Celts Forget the D, Lose Game 3! Playoff Loss vs ATL 4/21 (BOS leads 2-1)

Post #21 » by **Feed Your Head** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:42 am

The rebounding was brutal, we had one dude rebound. Tatum had 10, the rest of the starting lineup had 10 COMBINED. The bench combined for 9 lol.

Nasty.

BK_2020 · Post #22 » by **BK_2020** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:42 am

Now imagine we were paying Jaylen $60 mil. per season to be Playoff JB for us. That's why you don't hand out the supermax like it's candy.

Kalela · Post #23 » by **Kalela** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:43 am

Despite the Celtics being the better team, I wouldn't be surprised if the Hawks won the next one. If Hawks come out and punch first, these guys may not know how to respond. That was something that happened a lot more than it should have in the 2nd half of the season this year.

TheMartian · Post #24 » by **TheMartian** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:44 am

Rob MIA was a big factor. Thought he was playing well the first 2 games. What happened to him?

Hal14 · Post #25 » by **Hal14** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:44 am

GotDaSauce wrote:Joe decided he wanted to practice drop coverage during a playoff game?!

i mean, the hawks shot 27% from three combined between games 1 and 2 of this series.

exculpatory · Post #26 » by **exculpatory** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:45 am

Almost too disgusted to post anything.
JT w 29-10 but basically was horrific in the second half.
7 sucked almost entirely.
Marcus was more up than down, but shot 11 **** 3s. IDNGAF IF HE MADE 5.
Brog mediocre.
Derrick did the best he could with foul problems.
Rob was non-existent.
Grant played a good game.
Al hit 2 3s - but basically was a no show.

Outrebounded by TWENTY.
HORRENDOUS D IN FIRST HALF & somewhat better in second half but ONLY in spurts.

I posted over & over again not to assume anything, take them seriously, & once again our championship team played down to a **** team. Way too many here assumed a blow out.

They shot the **** lights out, & the midget scored at will.
The End.

NAUSEATING.

DISGUSTING.

BETTER PLAY FOR REAL ON SUNDAY OR THIS SERIES GETS STICKIER - while the Sixers sweep & Biid rests his back all of next week.

Ben-N1ce · Post #27 » by **Ben-N1ce** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:45 am

Obliterated on boards. Hawks bench played way over their head. 9-10 from 3? Won't happen again. Hawks played really good and got lots of random 3's yet the Celtics were right there.

NYCelticsfan136 · Post #28 » by **NYCelticsfan136** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:45 am

**** effort. The sixers likely will sweep their series. No need to be playing extra games so win game 4.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #29 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:45 am

Boston's defense was so bad in the first half it killed any chance if they had coming back in the second half. I'm not even kidding when I say this is the worst half of basketball I've ever seen this team play defensively.

Eventually one of those 20-4 runs that the opposing team goes on every single game was going to cost Boston the game and tonight that was it.

ballup · Post #30 » by **ballup** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:46 am

Defense and the stars were bad tonight. Guess we hoping the Nets extend their series

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reload141 · Post #31 » by **reload141** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:46 am

No defense.
No rebounding.

We’ll win the next one.

bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #32 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:46 am

BK_2020 wrote:Now imagine we were paying Jaylen $60 mil. per season to be Playoff JB for us. That's why you don't hand out the supermax like it's candy.

It's possible his injured hand is effecting him,
which would be on him, for however he stupidly hurt it...

threrf23 · Post #33 » by **threrf23** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:46 am

Just a lazy effort, from the coach too.

Our defense came up big at times.

Aside from one or two bad shots in the fourth, Smart was awesome tonight, dialed in and doing the right think.

Grant came up with some big plays when we needed them, probably should have been on the floor late.

For much of the first three quarters, our offense was lazy.

But overall this reminded me of our losses to the Cavs and Bulls early in the season. We got dominated on the glass and inside the arc, and maybe as a result, never established too much of a rhythm.

Marvel · Post #34 » by **Marvel** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:47 am

JB was ass tonite. That's what you get when you can't spell lmao.

TheMartian · Post #35 » by **TheMartian** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:48 am

All that Big Al talk warning the team about what happened in '08 vs Atlanta didn't seem to resonate with the team.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #36 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:48 am

Green89 wrote:Hawks had 6 players with 5+ rebounds and we had only 2.

And where was Williams tonight? For my perspective he had no impact on the game because Atlanta had like 50 points in the paint

London2Boston · Post #37 » by **London2Boston** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:49 am

Actually crazy that we swept KD/Kyrie in the first round and already lost a game to the Hawks the next year.

Tyakack · Post #38 » by **Tyakack** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:49 am

Not surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised.

CelticsPride18 · Post #39 » by **CelticsPride18** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:49 am

We will blow them out next game. That bull contested shooting ain’t happening again

TheMartian · Post #40 » by **TheMartian** » Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:50 am

reload141 wrote:No defense.
No rebounding.

We’ll win the next one.

That's IF they make adjustments. Big IF.

As i said in the game thread. Snyder found a way to win - points in the paint, crashing the boards, capitalizing on the drop coverage. It's Joe's move now.