Post#8 » by Ill News » Sat Aug 1, 2020 4:35 am
I went a little conservative, so I picked us to win 5 of those games.
Heat
Nets
Magic
Grizzlies
Wizards
Vs. Blazers scares me, I think Lillard and McCollum will set fire to our defense. Hopefully I'm wrong, as Tatum and co. bounce back like gangbusters and come out on fire.
They better win against the Nets, wash the stink of our last embarrassing loss against them.
All in all I don't think the Celtics should just treat these as mere conditioning games. They need to sharpen their killer instincts and intensity, otherwise we'll see more of the same in the playoffs. I thought holding the starters out of the last scrimmage was a terrible idea since they didn't look good in the first two, and I think that's part of the reason why Tatum struggled so much. These guys need as many games to get their rhythm back as a team.