R2G2 - 76ers at Celtics - May 3 8:00pm ET TNT

[Jailblazers7]

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And shortly before that Embiid smoked a layup off a lob from Tobi on the fastbreak. After those two plays, I knew the game was over lol

[Jay555]

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And shortly before that Embiid smoked a layup off a lob from Tobi on the fastbreak. After those two plays, I knew the game was over lol

Yes that missed layup was a shocker. nothing was going our way.

1-1 coming home is job done and done well.

Onto G3. We need to smoke them.

[DCasey91]

The NBA in general don’t hedge as its mostly high pnr action.

Doc has to identify that Brogdon/Grant/White are not iso players so do not follow the ballhandler on the two wings. You end up losing your defensive structure. But that happens on every team, wrong identification on the actual threat.

Because Tucker cannot stay in front of Brown and can’t put a hand up on Tatum it’s better to go with Reed. Reed has the best motor on our team so he has the ability to move around and potentially mess with wing/ and high low action.

Look at the Celtics/Lakers even with bloody DLO/Schroder they do a better job of making it more difficult to get clean shots.

It’s right in front of you Doc.

if its G7 and Biid is healthy, the right answer is Tucker on Al. Then have Biid and Tobi defend their duo. Then Reed and McDaniels defend their duo off the bench. Thats what warriors did

Then you let Brown drive whenever he wants because Embiid is the high hedge thus opening up layup lanes and space for 3ball.

Tucker has no matchup vs the Celtics. He can’t go with the two wings.

That’s literally what happened last game.

You think Tobi can guard either/or?

You’re wrong.

[Jay555]

Something is very telling about today's NBA.

Bold move by Warriors to replace starting C in K Looney with JaMychal Green.

I think they want to drain as many 3's as they can and try to pull AD out of the dunker spot.

I am posting this because if Embiid is down low all the time, it's always challenging to match up the the Celtics all 5 out line up.

We need to change it up. If Embiid is not murdering their interior, we need to use small ball line up so we do not get beat by 3's.

https://www.rotowire.com/basketball/nba-lineups.php

[DCasey91]

If Doc keeps the high hedge with Embiid alongside Tobi and Tucker we are in for a world of trouble. We are just lucky that Tatum is an average driver

We spoilt the inevitable bad Tatum game

White, Williams and Brogdon looked like stars because the defensive scheme does not work.

Brown must be on cloud nine he has free reign everywhere.

If Doc persists with this setup he can’t coach.

You are playing 3 on 5 ball with bloody Maxey and Harden as protection lol.

Reed and Embiid at the 4/5 spot is a must. Hes the best matchup vs Brown/Tatum/Horford and our most versatile defender not close.

Celtics are nothing special, basic sets executed well but it makes it easy when our froncourt players can’t stay in front of anyone.

[Negrodamus]

We can't do Reed/Embiid because then we're playing Harrell or Dedmon at some point and that'll be horrendous.

[HardenToSixers]

We can't do Reed/Embiid because then we're playing Harrell or Dedmon at some point and that'll be horrendous.

If Embiid is playing 35+ minutes we could run them together for 10-15 and Reed/Tucker as a backup the rest.

I don't necessarily have an opinion if we should try them together right now when we haven't done it before (probably don't think it would work out) but the minutes are likely there.

[DCasey91]

We can't do Reed/Embiid because then we're playing Harrell or Dedmon at some point and that'll be horrendous.

Stagger the mins with Tobi/Tucker/Niang. Simple, we’ve even ran small ball Tucker at the C to some success.

I’m all in on Reed getting a full run until fouling out imho.

It’s all about horses of courses. The starting lineup is fresh pickings for the Celtics because 4 out of the 5 can be targeted and picked on repeatedly.

[DCasey91]

We can't do Reed/Embiid because then we're playing Harrell or Dedmon at some point and that'll be horrendous.

If Embiid is playing 35+ minutes we could run them together for 10-15 and Reed/Tucker as a backup the rest.

I don't necessarily have an opinion if we should try them together right now when we haven't done it before (probably don't think it would work out) but the minutes are likely there.

Why wouldn’t it work. It allows Embiid to camp or push-up with less worries about getting backdoored or driven without adequate defensive pressure.

We literally had Maxey as the side help on drives lol.

Reed can patrol to his hearts content, and has by the far the best motor on our team.

For how bad and flawed Ben was and is he was by far our best player at controlling spot fires inside or out.

I see no reason why Reed couldn’t do that role. Harris and Tucker are getting opened up like a can of worms because one doesn’t rebound and has height issues and both are no where near quick enough to keep Brown stifled.

I just posted a video of how disturbing the defensive strategy was. Can’t believe this happened in the playoffs of all things.

[HardenToSixers]

We can't do Reed/Embiid because then we're playing Harrell or Dedmon at some point and that'll be horrendous.

If Embiid is playing 35+ minutes we could run them together for 10-15 and Reed/Tucker as a backup the rest.

I don't necessarily have an opinion if we should try them together right now when we haven't done it before (probably don't think it would work out) but the minutes are likely there.

Why wouldn’t it work. It allows Embiid to camp or push-up with less worries about getting backdoored or driven without adequate defensive pressure.

We literally had Maxey as the side help on drives lol.

Reed can patrol to his hearts content, and has by the far the best motor on our team.

For how bad and flawed Ben was and is he was by far our best player at controlling spot fires inside or out.

I see no reason why Reed couldn’t do that role. Harris and Tucker are getting opened up like a can of worms because one doesn’t rebound and has height issues and both are no where near quick enough to keep Brown stifled.

I just posted a video of how disturbing the defensive strategy was. Can’t believe this happened in the playoffs of all things.

because we haven't tried it once all season, and even though I agree that the defense has been putrid, I think the more likely path to winning is us worrying more about increasing our offensive output and hoping that we can play better defensively and the Celtics regress from 3. I don't like the idea of reducing our spacing with Reed Embiid lineups.

I'd be down to try it in short spells if we need a jolt of energy as a test, but I just don't see that being a likely solution

[DCasey91]

You can’t just play better defensively in a full game series sorry but that’s not how matchups work.

Styles makes fights it’s up to Doc to find what is right there.

Not even getting into the offensive value because Harden is one the best pairings with roll/lob guys ever. He can give Reed 10 points just off his play alone.

[Mik317]

Reed is a good on ball defender....in small doses.

The Reed/Biid pairing is nice in theory but its not something you try for the first time in the playoffs....especially with a diminished Biid lol.

Its a tough pill to swallow but this current roster just doesn't match up well with the Celtics yall. They have shooters at every position and long wings who can shoot and defend at the ready. Nobody in their rotation is a bad defender or small.

Our chances for winning rely on Biid, Harden, or Maxey having supa hot nights alongside their shooters having off nights....and even then it might cut it close lol.

[76ciology]

How do you guys feel about Maxey’s last 3 games? I think we need to get him going

[Jay555]

Something is very telling about today's NBA.

Bold move by Warriors to replace starting C in K Looney with JaMychal Green.

I think they want to drain as many 3's as they can and try to pull AD out of the dunker spot.

I am posting this because if Embiid is down low all the time, it's always challenging to match up the the Celtics all 5 out line up.

We need to change it up. If Embiid is not murdering their interior, we need to use small ball line up so we do not get beat by 3's.

https://www.rotowire.com/basketball/nba-lineups.php

This is paying dividend. Doc needs to be creative but he ain't that.

[76ciology]

Problem was more on offense in G2. If we’re playing to win or if Biid wasn’t rusty, we’d probably dump the ball MORE on Biid at the elbow.

Defensively, i think Biid is having problems rebounding the ball so our guys came to help and it punishes us by being slower in closing out on kickouts.

Crossing my fingers. But seems to me we just want to get the rust off jojo this game and is looking to get Doc’s signature 3-1 lead in the next 2 games.

[Jay555]

Reed is a good on ball defender....in small doses.

The Reed/Biid pairing is nice in theory but its not something you try for the first time in the playoffs....especially with a diminished Biid lol.

Its a tough pill to swallow but this current roster just doesn't match up well with the Celtics yall. They have shooters at every position and long wings who can shoot and defend at the ready. Nobody in their rotation is a bad defender or small.

Our chances for winning rely on Biid, Harden, or Maxey having supa hot nights alongside their shooters having off nights....and even then it might cut it close lol.

That's accurate.

For us to beat them, we basically need to get at least 90 pts from Biid, Harden and Maxey. Now we have a dinimished Embiid which will make it tougher.

One thing we need to keep in mind is we are the underdog in this series. We should not have any pressure being an underdog. Just go out and perform.

[76ciology]

Something is very telling about today's NBA.

Bold move by Warriors to replace starting C in K Looney with JaMychal Green.

I think they want to drain as many 3's as they can and try to pull AD out of the dunker spot.

I am posting this because if Embiid is down low all the time, it's always challenging to match up the the Celtics all 5 out line up.

We need to change it up. If Embiid is not murdering their interior, we need to use small ball line up so we do not get beat by 3's.

https://www.rotowire.com/basketball/nba-lineups.php

This is paying dividend. Doc needs to be creative but he ain't that.

He did with benching Maxey. That could have allowed us to match Brogdon’s bench scoring. But Maxey isn’t buying it.

Anyway, Melton-McDaniels-Reed trio was good and promising in the Nets series so it maybe blessing in disguise.

[eyeatoma]

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[Mik317]

we go up and Doc 3-1's us

I might quit watching the sport lol

[HardenToSixers]

we go up and Doc 3-1's us

I might quit watching the sport lol

i'd rather get Doc'ed than lose 4-1 lol