initiate and get him an open jumper or the ball on the move where he can attack downhill and score.

[Red2]

I still don't like mazzula as our coach. Doesnt know how to sub, doesnt know when to call a time out snd doesnt know how to draw up a play in a close game. Not sure what his record is in OT gamws snd games decided by 5 points or less but it cant be very good. Despite how crappy we were we should never lose a game when we’re up 9 with teo minutes to go. Yes the players are at fault but joe blew it

[Jammer]

One of the few things that can stop this team is the ego of its stars.

“Slow it down and walk it up and flail and fail” may be dying out — but it’s still there waiting to snatch any and all victories away from whatever near-perfect roster Brad puts around them.

Our Achilles' Heels:

1 - Jaylen is a moron.
2 - Hero-ball in general.
3 - Joe is – at best – a replacement level coach.
4 - Porzingis health.

Good Points by both.

[GrandTheftRondo]

I still don't like mazzula as our coach. Doesnt know how to sub, doesnt know when to call a time out snd doesnt know how to draw up a play in a close game. Not sure what his record is in OT gamws snd games decided by 5 points or less but it cant be very good. Despite how crappy we were we should never lose a game when we’re up 9 with teo minutes to go. Yes the players are at fault but joe blew it

I’m not convinced by him either but I’m happy to give him until the end of the season.

I also think there’s a few people on here who refuse to ever state anything positive he does.

In both seasons he has coached he has had good games.

[return2glory]

Down the stretch, as expected Brown and Tatum were plain bad.

Up 8 with less than 2 minutes to go, I believe they combined to go 0-3.

Joe was bad tonight. There was no reason to play Hauser 37 minutes. Don't care it was in double OT. Hauser was terrible.
37 minutes, 1-9 shooting, only 1 rebound and 1 assist. Last 6 minutes of the game, Joe brought back Hauser instead of keeping Pritchard in.

Brown with back to back awful games.

Williams destroyed KP, going for 18 and 16 rebounds.

Tatum and Pritchard were great in the 1st half, didn't do much after that.

Brissett gave the team life. 7 rebounds in only 17 minutes. He needed to play more.

[return2glory]

We are .500 without White. That shows how important White is and how overrated Tatum and Brown are. I said it last year and I will say it again, Tatum and Brown primarily focus on getting their points.

[return2glory]

This game isn’t close without his 45 but have we ever seen Tatum get backcut three times in the same game?

Hayward god level bball iq had him baffled

Hayward on this team instead of JB would be so amazing.

Hayward has been an average player his last 5 years. Maybe a little above average.

[return2glory]

Back to back game, on the road without White and Horford.

We needed more energy guys. I thought Brissett was really good. I also wanted to see more of a double big lineup with KP getting destroyed by Mark Williams on the glass. I would have gone with Queta and KP for stretches. Especially when Hauser was cold and wasn't rebounding or passing, he was just missing shots.

[return2glory]

Obviously Jaylen was awful and was culprit #1 but Jrue has **** SUCKED for two straight games now

Hauser was worst than both going 1-9 and managing to get only 1 rebound and 1 assist in 37 minutes. You're shot isn't falling, help the team out in different ways. That's part on Joe for playing that many minutes when he was clearly useless, double OT game or not.

[ThePigeon]

We would have lost this game last year

No progress at all

[Fierce1]

4 starters, including Hauser, went 3-25 from the 3pt line.

Just not the Celtics' night.

But they still did enough to win, until Jrue missed both FTs.

If Jrue made his FTs then the Cs would have won.

But it's the NBA, you don't take care of business, it will cost you.