Celts Fall Short In Rumble With The Thunder! Loss vs OKC 3/12

[seiffert82]

Tough game. I thought Horford and Kornet battled hard against Chucky Homegrown and Hartenstein. We definitely missed KP in that matchup.

JT had an awesome game, except missing a few 3s at the end which could have kept us in the game.

I'm not sure what Brown was doing out there. His shooting was flat from the get-go and he lacked focus in defence. It really killed us against Gilgeous-Alexander-Flopenstein.


Some of those soft calls OKC got were outrageous. The foul count was ridiculous.

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[NYCelticsfan136]

I don’t wanna see the thunder anymore. Idk why the Celtics just lose their cool againsh this team.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Our simplistic offense is just not built to contend with a defense like OKC. Really hope they don't make the finals because they'd be the favorite, and rightly so.

Celtics are easy to figure out. Defend the 3, and you're golden.

Last year the Celtics took close to 4000 attempts from 2s. This year they haven’t even reached 3000 by a wide margin. Just horrible shot selection by thr Celtics and they’re pretty one dimensional when that happens.

The Celtics are practically the same position wise as they were last season despite Porzingis missing way more time

[Fierce1]

A game where KP was sorely missed, on both ends of the floor.

Not gonna make excuses, OKC is just better right now.

Adding Hartenstein was really a great move.

Good news is if Cs meet OKC again, it will be around 3 months from now.

[Fierce1]

Where the Cavs and OKC are better than the Cs is execution and discipline on offense.

Both those teams don't force shots.

And if JT is on the bench, the Celtic offense is not as smooth.

[MaxwellSmart]

Torrey Craig got all ball on that "Foul"

https://imgur.com/75eM8ig

[playa-hater]

Well, I hope KP can save us, because Joe can not. If Joe doesn't have a distinct talent advantage and Boston actually needs Joe to coach up, we are in trouble. His defensive gameplan against SGA was a joke. And as much as I love PP, who actually did battle well, but using PP as one of the main defenders vs SGA was a joke. Even a bigger joke is Joe not seeing how much of a liability Kornet is on defense. But Joe decided early this season to make Kornet a regular rotation piece over developing a more physically talented Queta gets us in major trouble against the better teams. Also, Joe not developing any wing players to adjust to smaller faster teams like OKC is/was trouble waiting to happen.

Then of course is Boston's live by the 3 and die by it leads to many problems. For one if a team is off or defended well, then what??? Seeing PP often as the only one going inside to attempt an offensive rebound is the definition of a soft team. How many times can we get to the FT line when we are just launching 3s??

35 FTs to 12 That is all about Joe and his stupid philosophy. 63 3 pointers attempted?? 43 missed 3s??? Let that sink in for a minute.

KP needs to be back and totally ready. Not convinced KP will be enough, but anything to add some sort of interior presence. Especially on defense.

[redslastlaugh]

In Joes defense, why show OKC anything new in a game like this? We can’t plausibly catch them for HC, and we played an extremely conservative game that was a 2-3 possession game with four minutes left. We played it safe for the time being. It’s fine. We’ll have some different wrinkles if we see them again this yr

[Fierce1]

In Joes defense, why show OKC anything new in a game like this? We can’t plausibly catch them for HC, and we played an extremely conservative game that was a 2-3 possession game with four minutes left. We played it safe for the time being. It’s fine. We’ll have some different wrinkles if we see them again this yr

That's a very sound argument.

Other than bragging rights, Cs really have nothing significant to gain from this game.

[Fencer reregistered]

Total no-look on the pass itself, but Tatum did have eyes on any possible defender.

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[TheMartian]

Jrue has regressed so badly in just one year. I really hope it's just a slump.

[Sweet Serenity]

Well, I hope KP can save us, because Joe can not. If Joe doesn't have a distinct talent advantage and Boston actually needs Joe to coach up, we are in trouble. His defensive gameplan against SGA was a joke. And as much as I love PP, who actually did battle well, but using PP as one of the main defenders vs SGA was a joke. Even a bigger joke is Joe not seeing how much of a liability Kornet is on defense. But Joe decided early this season to make Kornet a regular rotation piece over developing a more physically talented Queta gets us in major trouble against the better teams. Also, Joe not developing any wing players to adjust to smaller faster teams like OKC is/was trouble waiting to happen.

Then of course is Boston's live by the 3 and die by it leads to many problems. For one if a team is off or defended well, then what??? Seeing PP often as the only one going inside to attempt an offensive rebound is the definition of a soft team. How many times can we get to the FT line when we are just launching 3s??

35 FTs to 12 That is all about Joe and his stupid philosophy. 63 3 pointers attempted?? 43 missed 3s??? Let that sink in for a minute.

KP needs to be back and totally ready. Not convinced KP will be enough, but anything to add some sort of interior presence. Especially on defense.

You can’t get past your hate for Joe that your analysis makes you sound like you didn’t watch the game at all.

Stop pretending like you know what you’re talking about.

[ThePigeon]

DEN vs. Celtics in the finals

[Triple7]

Jrue passed up several open layups to pass back out for a 3. Same thing Horf does if he doesn’t have a matchup advantage inside. No wonder we don’t get that many 2nd chances offensive rebounds. It should be a constant pressure to attack inside, and kick for an open 3. Sucks that our bench PP and hauser chokes hard against big games. This should be the game hauser sinks thise 3’s, and for PP to sink those 3’s. If those two hit half their shots from 3, we could have easily won this game. Also, SGA is the new pet of the nba. He initiates contact and gets rewarded by the refs everytime. Most are soft calls and flops. Starting to get annoyed of him.

[BillessuR6]

Thunder just too good and without their 2nd best player. Don`t think Porzingis would make that much off a difference.

OKC defense is super physical, we could not do anything against them, only solution was shooting threes.

Wallace dominated JB, put him in his pocket defensively. Brown was brutal overall, if he can`t overpower his defender and get to the rim he is pretty much useless on offense.

We need to get out of the east anyway to face OKC, so no need to think about them for now. We need to focus on Cavs and even getting to east finals won`t be easy, obviously.

Props to Tatum, carried the team all night…

[phincsfan]

Definite dud of a game on the C's end. Couple of positives:

- Jrue seems to be good.

- AL definitely has enough gas left for the big games.

- Luke played hard.

- White's groove is back just in time.

[tfribs45]

C's shot way too many 3's and that Thunder D was spot on! Only thing last night proved is we are vulnerable, especially without Zinger in the lineup..... `We need a healthy starting 5 to run it back this year, or it's reload time in the offseason.

[phincsfan]

Here's my Payton Pritchard rant.

I've traded PP at least a dozen times over the last couple of season's, but I've also sang his praises. His deficiencies will always outweigh his qualities though.

If he's not scoring the ball and his average, his only use is to give a guy a rest. And in the playoffs the starters minutes will increase which means his minutes will decrease only because if he's not scoring the ball he is basically useless. If his numbers said that his best games were against the best teams then playing him would be a major plus in the playoffs because teams haven't been able to counter him.

I haven't read this threads comments, but I'm going to assume that JB is getting a bunch of heat. And rightfully so, but in a 7 game series over 4 series are you really worried that JB will do this enough to cost a playoff series? He has two games last year in the playoffs that he scored less than 15 points. A win and a loss in those games.

To play 25 minutes and be cold from the floor is one thing, but to only grab 1 rebound and have 1 assist? Where's the impact, because defensively he was targeted.

Teams lately have been pushing PP farther and farther from the 3pt line, and even though he's hit half court shots, teams are doing a great job forcing him to take 27 foot shots instead of 24 foot shots. But when he's given open clean looks from the line he's crapping the bed.

He wasn't a microwave last year in the playoffs and I don't see him being a microwave this season either. He's 6'1 and he has a harder time getting good separation lately. Unless IN THE PLAYOFFS he comes into the game and right out the gate he's knocking down shots, that will keep the defense honest, but if not the starters plus AL will once again have to carry the load.

I'm singling PP out over Sam because of mpg. Getting the minutes PP gets means he has to be the 6th man of the year in the playoffs, not against the lower half of the league.

[brackdan70]

This team will be hard to beat. I feel like they controlled the games in both matchups this season. We are going to need a healthy KP ( and everyone else) to repeat for sure.
The schedule is pretty easy from here on out. Locked into the two seed pretty much. Get rested, get healthy and get ready.
Don’t over use Horford and let all the starters rotation guys get plenty of rest. Play Walsh 32 minutes a game.

[Jellybeans]

I dont care what did we miss or that JB had bad game.
That SGA game just SHAMEFULLLLLLL