Celts Get Caught in a Thunderstorm! Loss vs OKC 1/2/24

[KillahGhostface]

Alright I knew the bad takes were coming lmao

I'm going to wait to be concerned about Jaylen, this was Heat series Jaylen tonight. Didn't play within the offense.

Jrue, tbh guys this is who he is. He's really good, but when he's bad every so often, he's BAD. Deer in the headlights

Jrue is playing with a hurt elbow, this game means nothing.

Him being bad like you say won’t matter nearly as much on 8-10 shots, as they did taking 15-20 in Milwaukee.

[GrandTheftRondo]

More than expendable, they would be a better team if they traded JB for solid role players and picks. JB's low BBIQ has reared its ugly head too many times.

We just need Jaylen to play like he has the past 6 weeks.

One game shouldn’t ruin that lol.

I want to see it against real playoff-style defenses. Tonight was a great test for him. And a clear failure. Pressure him, speed him up, and he'll play you out of the game.

He had 26 on 62% shooting against the Bucks who are our biggest threat in the East

[KillahGhostface]

Our first is absolutely not a three seat game of musical chairs lol.

The hell it isn’t. Rewind through any of our games, you’ll have one of JT, JB or KP having a standout game and one of the others a pumpkin.

I somewhat consider it a luxury but still a double edged sword that we don’t have a #1 go-to night in and out.

D White is our rock

It’s a bit of a concern though to be honest.

We should be wanting Tatum to put up an efficient 26-30 points a game.

It’s not exactly easy to get going if you’re not putting up shots within the flow of the game.

So much Tatum offence early in games tends to be end of clock broken plays

As good as White and Porzingis have been, I don’t want to be relying on them to be our offensive hubs in the playoffs.

Come playoff time, it’ll be more Tatum centric. Guaranteed, 100% lock.

He’s just picking his spots, and still averaging 27 on a 60% TS.

I cannot stress enough how much of a monster playoffs Tatum is going to have. The stuff he’s made the leaps in just scream playoff basketball. Mid range, post ups, iso scoring, he’s been one of the best in the league at all of them. And for the people yelling for more drives, it’s well documented that Tatum always significantly ups his drive game in the playoffs.

[Shak_Celts]

kornet played because we were getting killed in the minutes he wasn't out there, it's not like he stunk it up. joe didn't overplay him. things were getting out of hand before he went in, looked like his minutes stemmed the tide. joe was right on with that one.

[fallguy]

We just need Jaylen to play like he has the past 6 weeks.

One game shouldn’t ruin that lol.

I want to see it against real playoff-style defenses. Tonight was a great test for him. And a clear failure. Pressure him, speed him up, and he'll play you out of the game.

He had 26 on 62% shooting against the Bucks who are our biggest threat in the East

Yes, and he passes some tests too. Despite this, I remain deeply suspicious about what he'll do this spring. Especially given how many possessions he uses up.

If we flipped his usage and DWhite's usage I'd feel a lot better.

[GoCeltics123]

Alright I knew the bad takes were coming lmao

I'm going to wait to be concerned about Jaylen, this was Heat series Jaylen tonight. Didn't play within the offense.

Jrue, tbh guys this is who he is. He's really good, but when he's bad every so often, he's BAD. Deer in the headlights

Jrue is playing with a hurt elbow, this game means nothing.

Him being bad like you say won’t matter nearly as much on 8-10 shots, as they did taking 15-20 in Milwaukee.

Yeah like Joe benched him and the team picked up the slack, he's the 5th option here. He's had a lot of bad shooting nights in the past and poor games, but it's not out of the ordinary for him and it happens.

Team still almost won despite it and Jaylen's CTE all game

[fallguy]

I think Jrue is going to be huge for us in the playoffs. How many times this season has Joe put him on a hot scorer in the second half of a game only to see Jrue choke the life out of the guy?

[PierceFan4ever]

Was a great game but just the first 5 minutes of the 3rd and the first 4 minutes of the 4th was some horrid stretch for the Celtics. Didn’t come at strong at all in either of those quarters and that was probably the difference.

JB three ball was sooo off. Sometimes it’s just so frustrating to watch him miss so many clean looks from three. He had some good looks he missed then some he forced and then others where he did too much and predictably turned it over a lot. JB should not have shot 18 times on a night where he was way off.

[playa-hater]

There is nothing Kornet does better than Queta in my opinion. So why did Kornet play so many minutes while Queta did not play at all? I don’t get it.

I am a Queta > Kornet guy as well but This game I was more on we didn't need Kornet at all. Hauser played only 10 minutes (2-3) and Brissett seemed way more built to play defense against this fast athletic team. Boston gave up 53 and 45% from the field from 2 and 3.. and Kornet in 15 minutes managed not to grab a single defensive rebound??

[GrandTheftRondo]

Jrue had his worst game by far since wearing Celtic Green and Brown was just as bad. But we only lost by 4... Am I doing this right??

But truth is I don't trust Joe in a close playoff series deep in the playoffs.

Sorry.. Not sorry.

We were down by 18 with half a quarter left & almost came back to win & thats one of your main takeaways ?

Some of you posters are pathetic when it comes to your analysis on Joe.

If you are confident with Joe in a tight playoff series than that's on you.. Sick and tired of people saying I am supposed to like and/or be confident with Joe. I am not.. So many **** sheep...

Well I have to say I don’t think I’ve ever seen a coach get bashed so much with so little actual analysis

This team has already relied on Tatum and Brown performing to a high level. Our last two playoff shortcomings have been off the back of one of them not playing to their standard.

It happened under Ime and last season under Joe.

We are undefeated at home, have lost just 7 games on the road and all the losses have been very close yet the talk is like we've got some horrific dude coaching us to a .500 record.

[KillahGhostface]

I want to see it against real playoff-style defenses. Tonight was a great test for him. And a clear failure. Pressure him, speed him up, and he'll play you out of the game.

He had 26 on 62% shooting against the Bucks who are our biggest threat in the East

Yes, and he passes some tests too. Despite this, I remain deeply suspicious about what he'll do this spring. Especially given how many possessions he uses up.

If we flipped his usage and DWhite's usage I'd feel a lot better.

The Heat, Wolves, and Warriors are the only teams who have the personnel to really rattle Jaylen. Warriors suck, the Wolves aren’t making the finals lol, and I trust that KP will make a huge difference for Jaylen against the Heat, because Bam has to defense Zinger.

I’m just not worried about it honestly, his catch and shoot stuff is probably my only concern.

[Objectivity]

JB going jack up shots no matter what. He can score 20+ points next game on the same shots. Zero impact on winning basketball. White 12 shots. JB 18.

If White can consistently shoot close to 10 shots a game why can’t Brown do that?

You must have missed the last month of Celtics games ?

Brown was averaging 25 points on 54/43 splits in the last 10 games & you want him to shoot it 10 times ?
The things some of you people say on this board is laughable.

I’ve watched every game this year. He’s not a winning basketball player.

I won’t waste my energy arguing I can see why some people are fooled by the flashy plays. I really shouldn’t compare JB to White though, that’s setting the bar too high. White is an example of a winning selfless basketball player. JB just doesn’t have IT

[GrandTheftRondo]

KP is a huge acquisition, but I can’t say the same for Jrue. He was really good once, when they won the title. Those days are gone now.

Why did Kornet play so many minutes? What did he do in those minutes? Joe is a strange guy, I don’t understand him.

Was this your first game you’ve watched this season or something?

Jrue hasn’t been a good pickup? What on earth?

[KillahGhostface]

Oh my god I’m so upset that I’m not allowed to say shut up anymore.

[Shak_Celts]

okc is lucky there wasn't one more minute of gt. great game by them and not so bad by us. it was fun until the loss. blowouts are great for wins but not very entertaining for half of the game.

[Bar Fight]

That third quarter was some of the worst defense I've seen in a long time

[return2glory]

Tough loss.

Very good games by KP and Tatum. KP with 34 points on only 18 shots, with 10 rebounds and 3 blocks. Tatum with 30, 13 and 8. They kept us in the game, along with White.

White is also good.

Props to Al for his 5 blocks.

The reason we lost this game was because of a horrible game by Brown. Also because of Jrue and Kornet. Include coach Joe in there because of sticking with Kornet in the 2nd half after it was obvious within the first 3-4 minutes that Kornet played, he gave us nothing. Kornet couldn't rebound, score or playing defense and Joe went with him again instead of going with Brissett or Stevens.

I give Joe a lot of props when we win, but when he coaches bad I point it out. This was bad. KP ending up with Giddey over and over and no adjustments. We missed Sam Cassell.

[ConstableGeneva]

Whenever these juggernaut Celtics lose on the road, I just remember that the Last Dance Bulls lost by 20+ in Cleveland. Happens to the best of them. And I'm in delulu land again.

[GrandTheftRondo]

I want to see it against real playoff-style defenses. Tonight was a great test for him. And a clear failure. Pressure him, speed him up, and he'll play you out of the game.

He had 26 on 62% shooting against the Bucks who are our biggest threat in the East

Yes, and he passes some tests too. Despite this, I remain deeply suspicious about what he'll do this spring. Especially given how many possessions he uses up.

If we flipped his usage and DWhite's usage I'd feel a lot better.

I mean I’m suspicious of the whole team but feel a bit better so far knowing we have 7’2 Kristaps to throw it into to get easy buckets with.

We would have wiped the floor with Miami last season with him standing in the middle of that zone they roll out

[Shak_Celts]

There is nothing Kornet does better than Queta in my opinion. So why did Kornet play so many minutes while Queta did not play at all? I don’t get it.

I am a Queta > Kornet guy as well but This game I was more on we didn't need Kornet at all. Hauser played only 10 minutes (2-3) and Brissett seemed way more built to play defense against this fast athletic team. Boston gave up 53 and 45% from the field from 2 and 3.. and Kornet in 15 minutes managed not to grab a single defensive rebound??

grabbed 2 offensive though. al grabbed the same amount of boards in 5 more minutes.