E. CONF. FINALS – Gm 3: Celtics (0) @ Heat (2) – 8:30PM, Sun, May 21, 2023

Post #121 » by **shackles10** » Sun May 21, 2023 4:13 pm

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Bam would be perfect on the Cs except Joe wouldn’t know what to do with him.

I don’t get what his attitude is all about. Grant and Jimmy talked last game and they have on different color jerseys. Lighten up Edrice!

bigboi · Post #122 » by **bigboi** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:00 pm

I legit wouldn’t be surprised if we won the next 2

chrisab123 · Post #123 » by **chrisab123** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:12 pm

bigboi wrote:I legit wouldn’t be surprised if we won the next 2

I would be. Mazzula is the coach and Smart still thinks hes Reggie Miller.

31to6 · Post #124 » by **31to6** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:12 pm

shackles10 wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:

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Bam would be perfect on the Cs except Joe wouldn’t know what to do with him.

I don’t get what his attitude is all about. Grant and Jimmy talked last game and they have on different color jerseys. Lighten up Edrice!

Bam is low-key one of my favorite non-Celtics in the NBA.
And I hope the Celtics rally to send him packing:)

31to6 · Post #125 » by **31to6** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:13 pm

chrisab123 wrote:
bigboi wrote:I legit wouldn’t be surprised if we won the next 2

I would be. Mazzula is the coach and Smart still thinks hes Reggie Miller.

Tatum and/or Brown likely to go off tonight.

chrisab123 · Post #126 » by **chrisab123** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:15 pm

31to6 wrote:
chrisab123 wrote:
bigboi wrote:I legit wouldn’t be surprised if we won the next 2

I would be. Mazzula is the coach and Smart still thinks hes Reggie Miller.

Tatum and/or Brown likely to go off tonight.

Brown is a better bet. I hope this team didn't fall into the south beach trap last night

bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #127 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:19 pm

Well, nothing, and that's the crux of the matter...

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Post #128 » by **bisme37** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:24 pm

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Grant should’ve just kissed Butler. He’s so close. Might’ve thrown Jimmy off. Dunno if that’s a flagrant 1 or 2 though.

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BE THE BEAR!!!

bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #129 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:27 pm

-8 Smart, +9 Brogdon...

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Post #130 » by **bisme37** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:27 pm

I'm excited to tell my grandkids about how the Celts overcame 2 early losses at home to win the series and advance to the Finals.

Well someones else's grandkids I guess. No one seems interested in having kids with me let alone grandkids. But that's beside the point GO C'S!!!

zoyathedestroya · Post #131 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:30 pm

bisme37 wrote:
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Grant should’ve just kissed Butler. He’s so close. Might’ve thrown Jimmy off. Dunno if that’s a flagrant 1 or 2 though.

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BE THE BEAR!!!

Jay King: Be the bear.
FAFO Celtics: “Care Bear Stare!!!!”

playa-hater · Post #132 » by **playa-hater** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:32 pm

The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:
playa-hater wrote:Can any historian tell me if there has ever been a team that lost their 1st 2 home games and still came back to win the series??

I know teams have lost their 1st 2 and came back while on the road.. Can't think of any the other way around.

https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2023/05/20/celtics-heat-eastern-conference-finals-0-2-deficit-nba-history-stats/

Thank
You

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #133 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:35 pm

I'll have to box score watch this game (going to blink-182 at the garden) which honestly I'm not too upset about because watching these games is stressful LOL.

zoyathedestroya · Post #134 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:36 pm

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I think we need to lead by triple digits in the 4th to put them away.

Parasite · Post #135 » by **Parasite** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:41 pm

shackles10 wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:

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Bam would be perfect on the Cs except Joe wouldn’t know what to do with him.

I don’t get what his attitude is all about. Grant and Jimmy talked last game and they have on different color jerseys. Lighten up Edrice!

Love it. That’s old-school. Bam knows what’s up.

titlebound1 · Post #136 » by **titlebound1** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:52 pm

I've seen a lot of people complaining about what Grant did. I have absolutely no problem with it...I hope he does it again. I would love to see it come from either Brown or Tatum...but at least someone stepped up.

People talk up jimmy like he's actually accomplished anything. He's clutch...no doubt about it. But the guy is so predictable. He takes a million bad shots and gets bailed out by Bam's O boards and Martin going nuts.

I don't like piling on the coach because at the end of the day, players need to execute. But Joe needs to show us a real game plan. The heat get away with double or triple teaming Tatum. There's no excuse to not bringing a double team when Jimmy does one of his two moves (bringing a guard into the post off of a switch.)

STOP SWITCHING. Fight through the picks and run high picks and rolls with JT / Rob every single time down. This isn't rocket science

titlebound1 · Post #137 » by **titlebound1** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:54 pm

Win tonight, and we're right back in the series. There's no excuse to lose to this team with how much talent we have.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #138 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Sun May 21, 2023 5:57 pm

titlebound1 wrote:I've seen a lot of people complaining about what Grant did. I have absolutely no problem with it...I hope he does it again. I would love to see it come from either Brown or Tatum...but at least someone stepped up.

People talk up jimmy like he's actually accomplished anything. He's clutch...no doubt about it. But the guy is so predictable. He takes a million bad shots and gets bailed out by Bam's O boards and Martin going nuts.

I don't like piling on the coach because at the end of the day, players need to execute. But Joe needs to show us a real game plan. The heat get away with double or triple teaming Tatum. There's no excuse to not bringing a double team when Jimmy does one of his two moves (bringing a guard into the post off of a switch.)

STOP SWITCHING. Fight through the picks and run high picks and rolls with JT / Rob every single time down. This isn't rocket science

I was originally extremely annoyed by it but the reality is Butler was going to do what he was going to do anyways. At least Grant showed some fire. Grant getting in Butler's face was the least of Boston's reasons why they lost.

This team can only go so far as their stars can carry them and Brown was atrocious and neither him nor Tatum showed up in the fourth.

Post #139 » by **bisme37** » Sun May 21, 2023 6:21 pm

I get the single coverage on Butler. I don't know if I love it but I get it. Having him score 2 points is better than him spraying it out for a 3. And the Bucks and Knicks largely guarded him the same way, so it's not like Joe is alone on this strategy. (Although the Bucks and Knicks obviously lost lol.)

But as a Tatum stan I'm annoyed with how the Heat swarm JT with multiple defenders in the 4th to make him pass. And then Butler faces single coverage and scores more points than JT in the 4th and the narrative everywhere is Butler is a dog and can't be stopped and is the better player than JT etc.

I mean yeah Butler is outperforming JT down the stretch of these games so far but the difference in the defense each player is facing is pretty substantial. If JT gets swarmed the right play is to pass the ball, but then he gets ripped for it anyway. Maybe Jimmy would struggle with extra defenders draped on him too, but we haven't really seen him deal with that. Grumble grumble.

Post #140 » by **bisme37** » Sun May 21, 2023 6:32 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:
bisme37 wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:
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Grant should’ve just kissed Butler. He’s so close. Might’ve thrown Jimmy off. Dunno if that’s a flagrant 1 or 2 though.

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BE THE BEAR!!!

Jay King: Be the bear.
FAFO Celtics: “Care Bear Stare!!!!”

Speaking of The Bear, season 2 comes out on Hulu soon yay.