REALLY?? Yep, We Lost To Philly! Loss vs PHI 5/1 (PHI leads 1-0)

[Marvel]

Tatum again with a no show in the 4th. Really getting hard to root for this guy.

[reload141]

They were bound to give a game away or two in this series. They might as well do it to start, so they can get their **** together early.

We sucked, but we don't suck.

Celts in 6 at the most.

This.

[captain green]

Tucker is punk ass.

[NYCelticsfan136]

Clown show lol. Without embiid. Who didn’t see it coming? This team is ridiculous

[titlebound1]

We'll still win this series. Harden played out of his mind. HIs first step is still so elite but he'll slow down.

Just need a few adjustments. I don't see what Grant can't get some more minutes against these guys. Al played tough, but kept getting abused on those switches. Horrible game from White. Bad game from Brown. Smart was bad most of the game, but made some big plays. A lot of people trashing Tatum, but he was doing the right thing by attacking the basket. He should have gotten more calls.

Both teams played hard. Relax

[Romeiro Celtic]

**** Joe Mazzulla

[Triple7]

Tatum ain’t the man! A true superstar won’t let his team lose like that. Blowing layups expecting a foul and complaining! I said it pregame, if we let them hang around, they can steal a game. and we let them by playing awful D, and let them shoot lights out! **** this team! Tatum is soft physically and mentally! He ain’t the man!

[Bar Fight]

We'll still win this series. Harden played out of his mind. HIs first step is still so elite but he'll slow down.

Just need a few adjustments. I don't see what Grant can't get some more minutes against these guys. Al played tough, but kept getting abused on those switches. Horrible game from White. Bad game from Brown. Smart was bad most of the game, but made some big plays. A lot of people trashing Tatum, but he was doing the right thing by attacking the basket. He should have gotten more calls.

Both teams played hard. Relax

If we guard him like we did tonight? No, he won't

[reload141]

The season is over. It is that simple.

Maybe for you it is.

It’s a bad loss.

It’s game 1.

We’ll win game 2

[Green89]

WIthout Embiid this game should not have been close. Yikes. That Tyrese Maxey steal with around 28 seconds to go was a killer.
16 Celtic TO's Against 6 Phili TO's. But 9 Celtic Fouls Against 20 Phili Fouls sort of evens out, though the 1rst 4 Fouls of each quarter are non-shooting unless in the act of shooting. Sloppy ball control at the end killed the Celtics. And no one could hit a shot unless they were at the charity stripe.

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)

+40.5 Jayson Tatum (44 minutes) DONT ANYONE DARE SAY A NEGATIVE WORD ABOUT TATUM. Jayson Tatum is NOT the Reason THEY LOST.

+25.5 Jaylen Brown (42 minutes) Brown's play was so outstanding his 4 TO's get a pass

+16 Malcolm Brogdan (34 minutes)
+14 Al Horford (30 minutes)
+12.5 Rob Williams III (20 minutes)

+9 Marcus Smart (35 minutes) 6 Turnovers killed the Celtics. Phili as a Team made 6 TOs
+1.5 Derrick White (27 minutes)
0 Grant Williams (4 minutes)
-0.5 Sam Hauser (5 minutes)

Team Total = 118.5

Tatum being invisible and just 1/4 in the 4th definitely contributed to our loss.

[NYCelticsfan136]

Only this clown group can shoot over 58 percent from the field and lose a game lol.

[Memokerobi]

Knew we were going to lose when Tatum had the ball up 4 and Marcus motioned him to stop and drain the clock. Every single time we go to the run clock iso offense, we lose. Its like clockwork. Only people in the world who don’t realize this are our players

[Jakeopp]

This is not a serious Celtics team. I’m going to get bashed for this but so be it. This team doesn’t defend anymore, they don’t take care of business, no killer instinct and still turn the ball over late in the game.

Just not a serious contender.

Celtics played drop coverage all the way to Harden scoring 45 points. No adjustments.

Looking forward to the Celtics players saying they have learned their lesson.

100% the truth. Team is going nowhere without a true superstar that can close games. Steph Curry was that guy against the Kings in G7. Jimmy Butler has been that guy for Heat multiple times in these playoffs. Nobody on this team is that guy. They'd rather be anywhere else when the game is close at the end of the 4th.

[Setshot33]

Tatum again with a no show in the 4th. Really getting hard to root for this guy.

How many times do fans have to witness this before they figure out he's not the man?

When's the last time he ever took over a game late in the playoffs? No grit.

[sprash9802]

We'll still win this series. Harden played out of his mind. HIs first step is still so elite but he'll slow down.

Just need a few adjustments. I don't see what Grant can't get some more minutes against these guys. Al played tough, but kept getting abused on those switches. Horrible game from White. Bad game from Brown. Smart was bad most of the game, but made some big plays. A lot of people trashing Tatum, but he was doing the right thing by attacking the basket. He should have gotten more calls.

Both teams played hard. Relax

Green teamers never disappoint. You think the Warriors lose this game? No contender takes games off like this team. Last year it was the same story. Keep it close and this team will choke 90% of the times.

[Green89]

Brown flexing in the first quarter looks even sillier now then it did then.

[Homerclease]

Hell of a performance by harden. Credit where credit is due. Still not worried in the slightest. Celtics will win this series

[Celts17Pride]

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Don’t worry, tonight the Celtics players are going to tell us they learned their lesson

[Triple7]

Tatum again with a no show in the 4th. Really getting hard to root for this guy.

That sloppy pass, and that blown layup with a chance to go up 6 lost us that game. No killer instinct at all. All he does is look for a foul, and throws the ball expecting a call.

[Jammer]

WIthout Embiid this game should not have been close. Yikes. That Tyrese Maxey steal with around 28 seconds to go was a killer.
16 Celtic TO's Against 6 Phili TO's. But 9 Celtic Fouls Against 20 Phili Fouls sort of evens out, though the 1rst 4 Fouls of each quarter are non-shooting unless in the act of shooting. Sloppy ball control at the end killed the Celtics. And no one could hit a shot unless they were at the charity stripe.

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)

+40.5 Jayson Tatum (44 minutes) DON'T ANYONE DARE SAY A NEGATIVE WORD ABOUT TATUM. Jayson Tatum is NOT the Reason THEY LOST.

+25.5 Jaylen Brown (42 minutes) Brown's play was so outstanding his 4 TO's get a pass

+16 Malcolm Brogdan (34 minutes)
+14 Al Horford (30 minutes)
+12.5 Rob Williams III (20 minutes)

+9 Marcus Smart (35 minutes) 6 Turnovers killed the Celtics. Phili as a Team made 6 TOs
+1.5 Derrick White (27 minutes)
0 Grant Williams (4 minutes)
-0.5 Sam Hauser (5 minutes)

Team Total = 118.5

Tatum being invisible and just 1/4 in the 4th definitely contributed to our loss.

The reason they lost lies in the last 4 guys in the list of 9 above. That's where the loss rests. They lost it before the last few minutes, but then during the last few minutes they couldn't hold onto the ball and they couldn't make enough shots (that a Championship worthy team should be able to execute).

You don't win in the NBA PLAYOFFS if only 5 guys play well. And only 5 Celtics played well tonight.