OT WIN RIGHT IN THEIR FACERS! ECF G1 Victory Cigar vs IND 5/21 (BOS leads 1-0)

[Fierce1]

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The big difference is JB not happy after a win while Haliburton kept celebrating in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd qtr.

Hali celebrated too early.

He learned that the hard way.

Pay your dues first.

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[Shak_Celts]

Not really. There's not enough centers in the league for one team to get three good ones.

i dont care what people are saying, almost all the teams not named minny would be ecstatic if their 3/4 bigs were Korny and X. I don't know what people think other bench bigs look like but hell we might have as good/better 4th big than many 2nd bigs as crazy as that sounds. look at backup bigs in the league. kornet saved our butts in some of these playoff games, that's damn near all you can ask from 3rd string bigs! some opinions on this are weird to me but have at it folks.

It's mostly that our rotations and scheme are guaranteed to make Al and Kornet look bad. A bunch of other backup centers would also look crappy in our system - especially against this team.

they are all we have, there isn't much joe could do. he tried to put al on siakam, that seemed to work a little starting the 3rd but then they just took the middies in his face and ate. al couldn't play 48, you cant put korny on anyone in this series to hide. im not sure what yall want from joe when both kp and x are out.

[fallguy]

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The solution is going small.

[zoyathedestroya]

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[Fierce1]

JB and JT prevented the series from going 6 or 7 games.

Hali won't keep making 3pt bank shots the entire series.

Just look at what happened to Donavan and the Cavs after making a 3pt bank shot in Game 2.

This was the Pacers' chance to make this a series and they choked.

[CelticsPride18]

Game 2 the Celtics will blow them out.

[fallguy]

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Relegation would be great. This C's team would CUT UP the G-League.

[Shak_Celts]

i know people are saying hauser isn't getting shots but are yall not seeing it's not because they are freezing him out, he's not getting open enough. he's been covered like a mug and when they finally get him open he's clanging and overshooting them.

[WeLikeOurGuys]

I’ll take any clutch win this core will give us. Hopefully, this is what they need to get them over the hump in clutch time situations.

[Fierce1]

Cs are now 2-0 in clutch games in the playoffs.

Call a spade a spade.

This is one of those nights where the Pacers were just so hot from 3 and they couldn't get the win.

Siakam lost the ball to JB twice in the clutch.

Hali just lost the ball at half-court when Jrue pressured him.

The playoffs are always ugly and the Cs snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

[rd26]

I'm probably alone in this, but im getting 22 Nets series vibes now. We just broke their hearts, now we dust their ass.

[fallguy]

I'm probably alone in this, but im getting 22 Nets series vibes now. We just broke their hearts, now we dust their ass.

This is a savage loss for the Pacers. Now they have to win 4/6. What are the odds?

[Fierce1]

I'm probably alone in this, but im getting 22 Nets series vibes now. We just broke their hearts, now we dust their ass.

I'm with you.

Cs win Game 2 and we'll see Indy's last stand in Game 3.

[Fierce1]

JT was big in this game.

Had 36 and 12.

That 3pt shot with 42 ticks left and the Cs only leading by 1 was as clutch as you can get.

[brackdan70]

I think that was their best shot. Bank 3s and lucky shots all over the place.
Best team we have faced all week.

[zoyathedestroya]

i dont care what people are saying, almost all the teams not named minny would be ecstatic if their 3/4 bigs were Korny and X. I don't know what people think other bench bigs look like but hell we might have as good/better 4th big than many 2nd bigs as crazy as that sounds. look at backup bigs in the league. kornet saved our butts in some of these playoff games, that's damn near all you can ask from 3rd string bigs! some opinions on this are weird to me but have at it folks.

It's mostly that our rotations and scheme are guaranteed to make Al and Kornet look bad. A bunch of other backup centers would also look crappy in our system - especially against this team.

they are all we have, there isn't much joe could do. he tried to put al on siakam, that seemed to work a little starting the 3rd but then they just took the middies in his face and ate. al couldn't play 48, you cant put korny on anyone in this series to hide. im not sure what yall want from joe when both kp and x are out.

He hasn't tried playing small yet. Which ironically, he's used against the Pacers in the regular season (Tatum at center).

[fallguy]

It's a little bit notable that JB effectively criticized JT in his post-game interview. It's subtle but it's there.

[Fierce1]

I'm sure some here already gave up on the Cs before JB hit that shot.

[tfmiii]

Celtics were -15 in the 7 minutes JT rested. Gotta address that too somehow.

A lot of that was PP and Hauser. They both need bounce back games

If I were going to overreact to this game, I’d try Oshae in Sam’s spot in game 2. I think I’d regret it, but Sam wasn’t a factor offensively and the Cs seemed flat defensively, and like a plus athlete could help against Toppin.

Sam has earned his role though, and played it well, and could well go 4-for-6 from 3 in game 2, so this isn’t really much of a suggestion.

Oshae for Kornet's minutes please