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

[PierceFan4ever]

It was negated by the meltdown but the plays he made down the stretch is exactly why smart stays out there in crunch time

I've posted his crunch time net rating before. It's not good and far below either White or Brogdon.

Didn’t care then don’t care now…time and time again throughout the years he’s made timely plays and it covers multiple coaching regimes.

Big white fan but tonight’s also not the night to make the case for him in clutch time

Yeah it was tough because both white and Smart were awful so one of them had to play late. Brogdon warranted to play late after his performance most of the game but he failed miserably in epic fashion late which makes me not want to see him again in the clutch. Guards and bigs gotta be better. Brown needs to be aggressive. Tatum needs to be aggressive late and stop shying away from the moment, you need to be clutch to win the championship.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Mazzulla’s post game is the epitome of cluelessness. No mention of the defense or coverage or any of that. Just that he needs to “be better” and get them into their spacing faster.

I can’t believe this is what we’re stuck with.

I think I’ve worked out last year who was the genius coach on the bench telling the Celtics players to give Steph Curry room to rain 3s on us despite the rest of the Warriors being completely useless.

[The_Ghost_of_JB]

While I'm completely disappointed about how this team played I'm even more disappointed that I actually believe Boston defense was going to be better at this series.

I'm just at the point where I have zero confidence in this team's ability to close games. I knew once Harden hit that three the game was over because there was no way Boston was going to score on that last play

[ConstableGeneva]

Not worried, not mad. Backdoor sweep incoming. Not that I care.

[Feed Your Head]

Celtics lost because they couldn’t get a stop, not because of any one player lol.

[GoCeltics123]

If I'm Philly, I'm sitting Embiid game 2. You've already got the split and the Celtics have proven themselves absolutely clueless when stars are out.

[reload141]

Celtics lost because they couldn’t get a stop, not because of any one player lol.

This is rubbish.

The series and season is over.

Accept it already.

[VeryMuchWoke]

I was onboard with everything Brad did this off-season up until he decided to extend/promote Joe. I hope the front office can manage to demote him and bring in Nurse. Championship windows don't last long and we had the best odds before tonight. We probably have 2-3 more seasons after this to make it happen. We can't afford to have a coach learning on the job right now.

[Tyakack]

Mazzulla’s post game is the epitome of cluelessness. No mention of the defense or coverage or any of that. Just that he needs to “be better” and get them into their spacing faster.

I can’t believe this is what we’re stuck with.

I saw that. I also think he alluded to the fact that we should spam more 3's. Yeah joe, that should do it. We were getting anything we wanted in the first half. I was laughing at how easy it was. The problem wasn't offense. Joe is clueless and him being terrible at his job will become more and more obvious as the playoffs move along. It's easy to appear to be a good coach in the regular season when you have the talent this team has.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Rob doesn’t fit Mazulla’s worped idea of a title team. Chuck heaps of threes, be pathetically soft defensively because analytics say so!

Just flat out garbage coaching.

That but also there can't be any Celtic fan who has watched all these 7 playoff games, that can tell me Rob is healthy. Dude can't jump or move laterally on defense. He has become the layup king. This is the same guy who's head was at rim level prior to the last few months. Now he is more like Blake.

Yep. Rob is definitely not the same. I have noticed that. He's not contesting a lot of shots that he would normally contest. Time to pull the plug on this guy.

Eh. He may not be DPOY level like he was last year.

However he is still a giant with a high basketball IQ, great hands and he scares teams.

Good things happen when he’s on the court on both ends.

I also think it’s hard for him to work into any type of shape and rhythm when he’s barely getting burn.

[Hal14]

Celtics lost because they couldn’t get a stop, not because of any one player lol.

This is rubbish.

The series and season is over.

Accept it already.

[Setshot33]

Yall have been spoiled having Tatum! Yall take greatness for granted!! It's going to be a miserable forum if he chooses to leave! He wasn't the problem, not even close!! Of all the people yall got to, yall really fixed your fingers to talk about tatum?? There were 3 guys who were very bad well before we get to any jay. then before tatum I'd go with jb turnovers and lacking aggression. when you go low, tatum goes ham, so thank all of you kindly!!!

Quoted for truth.

Horse Hockey is more like it.

True Superstars do not disappear down the stretch...especially in a home playoff game.

Tatum and Brown playing hot potato with the ball late in the fourth tells you everything you need to know.

Celtics have no Alpha dog on this team.

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

Celtics lost because they couldn’t get a stop, not because of any one player lol.

This is rubbish.

The series and season is over.

Accept it already.

[lon3lytoaster]

Per Greenberg, we have given up 30+ in the last 9/10 quarters we’ve played. That’s unbelievable.

[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

Read on Twitter

[JTMVP]

Should take notes of all the dumb things said in this thread when the Celtics beat the 76ers and advance to the eastern conference finals.

[Feed Your Head]

The closest thing to a damning statement you’ll get from me is yeah, I do have some concerns about Joe’s feel for the game lol.

[Setshot33]

Read on Twitter

As a franchise, they've went from Larry Bird in the huddle saying "Give me the ball and tell everyone to get out of the way" to

Nah...let Marcus shoot it...cause Jayson don't want any of that smoke.

Just hilarious.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Tatum for whatever reason seems like he’s been coached to just be a decoy down the stretch of games.

I just don’t get it.

I agree that he needs to get some more dog in him.

But Joe all year has been obsessed with getting Smart the ball late in games. WHY?

He’s a dumb turnover machine who consistently takes boneheaded shots or dribbles into trouble.

The stats prove Tatum is a great clutch performer when he has the ball.

Why do we ignore him?

[playa-hater]

Per Greenberg, we have given up 30+ in the last 9/10 quarters we’ve played. That’s unbelievable.

And then how many of those quarters did we use drop coverage?

I say all...