Celts Punch 'Em Right In the Beak! Playoff Victory Cigar vs ATL 4/23 (BOS leads 3-1)

[meatball sub]

Hawks offense has been unreal the past two games. Way better than expected. JB for VC. Time to close this **** out on Tuesday

[Ill News]

What a game by the Jays and Time Lord. Though he's still prone to turnovers, Jaylen was magnificent in the 2nd half, keeping the Hawks at bay with great drives and back-to-back assists for Time Lord buckets. Time Lord himself was a monster on the boards and defense, and Tatum drove the daggers in with his threes in the end.

If we played defense like tonight in Game 3, we'd be gearing up for Philly now. But they're not going back to Atlanta, this will be over in 5.

[Bar Fight]

Smart and J **** B

[Fencer reregistered]

OK. Rob has to get a vote for VC, with tremendously conspicuous energy all the way through, and those great plays late.

The other vote has to be a Jay. Tatum was a little better on the merits, had the energy blocks early, made that super-long 3 late, etc. Jaylen brought more visible energy, took his mask off, took his hand bandage off, and was in his home town. Brown over Tatum, because better narratives and close enough on the merits.

[keevsnick1]

Went with Jaylen for the VC. Started the game 1-7 for 2 points, then went 11-15 for 29 points. Also had two BIG assists to get Rob Layups down the stretch. Great game from him.

Rob was also outstanding, 13 points and 15 rebounds. Smart with a nice scoring game as well.

Weird offensive Tatum game, a little uneven, but had some big points late including the deep three that really salted the game away.

First Brown+Tatum postseason game both with 30+.

[tfribs45]

Timelord smokes it tonight! JB after the mask was insane and smahhhhht gets a puff. Gutsy playoff win, ATL couldn’t miss, C’s took their best shot tonight! See you in beantown boyeeeeeeee!

[Triple7]

JB and Rob easy. Those two kept us afloat in the 4th. Nice chemistry between the two. Wish we could learn to box out instead of just jumping for the rebound. If JT stops euro stepping all the time and just continue with the dribble and go strong, nobody can stop him going to the rim. Glad he stopped chucking 3’s late.

[shackles10]

Maskless JB and Rob for me. Good games from others, but they were a TANDEM in the 4th and helped seal a game that was getting a little too close for comfort.

Now wrap it up at home and get ready for a whole new level of annoying next round Trae can only hope to one day reach.

[The_Ghost_of_JB]

I voted for brown and Rob. Can't go wrong with either guy.

Glad for the win but didn't really love how the Boston played much of the game.

Tatum had a weird game. Probably the quietest 31 points I've seen. Regardless Atlanta is way more pesky than I thought and Boston has to end this Tuesday especially with Philly sitting around

[ballup]

Went Rob and Smart. Plenty of choices, but felt like Smart wasn't a tale of two halves. Although he did have some bad moments

[Celts17Pride]

Great game from the Celtics. Way to answer the lost in Game 3. Celtics two stars stepped up. Tatum and Brown were great.

JT & JB got a ton of help from RW3, Smart, White and Brogdon. Big Al had a tough night shooting but contributed with 5 assists, 11 rebounds and good defense.

Finish the Hawks on Tuesday!!

[djFan71]

15 boards in 29 minutes for Rob and he had his hands on about 732 others. And that dive at the end. Definitely bounced back after last game.

[meatball sub]

JT is so damn good to have a pretty up and down game on offense, some really bad shots taken at times (at least 5 terrible shots) but still ended up with 31. Insane talent

[Green89]

White was solid, Brogdon also good, but missed like 3 easy ones. The Jays carried the scoring load, Al gave us solid boards, Smart was EVERYWHERE, and Rob gave us EVERYTHING!

[bucknersrevenge]

Incredible performanc by our 2 stars. JB smokes it with JT right behind getting the CP. Could've gone "Coach/Team" for CP honestly. 62 points by our stars just incredible job attacking the rium. Hitting timely 3's and I just can't say enough about Jaylen's 2-way performance all night. In the past, at times, I have been a little reticent to call him a 2-way star due to his penchant to fall asleep off ball and commit cheap fouls on the perimeter. But he has absolutely cut all that **** out of late. He was superb going over and fighting through screens all night and made things so much harder for Tray and Murray tonight And the playmaking at the end and the big plays. JB is undeniably a 2-way star. Absolutely outstanding job tonight.

Joe was excellent with the timeouts tonight. He coached his ass off. Rob was active. Brogdon and White were good. Even Al who went scoreless grabbed 11 boards and 5 dimes for a team high +17 This is the kind of win I expected after last game's loss. Let's go home and finish this thing!!!

[Parliament10]

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Rob Williams for the VC, and Jaylen Brown for the CP.

[playa-hater]

For the record I thought Marcus smart played his best game in a while and certainly in a huge stage...

[GWVan]

JB and the Timelord!

[Parliament10]

Bradley Beal at the Game, in Tatum's corner.
I guess that they really are friends?

[Feed Your Head]

The threes made Tatum’s game feel inefficient, but 31 points on a 61% TS is awesome. His defense was insane too, obviously.

Jaylen started 1-7 or whatever and finished with 31 on a 64% TS, and he was also excellent on defense, especially in the second half.

That’s the type of games you need to win on the road in the playoffs.