Game Thread – Celtics (13-11) @ Lakers (12-12) – 10:00PM, Tues, Dec. 7, 2021

Post #181 » by **Parliament10** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:03 am

Rob Williams!!!

GotDaSauce · Post #182 » by **GotDaSauce** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:05 am

Defense has been lacking for the last 3 minutes

PierceFan4ever · Post #183 » by **PierceFan4ever** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:06 am

Celtics defense has been terrible today.

Post #184 » by **Shak_Celts** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:06 am

Lot more defense and we walk away with this one!

Celts17Pride · Post #185 » by **Celts17Pride** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:06 am

Not the Celtics best defensive effort in the first half

Ben-N1ce · Post #186 » by **Ben-N1ce** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:07 am

Awful defense. Celtics aren't good trying to outshoot teams.

zoyathedestroya · Post #187 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:07 am

Lakers have done a better job taking advantage of mismatches/switches. Hope Ime adjusts at halftime.

Post #188 » by **Feed Your Head** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:08 am

Lakers doing a great job with these traps. They are hedging against Tatum, but recovering to their man immediately. So the traps aren’t really generating looks.

Going to need to defend our asses off in the second half if we want to win.

PierceFan4ever · Post #189 » by **PierceFan4ever** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:08 am

It’s pretty obvious the Lakers don’t care for smart at the 3 point line and are ready to throw double teams at Tatum whenever he gets a step. Need to make them pay

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #190 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:08 am

zoyathedestroya wrote:Lakers have done a better job taking advantage of mismatches/switches. Hope Ime adjusts at halftime.

Does Ime even know how to make adjustments?

BostonCouchGM · Post #191 » by **BostonCouchGM** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:09 am

TimeLord is such an incredible athlete. It's a shame he's so limited offensively and is essentially the same guy drafted years ago. Can you imagine if he could pick n pop on top of diving for these alley oops? They could just run PnR every play. Or if he could stand in the corner and hit threes? Such a shame. Nobody that gifted athletically should only be putting up 9-9-1. I feel like you'd have to go out of your way NOT to work on your game

Ben-N1ce · Post #192 » by **Ben-N1ce** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:10 am

Celtics are the only team that can't get wide open threes agsinst the Lakers due to over dribbling constantly.

playa-hater · Post #193 » by **playa-hater** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:10 am

Not incorporating Nesmith all year is going to come back to bite us.. Every "real team" will start crowding and doubling Tatum, especially if he is killing early.. As good as J Rich, Smart and Schro have been at times, NO ONE is going to respect their shooting..

LOOK AT THE VIDEO IME!!!

NO ONE EVER LEAVES NESMITH OPEN! It's like the whole NBA respects Nesmith's shot BUT FREAKIN IME.

Come second half, Tatum will be suffocated.. If that happens it is all on IME!!!!!!!

Post #194 » by **Shak_Celts** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:11 am

BostonCouchGM wrote:TimeLord is such an incredible athlete. It's a shame he's so limited offensively and is essentially the same guy drafted years ago. Can you imagine if he could pick n pop on top of diving for these alley oops? They could just run PnR every play. Or if he could stand in the corner and hit threes? Such a shame. Nobody that gifted athletically should only be putting up 9-9-1. I feel like you'd have to go out of your way NOT to work on your game

have they given him a shot out there to see if he has more? they don't ask him to shoot.

zoyathedestroya · Post #195 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:12 am

The Comedian wrote:Lakers doing a great job with these traps. They are hedging against Tatum, but recovering to their man immediately. So the traps aren’t really generating looks.

Going to need to defend our asses off in the second half if we want to win.

This is where you need star #2. Not just a scorer, but a playmaking threat too. What KD has with Harden. CP to Booker. Middleton to Giannis but on a lesser level.

playa-hater · Post #196 » by **playa-hater** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:12 am

The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:Lakers have done a better job taking advantage of mismatches/switches. Hope Ime adjusts at halftime.

Does Ime even know how to make adjustments?

want to guess what my answer is??

Tatumfor2 · Post #197 » by **Tatumfor2** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:12 am

Tip of my cap to Lebron. Shooting lights out and reffing the game too! Remarkable!

Post #198 » by **Feed Your Head** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:13 am

Tatum is 8-14, J-Rich and Rob are 8-13, everyone else is 4-16.

If the Celtics are going to win, the other guys need to make shots.

Post #199 » by **Shak_Celts** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:14 am

The Comedian wrote:Tatum is 8-14, J-Rich and Rob are 8-13, everyone else is 4-16.

If the Celtics are going to win, the other guys need to make shots.

we need buckets from others but if they can't do that at least defend and get on the boards.

playa-hater · Post #200 » by **playa-hater** » Wed Dec 8, 2021 4:15 am

Parliament10 wrote:Rob Williams!!!

and this is a player who Coach Stevens buried in the Miami ECT series..

COACHING FREAKIN MATTERS!!!!!!!!!

Stop burying needed talent!!!