Game Thread – Hawks @ Celtics – 6:00PM, Sun, Nov. 26, 2023

[playa-hater]

I think QUETA just saved our season

[Lee Van Cleef]

Queta was a nice surprise, he might be exactly what we need.

[Shak_Celts]

i dont recall exactly but they said hawks were the first team to score 400 sum + points combined in three straight games since decades ago.

[LarryBirdsFingr]

Hmmm this team has some holes, besides just the obvious missing players. Wonder if they stand pat or try to make another move

Blow it up and build around Brown.

It’s the only answer.

Fire mazzu and bring in Austin Ainge as new coooach

[GoGreen]

Game turned around when Joe finally benched butterfingers Kornet for Queta

[Fierce1]

Not perfect, but a win nonetheless.

[VeryMuchWoke]

I don't care what metric people try to throw at me about him. I'd take Trae Young on my team ANY day. Debate a wall. He is a force multiplier. If he had a legit scoring threat on that team he'd be terrifying.

Of course you'd take him but at what cost? A supermax? Would you give up KP for him?

Not KP. We are a different team when he's on the floor. I'll say this: In the next year or 2, I'd take him and Hunter (or Bogdanovic) off that team no questions asked.

I agree, but if he's not worth KP then he's still overrated.

[BK_2020]

Queta was big but I think at least half of his offensive rebounds were off his own misses.

[reload141]

Hmmm this team has some holes, besides just the obvious missing players. Wonder if they stand pat or try to make another move

Blow it up and build around Brown.

It’s the only answer.

Fire mazzu and bring in Austin Ainge as new coooach

Promote Mazz to GM and we got CHAMPIONSHIPS MATE!!!

[Fencer reregistered]

Jaylen resisted the temptation of a 1 vs 4 opportunity there. A sign of real growth.

Baby steps

[bucknersrevenge]

We just need pts, doesn't have to be 3

That’s one concept this group doesn’t understand. Starts from the top too

We are a dramatically different team without KP as the roll man. He's without a doubt the 2nd or 3rd most important player on this team behind Tatum and/or Derrick White.

[Triple7]

We just need pts, doesn't have to be 3

That’s one concept this group doesn’t understand. Starts from the top too

We are a dramatically different team without KP as the roll man. He's without a doubt the 2nd or 3rd most important player on this team behind Tatum and/or Derrick White.

I agree. I actually think we don’t need Brown on this team when fully healthy. Hauser can take his spot. He just doesn’t fit with JT. All the other 4 starters fit together perfectly.

[bucknersrevenge]

That’s one concept this group doesn’t understand. Starts from the top too

We are a dramatically different team without KP as the roll man. He's without a doubt the 2nd or 3rd most important player on this team behind Tatum and/or Derrick White.

I agree. I actually think we don’t need Brown on this team when fully healthy. Hauser can take his spot. He just doesn’t fit with JT. All the other 4 starters fit together perfectly.

Cuz they all make sense as efficient halfcourt players. They know how to space and complement and make use of JT's gravity.

[Rangeman]

If they play like this against the Magic, Cs would lose again. Wagner Banchero and their guards play very smart basketball. Smart basketball is what the Cs lack. Jt and JB have low BBIQ. Somebody has to guide them on the court. Marcus Smart tried to be that player but he also lacked BBIQ

[Fierce1]

If they play like this against the Magic, Cs would lose again. Wagner Banchero and their guards play very smart basketball. Smart basketball is what the Cs lack. Jt and JB have low BBIQ. Somebody has to guide them on the court. Marcus Smart tried to be that player but he also lacked BBIQ

[zoyathedestroya]

In losses, the Celtics have the 29th worst offense, scoring just 101.9 pts per 100 poss. The Kings (101.7 ORtg) are the only team that's worse. Anything below 56% TS% by our team has resulted in a loss so far. 12-0 otherwise.

FWIW, Tatum's TS% in losses is the only one among the starters that's above league average:
• Tatum: 62.7% (20.0 FGAs/game)
• Porzingis: 54.5% (14.0 FGAs/game)
• White: 51.4% (13.5 FGAs/game)
• Holiday: 43.3% (12.0 FGAs/game)
• Brown: 42.2% (18.3 FGAs/game)

First time for everything. Celtics TS% in this game was 54.4%. New threshold is anything above 54% is a win (13-0).