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Oh hell yeah you guys we won the big game that was cool!

Jayson Tatum was a monster tonight! Indy was trying to win and then JT went superstar on they ass haha.

Big time game from Jaylen too! And Al, Sam and Oshae were terrific off the bench.

Kind of a frustrating game until the 4th quarter so I'm really happy we got the win. Hopefully KP is ok after the eye injury.

Pacers again Monday, Go C's!

CP to JB or Al. Good game from Brissett!

Fire Joe for not giving me my 120 lol.

Easy VC to Tatum, CP to Brown.

Hope Aaron Nesmith and the referees all step on Legos

another great thread title..

Meanwhile since 2024 started Tatum is the MVP.. Puff away..

And I wanna give a puff to brissett who showed that he needs to play More..

So happy to get this win, especially after Porzingis went down. JT gets the cigar all the way!

Honorable mention to Brissett for playing in crunch time and having his best game as a C!

Looking forward to a Porzingis revenge game on Monday.

The Jay's were both great but JT was on a different level tonight.

JT all-world tonight, easy VC. Going JB for CP. I thought the final few minutes by JB in the 3rd was really important then a fresh JT took over.

Big Al was HUGE tonight!!

Let’s do it again on Monday!

Edit: Brissett huge tonight also.

JT all the way.

CP to JB.

By the way, Jazz up 13 points on Philly in the 4th

I was only able to watch from halfway through the third, so I guess I missed out on all the frustrating parts. Tatum was incredible, and Horford was 19 years old again. But on that quarter and a half it looked like the win was a whole-team effort.

Indiana couldn't buy a bucket. Big difference from last time. Surprised the Celtics won so easily with Porzingis only playing 6 minutes. Tatum played like League MVP, Jaylen played like an All-Star, Al was fantastic for a 37 year old.

I am still concerned whether the Celtics 7th, 8th and 9th men (Pritchard, Hauser & Kornet) can perform deep into the playoffs (2nd Round, ECF, Finals). They're NBA Level Backups that are fine against 20 teams, but I'm concerned how their games will translate Against Teams Like Philadelphia, Miami, Milwaukee, Denver, Minnesota, OKC and the Clippers.

An alternative perspective:

Pts. + Rebounds + (0.5 x Assists) + Steals + (0.5 x Blocks) - Missed FGs - (0.5 x Missed Free Throws) - Turnovers - (0.5 x Fouls)

+39 Jayson Tatum 38 minutes

+24 Jaylen Brown 36 minutes
+16 Al Horford 30 minutes

+8.5 Oshae Brisset 20 minutes
+8.5 Jrue Holiday 37 minutes
+8 Luke Kornet 16 minutes
+5.5 Kristaps Porzingis 6 minutes
+5 Payton Pritchard 15 minutes

+4 Derrick White 24 minutes
+2.5 Sam Hauser 16 minutes
0 Dalano Banton 1 minute
0 Svi Mykhailiuk 1 minute

Team Total = +121

good to put this overrated pacers team in their place. only defense they play is flailing their arms around & injuring our players by undercutting them

Celtics are talented.

Here's the thing, the Cs didn't really do anything special on defense.

The Cs just worked hard on defense.

That's something teams like the Bucks and the Hawks don't do.

Pacers will look good if you go on a shootout with them.

But if you offer resistance, the Pacers will fold.

Just like the Pacers were no match for a crappy Laker team in Vegas.

Missed the game. What happened to KP?

TheMartian wrote:Missed the game. What happened to KP?

Nesmith poked his eye.

Tatum easily for two straight nights. Seems to have taken the noise personally. Was incredible

JB for CP, hit some really tough shots at the end of the 3rd when the Pacers were making a push and efficient game overall

Shout out Oshae

Celts17Pride wrote:By the way, Jazz up 13 points on Philly in the 4th

Our competition is making this too easy for us so far this year.

Ben-N1ce wrote:Celtics are talented.

That's the result of the hard work of Brad Stevens.