NBA Eastern Conf. Finals: Gm 2 – Celtics (0) vs Heat (1) – 7:00PM, Thur. 09/17/20

[Ill News]

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[JHTruth]

13 point lead is nothing. They get hot from three and it will be tied in two mins. Have to stay locked in.

[Feed Your Head]

Tatum leads the team in assists and has taken 8 shots lol, people are impossible to please. Dude took one bad iso jumper on the last play of the half.

Kemba needs to continue to be aggressive. Jaylen needs to hit his open jumpers, and keep up his defensive effort.

That happens, and we got this.

He's tied with Theis @ 3 while Walker and Brown have 2 each. Lets not overstate the assist numbers for Tatum.

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Okay? He’s tied for the team lead an assists, is that better? He’s taken 8 shots, only two being jumpers. Let’s not overstate the ISO stuff. Kemba has taken 10 shots, Tatum has taken 8, Jaylen/Smart have taken 7.

So what exactly is the issue?

[PierceFan4ever]

I’m fine with Tatum iso against Duncan/Herro but don’t get yourself stuck on if you want to shoot or pass. If you want to shoot, shoot it without much hesitation or better yet use that side step three on them for once. Way too indecisive the last few minutes. Thinking too much instead of just going with the flow.

[Fencer reregistered]

I'm guessing from the +/- figures for the various centers and the substitution patterns that:
-- The Celtics won big when Enes played vs. Bam.
-- The Celtics won big when Theis played vs. Kelly.
-- The Celtics lost big when Theis played vs. Bam.

[ConstableGeneva]

Langford getting a groin injury playing 80 seconds is not good. Not getting his treatment/workout in?

[Bar Fight]

Man, I'm feeling uneasy about that half. Feels like they're due to get hot and we're due to cool down. And we didn't gain enough separation. Hope I'm wrong

[Ben-N1ce]

Whenever the Celtics build a large lead they go away from what was working and resort to dumb basketball with one poor shot/decision after another. Quarter should have ended with a 17 point lead if not more.

Yup. We had a 17 pt lead, and Kemba shot two awful looking shots. The one at the corner used to be money. I guess he maybe gassed already.

His baseline three was wide open.. Hard to complain about that since he's been building a city with bricks for 3 straight games.

[Kaykoose]

Tatum leads the team in assists and has taken 8 shots lol, people are impossible to please. Dude took one bad iso jumper on the last play of the half.

Kemba needs to continue to be aggressive. Jaylen needs to hit his open jumpers, and keep up his defensive effort.

That happens, and we got this.

We really have a lot of insane fans on this board. Basically they expect the players to make the perfect play every time and hit all open shots and make perfect defensive rotations. And if they don't do this, they get strangely personal with their negative comments, as if we aren't just watching a basketball game at the end of the day.

You can be die hard and rational.

[floyd]

Hope they come out strong in the third. Don’t want to be in a close one with this Miami team with all their shooters and Jimmy is clutch.

[BRUNiNHO91]

Great first half. Huge boost from Wanamaker. If we blow this game too, not sure we can recover.

We lose this game we are done. Heat confidence will go through the **** roof if they pull this comeback. You saw them start missing shots whne we went up 17..this team hasn't had a lick of adversity in the offs so far. We bailed them out by missing every shot after that. We lack killer instinct in the worst way.

[Captain_Caveman]

PUNCH THEM IN THE NECK

[Ill News]

I thought our offense that half was pretty good. Lots of movement off the ball and we were quicker to get to our plays. That last minute was when we reverted back to Game 1 malaise.

[Shak_Celts]

I look forward to the day that Tatum/Brown/Kemba can all be good for 4 full quarters we would be unstoppableeeeeeee

are you being realistic though? they have been good for full games most of the time. i think what you are asking for doesn't happen for any team. this is why you try to get more stars, so someone can step up when other players are off.

[TheMartian]

Tatum leads the team in assists and has taken 8 shots lol, people are impossible to please. Dude took one bad iso jumper on the last play of the half.

Kemba needs to continue to be aggressive. Jaylen needs to hit his open jumpers, and keep up his defensive effort.

That happens, and we got this.

He's tied with Theis @ 3 while Walker and Brown have 2 each. Lets not overstate the assist numbers for Tatum.

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What's your gripe with Tatum? I notice you've been badmouthing him every chance you get.

[bucknersrevenge]

Miami doesn't really have any rim protectors beyond Bam. We settled for far too many perimeter shots in the last game. This team really can't defend us if we drive I don't think. I even liked the Kanter minutes. Pound them in the paint and in the mid-range. This is not the game to take 40 3's maybe.

[Fencer reregistered]

Glad to finally have a game where Kemba hit more than 1 3pter. But it's still only 2.

[jfs1000d]

So we were up 17 and now are up 13. Wtf you snowflakes. It is only 4 pts.

Stop with the whining.


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[CSL_1904]

Man, I'm feeling uneasy about that half. Feels like they're due to get hot and we're due to cool down. And we didn't gain enough separation. Hope I'm wrong

We took way better shots than them for the most part. They were making some circus shots at the start that were not sustainable

[Celts17Pride]

Win the 3rd quarter!!!