In-Season Tournament – Celtics @ Magic – 2:30PM, Fri, Nov. 24, 2023

[VeryMuchWoke]

The first truly embarrassing loss of the season

Up by 9 with 2 minutes to go to the hornets doesn't qualify for you?

That was more of a freak accident.

Jrue made FTs and it was a Celtics win.

This game the Celtics really got dominated by the Magic.

There are no ifs and buts in this game, the Magic clearly outplayed the Celtics.

We were horrible in both. Losing to the Hornets is pathetic and getting blown out by the Magic is pathetic.

That's 2 pathetic losses in the last 3 games.

[Red2]

We missed smart’s toughness today

[Fierce1]

JB only played well in the 1st qtr.

He's becoming the new Carmelo.

When JB's making he shots, he looks good.

But when he's not making shots, he's like the most incompetent player out there.

Horrible game by JB overall.

[The_Ghost_of_JB]

Early game plus playing the magic is an an easy bet to win

enjoy your blood money!

Spoiler:

no really, enjoy it, money can be hard to come by these days. spend it wisely!

I bet five bucks so I'm going to win five LOL. I don't think I can even get to McDonald's hamburger for five bucks these days

[TheMartian]

Joe blows. Continues to ignore D in favor of O which is an over reliance on 3’s. Tatum is still on thsnksgiving break. Disappointing effort. Brown and white played well

I disagree on the last part. Especially on Brown.

KP played well. Brown didn't look good for most of the game but he was a +2 in a 17 point loss. He wasn't as pathetic as most of the team

The plus minus stats don't tell the story though. JB shot the Celtics out of the game in the 2nd half.

[Fierce1]

We missed smart’s toughness today

Maybe you mean Jrue.

Smart would not been able to stop the inside scoring of the Magic.

Our guards were not the problem.

It was when KP went out and Kornet had to take over that the Magic dominated the Cs inside the paint.

[jonige94]

Same vices from when Stevens was a coach, we'll never win jack **** with this mentality and with the Jays.

[VeryMuchWoke]

I disagree on the last part. Especially on Brown.

KP played well. Brown didn't look good for most of the game but he was a +2 in a 17 point loss. He wasn't as pathetic as most of the team

The plus minus stats don't tell the story though. JB shot the Celtics out of the game in the 2nd half.

I'm not saying he was good, I'm just saying he wasn't the main problem. The whole team basically sucked outside of KP.

[Fierce1]

Up by 9 with 2 minutes to go to the hornets doesn't qualify for you?

That was more of a freak accident.

Jrue made FTs and it was a Celtics win.

This game the Celtics really got dominated by the Magic.

There are no ifs and buts in this game, the Magic clearly outplayed the Celtics.

We were horrible in both. Losing to the Hornets is pathetic and getting blown out by the Magic is pathetic.

That's 2 pathetic losses in the last 3 games.

We should not have lost to the Hornets is true.

But the Hornets loss is nowhere near of what the Celtics got today?

The Celtics got beat up today.

[Ben-N1ce]

We missed smart’s toughness today

He didn't play for the Celtics when Magic owned them last year?

[Fierce1]

KP played well. Brown didn't look good for most of the game but he was a +2 in a 17 point loss. He wasn't as pathetic as most of the team

The plus minus stats don't tell the story though. JB shot the Celtics out of the game in the 2nd half.

I'm not saying he was good, I'm just saying he wasn't the main problem. The whole team basically sucked outside of KP.

JB became the problem when his shot didn't fall and he still kept taking shots that missed.

He was more focused on trying to get on track and it was to the detriment of the team.

One example is instead of passing to the open man in transition, he kept the ball to himself and ended up getting stripped by Anthony.
There were other guys open.

Like I said, he's starting to become the new Melo.

[Objectivity]

The plus minus stats don't tell the story though. JB shot the Celtics out of the game in the 2nd half.

I'm not saying he was good, I'm just saying he wasn't the main problem. The whole team basically sucked outside of KP.

JB became the problem when his shot didn't fall and he still kept taking shots that missed.

He was more focused on trying to get on track and it was to the detriment of the team.

One example is instead of passing to the open man in transition, he kept the ball to himself and ended up getting stripped by Anthony.
There were other guys open.

Like I said, he's starting to become the new Melo.

I cringe at this Melo comparison. Melo was a much better shooter, passer and had a higher basketball IQ.

I’ll get back to you when I find a proper JB comparison to match his IQ and feel for the game. I may have to check some local AAU games.

[drsd]

Magic fan here.

The difference in this game was bench scoring Orlando 57 to Boston 24. What is the usual expectation for the Celts bench? Magic fans expect ~40% of scoring to come from the second unit; which bluntly is atypical in the NBA.

[Deivork]

Game was lost when they allowed 17-0 run. Real coach sees his team have 3 bad possessions in a row. Timeout. Draws a play. Gets an easy bucket. Stop the momentum. Joe is just watching and hoping talent wins on its own.

This offense will not work in the playoffs. You can't just iso while 4 guys are watching.

Nah. Just let them figure it it. Joe is playing chess. Player empowerment...

Are you serious? I guess it was ironic.