Wolves? Ants? (Go)Bears? Celts Control The Pest Population In Minny! Victory Cigar vs MIN 1/2/25

[Shak_Celts]

Beating the wolves on the road without JB and KP is a great achievement. We did stupid things in the last 1 minute, but luckily we had already built a big lead. Man, Al was really bad. Joe should decrease his minutes.

True.

Jrue fouling DiVincenzo with 28 secs remaining and the Cs leading by 6 points is the only reason why the Wolves had a shot at tying the game.

It wasn’t the only reason, but it was a bad foul.

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Tatum led the team in points, rebounds, assists, and steals.
Nobody is shocked by this.

[Fencer reregistered]

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[fallguy]

Queta with the up-and-under post move!

[Fierce1]

Beating the wolves on the road without JB and KP is a great achievement. We did stupid things in the last 1 minute, but luckily we had already built a big lead. Man, Al was really bad. Joe should decrease his minutes.

True.

Jrue fouling DiVincenzo with 28 secs remaining and the Cs leading by 6 points is the only reason why the Wolves had a shot at tying the game.

It wasn’t the only reason, but it was a bad foul.

Yeah, Cs missed shots in the last 2 minutes that would've put the game away.

But there was also a stretch in the middle of the 4th where the Cs were making great shots.

White's bank shot 3-pointer really took the wind out of their sails.

[threrf23]

Missed the game, but we only turned the ball over three times tonight. Tatum with two turnovers, Queta with the other turnover.

The 15/3 turnover margin made up for our relative lack of rebounding, honestly it's kind of concerning we only won by three despite that turnover ratio. Impressive nonetheless.

[Fierce1]

Tatum led the team in points, rebounds, assists, and steals.
Nobody is shocked by this.

That's what makes Jayson Tatum great, he makes the extraordinary look ordinary.

[SuperDeluxe]

A couple cool stats here:

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[Fierce1]

Missed the game, but we only turned the ball over three times tonight. Tatum with two turnovers, Queta with the other turnover.

The 15/3 turnover margin made up for our relative lack of rebounding, honestly it's kind of concerning we only won by three despite that turnover ratio. Impressive nonetheless.

Check the shooting of the Wolves.

Wolves shot 50% from the field and 53.8% from 3pt land.

In the past, Cs would lose if they allowed the opposing team to shoot like that.

[playa-hater]

So I decided to look it up, but since Dec 1st, other than Huge blowouts, Al is averaging over 30 min per game. And in that time is shooting 28% from 3. I cannot definitively come to the conclusion that Joe, playing Al too much, is causing Al to shoot horribly. But Al is old, and it does appear to be a "potentially" a big reason for Al shooting so poorly.

[The Corey's]

Those of you out there who crowned Edwards should of known it takes years and years to get over that hump.

Wolves aren't ready

[doogie_hauser]

This is a big win.

Besides not having JB and KP, the Wolves shot 50% from the field and 53.8% from 3pt land.

I've seen a few Wolves games and the last one against OKC, this is out of the ordinary for Minny as they don't normally shoot this good.

Don't forget the F/T differential, where they shot 16 more F/T's than us, and normally it's the Wolves who are on the end of a free throw imbalance (esp for a team with notorious foulers like Gobert)

[djFan71]

Tatum and White were studs. Queta had some really good minutes.

Can we stop talking about 3s yet?

[Tatumfor2]

Those of you out there who crowned Edwards should of known it takes years and years to get over that hump.

Wolves aren't ready

They have moved on to SGA this year. Which is fine. Tatum can just keep winning championships.

We're undefeated in 2025! We should breeze our way to the chip if we keep that going!!

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So was White's bank shot deliberate?

The smoothness of his motion (even if off-balance) suggests yes.
The look of amusement on his face afterwards suggests no.

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[Fierce1]

So was White's bank shot deliberate?

The smoothness of his motion (even if off-balance) suggests yes.
The look of amusement on his face afterwards suggests no.

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I've made 3pt bank shots like that when I was playing ball.

That's usually a result of your body leaning towards one direction while you're shooting the ball.

[Fencer reregistered]

So was White's bank shot deliberate?

The smoothness of his motion (even if off-balance) suggests yes.
The look of amusement on his face afterwards suggests no.

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I've made 3pt bank shots like that when I was playing ball.

That's usually a result of your body leaning towards one direction while you're shooting the ball.

I agree that if you must have an unreliable shooting motion, a bank shot can feel more natural than a straightaway shot -- you aim at a spot on the backboard you can see clearly, and hope for the best.

A famous example that comes to mind is:

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[ThePigeon]

One thing that I noticed the last stretch of games is that we are fumbling the 2 on 1 or 3 on 2 fast breaks too much
There were at least two times we fumbled in this game, a few in the IND game and some more against the 76ers
Most of which were led by PP or White
We need to get a bucket or at least go to the line on most of these. These are easy points that we must get

[31to6]

Great win, marred by Tatum continuing to MENACE THE REFS BY CLAPPING HIS HANDS sorry I just thought that was pretty funny

Way to get that ass, Celtics! Now get greedy and get the double-dip in Houston to make it pay off.

[ThePigeon]

Queta needs to play more just for his underrated skill to set good picks
He is our best pick settings big. And he knows how to roll effectively
Need more reps. I like Kornet and Al, but Queta needs more reps
And Tillman should also play, to get Al under the 30 min per game mark. He isn't an insurance if he doesn't play at all