Game Thread – Magic @ Celtics – 7:30PM, Fri, Dec. 15, 2023

Celts17Pride · Post #41 » by **Celts17Pride** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:55 pm

Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
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Celtics depth chart vs. Magic Guards: White, Holiday, Pritchard, Mykhailiuk Wings: Brown, Tatum, Hauser Bigs: Queta, Stevens, Brissett OUT: Horford (rest), Kornet (adductor), Porzingis (calf), Banton (illness), Davison (Maine), Walsh (Maine), Peterson (Maine)

Celtics 10 deep tonight

fallguy · Post #42 » by **fallguy** » Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:56 pm

Go small, shoot 60 threes, hope for the best.

Celts17Pride · Post #43 » by **Celts17Pride** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:00 am

Great night for the Celtics deep bench to show their worth and make a case for more playing time

Shamrock23 · Post #44 » by **Shamrock23** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:09 am

I guess Celtics know we can't beat this team so we're sitting few of our players, lol. Magic is too athletic for our lazy defense.

Triple7 · Post #45 » by **Triple7** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:11 am

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:
Hal14 wrote:
BRUNiNHO91 wrote:Horford played 24 min last night. I understand the no back to back thing, but in a situation where no bigs are available, if you can’t make an exception to use a guy for like 20 min that’s pretty weak IMO.

It's not weak. Tonight's game is meaningless in the grand scheme of things.

What matters is playoffs.

Last season, we sat Al every back to back and he *still* went ice cold in the playoffs shooting like 25% from 3 in multiple playoff series, including the series where we were eliminated. Now he's another year older, so we need to watch his minutes even more this season. Give him rest days, manage his minutes to decrease the chances that he goes ice cold in the playoffs again..and also to decrease the chances that he is injured come playoff time due to over-working a 37 year old player.

Most 37 year old dudes are out of the league or if they are still in the league, they play less than 20 mins a game and less than 50 games a season..

Al keeps himself in good shape and rarely gets injured. So he can probably handle more of a workload than that, but we don't want to risk it. NO reason to risk it for a meaningless game in mid-December.

It kinda is though. Dude is a professional athlete. Play him 20 today and sit him the next few games where the other guys are healthy. Dude’s legs aren’t going to fall off for playing 40 minutes in 48 hours, 25 games into the season. Plus last year he burned out because he started 65 games playing 30+ minutes. Clearly not the case this year.

I agree with this. Dude is 37, not 47. He can rest when all the other guys are healthy. Also, this is not just a meaningless game. We need to actually prove we can beat them.

Triple7 · Post #46 » by **Triple7** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:15 am

sam_I_am wrote:
BRUNiNHO91 wrote:
Hal14 wrote:It's not weak. Tonight's game is meaningless in the grand scheme of things.

What matters is playoffs.

Last season, we sat Al every back to back and he *still* went ice cold in the playoffs shooting like 25% from 3 in multiple playoff series, including the series where we were eliminated. Now he's another year older, so we need to watch his minutes even more this season. Give him rest days, manage his minutes to decrease the chances that he goes ice cold in the playoffs again..and also to decrease the chances that he is injured come playoff time due to over-working a 37 year old player.

Most 37 year old dudes are out of the league or if they are still in the league, they play less than 20 mins a game and less than 50 games a season..

Al keeps himself in good shape and rarely gets injured. So he can probably handle more of a workload than that, but we don't want to risk it. NO reason to risk it for a meaningless game in mid-December.

It kinda is though. Dude is a professional athlete. Play him 20 today and sit him the next few games where the other guys are healthy. Dude’s legs aren’t going to fall off for playing 40 minutes in 48 hours, 25 games into the season. Plus last year he burned out because he started 65 games playing 30+ minutes. Clearly not the case this year.

It’s not just the 24 minutes. It’s the pregame prep, warmups, shoot around, stretching etc.

A day off is not just 24 less minutes. It’s a whole day to rest. It’s a big deal for old players.

Lol. Are you seriously saying those are very tiring? Come on now smh. Dude is 37, not 47. It’s not like he would be task to play 40mins. 20-25mins wouldn’t hurt.

Celts17Pride · Post #47 » by **Celts17Pride** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:17 am

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Post #48 » by **shackles10** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:24 am

Shak_Celts wrote:I’m not going to be on tonight because I’m going to the movies. I may look in now and then to tho so keep it clean!

Definitely going to watch the movie again if it’s any good because i know I’ll be looking at the game and miss half of it!!

I’m whatever the dad version of a Mombie is, running on no sleep. Having a newborn in your 40’s with a re-admission into the hospital for another 5 days is rough. Don’t commit any crimes and I’ll probably allow it especially since I’ll probably be incoherent by halftime

KillahGhostface · Post #49 » by **KillahGhostface** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:28 am

shackles10 wrote:
Shak_Celts wrote:I’m not going to be on tonight because I’m going to the movies. I may look in now and then to tho so keep it clean!

Definitely going to watch the movie again if it’s any good because i know I’ll be looking at the game and miss half of it!!

I’m whatever the dad version of a Mombie is, running on no sleep. Having a newborn in your 40’s with a re-admission into the hospital for another 5 days is rough. Don’t commit any crimes and I’ll probably allow it especially since I’ll probably be incoherent by halftime

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #50 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:30 am

Triple7 wrote:
sam_I_am wrote:
BRUNiNHO91 wrote:
It kinda is though. Dude is a professional athlete. Play him 20 today and sit him the next few games where the other guys are healthy. Dude’s legs aren’t going to fall off for playing 40 minutes in 48 hours, 25 games into the season. Plus last year he burned out because he started 65 games playing 30+ minutes. Clearly not the case this year.

It’s not just the 24 minutes. It’s the pregame prep, warmups, shoot around, stretching etc.

A day off is not just 24 less minutes. It’s a whole day to rest. It’s a big deal for old players.

Lol. Are you seriously saying those are very tiring? Come on now smh. Dude is 37, not 47. It’s not like he would be task to play 40mins. 20-25mins wouldn’t hurt.

I wonder if Al eats on a back to back? I hear those NBA forks are pretty heavy to lift. Maybe Joe spoon feeds him.. :lol:

Post #51 » by **bisme37** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:34 am

Enjoy the big game, Celtics friends!

Go C's let's get this win!!

meatball sub · Post #52 » by **meatball sub** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:42 am

lamar stevens at center. this should end well

ConstableGeneva · Post #53 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:44 am

Safe to say, we won't win unless we make threes.

Triple7 · Post #54 » by **Triple7** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:44 am

Stop chucking off 3’s damn it

BK_2020 · Post #55 » by **BK_2020** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:45 am

Maybe it's time to bring in Brissett.

Triple7 · Post #56 » by **Triple7** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:45 am

This team will never learn. Live and die by the 3. Tatum is a chuckster.

BK_2020 · Post #57 » by **BK_2020** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:46 am

Are we really blaming Tatum for shooting a three after catching a pass with 1 second on the clock

Triple7 · Post #58 » by **Triple7** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:46 am

Another 3pt brick lol. Joe is a **** idiot stupid!

meatball sub · Post #59 » by **meatball sub** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:47 am

stevens is unplayable in this situation tonight. they will leave him wide open and ruin our spacing

playa-hater · Post #60 » by **playa-hater** » Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:47 am

Triple7 wrote:Stop chucking off 3’s damn it

Did you honestly really expect anything but that?