Celts Make it a D-White Christmas! Victory Cigar vs LAL 12/25

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

KP for VC and White CP.

Really good performance against a long team with two superstars that wanted this game bad.

JB and JT did a few things that were clearly wanting their own Christmas highlight moment they shouldn’t have but for most the game were pretty good also.

Jrue needs to win a VC sometime, just for being so great consistently.

Sam needs to hit the shot in the big games away from home, PP and Al were pretty good.

[ConstableGeneva]

That was gonna go as TEAM turnover if they just ran out the clock.

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[steefP2]

108 points by the starters lol. Tatum excellent game management, jrue and white should deserve votes on most teams but kp and Tatum too good tonight. Jaylen deserves recognition for not trying to do too much when he didn’t have it going anymore. Not his best game but when that became clear the team shifted to running more through the guards. Such a wagon

[djFan71]

That was fun. Scary early lead. Standard go cold and lose it. Then just take care of business in the 2nd half.

[Jellybeans]

Joe should only show in next film meeting 2QT and how not to play basketball.
You cant play 1QT like that and then just say fck it and start jacking 3s without moving the damn ball

[ConstableGeneva]

Holiday, White, and Tatum combined for 25 assists and just 5 turnovers (supposed to be 4 if JT wasn't such a dumbass lol).

[djFan71]

White and KP for me.

EDIT: the White vote didn’t take for some reason. It’s there in spirit

[B8RcDeMktfxC]

The Jays were obviously always going to be extremely good players this year. But I really think KP and Jrue and the continuing emergence of White makes, in an almost cliched way, everything easier for everyone.

[RB34]

Bit touch and go for a while but we pulled it out in the end.

Porzingis is the key and he smokes it.

[Froob]

We lose this one without Porzingis. Merry Christmas Celtics fam, my daughter’s first Christmas and a Celtics win over the Lakers, doesn’t get better!

[Triple7]

KP for vc, white for cp.
KP changes everything for this team. You could see his presence alone in the middle, bothers shots inside. We are hard to beat if he stays healthy.

[ConstableGeneva]

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Survived a 40-13 game from AD. We got a powerhouse.

[Smart2Nesmith43]

I enjoyed the possession where Pritchard got a layup out of a backdoor cut after LeBron fell asleep probably more than I should have

[Triple7]

Joe should only show in next film meeting 2QT and how not to play basketball.
You cant play 1QT like that and then just say fck it and start jacking 3s without moving the damn ball

It’s because Joe adjusted. Lakers playing it tight and playoff like, and we did the same. Those 4 bench players with Tatum lineup won’t work on playoff type games. Not if we want to win.

[Fierce1]

No December slump this season.

Cs already 9 wins this month and the next 3 are against Detroit, Toronto, and the Spurs.

[Jammer]

Wow. Porzingis and Tatum played ALL NBA. Holiday played like an All-Star for the 2nd Game in a row. White was close to All-Star, but critical to team success. Celtics opened up 18 point lead and Lakers came back to tie in Q1. Davis mauled the Celtics. Need someone with the strength to stop him from backing down. Played better D and rebounded better in 2nd Half. Bench actually contributed in 2nd Half. Celtics won 3 out of 4 quarters. Hauser had his 3rd Stinko game in a row. Don't know if he can be counted on DEEP INTO THE PLAYOFFS. Pritchard was OUTSTANDING in 13 minutes of action.

An alternative perspective:

Pts. + Rebounds + (0.5 x Assists) + Steals + (0.5 x Blocks) - Missed FGs - (0.5 x Missed Free Throws) - Turnovers - (0.5 x Fouls)

+30 Kristaps Porzingis 34 minutes
+27.5 Jayson Tatum 41 minutes
+24.5 Jrue Holiday 37 minutes
+20 Derrick White 35 minutes

+12.5 Jaylen Brown 32 minutes
+7.5 Payton Pritchard 13 minutes
+7.5 Al Horford 23 minutes

+1.5 Neemias Queta 7 minutes
0 Sam Hauser 15 minutes

Team Total = 131

Despite a great OVERALL game by Tatum I voted White, Holiday and Porzingis.

[ConstableGeneva]

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MIP. All-Star. Take your pick. Most consistent player on this team.

[djFan71]

I enjoyed the possession where Pritchard got a layup out of a backdoor cut after LeBron fell asleep probably more than I should have

Not possible. There is no limit to how much enjoyment one should take from that.

[Fierce1]

It will take a while, but when the Cs regularly give the ball to KP, Cs will be close to unstoppable.

The jacking up of 3s will eventually die down once this team matures and figures it out.

KP is just so hard to stop inside the paint.

[brackdan70]

Good win but the headline is being overshadowed by the Celtics interest in Kelly Olynyk