Hawks Peck Our Eyes Out! Big Dumb Loss vs ATL 4/25 (BOS leads 3-2)

[TheMartian]

I’ll be pleasantly surprised if we close this in ATL. We’ve just given them life and confidence and they already make some ridiculous shots as is.

Atlanta has played surprisingly well on offense the past 3 games. I don't see the trend stopping anytime soon, so the Celtics better bring it.

[Celts17Pride]

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Last night really broke everyone lmao

It’s disappointing to hear how they all preached about the importance of taking care of business when the opportunity presents itself which they failed to do at times last year which extended series only for them to do it in round 1 rigjt off the bat.

Words are easy, Actions are not.

Shut up and Put up!

[Red2]

The smart tatum brown core has done this repeatedly and haven’t learned from it so there is no reason to believe they ever will. Something has to change and to me the easiest thing is to trade smart. His best days are behind him and he’s a liability both offensively and defensively. For every great play he makes two bad ones

[TheMartian]

You know something's terribly wrong when Chris Forsberg starts saying negative things about these Celtics.

[pac213up]

Ultimately Tatum has to be better. His offensive efficiency is not good in this post season and was inconsistent last post season. If he is taking 20 shots per game he needs to make more of them or he needs to facilitate at a higher level. He is the best player on the team and a 1st Team All NBA player, this should be the expectation on him. Volume scoring is going to make it much harder for the team.

He's taking two more shots per game than last year's playoffs and they are both threes.

And not hitting enough of them to justify taking as many as he is. Especially with so many other guys that can score the ball.

[Hal14]

You know something's terribly wrong when Chris Forsberg starts saying negative things about these Celtics.

He's actually been negative quite a bit this season.

This was just one of the many negative things he has said/written..

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/late-season-celtics-swoon-becoming-harder-comprehend-and-watch

[The_Ghost_of_JB]

You know something's terribly wrong when Chris Forsberg starts saying negative things about these Celtics.

He's actually been negative quite a bit this season.

This was just one of the many negative things he has said/written..

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/late-season-celtics-swoon-becoming-harder-comprehend-and-watch

So it's considered negative to point out facts like Boston blows leads, Tatum's struggles, or they were playing barely about 500 ball for a stretch or how Joe benches White for four straight games even though he's arguably been Boston's most consistent player?

That link you provided was hardly a great case to prove your point.

[Red2]

they never learn. They might win a title this year but they could just as easily lose to the Hawks.I’m not sure they are disciplined enough, smart enough or well coached enough to win a title

[Red2]

For Chris Forsberg to turn on them took a lot since he’s normally a super fan

[Green89]

For Chris Forsberg to turn on them took a lot since he’s normally a super fan

He's absolutely right about starting that Sixers series earlier. If we were to lose to the Sixers, you have to come back and point to this loss.

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[Larry_Russell]

Team gave zero effort defensively except a few guys and a few plays and floated on offense

Loooing at you tatum

[Celticsfan100]

I mean this is shocking. There is no other team in the playoffs screwing around like we are. Like where is the pride? And it’s hard to tell if it’s the coach, a certain player, or the entire team. Game 7 last year against Miami which would of been one of most epic fails. Marcus Smart takes like the last 4 shots of the game and misses all of them. Luckily we won. It could be him. I don’t know what to tell you all. Never seen a team lose so many close out games at home. And now we losing them against 7 seeds.

[Ben-N1ce]

Nearly all year most of the board wants Brogdon White Tatum Jaylen and whoever closing yet here we are again and again

[Tyakack]

After having some time to cool down and reflect I have to say......f*** this team lmao. Nah I'm kidding but I'm so over their s*** and I'm over the excuses. If they haven't learned by now there is little reason to believe they ever will. This isn't about the fact they lost it's about how they lost and repeating the same mistakes over and over and over.

[Red2]

Celtic hangovers are about as bad as the real ones

[London2Boston]

Knowing this team, this gets decided in 7 with the final possession and then beat Philly in 5.

[Red2]

How about a double team on the one guy who can beat you?

[ConstableGeneva]

I mean this is shocking. There is no other team in the playoffs screwing around like we are. Like where is the pride? And it’s hard to tell if it’s the coach, a certain player, or the entire team. Game 7 last year against Miami which would of been one of most epic fails. Marcus Smart takes like the last 4 shots of the game and misses all of them. Luckily we won. It could be him. I don’t know what to tell you all. Never seen a team lose so many close out games at home. And now we losing them against 7 seeds.

It's okay to vent. I was the among those who got pretty pissed about game 1 when they lost the 30-pt lead. But the underlined part just isn't true. Last time they lost a closeout game at home, Tatum was a rookie.

[gammajamma]

^what about game 6 in ECF last year?

[peachbucket]

Marcus Smart horrible turnover blah blah blah….
Joe Mizzoula didn’t substitute blah blah blah….
Derrick White’s headband blah blah blah….

Tatum this series: 43.5% from the field
Rest of team: 55.1%

By far the biggest reason why this series is 3-2 and not 4-0 is because our all world 25 year old phenom is too dumb to realize he’s not Steph Curry.