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Celts17Pride wrote:ConstableGeneva wrote:With Giannis out, Mazzulla's gonna have to change his defensive game plan to focus on Bobby Portis.
Seriously, I always thought the Celtics needed a Portis type player then Brad Stevens went out and got Tillman. I'm happy.
I guess you can say Tillman is the defensive counterpart of Portis, who's more of a microwave scorer. Portis gets cooked on defense. 
ConstableGeneva wrote:Celts17Pride wrote:ConstableGeneva wrote:With Giannis out, Mazzulla's gonna have to change his defensive game plan to focus on Bobby Portis.
Seriously, I always thought the Celtics needed a Portis type player then Brad Stevens went out and got Tillman. I'm happy.
They couldn't be any more different.
Homerclease wrote:BK_2020 wrote:ConstableGeneva wrote:That seems to be the case. Even listening to opposing team huddles (Spo, Malone, and Vogel all mentioned this at least once), they know what the Cs are about. Smart defenses (with capable individual defenders) stay home on the shooters for the most part. When teams double/trap Tatum, that's when we're deadlier cos the ball moves freely. Bait Cs into stagnant iso mismatch game, and they have a chance.
We did score 143 on the Heat with only 40 3PA so that strategy isn't bulletproof.
Nobody is claiming it is. Celtics are a good team no matter what the opponent throws at them, but it still seems to show that forcing the Celtics off the three point line gives you the best chance to beat them. If the Celtics are above their average number of 3’s taken per game, that means their offense is generating clean looks for the shooters, the defense is failing to rotate or Sam Hauser turns into Steph curry
Celts17Pride wrote:
With key guys sitting out games. ConstableGeneva wrote:Celts17Pride wrote:
Mazzulla, same span: 19-3; 1st in offense, 4th in defense, +16.6 net rating.
ConstableGeneva wrote:Final 35 games in 2022 before our Finals run: 28-7 W-L record; 15.5 net rating
Our current run, since losing to the Lakers: 17-2 W-L record; 19.1 net rating w/ 14 games to go
Triple7 wrote:I’d like to see this team gear up for the playoffs. Less chucking of 3’s, and mixing it up and taking advantage of our size and athleticism. Go at mismatches. Post up Lillard and ahoot mid ranges, and attack the basket. SAS is right, we are beatable if we fall in love too much for the 3 ball.
bisme37 wrote:This is a good opportunity for the C's not take their foot off the gas with the other team's best player out. We muffed that up vs Lakers this year and maybe a couple other times I'm forgetting, and we may have a game or two like that in the playoffs.
Celts17Pride wrote:ConstableGeneva wrote:Celts17Pride wrote:
Mazzulla, same span: 19-3; 1st in offense, 4th in defense, +16.6 net rating.
I was kind of surprised that the Bucks have improved defensively under Doc Rivers but not by as much as the media would have you believe.
And you rarely hear a title team talking like them.
"I feel like for me, this has been the hardest season that I’ve played — not only physically, because I had the procedure done on my left knee in the end of June," Giannis Antetokounmpo told The Athletic's Sam Amick. "And I had to get back to myself. ... But emotionally, and mentally, it’s been draining. I’m not going to lie to you. It’s been extremely tough, from Coach Bud being let go to Coach Griff coming in, being let go, then Coach Joe for three games, Coach Doc coming in, and then you have Dame. It’s been tough."
"It's been harder than I thought," Rivers said of the job three weeks into his tenure.
It is even more personal for Lillard, who opened up about a divorce that was filed three days after his trade to Milwaukee, telling Yahoo Sports' Vincent Goodwill, "It’s probably been the hardest transition in my life."
Sweet Serenity wrote:Mr_Mojo_Risin wrote:Sweet Serenity wrote:Giannis is Out
Crap, I wanted a healthy Bucks...if we win it counts right? I mean Middleton is playing so...
It doesn’t matter if Giannis is in or out, it only counts when Middleton plays.