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Bah humbug you guys we wanted a Happy Noel but got Crappy Joel instead! Thanks, Santa!

Our team defense was not good enough and we struggled with lazy turnovers, among other things.

C's had a bad 1st half, a good 3rd quarter, but then kinda sucked again to start the 4th and weren't able to steal it at the end, despite an exciting run in the last few minutes. In related news: Caleb Martin is not my favorite. Oh yeah and KP is banged up again.

I guess I'm gonna try to shake it off and enjoy the rest of the holiday. Because what else am I gong to do?

Ho ho ho and Merry Christmas, Celtics pals!

Pacers Friday, win ya big knuckleheads, Go C's!

I'm not concerned about this loss with the sole exception of Jaylen Brown's 5 Turnovers, 0-3 Free Throws and numerous chippie misses on a 10-23 FG day.

This loss also demonstrates the defensive importance of Jrue Holiday.

You'd think that when Pritch was 1-7 he'd holster his empty gun but no, he ended up 1-9. Ugh !.

That's it. Nothing more to say. Phili obviously played their best game of the year, one of the few with all their guys, and the Celtics forgot to run the tape of Caleb Martin destroying them in the Miami series a few years back so the Celtics were foolish enough to let Martin go 7-9 from 3 by not defending him as well as they should have. Again, another area where Jrue Holiday's presence would have had a bigger impact, because of the defensive assignments shifting.

Only a 4 point loss in spite of it all, including only 13 minutes from Kristaps Porzingis.

Merry Christmas to all.

Defense is officially an issue and the reason why they lost. Leaving Martin open all game is disgraceful.

Lazy basketball all day.

I understand it's Christmas and these guys hate playing on this day but they get paid handssomely to do so.

The least they could've done is put in effort.

The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:Defense is officially an issue and the reason why they lost. Leaving Martin open all game is disgraceful.

Yeah, defense is the problem and not the 3s.

Is bad coaching gonna leave more titles on the table than it did in the 80s?

It's horrendous to watch this team play right now.

Gotta love the optimism lol. This team might not even be the second best team in the east right now. Cavs might run away witn the east. Such garbage basketball the last 11 games. That fourth quarter was typical.

Sixers were really very happy because the Celtics have abused them for years.

Bad news for them is the playoffs is still 4 months away.

Had to slump at some point, why not now?

Caleb Martin does it again.

The amount of threes we take isn't the problem.

Defense is and has been since start of the season. 2022-23 vibes.

Luckily, 4+ more months to address this.

The Corey's wrote:Is bad coaching gonna leave more titles on the table than it did in the 80s?

It's horrendous to watch this team play right now.

Bad coaching or lazy ball players? Also inconsistent ball players.

NYCelticsfan136 wrote:Gotta love the optimism lol. This team might not even be the second best team in the east right now. Cavs might run away witn the east. Such garbage basketball the last 11 games. That fourth quarter was typical.

You don't have to be the best or 2nd best team in December.

No doubt this team is playing bad, but that doesn't mean this will be the norm.

Fierce1 wrote:Sixers were really very happy because the Celtics have abused them for years.

Bad news for them is the playoffs is still 4 months away.

Sometimes the threes go sometimes they don’t. Defense is about effort and discipline which Boston is severely lacking

The Corey's wrote:Is bad coaching gonna leave more titles on the table than it did in the 80s?

It's horrendous to watch this team play right now.

But when the playoffs arrive it will be Celtics in 5, right?

The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:

Fierce1 wrote:Sixers were really very happy because the Celtics have abused them for years.

Bad news for them is the playoffs is still 4 months away.

Sometimes the threes go sometimes they don’t. Defense is about effort and discipline which Boston is severely lacking

Yeah, I agree.

NYCelticsfan136 wrote:

The Corey's wrote:Is bad coaching gonna leave more titles on the table than it did in the 80s?

It's horrendous to watch this team play right now.

Bad coaching or lazy ball players? Also inconsistent ball players.

I'm not bailing the players out of lazy basketball but I am blaming the coach for not getting their act together. It's literally his job.

Fierce1 wrote:Sixers were really very happy because the Celtics have abused them for years.

Bad news for them is the playoffs is still 4 months away.

Sixers are garbage but the celtics put on another garbage performance. I been saying this team just doesn’t look like last year’s team. Not shooing it consistently well like last year. Very lazy , flat, uninspired etc.

itrsteve wrote:Had to slump at some point, why not now?

Caleb Martin does it again.

Bank shot 3-pointer from Caleb was just ridiculous.

Fierce1 wrote:

The Corey's wrote:Is bad coaching gonna leave more titles on the table than it did in the 80s?

It's horrendous to watch this team play right now.

But when the playoffs arrive it will be Celtics in 5, right?

Those weren't facetious predictions. Those were legitimate predictions based on how the last season went.

I won't be making that prediction if the playoffs started today.

itrsteve wrote:Had to slump at some point, why not now?

Caleb Martin does it again.

Pretty easy to get it done when there is not a defender within 10 feet of him.