SEASON OPENER – Celtics @ Knicks – Wed. 7:00PM, Oct. 25, 2023

[BRUNiNHO91]

Bench scoring:

Knicks - 17
Celtics - 2 - just Al's dunk

Hauser, Pritchard and Kornet sucked. Should have played Brissett, Stevens and Svi.

[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

First Half Inglorious Thoughts

- What a crap performance by the Celtics: Mazzulla out coached again, too much isolation by Tatum, Brown limited,
no flow or pace, letting the Knicks hang in the game.

- Porzingus was the best Celtics player and they need to find more shots for him.

- Bench was a D-: Nothing from Hauser, Pritchard, Kornet... they might as well start Calcified Al and bring White
off the bench, so you'll have some rudimentary offense.

- Melatonin Basketball reminds me of last seasons's Celtics.

- How soon can they fire Mazzulla?

- Celtics defense was good however, though the Knicks were contributing to it with their poor shooting woes.

- Mr. Square Peg better get his act together.....

[lon3lytoaster]

Tatum is scoring, but pretty selfish basketball by Jrue/Jaylen/Jayson

Doesn’t really seem like there’s any actual plays being run out there

They really didn’t last year either. Other than a ridiculous November, I have no idea how they achieved the offensive rating they did. Something doesn’t pass the eye test.

Not actively seeking out or forcing switches is driving me crazy right now. Just all iso and hoping someone makes a shot after the initial ball handler bails on his iso attempt

[BK_2020]

Marcus gonna kill JJJ with his lobs.

[Green89]

I cannot say much positive after the first six or seven minutes. The dog **** stagnant offense is showing up again.

It really stalled when Joe threw some odd Kornet lineups on the floor.

[exculpatory]

JT gonna MVP.

ZINGER super.

Jrue gonna be excellent.

Hope Derrick not hurt.

#7 puke.

No bench.

[VeryMuchWoke]

Doc is great on the broadcast

I was skeptical but I’ve dug him a lot so far.

He made an absolutely ridiculous point about bench scoring. I think he's pretty bad, but they all are.

[Riverwalk2021]

White's lack of ball time is troubling. Put the ball in his hands more. Pick and roll with Tatum and Porzingis. And get that SCRUB Kornet off my team!

[CelticsPride18]

Bench scoring:

Knicks - 17
Celtics - 2 - just Al's dunk

Hauser, Pritchard and Kornet sucked. Should have played Brissett, Stevens and Svi.

They aren’t moving the ball. Those guys can’t create they need some ball and player movement.

[Homerclease]

Some expected growing pains leading to some unforced turnovers. Bench missed some open looks and the Knicks got some home MSG cooking. Celtics should pull away here in the second half

[Infinite Llamas]

Doc is great on the broadcast

I was skeptical but I’ve dug him a lot so far.

He made an absolutely ridiculous point about bench scoring. I think he's pretty bad, but they all are.

“It’s not the guys on the bench scoring but the guys coming off the bench.” Something like that. Made me scratch my head too

[PierceFan4ever]

Tatum is scoring, but pretty selfish basketball by Jrue/Jaylen/Jayson

Doesn’t really seem like there’s any actual plays being run out there

They really didn’t last year either. Other than a ridiculous November, I have no idea how they achieved the offensive rating they did. Something doesn’t pass the eye test.

Not actively seeking out or forcing switches is driving me crazy right now. Just all iso and hoping someone makes a shot after the initial ball handler bails on his iso attempt

Feels like we win straight up out of talent and then when you watch the heat and nuggets play, it feels like there’s set plays out there made by the coach.

Makes me iffy about Joe already.

[Hal14]

Is it me or does this dude RJ Barrett only show up against us..

A lot of players/teams get up to play against us more than they get up for pretty much every game.

Maxey said on a podcast recently how he gets up to play us and so do his teammates.

[Curmudgeon]

This is just bad basketball by both teams. No passing, just jacking up the first available shot. Actually the Knicks are playing better, but they can't throw the ball in the ocean.

[Green89]

Bench scoring:

Knicks - 17
Celtics - 2 - just Al's dunk

Hauser, Pritchard and Kornet sucked. Should have played Brissett, Stevens and Svi.

Our biggest weakness this season may very well be Joe. Hopefully his assistants chime in when needed.

[BK_2020]

Doesn’t really seem like there’s any actual plays being run out there

They really didn’t last year either. Other than a ridiculous November, I have no idea how they achieved the offensive rating they did. Something doesn’t pass the eye test.

Not actively seeking out or forcing switches is driving me crazy right now. Just all iso and hoping someone makes a shot after the initial ball handler bails on his iso attempt

Feels like we win straight up out of talent and then when you watch the heat and nuggets play, it feels like there’s set plays out there made by the coach.

Makes me iffy about Joe already.

We would not have won 57 games if we didn't have plays lmao.

[Shak_Celts]

man, nembhard and hali have 15 assists combined in little over 2 quarters.

[Froob]

One thing stands out about this team - they’re good

[VeryMuchWoke]

I was skeptical but I’ve dug him a lot so far.

He made an absolutely ridiculous point about bench scoring. I think he's pretty bad, but they all are.

“It’s not the guys on the bench scoring but the guys coming off the bench.” Something like that. Made me scratch my head too

He was trying to say that when starters score with bench players on the floor with them that should count as "bench scoring". So based on that insane redefinition of bench scoring, we had bench scoring, even though none of our bench players had actually scored.

Lol.

[165bows]

This is just bad basketball by both teams. No passing, just jacking up the first available shot. Actually the Knicks are playing better, but they can't throw the ball in the ocean.

Underrating the Celtics D imo. NY has been forced into tough contested shots all night.