PLAYOFFS: Rnd 2, Gm 5 – Sixers (2) @ Celtics (2) – 7:30PM, Tues, May 9, 2023

[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

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Well, you've convinced me...

Let's let Marcus Smart take all the important shots in the Fourth Quarter, as during his Ten Seasons with the team, they've won multiple championships and never imploded, when it mattered, with him on the court. Who needs Tatum or Brown when you have Curry on Steroids in the Clutch, ready to step up and hit the big shots?

I hate Stats, they never totally reveal the full truth of the situation.

[BK_2020]

What's frustrating about the last play is Brown was right there for a corner 3 and White was by himself at the top of the key for an easy step-in jumper way sooner. Tatum should have gone up with it or passed it to Brown or White. All would have been way better options than what we ended up with. Tatum has got to be better in those situations.

The spacing was really bad in that corner. There were 5 guys all within a 6 x 6 area. It would've been best to empty that side.
The best option was probably a quick pass to White who could then either shoot it or pass to Smart for an open three (although folks here think Smart shouldn't take shots in the final seconds).

[Stan34]

Yes smart had been clutch in those situation, if he is open ok. Thinking game 1, we give him the ball in the post vs Tucker, he attacks PJT, turnover, ball game.

In game 4 he had another bad TO in the clutch forcing a pass to Horford.
In this playoff he is good in the clutch but he had probably 6 turnover at least.

Game 4 again, Celtics up by 3 with less than two minutes left, 8 seconds on the clock, Smart with the ball. Jaylen in the corner with Maxey next to him. Instead to give it to Jaylen smart dribble dribble dribble and step back 3, way short.

I can leave with him as a spot up shooter but not give him the ball too much in the action

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[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

Yes smart had been clutch in those situation, if he is open ok. Thinking game 1, we give him the ball in the post vs Tucker, he attacks PJT, turnover, ball game.

In game 4 he had another bad TO in the clutch forcing a pass to Horford.
In this playoff he is good in the clutch but he had probably 6 turnover at least.

Game 4 again, Celtics up by 3 with less than two minutes left, 8 seconds on the clock, Smart with the ball. Jaylen in the corner with Maxey next to him. Instead to give it to Jaylen smart dribble dribble dribble and step back 3, way short.

I can leave with him as a spot up shooter but not give him the ball too much in the action

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Mr. Clutch is one of the main reasons why the current Celtics haven't won a Title and are not likely to win it this season.
As I said before, if he missed the rest of the Playoffs, the Celtics chances of winning the Championship increase by 15 percent,
and that Stat is based on 10 seasons of Empirical Evidence.

[playa-hater]

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Well, you've convinced me...

Let's let Marcus Smart take all the important shots in the Fourth Quarter, as during his Ten Seasons with the team, they've won multiple championships and never imploded, when it mattered, with him on the court. Who needs Tatum or Brown when you have Curry on Steroids in the Clutch, ready to step up and hit the big shots?

I hate Stats, they never totally reveal the full truth of the situation.

People use small sample size when convenient..


But more importantly it is so much easier to put up so called clutch stats when you are literally the last one A team's defense is paying attention to...

But Hey it's Marcus Smart > S Curry, Tatum, Brown, Brogdon, White etc..
Hey it's even Smart over Butler.. I wonder if Spo would be interested in a trade.

BTW Look at The Joker.. What a f****** fraud

[shackles10]

Celtics need to play Smarter. Not necessarily Better, but definitely Smarter.
And that goes back to the Coach. Why not call a Timeout with 18.2 secs left?

Mazzullas presser after the game was embarrassing too. Pretty bad when Magic Johnsons tweeting about our end of the game blunders. Need to clean it up!

Maybe Joe needs Magic as an assistant on the bench??

[Green89]

Yes smart had been clutch in those situation, if he is open ok. Thinking game 1, we give him the ball in the post vs Tucker, he attacks PJT, turnover, ball game.

In game 4 he had another bad TO in the clutch forcing a pass to Horford.
In this playoff he is good in the clutch but he had probably 6 turnover at least.

Game 4 again, Celtics up by 3 with less than two minutes left, 8 seconds on the clock, Smart with the ball. Jaylen in the corner with Maxey next to him. Instead to give it to Jaylen smart dribble dribble dribble and step back 3, way short.

I can leave with him as a spot up shooter but not give him the ball too much in the action

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Mr. Clutch is one of the main reasons why the current Celtics haven't won a Title and are not likely to win it this season.
As I said before, if he missed the rest of the Playoffs, the Celtics chances of winning the Championship increase by 15 percent,
and that Stat is based on 10 seasons of Empirical Evidence.

If he is in the game in crunch time, he has skills that can get us easier buckets, like posting up smaller or softer guys. The problem is, he loves hoisting threes and stands out there waiting to take them.

I guarantee Doc tells his team, if Smart is behind the line, leave him. He shot under 30% in regular season crunch time threes, and right around his career average in the playoffs (33%).

[Green89]

Regular Season vs Post Season (Shot attempts)

Butler 13.9 RS, 21.6 PS +7.7
Jokic 14.8 RS, 22.1 PS +7.3
Durant 16.0 RS, 20.1 PS +4.1
Curry 20.2 RS, 23.5 PS +3.3
Booker 20.1 RS, 23.2 PS +3.1
Brunson 17.6 RS, 20.7 PS +3.1
Thompson 18.1 RS, 17.1 PS -1.0
Tatum 21.1 RS, 20.0 PS -1.1
A Davis 17.2 RS, 15.6 PS -1.6
Brown 20.6 RS, 18.3 PS -2.3
Lebron 22.2 RS, 18.5 PS -3.7

More Tatum/Brown Please!

Their lost 3.4 attempts went to Smart.

Their attempts should be going up not down.

[watsonthedragon]

IS IT 7:30 YET?!

[BK_2020]

Yes smart had been clutch in those situation, if he is open ok. Thinking game 1, we give him the ball in the post vs Tucker, he attacks PJT, turnover, ball game.

In game 4 he had another bad TO in the clutch forcing a pass to Horford.
In this playoff he is good in the clutch but he had probably 6 turnover at least.

Game 4 again, Celtics up by 3 with less than two minutes left, 8 seconds on the clock, Smart with the ball. Jaylen in the corner with Maxey next to him. Instead to give it to Jaylen smart dribble dribble dribble and step back 3, way short.

I can leave with him as a spot up shooter but not give him the ball too much in the action

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Jaylen had to go to the paint in that situation. The paint was empty. Get a seal, turn and score. Instead Jaylen just stood there. If Smart passes to Jaylen then Tucker and Maxey can just switch or have two of them guard that area.

[Stan34]

Yes smart had been clutch in those situation, if he is open ok. Thinking game 1, we give him the ball in the post vs Tucker, he attacks PJT, turnover, ball game.

In game 4 he had another bad TO in the clutch forcing a pass to Horford.
In this playoff he is good in the clutch but he had probably 6 turnover at least.

Game 4 again, Celtics up by 3 with less than two minutes left, 8 seconds on the clock, Smart with the ball. Jaylen in the corner with Maxey next to him. Instead to give it to Jaylen smart dribble dribble dribble and step back 3, way short.

I can leave with him as a spot up shooter but not give him the ball too much in the action

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Jaylen had to go to the paint in that situation. The paint was empty. Get a seal, turn and score. Instead Jaylen just stood there. If Smart passes to Jaylen then Tucker and Maxey can just switch or have two of them guard that area.

So Jaylen have to go where Tatum is driving? Oh boy... Always blame jaylen even when JT makes a bad read. He had white free since two seconds before. Always jaylen fault

Other than that the worst mistake was jaylen leaving Harden to double Embiid

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[chrisab123]

The one thing I can't stand about this team is that it seems like the guy they go to when the game is on the line is Marcus. Needs to be Tatum or Brown. Preferably Tatum.

[BK_2020]

Yes smart had been clutch in those situation, if he is open ok. Thinking game 1, we give him the ball in the post vs Tucker, he attacks PJT, turnover, ball game.

In game 4 he had another bad TO in the clutch forcing a pass to Horford.
In this playoff he is good in the clutch but he had probably 6 turnover at least.

Game 4 again, Celtics up by 3 with less than two minutes left, 8 seconds on the clock, Smart with the ball. Jaylen in the corner with Maxey next to him. Instead to give it to Jaylen smart dribble dribble dribble and step back 3, way short.

I can leave with him as a spot up shooter but not give him the ball too much in the action

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Jaylen had to go to the paint in that situation. The paint was empty. Get a seal, turn and score. Instead Jaylen just stood there. If Smart passes to Jaylen then Tucker and Maxey can just switch or have two of them guard that area.

So Jaylen have to go where Tatum is driving? Oh boy... Always blame jaylen even when JT makes a bad read. He had white free since two seconds before. Always jaylen fault

Other than that the worst mistake was jaylen leaving Harden to double Embiid

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I'm talking about the possession you mentioned in your post, where Smart and Jaylen were right next to each other in the corner with Maxey guarding Jaylen. Jaylen in those spots has to think beyond on-ball scoring and be able to cut to the basket and post up instead of watching the ball and waiting for a pass so he can pull of some dribble drive.

[lon3lytoaster]

Curious to see what happens late with Jaylen tonight and if he takes more shots late. I'm not willing to bet he's been happy being iced out so much late in games.

[London2Boston]

I don’t think the issue was Tatum drawing the double and kicking it to an open Smart. Nor was it even Joe not taking a Timeout immediately. My main issue is that after Tatum wasted way too much time, then Joe really should have called the Timeout at 8 seconds or so. It was clear once Tatum actually made his move that the only option was for him to try finish over the double or to just pull up from deep. No time for anything else.


Anyway. We can only hope Coach and players learnt from it.

[BRUNiNHO91]

Not feeling too good about this game. I have zero trust for this team, no faith in them playing well at home and I feel like their stars are the more dominant ones. Hope I’m wrong because if we lose we are probably done for.

[Bar Fight]

Hopefully this game isn’t close enough for us to choke it away

[Ben-N1ce]

I think whoever wins this game takes the series. Can't keep letting teams off the hook.

[jordb2k7]

I think whoever wins this game takes the series. Can't keep letting teams off the hook.

While I'd prefer to win the next two games it's not over until it's over. We choked game 5 last year against the Bucks at home in the closing moments. Ugh that was so crushing. Please let's not do that again lol just win

[Tyakack]

I think whoever wins this game takes the series. Can't keep letting teams off the hook.

Probably a safe bet but I think the celtics could easily win two in a row against the sixers. They already did.