NBA Playoffs 2020: Round 1, Game 1 – Celtics vs Sixers – 6:30PM, Mon, 8/17/20

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #641 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:40 pm

Richardson seems like he has way more points than just 10.

GotDaSauce · Post #642 » by **GotDaSauce** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:41 pm

Timelord needs to keep his long ass arms straight up in the air at all times on defense if he wants to continue to get minutes.

KGboss · Post #643 » by **KGboss** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:41 pm

CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:Timelord wouldn't be making these mistakes had we given him Kanter's minutes during the regular season.

He was hurt most of the season.

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themoneyteam2 · Post #644 » by **themoneyteam2** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:41 pm

Philly shooting 55% with 5 made threes.

Boston shooting 43% with 6 made threes

And we’re up 6. I’ll take that every day. Getting great looks on offense too

Green89 · Post #645 » by **Green89** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:41 pm

SMTBSI wrote:
Darth Celtic wrote:Tjmelord has been so bad

Four OReb. On the floor for our best run (granted no Embiid).

Not excusing his numerous bad fouls. Just looking for silver linings.

Not done much outside of a few boards and one dunk. Tried laying it up a few times and missed when he should have been dunking.

Tyakack · Post #646 » by **Tyakack** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:41 pm

Rob ain't ready yet. Tatum is so fun to watch. We found our new pierce. Just need to surround him with enough talent and we will win chips.

London2Boston · Post #647 » by **London2Boston** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:41 pm

Should be up way more.

For all the talk of stopping Embiid, I se no one on their roster who can regularly stop Tatum or even Brown.

Kaykoose · Post #648 » by **Kaykoose** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:41 pm

The Celtics should be up by more... Hopefully we blow this open in the 3rd

SMTBSI · Post #649 » by **SMTBSI** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:42 pm

Literally just have to play average (by our standards), mistake free ball in the 2nd half and we win.

Clean it up, and we'll get it done.

CeltsfanSinceBirth · Post #650 » by **CeltsfanSinceBirth** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:42 pm

Tatum making Thybulle look like IT on defense.

BostonCouchGM · Post #651 » by **BostonCouchGM** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:42 pm

rob4748 wrote:Rob is such an idiot... Needs to sit. Am I crazy or is he also super soft setting screens?

yeah, it's the biggest reason why he doesn't deserve to supplant Theis. All that God given athleticism and length and Theis steals his minutes.

Post #652 » by **Darth Celtic** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:42 pm

Kanter should be 1-2 but missed a bunny. He played great other than that. Do you recall embiid points with kanter on home? Nope. Also running hard on misses. Plan is to run embiid with theis-kanter hard. Play tjmelord for rim runs any time embiid is out for horford.

Will it work. We will see in the 4th.

VeryMuchWoke wrote:
Darth Celtic wrote:Tjmelord has been so bad

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Yet still far better than Kanter.

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BRUNiNHO91 · Post #653 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:42 pm

JT with the poor homerun three, Rob with the dumb foul. Should be up by a lot more.

Jaylen and JT are officially our 1-2 punch now.. Both guys are playing great.

grindtime22 · Post #654 » by **grindtime22** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:42 pm

Celts17Pride wrote:Bad finish by Tatum. Shot the ball way too early on the last possession. Gave Philly 3 points

There was a 10 second differential

Bill Lumbergh · Post #655 » by **Bill Lumbergh** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:42 pm

I hope we don't let them keep hanging around until the end of the game. Too risky. Put them away.

themoneyteam2 · Post #656 » by **themoneyteam2** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:42 pm

Boston just stopped involving Thybulle in ball screens and isolated him instead because Brad realized he struggles one on one but is a good off ball defender.

Ben-N1ce · Post #657 » by **Ben-N1ce** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:43 pm

There is no excuse for that Rob foul. Run the guy over then. That was softer than a touuch in a game of tag.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #658 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:43 pm

CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:Timelord wouldn't be making these mistakes had we given him Kanter's minutes during the regular season.

Not sure about that. He never seemed to have a very high BBIQ since day one.

24istheLAW · Post #659 » by **24istheLAW** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:43 pm

CSL_1904 wrote:Could be up by more, but other than a couples of plays, I'm pretty happy with our defensive effort.

Agree. Defensive effort has been great. Philly have no lanes to get the ball inside and you see them turning the ball over as a result. No one stuck on screens.

They have made a bunch of glaring mistakes (pad basses with #s in transition and the open court, missing bunnies, braindead Rob Will foul there) and that is why the game is so close. They just need to clean up the high cost self-inflicted errors.

Ill News · Post #660 » by **Ill News** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:43 pm

We should've been up 15 or something, but I'm encouraged by that first half once we settled down.

Tatum's in a groove, he might spring for 35+ today. They really have no one to defend him other than Thybulle, whom he's burned a bit already.

Kemba playing great.

Our perimeter defense has been swarming and causing lots of turnovers. Prevented lots of easy entry passes to Embiid, who was held to 2 points in the 2nd.

We've started to hit our layups.

Just keep it up, and they'll be taking this W home!