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Relieved to see Cs can hit that gear defensively. Just 55 points in 3Qs are not a lot in today's game.

Lee Van Cleef wrote:It was the last possession of the 3rd I believe. We gave the ball to Tatum. He wasted the clock all the way down to 3 seconds, then took a 30 foot, contested 3. This is our “last possession” strategy, for the last 2 years. I’ve been watching this game since late 80’s. This is the worst closing strategy ever! Someone should do something.

They did in this game?

zoyathedestroya wrote:Not for nothing but a Mazzulla-coached team set a regular season high for wins in Brad Stevens era for the 2nd year in a row. Up to you guys if he gets credit or not lol.

Luke Walton has the longest winning streak.In n b a history yet can't get a job to save his life. No one giving him any credit??

50-7 when making 15+ threes. 8-9 otherwise.

playa-hater wrote:

zoyathedestroya wrote:Not for nothing but a Mazzulla-coached team set a regular season high for wins in Brad Stevens era for the 2nd year in a row. Up to you guys if he gets credit or not lol.

Luke Walton has the longest winning streak.In n b a history yet can't get a job to save his life. No one giving him any credit??

That wasn't his team and you know it. He took over for Kerr middle of the season. System was already in place. He was a substitute teacher.

After a bit of a lazy start they cranked it hard on defense and it was impressive. Pretty good team performance, thought KP, JB and Jrue were best. Nice to have Al back.

playa-hater wrote:

zoyathedestroya wrote:Not for nothing but a Mazzulla-coached team set a regular season high for wins in Brad Stevens era for the 2nd year in a row. Up to you guys if he gets credit or not lol.

Luke Walton has the longest winning streak.In n b a history yet can't get a job to save his life. No one giving him any credit??

Bill Sharman has the longest winning streak in NBA history.

I enjoyed this game more than most games after the ASB, winning it was good, but the best part that I thought about all game was shutting up CJ! He was getting on my nerves doing all that crowd mess and talking all that junk! I was so happy we tore their ass up after that! How are you already celebrating halfway through the FIRST QUARTER??

WIN!!!

Fierce1 wrote:

zoyathedestroya wrote:Not for nothing but a Mazzulla-coached team set a regular season high for wins in Brad Stevens era for the 2nd year in a row. Up to you guys if he gets credit or not lol.

No way a team wins 57 or 58 games if the coach is as bad as some say here.

Sure. That's why the great Luke Walton started a season 24-0. 39-4 with the warriors. Monty Williams is 100% mid and the Suns won like 60 games before and got to a finals.

Ben-N1ce wrote:

Fierce1 wrote:

zoyathedestroya wrote:Not for nothing but a Mazzulla-coached team set a regular season high for wins in Brad Stevens era for the 2nd year in a row. Up to you guys if he gets credit or not lol.

No way a team wins 57 or 58 games if the coach is as bad as some say here.

Sure. That's why the great Luke Walton started a season 24-0. 39-4 with the warriors.

We're not talking about part-time.

Joe has coached one full season and this season.

Ben-N1ce wrote:

Fierce1 wrote:

zoyathedestroya wrote:Not for nothing but a Mazzulla-coached team set a regular season high for wins in Brad Stevens era for the 2nd year in a row. Up to you guys if he gets credit or not lol.

No way a team wins 57 or 58 games if the coach is as bad as some say here.

Sure. That's why the great Luke Walton started a season 24-0. 39-4 with the warriors. Monty Williams is 100% mid and the Suns won like 60 games before and got to a finals.

Not saying Joe is a great coach.

I think he's good enough.

Joe is not a moron or a bad coach that some here are saying.

Where's Cave?

Please avoid baiting. No need to pick fights. -b

SuperDeluxe wrote:Nice bounce-back game for the Celts. The Pels smelled blood and came out with a lot of energy, but the moment the C's decided to play it was over.

Also, it was weird to see Zion against the Celtics -- such a rare thing. That guy plays so few and far between that he's just a rung above Greg Oden. But what a major talent.

Zion has actually been balling the last several months and has apparently lost a lot of weight in the process. They went on a 30-15 run after starting the season 12-11. The Ingram injury has set them back for sure, though, as they are only 3-3 since.

zoyathedestroya wrote:

playa-hater wrote:

zoyathedestroya wrote:Not for nothing but a Mazzulla-coached team set a regular season high for wins in Brad Stevens era for the 2nd year in a row. Up to you guys if he gets credit or not lol.

Luke Walton has the longest winning streak.In n b a history yet can't get a job to save his life. No one giving him any credit??

That wasn't his team and you know it. He took over for Kerr middle of the season. System was already in place. He was a substitute teacher.

Mazzulla inherited a Finals team with several recent ECF appearances, who have since sacrificed long-term assets for short-term performance.

Like I said the other day, coaching also really doesn't even matter outside of the playoffs or the crunch time. Just too much travel in the regular season to truly gameplan for opponents. Closest you get to that is B2Bs against the same opponent, and we just saw how that went vs the Hawks.

IMO, we really won't know one way or the other if Joe has improved in the ways that matter until we are back in the 2nd round and beyond.

CelticFaninLBC wrote:Where's Cave?

Oh, hey! It's the guy who never has any basketball takes and is only here to talk **** about a poster who has been semi-critical of a player than he has a mancrush on. Great contribution to the discussion, as always.

Tell you what. I'm happy to come teach you how to play if you think it would help you to be able to talk about hoops and not other grown men.

Just let me know. I'll make time for you.

You were baited here but that doesn't mean you have to take the bait and raise the hostility level with your response. Please avoid personal attacks. -b

Captain_Caveman wrote:

zoyathedestroya wrote:

playa-hater wrote:

Luke Walton has the longest winning streak.In n b a history yet can't get a job to save his life. No one giving him any credit??

That wasn't his team and you know it. He took over for Kerr middle of the season. System was already in place. He was a substitute teacher.

Mazzulla inherited a Finals team with several recent ECF appearances, who have since sacrificed long-term assets for short-term performance.

Like I said the other day, coaching also really doesn't even matter outside of the playoffs or the crunch time. Just too much travel in the regular season to truly gameplan for opponents. Closest you get to that is B2Bs against the same opponent, and we just saw how that when vs the Hawks.

IMO, we really won't know one way or the other if Joe has improved in the ways that matter until we are back in the 2nd round and beyond.

I’m with a lot of you guys on the skepticism when it comes to the playoffs. We were specifically talking about regular season wins.

Lots of changes since Ime departed esp on offense. Roster wise, they switched out at least 3 main rotation players for new ones. Players don’t win on their own regardless if it’s just the regular season. If it were up to the Jays, they’d still be taking turns on offense. That is largely gone now. They added tweaks with the defense that better fit the current personnel too.

Whether all this translates to postseason success is TBD. What I worry about him most is in-game management which is more critical in the playoffs. But I think he’s great at game prep.

zoyathedestroya wrote:

Captain_Caveman wrote:

zoyathedestroya wrote:That wasn't his team and you know it. He took over for Kerr middle of the season. System was already in place. He was a substitute teacher.

Mazzulla inherited a Finals team with several recent ECF appearances, who have since sacrificed long-term assets for short-term performance.

Like I said the other day, coaching also really doesn't even matter outside of the playoffs or the crunch time. Just too much travel in the regular season to truly gameplan for opponents. Closest you get to that is B2Bs against the same opponent, and we just saw how that when vs the Hawks.

IMO, we really won't know one way or the other if Joe has improved in the ways that matter until we are back in the 2nd round and beyond.

I’m with a lot of you guys on the skepticism when it comes to the playoffs. We were specifically talking about regular season wins.

Lots of changes since Ime departed esp on offense. Roster wise, they switched out at least 3 main rotation players for new ones. Players don’t win on their own regardless if it’s just the regular season. If it were up to the Jays, they’d still be taking turns on offense. That is largely gone now. They added tweaks with the defense that better fit the current personnel too.

Whether all this translates to postseason success is TBD. What I worry about him most is in-game management which is more critical in the playoffs. But I think he’s great at game prep.

How I read the conversation was that you can't have this many wins in the regular season while being a bad coach. I personally disagree with that statement.

Very happy with the defense in the last 3 quarters because our defense has been ass lately

IMHO having Horford made a huge difference in this game. Ball movement was better, defense and rebounding were better and the rotation was close to what we will see in the playoffs.

I voted team. Great effort by everyone outside of the first quarter. Even the second half of the first quarter was pretty good.